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Museum Technicians and Conservators
Restore, maintain, or prepare objects in museum collections for storage, research, or exhibit.
- Sector: Education
- Preparation: Zone 4 — considerable preparation needed
- O*NET code: 25-4013.00
What you'll actually do
The activities O*NET rates highest for this occupation, most important first. Numbers are out of 100.
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Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
a major part of the work — rated 82/100 for importance.
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Getting Information
a major part of the work — rated 80/100 for importance.
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Handling and Moving Objects
a major part of the work — rated 76/100 for importance.
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Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
a major part of the work — rated 72/100 for importance.
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Making Decisions and Solving Problems
a major part of the work — rated 72/100 for importance.
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Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
a major part of the work — rated 71/100 for importance.
Restore, maintain, or prepare objects in museum collections for storage, research, or exhibit. May work with specimens such as fossils, skeletal parts, or botanicals; or artifacts, textiles, or art. May identify and record objects or install and arrange them in exhibits. Includes book or document conservators.
What it takes
Two numbers per line: the level the work expects, and how important it is to doing the job well. Both are O*NET ratings, already on a 0–100 scale.
Skills
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Active Listening
Needed at a solid working level (55/100), and rated 72/100 for importance.
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Reading Comprehension
Needed at a solid working level (59/100), and rated 66/100 for importance.
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Speaking
Needed at a solid working level (50/100), and rated 66/100 for importance.
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Writing
Needed at a solid working level (54/100), and rated 56/100 for importance.
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Critical Thinking
Needed at a solid working level (48/100), and rated 56/100 for importance.
Knowledge
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Fine Arts
Needed at a high level (60/100), and rated 62/100 for importance.
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English Language
Needed at a solid working level (52/100), and rated 60/100 for importance.
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Public Safety and Security
Needed at a solid working level (49/100), and rated 58/100 for importance.
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History and Archeology
Needed at a solid working level (58/100), and rated 55/100 for importance.
Abilities
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Oral Expression
Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 69/100 for importance.
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Near Vision
Needed at a solid working level (55/100), and rated 69/100 for importance.
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Oral Comprehension
Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 66/100 for importance.
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Information Ordering
Needed at a solid working level (52/100), and rated 66/100 for importance.
How people get in
O*NET places this occupation in Zone 4 — considerable preparation needed. That is a statement about what employers typically require, not a rule about you.
Education
A four-year bachelor's degree is the usual entry ticket.
Experience
Two to four years of related work, internships or research on top of the degree.
Training
Most of the learning happens before you are hired, not after.
What it pays
These are typical education compensation bands by employer tier — sector-level figures, not a measured salary for Museum Technicians and Conservators specifically. Treat them as the shape of the market, then check a real posting for the number.
Top University Admin
$90k – $180k
Public School Districts
$55k – $85k
Charter & Private Schools
$45k – $75k
How the work tends to run
Each line below is read off a single O*NET activity rating for this occupation — named, so you can disagree with it.
- The work is physical — you are on your feet and handling things, not sitting still.From “Performing General Physical Activities”
How FlightWay scores your fit against this
No black box. Here is the whole method, factor by factor.
- 1. You answer a short quiz
- Your answers build a profile across the same 161 O*NET dimensions this page is describing — skills, knowledge, abilities and work activities. Same axes, so the comparison is like-for-like.
- 2. We correlate the two profiles
- Fit is a mean-centered cosine — a correlation between the SHAPE of your profile and the shape of Museum Technicians and Conservators. Centering matters: raw similarity between any two occupations sits at 0.70–0.85 because all work shares a common profile, so without it every career would look like a match.
- 3. The number you see is personality fit only
- "Would I want this work" and "am I ready for this work" are different questions, and averaging them answers neither. So readiness — what your résumé, coursework and projects prove — is scored separately and shown next to fit, never blended into it.
- 4. Every factor is visible
- You can open any match and see which dimensions pushed it up and which pulled it down. If you disagree with the number, you can see exactly where it came from.
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See your fit for Museum Technicians and Conservators
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