Archivists and Curators | Career profile | UCAS

Average Salary: £24,689
Jobs: 14,051

Daily Tasks

Answers verbal or written enquiries and gives advice on exhibits or other material.
Liaises with school and other groups or individuals, publicises exhibits and arranges special displays for general, specialised or educational interest.
Negotiates loans of material for specialist displays.
Develops and promotes ideas for exhibitions and displays.
Allows access to original material or material not on display for researchers.
Makes sure that storage and display conditions protect objects from deterioration and damage.
Examines objects to identify any damage and carries out necessary restoration whilst preserving original characteristics.
Maintains indexes, bibliographies and descriptive details of archive material and arranges for reproductions of items where necessary.
Classifies material and arranges for its safe keeping and preservation.
Examines, appraises and advises on the acquisition of exhibits, historic records, government papers and other material.

Hard skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Collections
Exhibitions
Museum Collections Management
Archaeology
Curation

Soft skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Research
Management
Communications
Customer Service
Enthusiasm

How do I get a job like this?

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Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time
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Student satisfaction: 92%
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UCAS Tariff: 56/56
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Study mode: Full-time
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Student satisfaction: 90%

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Study mode: Full-time
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Average grad salary: £25k
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 57%

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