Exhibition registrar to art restorer
An exhibition registrar already meets 31% of what the art restorer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
62.4/ 100
1 How much of what an art restorer is expected to do is already part of an exhibition registrar’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 3 of its required skills as things an exhibition registrar already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- ensure safety of exhibition
- museum databases
- use ICT resources to solve work related tasks
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 · What you already bring
Of the 7 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 registrar background worth leading with.
- 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 art collections arts and humanities
- already held museum databases social sciences, journalism and information
- already held interact with an audience communication, collaboration and creativity
All 7 carried skills, including the 3 the art restorer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 13 missing skills fall into 5 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 evaluate art quality optional
- optional, not held specialise in conservation-restoration of specific types of objects optional
- still to learn provide conservation advice required
- still to learn create solutions to problems required
- optional, not held work in restoration team optional
- optional, not held present reports optional
- still to learn coordinate operational activities required
- optional, not held perform project management 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 7 skills that carry over
- 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 interact with an audience skill
- already held respect cultural differences in the field of exhibition skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held evaluate art quality optional
- optional, not held specialise in conservation-restoration of specific types of objects optional
- optional, not held work in restoration team optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- optional, not held present reports optional
27 held skills the art restorer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on art handling skill
- not needed by the target role advise on foreign affairs policies skill
- not needed by the target role advise on government policy compliance skill
- not needed by the target role advise on loans of art work for exhibitions skill
- not needed by the target role advise on tax policy 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 compose condition reports skill
- not needed by the target role conservation techniques knowledge
- 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 deliver correspondence skill
- not needed by the target role document museum collection skill
- not needed by the target role give instructions to staff 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 lead inspections skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with cultural partners skill
- not needed by the target role manage loan administration skill
- not needed by the target role manage loans skill
- not needed by the target role monitor museum environment skill
- not needed by the target role prepare loan contracts skill
- not needed by the target role provide advice on travel destinations skill
- not needed by the target role provide railway technical advice skill
- not needed by the target role supervise artefact movement skill
- not needed by the target role train guides skill
- not needed by the target role work independently on exhibitions skill
Common questions about this move
Can an exhibition registrar become an art restorer?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An exhibition registrar already covers 31% of what an art restorer is expected to do: 7 skills carry over, 3 of which the art restorer role treats as required.
What skills does an exhibition registrar need to become an art restorer?
8 required skills are missing, plus 5 optional ones. They fall into 5 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 registrar to art restorer?
Its learning distance is 62.4 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.