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

furniture restorertoart restorer

A furniture restorer already meets 38% of what the art restorer role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From furniture restorer
38%
Overlap1
To art restorer
6 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
56.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

38%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

56.6/ 100

1 Share of the art restorer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the furniture restorer 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 restorer role treats 5 of its required skills as things a furniture restorer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply restoration techniques
  • assess conservation needs
  • evaluate restoration procedures
  • provide conservation advice
  • select restoration activities

What stands in the way is 6 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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A art restorer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a furniture restorer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held provide conservation advice communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held assess conservation needs information skills
  • already held select restoration activities information skills
  • already held evaluate restoration procedures information skills
  • already held apply restoration techniques constructing
  • already held art history arts and humanities

All 6 carried skills, including the 5 the art restorer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 14 missing skills fall into 8 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 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held create solutions to problems required
  • optional, not held respect cultural differences in the field of exhibition optional
  • optional, not held work in restoration team optional
  • optional, not held interact with an audience optional
  • optional, not held present reports optional
02 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held coordinate operational activities required
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
03 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held ensure safety of exhibition required
04 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required
  • required, not held museum databases required
05 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held use ICT resources to solve work related tasks required
06 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held restore art using scientific methods required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a art restorer 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 6 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply restoration techniques skill
  • already held assess conservation needs skill
  • already held evaluate restoration procedures skill
  • already held provide conservation advice skill
  • already held select restoration activities skill
  • already held art history knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 information skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held evaluate art quality optional
  • optional, not held specialise in conservation-restoration of specific types of objects optional
08 arts and humanities 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held art collections optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held art collections optional
  • optional, not held evaluate art quality optional
  • optional, not held respect cultural differences in the field of exhibition optional
  • optional, not held specialise in conservation-restoration of specific types of objects optional
  • optional, not held work in restoration team optional
  • optional, not held interact with an audience optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
  • optional, not held present reports optional
33 held skills the art restorer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role age furniture artificially skill
  • not needed by the target role apply a protective layer skill
  • not needed by the target role carve materials skill
  • not needed by the target role clean furniture skill
  • not needed by the target role conservation techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role contextualise artistic work skill
  • not needed by the target role create smooth wood surface skill
  • not needed by the target role create wood joints skill
  • not needed by the target role decorate furniture skill
  • not needed by the target role do historical research skill
  • not needed by the target role document museum collection skill
  • not needed by the target role document restoration skill
  • not needed by the target role engrave patterns skill
  • not needed by the target role engraving technologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role estimate restoration costs skill
  • not needed by the target role fix minor scratches skill
  • not needed by the target role furniture industry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role handle delivery of furniture goods skill
  • not needed by the target role join wood elements skill
  • not needed by the target role operate wood sawing equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role paint decorative designs skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare furniture for application of paint skill
  • not needed by the target role produce copies of valuable objects skill
  • not needed by the target role produce customised tools skill
  • not needed by the target role repair furniture parts skill
  • not needed by the target role sand wood skill
  • not needed by the target role sell furniture skill
  • not needed by the target role sell household goods skill
  • not needed by the target role specialise in an area of history skill
  • not needed by the target role technical drawings knowledge
  • not needed by the target role types of wood knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use authentic crafting techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role use environmental friendly materials 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
  • required, not held museum databases required
  • optional, not held art collections optional
Index

Other moves recorded from furniture restorer

Full index of moves from furniture restorer

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.