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Actors, Entertainers and Presenters
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£27,447
Median salary
New workers start around £14,013.27. Normal pay is £27,447 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £49,845.30.
Jobs
Subjects achieved a 100% pass rate, including Maths,
Further Maths, Physics, English Literature and Spanish.
Daily Tasks
- 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
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
Available courses
Performing Arts (Dance route) – Level 3
Performing Arts
Full Time
|
2 Years
EDEXCEL
|
Age Group:
(16-18)
Performing Arts – Level 2
Performing Arts
Full Time
|
1 year
EDEXCEL
|
Age Group:
(16-18)
Performing Arts (Acting route) – Level 3
Performing Arts
Full Time
|
2 Years
Age Group:
(16-18)