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

art handlertocollection manager

A art handler already meets 27% of what the collection manager role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.

From art handler
27%
Overlap1
To collection manager
7 Skills carried over
14 Required, not held
73.1 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 73.1

This move: 73.1 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the collection manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the art handler 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A collection manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a art handler background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held supervise artefact movement handling and moving
  • already held advise on loans of art work for exhibitions management skills
  • already held assess museum object condition information skills
  • already held handle artworks handling and moving
  • already held present exhibition communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held conservation techniques arts and humanities

All 7 carried skills, including the 6 the collection manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 23 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held cope with challenging demands required
  • required, not held provide project information on exhibitions required
  • required, not held respect cultural differences in the field of exhibition required
  • required, not held interact with an audience required
  • optional, not held contribute to specialised publications optional
  • optional, not held coach employees optional
  • optional, not held train employees optional
02 information skills 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held compile detailed collection inventory required
  • required, not held monitor museum environment required
  • required, not held document museum collection required
  • required, not held implement risk management for works of art required
  • optional, not held evaluate art quality optional
03 social sciences, journalism and information 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held collection management software required
  • required, not held museum databases required
  • required, not held digitization required
  • optional, not held museology optional
04 management skills 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held create collection conservation plan required
  • optional, not held arrange interlibrary loans optional
  • optional, not held coordinate operational activities optional
  • optional, not held manage budgets optional
05 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held establish high standards of collections care required
06 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held use ICT resources to solve work related tasks required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a collection manager 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 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on loans of art work for exhibitions skill
  • already held art history knowledge
  • already held assess museum object condition skill
  • already held conservation techniques knowledge
  • already held handle artworks skill
  • already held supervise artefact movement skill
  • already held present exhibition skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 arts and humanities 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held art-historical values optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held contribute to specialised publications optional
  • optional, not held museology optional
  • optional, not held arrange interlibrary loans optional
  • optional, not held art-historical values optional
  • optional, not held evaluate art quality optional
  • optional, not held coach employees optional
  • optional, not held coordinate operational activities optional
  • optional, not held manage budgets optional
  • optional, not held train employees optional
8 held skills the collection manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on art handling skill
  • not needed by the target role art collections knowledge
  • not needed by the target role compose condition reports skill
  • 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 ensure safety of exhibition skill
  • not needed by the target role fine arts knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage loan administration skill
5 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 collection management software required
  • required, not held museum databases required
  • required, not held digitization required
  • optional, not held museology optional
  • optional, not held art-historical values 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.