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

exhibition registrartoconservator

A exhibition registrar already meets 30% of what the conservator role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From exhibition registrar
30%
Overlap1
To conservator
9 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
68.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

30%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

68.9/ 100

1 Share of the conservator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the exhibition registrar 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 5 of its required skills as things a exhibition registrar already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • assess museum object condition
  • cope with challenging demands
  • ensure safety of exhibition
  • museum databases
  • use ICT resources to solve work related tasks

What stands in the way is 10 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 9 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 exhibition registrar background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held assess museum object condition information skills
  • 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 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

All 9 carried skills, including the 5 the conservator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 24 missing skills fall into 7 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 5 required, 2 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 coordinate operational activities required
  • required, not held meet deadlines required
  • optional, not held supervise projects for the conservation of heritage buildings optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
02 information skills 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held examine conservation issues required
  • required, not held assess conservation needs required
  • required, not held structure information required
  • optional, not held estimate restoration costs optional
  • optional, not held estimate restoration costs of antique items optional
  • optional, not held evaluate art quality optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held provide conservation advice required
  • required, not held create solutions to problems required
  • optional, not held provide project information on exhibitions optional
  • optional, not held present reports optional
04 arts and humanities 4 supplementary
  • 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 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held apply restoration techniques optional
06 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held historic architecture optional

1 further area in the appendix

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 9 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held assess museum object condition skill
  • already held cope with challenging demands 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 interact with an audience skill
  • already held respect cultural differences in the field of exhibition skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held cultural projects optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held apply restoration techniques 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 evaluate art quality 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
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
  • optional, not held present reports optional
25 held skills the conservator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • 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 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 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
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
  • 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
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.