Exhibition curator to art restorer
An exhibition curator already meets 50% of what the art restorer role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
47.7/ 100
1 How much of what an art restorer is expected to do is already part of an exhibition curator’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the art restorer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An art restorer role treats 5 of its required skills as things an exhibition curator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- coordinate operational activities
- create solutions to problems
- ensure safety of exhibition
- museum databases
- use ICT resources to solve work related tasks
What stands in the way is 6 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An art restorer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an exhibition curator background worth leading with.
- already held ensure safety of exhibition assisting and caring
- 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
- already held museum databases social sciences, journalism and information
- already held interact with an audience communication, collaboration and creativity
All 11 carried skills, including the 5 the art restorer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 9 missing skills fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn assess conservation needs required
- still to learn evaluate restoration procedures required
- still to learn select restoration activities required
- optional, not held specialise in conservation-restoration of specific types of objects optional
- still to learn provide conservation advice required
- optional, not held respect cultural differences in the field of exhibition optional
- optional, not held work in restoration team optional
- still to learn apply restoration techniques required
- still to learn restore art using scientific methods required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an art restorer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 apply restoration techniques practise this
- 02 assess conservation needs practise this
- 03 evaluate restoration procedures practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 11 skills that carry over
- 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 use ICT resources to solve work related tasks skill
- already held art collections knowledge
- already held art history knowledge
- already held evaluate art quality skill
- already held interact with an audience skill
- already held perform project management skill
- already held present reports skill
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held respect cultural differences in the field of exhibition optional
- optional, not held specialise in conservation-restoration of specific types of objects optional
- optional, not held work in restoration team optional
27 held skills the art restorer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advertise an art collection skill
- not needed by the target role advise on cultural exhibitions skill
- not needed by the target role anthropology knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply strategic thinking skill
- not needed by the target role archaeology knowledge
- not needed by the target role art-historical values knowledge
- not needed by the target role coach employees skill
- not needed by the target role consult exhibition organisers skill
- not needed by the target role cope with challenging demands skill
- not needed by the target role create new concepts skill
- not needed by the target role cultural projects knowledge
- not needed by the target role evaluate cultural venue visitor needs skill
- not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
- not needed by the target role inheritance council practices knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with financiers skill
- not needed by the target role listen actively skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role meet deadlines skill
- not needed by the target role natural history knowledge
- not needed by the target role organise an exhibition skill
- not needed by the target role plan resource allocation skill
- not needed by the target role present exhibition skill
- not needed by the target role provide project information on exhibitions skill
- not needed by the target role support public access to exhibitions skill
- not needed by the target role train employees skill
- not needed by the target role work in an organised manner skill
- not needed by the target role work independently on exhibitions skill
Other moves recorded from exhibition curator
Common questions about this move
Can an exhibition curator become an art restorer?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An exhibition curator already covers 50% of what an art restorer is expected to do: 11 skills carry over, 5 of which the art restorer role treats as required.
What skills does an exhibition curator need to become an art restorer?
6 required skills are missing, plus 3 optional ones. They fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is apply restoration techniques.
How hard is the move from exhibition curator to art restorer?
Its learning distance is 47.7 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.