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

collection managertoexhibition curator

A collection manager already meets 39% of what the exhibition curator role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.

From collection manager
39%
Overlap1
To exhibition curator
13 Skills carried over
18 Required, not held
67.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

39%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

67.9/ 100

1 Share of the exhibition curator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the collection manager 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 curator role treats 13 of its required skills as things a collection manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • art history
  • art-historical values
  • coach employees
  • coordinate operational activities
  • cope with challenging demands
  • evaluate art quality

What stands in the way is 18 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 curator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a collection manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held provide project information on exhibitions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held cope with challenging demands 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
  • already held art-historical values arts and humanities

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

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 25 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 7 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held advertise an art collection required
  • required, not held consult exhibition organisers required
  • required, not held organise an exhibition required
  • required, not held create new concepts required
  • required, not held create solutions to problems required
  • required, not held listen actively required
  • required, not held present reports required
  • optional, not held advise on cultural exhibitions optional
  • optional, not held support public access to exhibitions optional
  • optional, not held liaise with financiers optional
02 management skills 6 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held work independently on exhibitions required
  • required, not held apply strategic thinking required
  • required, not held meet deadlines required
  • required, not held perform project management required
  • required, not held plan resource allocation required
  • required, not held work in an organised manner required
  • optional, not held evaluate cultural venue visitor needs optional
03 arts and humanities 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held inheritance council practices required
  • required, not held art collections required
  • optional, not held natural history optional
  • optional, not held archaeology optional
04 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held cultural projects required
  • optional, not held anthropology optional
05 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held ensure safety of exhibition required
06 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held have computer literacy required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a exhibition curator 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 art history knowledge
  • already held art-historical values knowledge
  • already held coach employees skill
  • already held coordinate operational activities skill
  • already held cope with challenging demands skill
  • already held evaluate art quality skill
  • already held interact with an audience skill
  • already held manage budgets skill
  • already held museum databases knowledge
  • already held present exhibition skill
  • already held provide project information on exhibitions skill
  • already held train employees skill
  • already held use ICT resources to solve work related tasks skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held advise on cultural exhibitions optional
  • optional, not held natural history optional
  • optional, not held support public access to exhibitions optional
  • optional, not held anthropology optional
  • optional, not held archaeology optional
  • optional, not held evaluate cultural venue visitor needs optional
  • optional, not held liaise with financiers optional
17 held skills the exhibition curator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on loans of art work for exhibitions skill
  • not needed by the target role arrange interlibrary loans skill
  • not needed by the target role assess museum object condition skill
  • not needed by the target role collection management software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role compile detailed collection inventory skill
  • not needed by the target role conservation techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role contribute to specialised publications skill
  • not needed by the target role create collection conservation plan skill
  • not needed by the target role digitization knowledge
  • not needed by the target role document museum collection skill
  • not needed by the target role establish high standards of collections care skill
  • not needed by the target role handle artworks skill
  • not needed by the target role implement risk management for works of art skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor museum environment skill
  • not needed by the target role museology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role respect cultural differences in the field of exhibition skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise artefact movement skill
6 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 inheritance council practices required
  • required, not held art collections required
  • required, not held cultural projects required
  • optional, not held natural history optional
  • optional, not held anthropology optional
  • optional, not held archaeology optional
Index

Other moves recorded from collection manager

Full index of moves from collection manager

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.