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Actors, Entertainers and Presenters

About this career

£27,732

Median salary

New workers start around £14,158.93. Normal pay is £27,732 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £50,363.41.

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Jobs

Subjects achieved a 100% pass rate, including Maths, Further Maths, Physics, English Literature and Spanish.

About this career

  • Plays pre-recorded music at nightclubs, discotheques, and private functions.
  • Conducts interviews and prepares reports for news broadcasts, current affairs programmes and documentaries.
  • Introduces and presents radio and television programmes, reads news bulletins and makes announcements.
  • Trains animals to perform entertaining routines and may perform with them.
  • Performs singing, comedy, acrobatic, illusion and conjuring routines.
  • Assumes character created by a playwright or author and communicates this to an audience.
  • Studies script; play or book and prepares and rehearses interpretation.

Skills Employers Are Looking For

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Skills

Job postings

Speaking
80
Active Listening
79
Critical Thinking
66
Reading Comprehension
63
Learning Strategies
63
Monitoring
60
Active Learning
60
Writing
41
Mathematics
8
Science
5

Media and Games

  • Course code: MGC2
  • Level: 2
  • Qualification: Diploma
  • Awarding body: Oxford, Cambridge & RSA (OCR)
  • Duration: One year
  • Course type: Full-time

Dance Performance

  • Course code: UFM0005
  • Level: 5
  • Qualification: Foundation Degree
  • Awarding body: Plymouth Marjon University
  • Duration: Two years
  • Course type: Full-time

Live Events Production

  • Course code: LIV2
  • Level: 3
  • Qualification: Diploma
  • Awarding body: University of the Arts London (UAL)
  • Duration: One – two years
  • Course type: Full-time
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