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Art handler
Art conservator Art handler Art handlers Art preparator Artifacts conservator Fine arts packer Gallery technician Museology technician Museum technician
Art handlers are trained individuals who work directly with objects in museums and art galleries. They work in coordination with exhibition registrars, collection managers, conservator-restorers and curators, among others, to ensure that objects are safely handled and cared for. Often they are responsible for packing and unpacking art, installing and deinstalling art in exhibitions, and moving art around the museum and storage spaces.
Tasks
Tasks include -
(a) Mounting and preparing objects for display;
(b) Designing and arranging exhibit furnishings, display cases and display areas;
(c) Assisting in setting up lighting and display equipment;
(d) Receiving, shipping, packing and unpacking exhibits;
(e) Ordering new library materials and maintaining library records and circulation systems;
(f) Cataloguing printed and recorded material;
(g) Entering data into databases and editing computer records;
(h) Operating audiovisual and reprographic equipment;
(i) Searching and verifying bibliographic data.
Knowledge
- Fine arts
- Handicrafts
Digital competencies
- Allocating and controlling physical resources
- Directing operational activities
- Maintaining operational records
- Complying with health and safety procedures
- Advising on products and services
Digital competencies
- Analysing and evaluating information and data
Personal competencies
- Supporting others
- Communicating
Professional groups of the occupation
Technicians and associate professionals
Legal, social, cultural and related associate professionals
Artistic, cultural and culinary associate professionals
Gallery, museum and library technicians
Other occupations of the professional group
Related training
Higher education
- Conservation-restoration of cultural property Bachelor
- Social and cultural anthropology Bachelor
- Fine arts Bachelor
- History of art Bachelor
- Archaeology Bachelor
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Do you want to know what the hiring rate for this occupation is in the market?
Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès
Gallery, museum and library technicians
260
Number of contracts in Barcelonès
81,76%
Percentage of contracts in Catalonia
-14,19% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès
83,85%
Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès
8,46%
Part-time contracts
3,06% Turnover index
360
Average of job seekers in Barcelonès
1%
Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
The market for this profile is hiring
Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age
Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.
Legal, social, cultural and related associate professionals
54%
46%
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
Contracts by age groups.
Legal, social, cultural and related associate professionals
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
What vacancies are published in the professional family?
Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year
Artistic, cultural and culinary associate professionals
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Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.
What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?
Gallery, museum and library technicians
Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.
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