Museum Technicians & Conservators
Also called: Conservator, Objects Conservator, Paintings Conservator, Conservation Technician
What they do:
Restore, maintain, or prepare objects in museum collections for storage, research, or exhibit. May work with specimens such as fossils, skeletal parts, or botanicals; or artifacts, textiles, or art. May identify and record objects or install and arrange them in exhibits. Includes book or document conservators.
On the job, you would:
- Clean objects, such as paper, textiles, wood, metal, glass, rock, pottery, and furniture, using cleansers, solvents, soap solutions, and polishes.
- Determine whether objects need repair and choose the safest and most effective method of repair.
- Install, arrange, assemble, and prepare artifacts for exhibition, ensuring the artifacts' safety, reporting their status and condition, and identifying and correcting any problems with the set-up.
Arts and Humanities
Math and Science
Business
Engineering and Technology
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Basic Skills
Problem Solving
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Verbal
Ideas and Logic
Hand and Finger Use
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People interested in this work like activities that include
practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They do well at jobs that need:
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You might use software like this on the job: Data base user interface and query software
Spreadsheet software
Electronic mail software
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