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

museum directortocultural visitor services manager

A museum director already meets 29% of what the cultural visitor services manager role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From museum director
29%
Overlap1
To cultural visitor services manager
5 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
65.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

29%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

65.6/ 100

1 Share of the cultural visitor services 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 visitor services manager role treats 4 of its required skills as things a museum director already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • approve reports for artistic project
  • consult exhibition organisers
  • evaluate cultural venue visitor needs
  • plan art educational activities

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 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A cultural visitor services 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 evaluate cultural venue visitor needs management skills
  • already held approve reports for artistic project information skills
  • already held consult exhibition organisers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held plan art educational activities management skills
  • already held ensure infrastructure accessibility communication, collaboration and creativity

All 5 carried skills, including the 4 the cultural visitor services manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 13 missing skills fall into 4 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 5 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held create cultural venue outreach policies required
  • required, not held establish educational network required
  • required, not held promote cultural venue events required
  • required, not held work with cultural venue specialists required
  • required, not held develop educational resources required
  • optional, not held promote cultural venue in schools optional
02 management skills 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held manage art facilities staff required
  • required, not held create cultural venue learning strategies required
  • required, not held develop outreach training plans required
  • optional, not held develop artistic educational activities optional
  • optional, not held manage volunteers optional
03 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held evaluate cultural venue programmes required
04 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held assemble health and safety resources in cultural venues optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a cultural visitor services 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 5 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held approve reports for artistic project skill
  • already held consult exhibition organisers skill
  • already held evaluate cultural venue visitor needs skill
  • already held plan art educational activities skill
  • already held ensure infrastructure accessibility skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assemble health and safety resources in cultural venues optional
  • optional, not held develop artistic educational activities optional
  • optional, not held manage volunteers optional
  • optional, not held promote cultural venue in schools optional
42 held skills the cultural visitor services 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 advise on loans of art work for exhibitions skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse packaging requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role art collections knowledge
  • not needed by the target role art history knowledge
  • 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 coordinate marketing plan actions skill
  • not needed by the target role develop classification systems skill
  • not needed by the target role document museum collection skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure safety conditions in storage rooms skill
  • not needed by the target role handle artworks skill
  • not needed by the target role history knowledge
  • not needed by the target role implement risk management for works of art skill
  • 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 budgets 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 manage staff 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 monitor museum environment skill
  • not needed by the target role museology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role museum databases 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 public relations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role sell art skill

2 further entries not listed here

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.