Table 1Transition record

exhibition registrartocultural archive manager

A exhibition registrar already meets 47% of what the cultural archive manager role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From exhibition registrar

47%

Overlap1

To cultural archive manager

14 Skills carried over

9 Required, not held

56.2 Difficulty2

Career overlap Partial match

47%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

56.2/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 Share of the cultural archive manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the exhibition registrar 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 10 of its required skills as things a exhibition registrar already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

advise on loans of art work for exhibitions
art collections
conservation techniques
cope with challenging demands
document museum collection
implement risk management for works of art

What stands in the way is 9 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 14 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 exhibition registrar 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 monitor museum environment information skills
already held assess museum object condition information skills
already held document museum collection information skills

All 14 carried skills, including the 10 the cultural archive manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 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 1 required, 5 supplementary

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 business, administration and law 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held project management required

optional, not held budgetary principles optional

04 assisting and caring 1 required

required, not held establish high standards of collections care required

05 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required

required, not held collection management required

06 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 supplementary

optional, not held present exhibition optional
optional, not held provide project information on exhibitions optional
optional, not held coach employees optional

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 14 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 cope with challenging demands skill
already held document museum collection skill
already held implement risk management for works of art 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 collection management software knowledge
already held handle artworks 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 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 present exhibition 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

20 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 advise on foreign affairs policies skill
not needed by the target role advise on government policy compliance skill
not needed by the target role advise on tax policy 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 give instructions to staff skill
not needed by the target role interact with an audience skill
not needed by the target role lead inspections skill
not needed by the target role liaise with cultural partners skill
not needed by the target role manage loan administration skill
not needed by the target role manage loans skill
not needed by the target role prepare loan contracts skill
not needed by the target role provide advice on travel destinations skill
not needed by the target role provide railway technical advice skill
not needed by the target role train guides skill
not needed by the target role use ICT resources to solve work related tasks skill
not needed by the target role work independently on exhibitions skill

3 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 project management required
optional, not held budgetary principles optional

Index

Other moves recorded from exhibition registrar

Full index of moves from exhibition registrar

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.