book restorertofurniture restorer
A book restorer already meets 20% of what the furniture restorer role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.
20%
78.3/ 100
1 Share of the furniture restorer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the book restorer 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 this move works
A furniture restorer role treats 5 of its required skills as things a book restorer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply restoration techniques
- assess conservation needs
- evaluate restoration procedures
- provide conservation advice
- select restoration activities
What stands in the way is 13 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 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A furniture restorer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a book restorer background worth leading with.
- already held provide conservation advice communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held assess conservation needs information skills
- already held select restoration activities information skills
- already held evaluate restoration procedures information skills
- already held apply restoration techniques constructing
All 5 carried skills, including the 5 the furniture restorer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 34 missing skills fall into 8 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.
- required, not held create smooth wood surface required
- required, not held create wood joints required
- required, not held sand wood required
- optional, not held handle delivery of furniture goods optional
- optional, not held age furniture artificially optional
- optional, not held carve materials optional
- optional, not held clean furniture optional
- optional, not held fix minor scratches optional
- optional, not held produce copies of valuable objects optional
- optional, not held produce customised tools optional
- optional, not held repair furniture parts optional
- optional, not held use authentic crafting techniques optional
- required, not held document restoration required
- required, not held do historical research required
- required, not held estimate restoration costs required
- optional, not held contextualise artistic work optional
- optional, not held document museum collection optional
- optional, not held specialise in an area of history optional
- required, not held technical drawings required
- required, not held types of wood required
- optional, not held furniture industry optional
- optional, not held engraving technologies optional
- required, not held apply a protective layer required
- required, not held join wood elements required
- optional, not held prepare furniture for application of paint optional
- required, not held art history required
- required, not held conservation techniques required
- required, not held operate wood sawing equipment required
- optional, not held engrave patterns optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a furniture restorer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 document restoration skill · occupation specific
- 02 art history knowledge · sector specific
- 03 conservation techniques knowledge · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 5 skills that carry over
- already held apply restoration techniques skill
- already held assess conservation needs skill
- already held evaluate restoration procedures skill
- already held provide conservation advice skill
- already held select restoration activities skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held sell furniture optional
- optional, not held sell household goods optional
- optional, not held decorate furniture optional
- optional, not held paint decorative designs optional
- optional, not held use environmental friendly materials optional
21 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held contextualise artistic work optional
- optional, not held engrave patterns optional
- optional, not held furniture industry optional
- optional, not held handle delivery of furniture goods optional
- optional, not held sell furniture optional
- optional, not held sell household goods optional
- optional, not held age furniture artificially optional
- optional, not held carve materials optional
- optional, not held clean furniture optional
- optional, not held decorate furniture optional
- optional, not held document museum collection optional
- optional, not held engraving technologies optional
- optional, not held fix minor scratches optional
- optional, not held paint decorative designs optional
- optional, not held prepare furniture for application of paint optional
- optional, not held produce copies of valuable objects optional
- optional, not held produce customised tools optional
- optional, not held repair furniture parts optional
- optional, not held specialise in an area of history optional
- optional, not held use authentic crafting techniques optional
- optional, not held use environmental friendly materials optional
16 held skills the furniture restorer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adhesives knowledge
- not needed by the target role bind books skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate operational activities skill
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role ensure safety of exhibition skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate art quality skill
- not needed by the target role interact with an audience skill
- not needed by the target role museum databases knowledge
- not needed by the target role oversee quality control skill
- not needed by the target role perform project management skill
- not needed by the target role present reports skill
- not needed by the target role respect cultural differences in the field of exhibition skill
- not needed by the target role restore art using scientific methods skill
- not needed by the target role stitch paper materials skill
- not needed by the target role use ICT resources to solve work related tasks skill
- not needed by the target role work in restoration team 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.
- required, not held art history required
- required, not held conservation techniques required
- required, not held technical drawings required
- required, not held types of wood required
- optional, not held furniture industry optional
- optional, not held engraving technologies optional
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.