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

collection managertoexhibition registrar

A collection manager already meets 49% of what the exhibition registrar role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From collection manager
49%
Overlap1
To exhibition registrar
15 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
56.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

49%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

56.4/ 100

1 Share of the exhibition registrar 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.

Why

Why this move works

A exhibition registrar role treats 11 of its required skills as things a collection manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on loans of art work for exhibitions
  • assess museum object condition
  • collection management software
  • conservation techniques
  • cope with challenging demands
  • document museum collection

What stands in the way is 10 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 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A exhibition registrar 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 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 assess museum object condition information skills
  • already held monitor museum environment information skills
  • already held collection management software social sciences, journalism and information

All 15 carried skills, including the 11 the exhibition registrar role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on art handling required
  • required, not held consult exhibition organisers required
  • required, not held advise on government policy compliance required
  • required, not held advise on tax policy required
  • required, not held prepare loan contracts required
  • optional, not held provide advice on travel destinations optional
  • optional, not held liaise with cultural partners optional
  • optional, not held provide railway technical advice optional
  • optional, not held train guides optional
  • optional, not held advise on foreign affairs policies optional
  • optional, not held give instructions to staff optional
02 management skills 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held manage loans required
  • required, not held work independently on exhibitions required
  • required, not held deliver correspondence required
  • optional, not held manage loan administration optional
03 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held compose condition reports required
  • optional, not held lead inspections optional
04 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held ensure safety of exhibition required
05 arts and humanities 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held art collections optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a exhibition registrar 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 15 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on loans of art work for exhibitions skill
  • already held assess museum object condition skill
  • already held collection management software knowledge
  • already held conservation techniques knowledge
  • already held cope with challenging demands skill
  • already held document museum collection skill
  • already held implement risk management for works of art 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 use ICT resources to solve work related tasks skill
  • already held art history knowledge
  • already held handle artworks skill
  • already held interact with an audience skill
  • already held monitor museum environment skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held provide advice on travel destinations optional
  • optional, not held art collections optional
  • optional, not held liaise with cultural partners optional
  • optional, not held manage loan administration optional
  • optional, not held provide railway technical advice optional
  • optional, not held train guides optional
  • optional, not held advise on foreign affairs policies optional
  • optional, not held give instructions to staff optional
  • optional, not held lead inspections optional
15 held skills the exhibition registrar 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 coach employees skill
  • not needed by the target role compile detailed collection inventory skill
  • not needed by the target role contribute to specialised publications skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate operational activities skill
  • not needed by the target role create collection conservation plan skill
  • not needed by the target role digitization knowledge
  • not needed by the target role establish high standards of collections care skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate art quality skill
  • not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role museology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role present exhibition skill
  • not needed by the target role provide project information on exhibitions skill
  • not needed by the target role train employees 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 art collections 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.