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

exhibition curatortoart handler

A exhibition curator already meets 31% of what the art handler role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From exhibition curator
31%
Overlap1
To art handler
5 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
57.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

31%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

57.8/ 100

1 Share of the art handler role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the exhibition curator 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 art handler role treats 2 of its required skills as things a exhibition curator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • consult exhibition organisers
  • ensure safety of exhibition

What stands in the way is 5 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 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A art handler role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a exhibition curator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held ensure safety of exhibition assisting and caring
  • already held consult exhibition organisers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held art collections arts and humanities
  • already held present exhibition communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held art history arts and humanities

All 5 carried skills, including the 2 the art handler role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 10 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 handling and moving 2 required
  • required, not held handle artworks required
  • required, not held supervise artefact movement required
02 management skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held deliver correspondence required
  • optional, not held advise on loans of art work for exhibitions optional
  • optional, not held manage loan administration optional
03 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held assess museum object condition required
  • optional, not held compose condition reports optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • required, not held advise on art handling required
05 arts and humanities 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held conservation techniques optional
  • optional, not held fine arts optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a art handler 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 5 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held consult exhibition organisers skill
  • already held ensure safety of exhibition skill
  • already held art collections knowledge
  • already held art history knowledge
  • already held present exhibition skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held advise on loans of art work for exhibitions optional
  • optional, not held compose condition reports optional
  • optional, not held conservation techniques optional
  • optional, not held manage loan administration optional
  • optional, not held fine arts optional
33 held skills the art handler role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advertise an art collection skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on cultural exhibitions skill
  • not needed by the target role anthropology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply strategic thinking skill
  • not needed by the target role archaeology knowledge
  • 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 coordinate operational activities skill
  • not needed by the target role cope with challenging demands skill
  • not needed by the target role create new concepts skill
  • not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
  • not needed by the target role cultural projects knowledge
  • not needed by the target role evaluate art quality skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate cultural venue visitor needs skill
  • not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
  • not needed by the target role inheritance council practices knowledge
  • not needed by the target role interact with an audience skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with financiers skill
  • not needed by the target role listen actively skill
  • not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role meet deadlines skill
  • not needed by the target role museum databases knowledge
  • not needed by the target role natural history knowledge
  • not needed by the target role organise an exhibition skill
  • not needed by the target role perform project management skill
  • not needed by the target role plan resource allocation skill
  • not needed by the target role present reports skill
  • not needed by the target role provide project information on exhibitions skill
  • not needed by the target role support public access to exhibitions skill
  • not needed by the target role train employees skill
  • not needed by the target role use ICT resources to solve work related tasks skill
  • not needed by the target role work in an organised manner skill
  • not needed by the target role work independently on exhibitions skill
2 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 conservation techniques optional
  • optional, not held fine arts 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.