Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

art handlertoexhibition registrar

A art handler already meets 41% of what the exhibition registrar role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From art handler
41%
Overlap1
To exhibition registrar
13 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
62.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

41%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

62.9/ 100

1 Share of the exhibition registrar role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the art handler profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A exhibition registrar role treats 9 of its required skills as things a art handler already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on art handling
  • advise on loans of art work for exhibitions
  • assess museum object condition
  • compose condition reports
  • conservation techniques
  • consult exhibition organisers

What stands in the way is 12 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A exhibition registrar role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a art handler background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held compose condition reports information skills
  • already held advise on art handling communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held manage loan administration management skills
  • already held supervise artefact movement handling and moving
  • already held advise on loans of art work for exhibitions management skills
  • already held assess museum object condition information skills

All 13 carried skills, including the 9 the exhibition registrar role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 21 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held cope with challenging demands required
  • required, not held respect cultural differences in the field of exhibition required
  • required, not held advise on government policy compliance required
  • required, not held advise on tax policy required
  • required, not held prepare loan contracts required
  • optional, not held provide advice on travel destinations optional
  • optional, not held liaise with cultural partners optional
  • optional, not held provide railway technical advice optional
  • optional, not held train guides optional
  • optional, not held advise on foreign affairs policies optional
  • optional, not held give instructions to staff optional
  • optional, not held interact with an audience optional
02 information skills 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held document museum collection required
  • required, not held implement risk management for works of art required
  • optional, not held monitor museum environment optional
  • optional, not held lead inspections optional
03 management skills 2 required
  • required, not held manage loans required
  • required, not held work independently on exhibitions required
04 social sciences, journalism and information 2 required
  • required, not held collection management software required
  • required, not held museum databases required
05 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held use ICT resources to solve work related tasks required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a exhibition registrar role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 13 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on art handling skill
  • already held advise on loans of art work for exhibitions skill
  • already held assess museum object condition skill
  • already held compose condition reports skill
  • already held conservation techniques knowledge
  • already held consult exhibition organisers skill
  • already held deliver correspondence skill
  • already held ensure safety of exhibition skill
  • already held supervise artefact movement skill
  • already held art collections knowledge
  • already held art history knowledge
  • already held handle artworks skill
  • already held manage loan administration skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held provide advice on travel destinations optional
  • optional, not held liaise with cultural partners optional
  • optional, not held monitor museum environment optional
  • optional, not held provide railway technical advice optional
  • optional, not held train guides optional
  • optional, not held advise on foreign affairs policies optional
  • optional, not held give instructions to staff optional
  • optional, not held interact with an audience optional
  • optional, not held lead inspections optional
2 held skills the exhibition registrar role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role fine arts knowledge
  • not needed by the target role present exhibition skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held collection management software required
  • required, not held museum databases required
Index
Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.