Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an art restorer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an art restorer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Art restorers work to perform corrective treatment based on an evaluation of the aesthetic, historic and scientific characteristics of art objects. They determine the structural stability of art pieces and address problems of chemical and physical deterioration.

Also known as restoration technician, art objects repairer, restorers, restorer, artifact conservator, restoration artist, preserver.

Professionals 20 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: conservator, 46%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
conservator 46% covered exhibition curator 33% covered collection manager 24% covered furniture restorer 24% covered exhibition registrar 20% covered art restorer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from art restorer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an art restorer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An art restorer needs 11 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • restore art using scientific methods working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • provide conservation advice communication, collaboration and creativity
  • ensure safety of exhibition assisting and caring
  • use ICT resources to solve work related tasks working with computers
  • museum databases social sciences, journalism and information
  • assess conservation needs information skills
  • select restoration activities information skills
  • coordinate operational activities management skills
  • evaluate restoration procedures information skills
  • apply restoration techniques constructing
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an art restorer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Art restorer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an art restorer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.