Museum Technicians and Conservators
SOC Code: 25-4013
Museum Technicians and Conservatorss install, arrange, assemble, and prepare artifacts for exhibition, ensuring the artifacts' safety, reporting their status and condition, and identifying and correcting any problems with the set up. This career typically requires considerable preparation (2-4 years). With an AI-proof score of 91.6/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Active Listening.
AI-Proof Score: 91.6 — Very High
💰
Median Salary
$47,460
📈
Job Growth
5.4%
⏱️
Training Time
Considerable preparation (2-4 years)
🎓
Job Zone
Zone 4 / 5
💵
Training Cost
~$40,000
Key Skills
- •Reading Comprehension
- •Active Listening
- •Writing
- •Speaking
- •Critical Thinking
Common Tasks
- ✓Install, arrange, assemble, and prepare artifacts for exhibition, ensuring the artifacts' safety, reporting their status and condition, and identifying and correcting any problems with the set up.
- ✓Repair, restore, and reassemble artifacts, designing and fabricating missing or broken parts, to restore them to their original appearance and prevent deterioration.
- ✓Clean objects, such as paper, textiles, wood, metal, glass, rock, pottery, and furniture, using cleansers, solvents, soap solutions, and polishes.
- ✓Photograph objects for documentation.
- ✓Determine whether objects need repair and choose the safest and most effective method of repair.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation