Museum Technicians and Conservators
Tasks Include:
- 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.
- Determine whether objects need repair and choose the safest and most effective method of repair.
- Clean objects, such as paper, textiles, wood, metal, glass, rock, pottery, and furniture, using cleansers, solvents, soap solutions, and polishes.
- Prepare artifacts for storage and shipping.
- Supervise and work with volunteers.
- Recommend preservation procedures, such as control of temperature and humidity, to curatorial and building staff.
- Perform on-site field work which may involve interviewing people, inspecting and identifying artifacts, note-taking, viewing sites and collections, and repainting exhibition spaces.
- Repair, restore, and reassemble artifacts, designing and fabricating missing or broken parts, to restore them to their original appearance and prevent deterioration.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +7.0%
National: +12.6%
Education
Master's Degree
Job Zone:
Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Highest ($50,000 and up)
Median Earnings:
National
$47,270.00
State
$35,840.00
Regional
Museum Technicians and Conservators
Description
Career Cluster: | Education & Training |
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.
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Museum Technicians and Conservators
Education
Required Level of Education
- Master's Degree = 41.30%
- Bachelor's Degree = 24.11%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 20.32%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 7.18%
- Post-Master's Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Master's degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees at the doctoral level. = 5.79%
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 1.29%
Related Work Experience
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 25.04%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 24.36%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 13.58%
- Over 10 years = 13.41%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 9.03%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 7.96%
- Over 8 years, up to and including 10 years = 4.97%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 1.64%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Up to and including 1 month = 25.31%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 24.01%
- None = 23.83%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 11.30%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 7.66%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 4.43%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 2.17%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 1.29%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 26.02%
- None or short demonstration = 19.21%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 12.33%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 10.93%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 10%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 9.32%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 7.66%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 4.54%
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Museum Technicians and Conservators
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- 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.
- Determine whether objects need repair and choose the safest and most effective method of repair.
- Clean objects, such as paper, textiles, wood, metal, glass, rock, pottery, and furniture, using cleansers, solvents, soap solutions, and polishes.
- Prepare artifacts for storage and shipping.
- Supervise and work with volunteers.
- Recommend preservation procedures, such as control of temperature and humidity, to curatorial and building staff.
- Perform on-site field work which may involve interviewing people, inspecting and identifying artifacts, note-taking, viewing sites and collections, and repainting exhibition spaces.
- Repair, restore, and reassemble artifacts, designing and fabricating missing or broken parts, to restore them to their original appearance and prevent deterioration.
- Notify superior when restoration of artifacts requires outside experts.
- Photograph objects for documentation.
- Lead tours and teach educational courses to students and the general public.
- Enter information about museum collections into computer databases.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Coordinate exhibit installations, assisting with design, constructing displays, dioramas, display cases, and models, and ensuring the availability of necessary materials.
- Specialize in particular materials or types of object, such as documents and books, paintings, decorative arts, textiles, metals, or architectural materials.
- Classify and assign registration numbers to artifacts and supervise inventory control.
- Prepare reports on the operation of conservation laboratories, documenting the condition of artifacts, treatment options, and the methods of preservation and repair used.
- Study object documentation or conduct standard chemical and physical tests to ascertain the object's age, composition, original appearance, need for treatment or restoration, and appropriate preservation method.
- Cut and weld metal sections in reconstruction or renovation of exterior structural sections and accessories of exhibits.
- Perform tests and examinations to establish storage and conservation requirements, policies, and procedures.
- Plan and conduct research to develop and improve methods of restoring and preserving specimens.
- Estimate cost of restoration work.
- Preserve or direct preservation of objects, using plaster, resin, sealants, hardeners, and shellac.
- Build, repair, and install wooden steps, scaffolds, and walkways to gain access to or permit improved view of exhibited equipment.
- Construct skeletal mounts of fossils, replicas of archaeological artifacts, or duplicate specimens, using a variety of materials and hand tools.
- Direct and supervise curatorial, technical, and student staff in the handling, mounting, care, and storage of art objects.
- Deliver artwork on courier trips.
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Museum Technicians and Conservators
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Adjustable widemouth pliers
- Compressed air gun (Air abrasive tools)
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus (Brazing equipment)
- Wood chisels (Carpenters' chisels)
- Hammers (Claw hammers)
- Cold chisels
- Power drills (Cordless drills)
- Dental probes (Dental explorers)
- Desktop computers
- Digital cameras
- Micrometers (Digital micrometers)
- Scanners (Digitizers)
- Paint brushes (Dusting brushes)
- Handheld thermometer (Handheld digital thermometers)
- Hygrometers
- Infrared imagers (Infrared cameras)
- Laboratory scalpels
- Notebook computers (Laptop computers)
- Mallets
- Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus (Oxyacetylene welding equipment)
- Personal computers
- Photocopiers (Photocopying equipment)
- Power saws
- Soldering irons or guns (Soldering irons)
- Stereo or dissecting light microscopes (Stereo microscopes)
- Temperature transmitters (Temperature sensors)
- Ultraviolet UV lamps (Ultraviolet UV examination lights)
- Vacuum cleaner supplies or accessories (Vacuum cleaner micro-tools)
- Vacuum cleaners
- Wire cutters
- Stripping tools (Wire strippers)
- X ray radiography examination equipment (X ray examination equipment)
Technologies Include:
- Data base user interface and query software
- Gallery Systems EmbARK
- Questor Systems ARGUS
- Questor Systems QScan32
- Electronic mail software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Graphics or photo imaging software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop software
- Object oriented data base management software
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro
- Office suite software
- Microsoft Office software
- Project management software
- PastPerfect Software PastPerfect
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Excel
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Word
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Additional Resources
For information on archivists and on schools offering courses in archival studies, contact:
