Job Family: 25-0000 Education, Training and Library
Occupational Group: 25-4010 Librarians, Curators
and Archivists
OCCUPATION PROFILE
JOB FAMILY:
EDUCATION, TRAINING AND LIBRARY
OCCUPATIONAL GROUP:
LIBRARIANS, CURATORS AND ARCHIVISTS
OCCUPATION:
MUSEUM TECHNICIANS AND CONSERVATORS
25-4013
BROADBAND LEVELS:
Level 1 – Pay Band 002
Level 2 – Pay Band 007
Level 3 – Pay Band 008
DESCRIPTION
This is work documenting, cataloging, and preparing specimens, such as fossils,
skeletal parts, objects such as lace, and textiles, and works of art for museum collection
and exhibits. Incumbents may conserve or restore documents and objects or install,
arrange, and exhibit materials or assist with the preparation of collections for
transportation and shipping.
Some positions in this occupation may be responsible for coordinating work and
supervising employees.
EXAMPLES OF WORK
Supervises employees by assigning work, reviewing progress and assessing
performance.
Preserves or directs preservation of objects, using plaster, resin, sealants, hardeners,
and shellac.
Repairs and restores surfaces of artifacts to original appearance and to prevent
deterioration, according to accepted procedures.
Evaluates need for repair and determines safest and most effective method of treating
surface of object.
Cleans objects, such as paper, textiles, wood, metal, glass, rock, pottery, and furniture,
using cleansers, solvents, soap solutions, and polishes.
Constructs skeletal mounts of fossils, replicas of archaeological artifacts, or duplicate
specimens, using variety of materials and hand tools.
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Job Family: 25-0000 Education, Training and Library
Occupational Group: 25-4010 Librarians, Curators
and Archivists
Repairs or reassembles broken objects, using glue, solder, hand tools, power tools, and
small machines.
Studies descriptive information on object or conducts standard chemical and physical
tests to determine age, composition, and original appearance.
Designs and fabricates missing or broken parts.
Cuts and welds metal sections in reconstruction or renovation of exterior structural
sections and accessories of exhibits.
Recommends preservation measures, such as control of temperature, humidity, and
exposure to light, to curatorial and building maintenance staff.
Installs, arranges, assembles, and prepares artifacts for exhibition.
Plans and conducts research to develop and improve methods of restoring and
preserving specimens.
Prepares reports of activities and documents methods of preservation and repair.
Notifies superior when restoration of artifact requires outside experts.
Directs curatorial and technical staff in handling, mounting, care, and storage of art
objects.
Estimates cost of restoration work.
Builds, repairs, and installs wooden steps, scaffolds, and walkways to gain access to or
permit improved view of exhibited equipment.
Catalogs and prepares descriptions and condition reports for collections objects and
loaned material.
Photographs objects for documentation purposes.
Maintains paper and photographic documents and computer records on collections.
EXAMPLES OF JOB CHARACTERISTICS
Handling and Moving Objects
Using one's own hands and arms in handling,
installing, forming, positioning, and moving
materials, or in manipulating things, including
the use of keyboards.
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Job Family: 25-0000 Education, Training and Library
Occupational Group: 25-4010 Librarians, Curators
and Archivists
Getting Information Needed to Do the
Job
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining
information from all relevant sources.
Making Decisions and Solving
Problems
Combining, evaluating, and reasoning with
information and data to make decisions and
solve problems. These processes involve
making decisions about the relative
importance of information and choosing the
best solution.
Providing information to supervisors, fellow
workers, and subordinates. This information
can be exchanged face-to-face, in writing, or
via telephone/electronic transfer.
Communicating With Other Workers
Implementing Ideas, Programs, Etc.
Analyzing Data or Information
Conducting or carrying out work procedures
and activities in accord with one's own ideas
or information provided through
directions/instructions for purposes of
installing, modifying, preparing, delivering,
constructing, integrating, finishing, or
completing programs, systems, structures, or
products.
Identifying underlying principles, reasons, or
facts by breaking down information or data
into separate parts.
Judging Qualities of Things, Services,
and/or People
Making judgments about or assessing the
value, importance, or quality of things or
people.
Updating and Using Job-Relevant
Knowledge
Keeping up-to-date technically and knowing
one's own jobs' and related jobs' functions.
Processing Information
Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating,
tabulating, auditing, verifying, or processing
information or data.
Estimating Needed Characteristics
Estimating the characteristics of materials,
products, events, or information: Estimating
sizes, distances, and quantities, or
determining time, costs, resources, or
materials needed to perform a work activity.
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Job Family: 25-0000 Education, Training and Library
Occupational Group: 25-4010 Librarians, Curators
and Archivists
Documenting/Recording Information
Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or
maintaining information in either written form
or by electronic/magnetic recording.
EXAMPLES OF KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Product Inspection
Inspecting and evaluating the quality of
products
Judgment and Decision Making
Weighing the relative costs and benefits of a
potential action
Equipment Selection
Determining the kind of tools and equipment
needed to do a job
Information Gathering
Knowing how to find information and
identifying essential information
Writing
Communicating effectively with others in
writing as indicated by the needs of the
audience
Reading Comprehension
Understanding written sentences and
paragraphs in work related documents
Speaking
Talking to others to effectively convey
information
Repairing
Repairing machines or systems using the
needed tools
Installation
Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or
programs to meet specifications
Operations Analysis
Analyzing needs and product requirements to
create a design
Coordination
Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions
Management of Personnel Resources
Motivating, developing, and directing people
as they work, identifying the best people for
the job
Management of Material Resources
Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use
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Job Family: 25-0000 Education, Training and Library
Occupational Group: 25-4010 Librarians, Curators
and Archivists
of equipment, facilities, and materials needed
to do certain work
History and Archeology
Knowledge of past historical events and their
causes, indicators, and impact on particular
civilizations and cultures
Clerical
Knowledge of administrative and clerical
procedures and systems
LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
EFFECTIVE:
7/01/2002
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