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

museum directortocultural archive manager

A museum director already meets 36% of what the cultural archive manager role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

From museum director
36%
Overlap1
To cultural archive manager
10 Skills carried over
11 Required, not held
66.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

36%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

66.6/ 100

1 Share of the cultural archive manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the museum director 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 8 of its required skills as things a museum director already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on loans of art work for exhibitions
  • art collections
  • document museum collection
  • implement risk management for works of art
  • manage budgets
  • manage staff

What stands in the way is 11 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 cultural archive manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a museum director background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • 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
  • already held art collections arts and humanities

All 10 carried skills, including the 8 the cultural archive manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 24 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 management skills 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held create collection conservation plan 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held cope with challenging demands required
  • required, not held respect cultural differences in the field of exhibition required
  • optional, not held present exhibition optional
  • optional, not held provide project information on exhibitions optional
  • optional, not held coach employees optional
03 information skills 1 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held monitor artistic activities required
  • optional, not held manage archive optional
  • optional, not held assess museum object condition 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
04 business, administration and law 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held project management required
  • optional, not held budgetary principles optional
05 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held collection management required
  • optional, not held collection management software optional
06 arts and humanities 1 required
  • required, not held conservation techniques required

2 further areas in the appendix

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 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on loans of art work for exhibitions skill
  • already held art collections knowledge
  • already held document museum collection skill
  • already held implement risk management for works of art skill
  • already held manage budgets skill
  • already held manage staff skill
  • already held monitor museum environment skill
  • already held museum databases knowledge
  • already held art history knowledge
  • already held handle artworks skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held establish high standards of collections care required
08 handling and moving 1 required
  • required, not held supervise artefact movement required
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held manage archive optional
  • optional, not held assess museum object condition optional
  • optional, not held budgetary principles optional
  • optional, not held collection management software 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
37 held skills the cultural archive manager 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 art handling skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse packaging requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role approve reports for artistic project skill
  • not needed by the target role art-historical values knowledge
  • not needed by the target role assist clients with special needs skill
  • not needed by the target role classical antiquity knowledge
  • not needed by the target role collaborate in the development of marketing strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct scholarly research skill
  • not needed by the target role consult exhibition organisers skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate marketing plan actions skill
  • not needed by the target role develop classification systems skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure infrastructure accessibility skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure safety conditions in storage rooms skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate cultural venue visitor needs skill
  • not needed by the target role history knowledge
  • not needed by the target role install artwork in gallery skill
  • not needed by the target role investigation research methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role liaise with colleagues skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with educational institutions skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with shareholders skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain catalogue collection skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain museum records skill
  • not needed by the target role manage fundraising activities skill
  • not needed by the target role manage rented goods returns skill
  • not needed by the target role marketing management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role marketing principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role museology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role organise participation in local or international events skill
  • not needed by the target role paleontology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform fundraising activities skill
  • not needed by the target role plan art educational activities skill
  • not needed by the target role public relations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role sell art skill
  • not needed by the target role store goods skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise art gallery staff skill
5 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 conservation techniques required
  • required, not held project management required
  • optional, not held budgetary principles optional
  • optional, not held collection management software optional
Index

Other moves recorded from museum director

Full index of moves from museum director

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.