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

book restorertoconservator

A book restorer already meets 43% of what the conservator role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From book restorer
43%
Overlap1
To conservator
13 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
59 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

43%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

59/ 100

1 Share of the conservator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the book restorer 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 conservator role treats 7 of its required skills as things a book restorer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • assess conservation needs
  • coordinate operational activities
  • create solutions to problems
  • ensure safety of exhibition
  • museum databases
  • provide conservation advice

What stands in the way is 8 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 conservator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a book restorer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held provide conservation advice communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held ensure safety of exhibition assisting and caring
  • already held respect cultural differences in the field of exhibition communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held use ICT resources to solve work related tasks working with computers
  • already held evaluate art quality information skills
  • already held museum databases social sciences, journalism and information

All 13 carried skills, including the 7 the conservator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 missing skills fall into 6 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 management skills 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held create collection conservation plan required
  • required, not held plan measures to safeguard cultural heritage required
  • required, not held apply strategic thinking required
  • required, not held meet deadlines required
  • optional, not held supervise projects for the conservation of heritage buildings optional
02 information skills 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held examine conservation issues required
  • required, not held assess museum object condition required
  • required, not held structure information required
  • optional, not held estimate restoration costs optional
  • optional, not held estimate restoration costs of antique items optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held cope with challenging demands required
  • optional, not held provide project information on exhibitions optional
04 arts and humanities 6 supplementary
  • optional, not held art collections optional
  • optional, not held art history optional
  • optional, not held art-historical values optional
  • optional, not held cultural history optional
  • optional, not held furniture, carpet and lighting equipment products optional
  • optional, not held history optional
05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held historic architecture optional
06 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held cultural projects optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a conservator 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 assess conservation needs skill
  • already held coordinate operational activities skill
  • already held create solutions to problems skill
  • already held ensure safety of exhibition skill
  • already held museum databases knowledge
  • already held provide conservation advice skill
  • already held use ICT resources to solve work related tasks skill
  • already held apply restoration techniques skill
  • already held evaluate art quality skill
  • already held interact with an audience skill
  • already held perform project management skill
  • already held present reports skill
  • already held respect cultural differences in the field of exhibition skill
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held art collections optional
  • optional, not held art history optional
  • optional, not held art-historical values optional
  • optional, not held cultural history optional
  • optional, not held cultural projects optional
  • optional, not held estimate restoration costs optional
  • optional, not held estimate restoration costs of antique items optional
  • optional, not held furniture, carpet and lighting equipment products optional
  • optional, not held provide project information on exhibitions optional
  • optional, not held supervise projects for the conservation of heritage buildings optional
  • optional, not held historic architecture optional
  • optional, not held history optional
8 held skills the conservator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adhesives knowledge
  • not needed by the target role bind books skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate restoration procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role oversee quality control skill
  • not needed by the target role restore art using scientific methods skill
  • not needed by the target role select restoration activities skill
  • not needed by the target role stitch paper materials skill
  • not needed by the target role work in restoration team skill
8 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
  • optional, not held art collections optional
  • optional, not held art history optional
  • optional, not held art-historical values optional
  • optional, not held cultural history optional
  • optional, not held cultural projects optional
  • optional, not held furniture, carpet and lighting equipment products optional
  • optional, not held historic architecture optional
  • optional, not held history optional
Index

Other moves recorded from book restorer

Full index of moves from book restorer

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.