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

exhibition registrartomuseum director

A exhibition registrar already meets 31% of what the museum director role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.

From exhibition registrar
31%
Overlap1
To museum director
10 Skills carried over
15 Required, not held
73.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

31%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

73.2/ 100

1 Share of the museum director 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 museum director role treats 10 of its required skills as things a exhibition registrar already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on art handling
  • advise on loans of art work for exhibitions
  • art collections
  • art history
  • consult exhibition organisers
  • document museum collection

What stands in the way is 15 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A museum director 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 advise on art handling communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held implement risk management for works of art information skills
  • already held advise on loans of art work for exhibitions management skills
  • already held monitor museum environment information skills
  • already held document museum collection information skills
  • already held handle artworks handling and moving

All 10 carried skills, including the 10 the museum director role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 37 missing skills fall into 9 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 7 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held sell art required
  • required, not held assist clients with special needs required
  • required, not held ensure infrastructure accessibility required
  • required, not held liaise with colleagues required
  • required, not held liaise with educational institutions required
  • required, not held liaise with managers required
  • required, not held liaise with shareholders required
  • optional, not held advertise an art collection optional
  • optional, not held collaborate in the development of marketing strategies optional
  • optional, not held perform fundraising activities optional
02 management skills 4 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held plan art educational activities required
  • required, not held manage budgets required
  • required, not held manage staff required
  • required, not held supervise art gallery staff required
  • optional, not held organise participation in local or international events optional
  • optional, not held evaluate cultural venue visitor needs optional
  • optional, not held coordinate marketing plan actions optional
  • optional, not held manage fundraising activities optional
  • optional, not held manage rented goods returns optional
03 information skills 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held approve reports for artistic project required
  • required, not held maintain catalogue collection required
  • required, not held maintain museum records required
  • optional, not held develop classification systems optional
  • optional, not held analyse packaging requirements optional
  • optional, not held conduct scholarly research optional
04 arts and humanities 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held art-historical values required
  • optional, not held classical antiquity optional
  • optional, not held history optional
05 business, administration and law 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held marketing management optional
  • optional, not held marketing principles optional
  • optional, not held public relations optional
06 handling and moving 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held ensure safety conditions in storage rooms optional
  • optional, not held store goods optional
  • optional, not held install artwork in gallery optional

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a museum director 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 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on art handling skill
  • already held advise on loans of art work for exhibitions skill
  • already held art collections knowledge
  • already held art history knowledge
  • already held consult exhibition organisers skill
  • already held document museum collection skill
  • already held handle artworks skill
  • already held implement risk management for works of art skill
  • already held monitor museum environment skill
  • already held museum databases knowledge
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held paleontology optional
08 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held investigation research methods optional
09 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held museology optional
22 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held museology optional
  • optional, not held organise participation in local or international events optional
  • optional, not held advertise an art collection optional
  • optional, not held develop classification systems optional
  • optional, not held ensure safety conditions in storage rooms optional
  • optional, not held evaluate cultural venue visitor needs optional
  • optional, not held store goods optional
  • optional, not held analyse packaging requirements optional
  • optional, not held classical antiquity optional
  • optional, not held collaborate in the development of marketing strategies optional
  • optional, not held conduct scholarly research optional
  • optional, not held coordinate marketing plan actions optional
  • optional, not held history optional
  • optional, not held install artwork in gallery optional
  • optional, not held investigation research methods optional
  • optional, not held manage fundraising activities optional
  • optional, not held manage rented goods returns optional
  • optional, not held marketing management optional
  • optional, not held marketing principles optional
  • optional, not held paleontology optional
  • optional, not held perform fundraising activities optional
  • optional, not held public relations optional
24 held skills the museum director role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • 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 assess museum object condition skill
  • not needed by the target role collection management software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role compose condition reports skill
  • not needed by the target role conservation techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role cope with challenging demands 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 respect cultural differences in the field of exhibition skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise artefact movement 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
9 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-historical values required
  • optional, not held museology optional
  • optional, not held classical antiquity optional
  • optional, not held history optional
  • optional, not held investigation research methods optional
  • optional, not held marketing management optional
  • optional, not held marketing principles optional
  • optional, not held paleontology optional
  • optional, not held public relations 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.