Society of American Archivists
527 South Wells St.
5th floor
Chicago, IL 60607-3922
http://www.archivists.org
For general information about careers as a curator and schools offering courses in museum studies, contact:
American Association of Museums
1575 I St. NW.
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20005
http://www.aam-us.org
For information about conservation and preservation careers and education programs, contact:
American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
1717 K St. NW.
Suite 301
Washington, DC 20006
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/aic
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Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
62.00 | Fine Arts | Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture. |
60.25 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
57.50 | Public Safety and Security | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. |
55.25 | History and Archeology | Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures. |
52.50 | Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
52.00 | Chemistry | Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods. |
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Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
72.00 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
65.50 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
65.50 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
56.25 | Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
56.25 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
53.00 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
53.00 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
53.00 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
50.00 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
50.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
50.00 | Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. |
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Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
68.75 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
68.75 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
65.50 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
65.50 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
62.50 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
62.50 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
62.50 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
62.50 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
59.50 | Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. |
56.25 | Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). |
56.25 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
56.25 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
56.25 | Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
56.25 | Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
53.00 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
53.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
53.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
53.00 | Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
53.00 | Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
53.00 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
53.00 | Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
50.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
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Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
82.25 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
80.25 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
76.00 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
72.00 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
71.50 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
70.75 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
68.00 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
65.00 | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |
64.50 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
64.25 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
62.25 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
60.25 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
59.75 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
58.50 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
57.75 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
57.25 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
56.50 | Communicating with People Outside the Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
56.25 | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
50.75 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
50.25 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
50.00 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
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Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
98.00 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
85.50 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
80.00 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
79.75 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
79.00 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
79.00 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
75.75 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
73.00 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
72.00 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
71.75 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
67.00 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
66.00 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
63.50 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
63.00 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
58.25 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
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Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
61.17 | Achievement | Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement. |
61.17 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
55.50 | Working Conditions | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions. |
55.50 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
55.50 | Independence | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
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Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
92.00 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
90.40 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
87.00 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
86.20 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
83.40 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
83.00 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
82.80 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
78.40 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
75.20 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
74.40 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
71.20 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
69.80 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
69.80 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
69.00 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
68.00 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
67.40 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
64.60 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
63.80 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
61.60 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
61.40 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
60.20 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
59.40 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
57.00 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
57.00 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
53.00 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
51.80 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
49.80 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
49.60 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
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Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
- Examples
- Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include real estate brokers, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, conservation scientists, art directors, and cost estimators.
- Education
- Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $29,640.00 | $47,270.00 | $62,520.00 |
Virginia | $22,880.00 | $35,840.00 | $51,120.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $23,791.60 | $31,723.17 | $35,770.99 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $25,075.10 | $32,824.95 | $44,972.57 |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | $30,009.75 | $36,692.08 | $49,573.88 |
Hampton Roads | $28,995.20 | $36,912.23 | $44,297.59 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | $39,260.13 | $68,600.09 | $85,956.51 |
Piedmont Workforce | $30,759.50 | $37,566.45 | $58,334.12 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
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Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 12,700 | 14,300 | +12.6% |
Virginia | 530 | 567 | +7.0% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
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Titles
- Armorer Technician
- Art Conservator
- Art Objects Repairer
- Art Preparator
- Artifacts Conservator
- Ceramic Restorer
- Collections Curator
- Collections Manager
- Collections Specialist
- Conservation Technician
- Conservator
- Curator
- Curator of Collections
- Curatorial Assistant
- Director of Exhibits
- Document Restorer
- Ethnographic Materials Conservator
- Exhibit Preparator
- Exhibit Technician
- Exhibition Designer
- Exhibits Coordinator
- Exhibits Curator
- Fine Arts Packer
- Head of Conservation
- Lace and Textiles Restorer
- Museum Exhibit Technician
- Museum Registrar
- Museum Technician
- Objects Conservator
- Paintings Conservator
- Paper and Prints Restorer
- Paper Conservator
- Preparator
- Research Assistant
- Restoration Technician
- Sculpture Conservator
- Textile Conservator
- Transportation Equipment Maintenance Worker
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Museum Technicians and Conservators
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