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

art administratortoart handler

A art administrator already meets 21% of what the art handler role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From art administrator
21%
Overlap1
To art handler
4 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
65.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

21%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

65.9/ 100

1 Share of the art handler role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the art administrator 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 art handler role treats 1 of its required skills as things a art administrator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • handle artworks

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 4 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A art handler role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a art administrator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held handle artworks handling and moving
  • already held fine arts arts and humanities
  • already held art collections arts and humanities
  • already held art history arts and humanities

All 4 carried skills, including the 1 the art handler role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 11 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 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on art handling required
  • required, not held consult exhibition organisers required
  • optional, not held present exhibition optional
02 management skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held deliver correspondence required
  • optional, not held advise on loans of art work for exhibitions optional
  • optional, not held manage loan administration optional
03 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held assess museum object condition required
  • optional, not held compose condition reports optional
04 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held ensure safety of exhibition required
05 handling and moving 1 required
  • required, not held supervise artefact movement required
06 arts and humanities 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held conservation techniques optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a art handler 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 4 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held handle artworks skill
  • already held art collections knowledge
  • already held art history knowledge
  • already held fine arts knowledge
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held advise on loans of art work for exhibitions optional
  • optional, not held compose condition reports optional
  • optional, not held conservation techniques optional
  • optional, not held manage loan administration optional
  • optional, not held present exhibition optional
22 held skills the art handler role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role coordinate artistic production skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate charity services skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate with creative departments skill
  • not needed by the target role corporate social responsibility knowledge
  • not needed by the target role engage artistic staff skill
  • not needed by the target role entertainment industry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify artistic niche skill
  • not needed by the target role install artwork in gallery skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain an artistic portfolio skill
  • not needed by the target role manage artistic project skill
  • not needed by the target role manage creative department skill
  • not needed by the target role manage cultural facility skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor artwork market skill
  • not needed by the target role music and video industry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role organise creative performance skill
  • not needed by the target role philanthropy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role represent artistic production skill
  • not needed by the target role schedule artistic activities skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise art gallery staff skill
  • not needed by the target role theatre techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role understand artistic concepts skill
  • not needed by the target role work with cultural venue specialists skill
1 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 conservation techniques optional
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.