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Title
Demonstrate knowledge and skills of museum collection
management
Level
4
Credits
10
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate
knowledge of museum collection management policy and
practice, and demonstrate museum collection management
skills.
Classification
Museum Services > Museum Collections
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Unit 20554, Demonstrate knowledge of museums and
responsibilities of the museum sector in Aotearoa New
Zealand, or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
1
For the purposes of this unit standard, evidence requirements may be limited to one
museum.
2
Definitions
Museum includes museums, art galleries, whare taonga, tribal museums, cultural
centres, science centres, interpretive centres, exhibition centres, and historic places.
Museum policy and practice refers to all workplace requirements for the operation of
museums. These may include, but are not limited to – relevant statutory and
regulatory requirements, a formal statement of purpose, terms of reference for the
governing body, acknowledgement of the Treaty of Waitangi and mana of tangata
whenua, a code of ethics, nomination process, iwi representation, statement of
decision-making cycle, procedures manual for the governing body, access to special
advice including Māori consultation, and other documents and arrangements as may
be necessary or appropriate. Information on relevant legislation is available from
National Services Te Paerangi, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa,
PO Box 467, Wellington 6140.
Taonga are objects of special significance to Māori.
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of museum collection management policy.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Key elements of a policy for museum collection management are identified.
Range
evidence for four key elements is required.
Outcome 2
Demonstrate knowledge of museum collection management practice.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The practice of collection documentation is explained and justified in
accordance with museum policy and practice.
Range
2.2
The procedures for accessioning and cataloguing objects and/or taonga are
described and explained in accordance with museum policy and practice.
Range
2.3
evidence must come from one museum.
The storage and preventive conservation of objects and/or taonga are explained
in terms of the factors involved.
Range
2.4
accessioning, labelling, cataloguing, photography, conservation,
insurance.
factors include – environmental, storage materials, pest
management, handling and movement.
Response procedures in relation to theft, damage and minor flooding are
explained in accordance with museum policy and practice.
Outcome 3
Demonstrate museum collection management skills.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Museum collection management skills are demonstrated in accordance with
museum policy and practice.
Range
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handling and moving, labelling, accessioning, cataloguing;
evidence of three different types of object and/or taonga.
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3.2
Research and documentation of provenance are completed in accordance with
museum policy and practice.
provenance includes but is not limited to – origin, story,
associations;
evidence for one object or taonga.
Range
3.3
Material is stored in accordance with museum policy and practice.
Range
3.4
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evidence of three different types of object and/or taonga.
A condition report is completed and follow up procedures are carried out in
accordance with museum policy and practice.
Range
evidence of one object or taonga.
Planned review date
31 December 2015
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
24 May 2005
N/A
Rollover and
Revision
2
21 September 2007
Review
3
21 January 2011
N/A
Revision
4
21 May 2015
N/A
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0078
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMRs). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
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Comments on this unit standard
Please contact ServiceIQ qualifications@serviceiq.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes
to the content of this unit standard.
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