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

collection managertocultural archive manager

A collection manager already meets 64% of what the cultural archive manager role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From collection manager
64%
Overlap1
To cultural archive manager
22 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
40.6 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 40.6

This move: 40.6 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the cultural archive manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the collection manager 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 22 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 collection manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held establish high standards of collections care assisting and caring
  • already held compile detailed collection inventory information skills
  • already held implement risk management for works of art information skills
  • already held supervise artefact movement handling and moving
  • already held advise on loans of art work for exhibitions management skills
  • already held create collection conservation plan management skills

All 22 carried skills, including the 12 the cultural archive manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 12 missing skills fall into 5 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 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • 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
02 information skills 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held monitor artistic activities required
  • optional, not held manage archive optional
  • optional, not held manage digital archives optional
  • optional, not held study a collection optional
03 business, administration and law 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held project management required
  • optional, not held budgetary principles optional
04 arts and humanities 1 required
  • required, not held art collections required
05 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required
  • required, not held collection management 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 22 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on loans of art work for exhibitions skill
  • already held conservation techniques knowledge
  • already held cope with challenging demands skill
  • already held create collection conservation plan skill
  • already held document museum collection skill
  • already held establish high standards of collections care skill
  • already held implement risk management for works of art skill
  • already held manage budgets skill
  • already held monitor museum environment skill
  • already held museum databases knowledge
  • already held respect cultural differences in the field of exhibition skill
  • already held supervise artefact movement skill
  • already held art history knowledge
  • already held assess museum object condition skill
  • already held coach employees skill
  • already held collection management software knowledge
  • already held compile detailed collection inventory skill
  • already held coordinate operational activities skill
  • already held evaluate art quality skill
  • already held handle artworks skill
  • already held present exhibition skill
  • already held provide project information on exhibitions skill
5 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 identify process improvements optional
  • optional, not held manage digital archives optional
  • optional, not held study a collection optional
8 held skills the cultural archive manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role arrange interlibrary loans skill
  • not needed by the target role art-historical values knowledge
  • not needed by the target role contribute to specialised publications skill
  • not needed by the target role digitization knowledge
  • not needed by the target role interact with an audience skill
  • not needed by the target role museology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role train employees skill
  • not needed by the target role use ICT resources to solve work related tasks skill
4 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 art collections required
  • required, not held collection management required
  • required, not held project management required
  • optional, not held budgetary principles 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.