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Career Guidance Knowledge arts and humanities K021 - arts K0214 - handicrafts Conservation techniques
Description
The procedures, instruments, techniques, materials and chemicals used in conservation and archiving.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 5 occupations
- Optional in 19 occupations
- Total: 24 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 7 (Craft and related trades workers)
Essential for
- Furniture restorerFurniture restorers analyse materials and techniques in order to assess the state of an old piece of furniture and to identify and classify it according to art and cultural…
- Exhibition registrarExhibition registrars organise, manage and document movement of museum artefacts to and from storage, display and exhibitions. This happens in collaboration with private or public …
- Collection managerCollection managers ensure the care and preservation of objects within cultural institutions, like museums, libraries, and archives. Collection managers, along with …
- TaxidermistTaxidermists mount and reproduce deceased animals or parts of animals such as trophy heads for the purpose of public display and education, such as in a museum or monument,…
- ArchivistArchivists assess, collect, organise, preserve and provide access to records and archives. Records maintained are in any format, analogue or digital and include several kinds of me…
Optional for
- Stringed musical instrument makerStringed musical instrument makers create and assemble parts to create stringed instruments according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, measure and attach stri…
- HistorianA Historian is a scholar who studies and interprets past events, societies, and cultures. They analyze historical documents, artifacts, and other sources to understand and reconstr…
- Clock and watchmakerClock and watchmakers make mechanical or electronic clocks and watches. They use precision hand tools or automated machinery to assemble the timing devices. Clock and watchmakers m…
- Harpsichord makerHarpsichord makers create and assemble parts to make harpsichords according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, tune, test and inspect the finished instrument. O…
- ArchaeologistArchaeologists research and study past civilisations and settlements through collecting and inspecting material remains. They analyse and draw conclusions on a wide array of matter…
- Commercial art gallery managerCommercial art gallery managers use artistic awareness, business acumen and interpersonal skills to ensure the smooth daily running of an art gallery Duties As a general rule, comm…
- Art handlerArt handlers are trained individuals who work directly with objects in museums and art galleries. They work in coordination with exhibition registrars, col…
- Guitar makerGuitar makers create and assemble parts to build guitars according to specified instructions or diagrams. They work wood, measure and attach strings, test quality of strings and in…
- Wicker furniture makerWicker furniture makers choose and prepare materials such as softened rattan or willow branches in order to produce wicker furniture such as chairs, tables and couches. They use ha…
- Piano makerPiano makers create and assemble parts to make pianos according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, tune, test and inspect the finished instrument. Other titles …
- Membranophone musical instruments makerMembranophone musical instruments makers create and assemble parts to make membranophone instruments to specified instructions or diagrams. They stretch and attach the membrane to …
- Archaeology lecturerArchaeology lecturers are subject professors, teachers, or lecturers who instruct students who have obtained an upper secondary education diploma in their own specialised field of …
- Keyboard musical instrument makerKeyboard musical instrument makers create and assemble parts to create keyboard instruments according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, tune, test and inspect …
- Organ builderOrgan builders create and assemble parts to build organs according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, tune, test and inspect the finished instrument. Other titl…
- Violin makerViolin makers create and assemble parts to create violins according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, measure and attach strings, test quality of strings and i…
- Idiophone musical instruments makerIdiophone musical instruments makers create and assemble parts to make idiophone instruments to specified instructions or diagrams. They shape, drill, sand and string the parts tha…
- Electronic musical instrument makerElectronic musical instrument makers create and assemble parts to make electronic instruments according to specified instructions or diagrams. They install and test electric pick-u…
- Wind musical instrument makerWind musical instrument makers create and assemble parts to make wind instruments according to specified instructions and diagrams. They measure and cut the tubing for the resonato…
- Furniture finisherFurniture finishers treat the surface of wood furniture using hand and power tools to sand, clean and polish. They apply wood coatings onto wooden surfaces by using different techn…
Related skills
- Apply restoration techniques
- Apply a protective layer
- Estimate restoration costs
- Evaluate restoration procedures
- Technical drawings
- Organic building materials
- Identify customer’s needs
- Pass on trade techniques
- Metalworking
- Create smooth wood surface
- Select restoration activities
- Decorate musical instruments
Last updated on February 18, 2026
