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

conservatortoexhibition curator

A conservator already meets 51% of what the exhibition curator role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.

From conservator
51%
Overlap1
To exhibition curator
17 Skills carried over
14 Required, not held
57.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

51%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

57.8/ 100

1 Share of the exhibition curator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the conservator 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 17 of its required skills as things a conservator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply strategic thinking
  • art collections
  • art history
  • art-historical values
  • coordinate operational activities
  • cope with challenging demands

What stands in the way is 14 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 17 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 conservator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held ensure safety of exhibition assisting and caring
  • 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 art collections arts and humanities
  • already held evaluate art quality information skills

All 17 carried skills, including the 17 the exhibition curator 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 8 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 present exhibition required
  • required, not held coach employees required
  • required, not held create new concepts required
  • required, not held listen actively required
  • required, not held train employees 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 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held work independently on exhibitions required
  • required, not held manage budgets 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 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held inheritance council practices required
  • optional, not held natural history optional
  • optional, not held archaeology optional
04 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held have computer literacy required
05 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held anthropology optional
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 17 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply strategic thinking skill
  • already held art collections knowledge
  • already held art history knowledge
  • already held art-historical values knowledge
  • already held coordinate operational activities skill
  • already held cope with challenging demands skill
  • already held create solutions to problems skill
  • already held cultural projects knowledge
  • already held ensure safety of exhibition skill
  • already held evaluate art quality skill
  • already held interact with an audience skill
  • already held meet deadlines skill
  • already held museum databases knowledge
  • already held perform project management skill
  • already held present reports skill
  • already held provide project information on exhibitions 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
16 held skills the exhibition curator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply restoration techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role assess conservation needs skill
  • not needed by the target role assess museum object condition skill
  • not needed by the target role create collection conservation plan skill
  • not needed by the target role cultural history knowledge
  • not needed by the target role estimate restoration costs skill
  • not needed by the target role estimate restoration costs of antique items skill
  • not needed by the target role examine conservation issues skill
  • not needed by the target role furniture, carpet and lighting equipment products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role historic architecture knowledge
  • not needed by the target role history knowledge
  • not needed by the target role plan measures to safeguard cultural heritage skill
  • not needed by the target role provide conservation advice skill
  • not needed by the target role respect cultural differences in the field of exhibition skill
  • not needed by the target role structure information skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise projects for the conservation of heritage buildings skill
4 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
  • optional, not held natural history optional
  • optional, not held anthropology optional
  • optional, not held archaeology optional
Index

Other moves recorded from conservator

Full index of moves from conservator

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.