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

art handlertocultural archive manager

A art handler already meets 22% of what the cultural archive manager role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.

From art handler
22%
Overlap1
To cultural archive manager
8 Skills carried over
15 Required, not held
76.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

22%

Learning distance A rebuild

76.7/ 100

1 Share of the cultural archive 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.

Why

Why this move works

A cultural archive manager role treats 4 of its required skills as things a art handler already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on loans of art work for exhibitions
  • art collections
  • conservation techniques
  • supervise artefact movement

What stands in the way is 15 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A cultural archive 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 art collections arts and humanities
  • already held present exhibition communication, collaboration and creativity

All 8 carried skills, including the 4 the cultural archive manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 26 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 management skills 5 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held create collection conservation plan required
  • required, not held manage budgets required
  • required, not held manage staff required
  • required, not held perform clerical duties required
  • required, not held supervise work required
  • optional, not held identify process improvements optional
  • optional, not held coordinate operational activities optional
02 information skills 4 required, 5 supplementary
  • 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
  • required, not held monitor artistic activities required
  • optional, not held manage archive optional
  • optional, not held compile detailed collection inventory optional
  • optional, not held evaluate art quality optional
  • optional, not held manage digital archives optional
  • optional, not held study a collection optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held cope with challenging demands required
  • required, not held respect cultural differences in the field of exhibition required
  • optional, not held provide project information on exhibitions optional
  • optional, not held coach employees optional
04 social sciences, journalism and information 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held collection management required
  • required, not held museum databases required
  • optional, not held collection management software optional
05 business, administration and law 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held project management required
  • optional, not held budgetary principles optional
06 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held establish high standards of collections care required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a cultural archive 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 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on loans of art work for exhibitions skill
  • already held art collections knowledge
  • already held conservation techniques knowledge
  • already held supervise artefact movement skill
  • already held art history knowledge
  • already held assess museum object condition skill
  • already held handle artworks skill
  • already held present exhibition skill
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held manage archive optional
  • optional, not held budgetary principles optional
  • optional, not held collection management software optional
  • optional, not held compile detailed collection inventory optional
  • optional, not held evaluate art quality optional
  • optional, not held identify process improvements optional
  • optional, not held manage digital archives optional
  • optional, not held provide project information on exhibitions optional
  • optional, not held study a collection optional
  • optional, not held coach employees optional
  • optional, not held coordinate operational activities optional
7 held skills the cultural archive 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 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 required
  • required, not held museum databases required
  • required, not held project management required
  • optional, not held budgetary principles optional
  • optional, not held collection management software 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.