Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a conservator can go next

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

Conservators organise and valorise works of art, buildings, books and furniture. They work in a wide range of areas such as creating and implementing new collections of art, preserving heritage buildings by applying restoration techniques as well as foreseeing the conservation of literary works, films, and valuable objects.

Also known as furniture conservation officer, building conservation officer, furniture conservator, books conservator.

Professionals 33 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: art restorer, 74%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
art restorer 74% covered book restorer 69% covered exhibition curator 51% covered collection manager 43% covered cultural archive manager 28% covered conservator You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from conservator, 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 a conservator already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A conservator needs 15 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
  • examine conservation issues information skills
  • provide conservation advice communication, collaboration and creativity
  • assess museum object condition information skills
  • create collection conservation plan management skills
  • ensure safety of exhibition assisting and caring
  • cope with challenging demands communication, collaboration and creativity
  • use ICT resources to solve work related tasks working with computers
  • plan measures to safeguard cultural heritage management skills
  • museum databases social sciences, journalism and information
  • structure information information skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a conservator’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.