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A professional who restores and prepares ancient textile and lace materials for display in textile museum. Responsibilities include:
* Cleans fabric, using cleaning compounds and techniques based on historical knowledge of fabric manufacture and effect of cleaning upon fabric.
* Develops new cleaning compounds and methods when available means are inadequate or tend to harm fabric.
* Repairs and reweaves worn, torn, and decayed fabrics, using techniques based on knowledge of weaving and lace methods.
* Mounts fabric in frame or other suitable background.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who cleans, preserves, restores, and repairs objects made of glass, porcelain, china, fired clay, and other ceramic materials. Responsibilities include:
* Coats excavated objects with surface-active agents to loosen adhering mud or clay and washes objects with clear water.
* Places cleaned objects in dilute hydrochloric acid or other solution to remove remaining deposits of lime or chalk, basing choice of solution on knowledge of physical and chemical structure of objects and destructive qualities of solvents.
* Cleans glass, porcelain, or similar objects by such methods as soaking objects in lukewarm water with ammonia added, wiping gilded or enameled objects with solvent-saturated swab, or rubbing objects with paste cleanser.
* Rubs objects with jewelers' rouge or other mild cleanser, soaks objects in distilled water with bleach or solvent added, or applies paste or liquid solvent, such as magnesium silicate or acetone, basing choice of method and material on age, condition, and chemical structure of objects, to remove stains from objects.
* Recommends preservation measures, such as control of temperature, humidity, and exposure to light, to curatorial and building maintenance staff to prevent damage to or deterioration of object.
* Impregnates surfaces with diluted synthetic lacquers to reduce porosity of material to increase durability of ancient earthenware.
* Restores or simulates original appearance of objects by such methods as polishing surfaces to restore translucency, removing crackled glaze and applying soluble synthetic coating, grinding or cutting out chipped edges and repolishing surfaces, or applying matt paints, gold leaf, or other coating to object, basing methods and materials used on knowledge of original craft and condition of objects.
* Repairs broken objects, employing such techniques as bonding edges together with adhesive, inserting dowel pins in sections and cementing together, or affixing adhesive coated strips to inner portions of broken objects.
* Replaces missing sections of objects by constructing wire frames of missing sections, shaping plasticene or other materials over frames, affixing modeled sections to objects with dowels or adhesive, and painting attached sections to reproduce original appearance.
* Constructs replicas of archaeological artifacts or historically significant ceramic ware, basing construction design on size, curvature, and thickness of excavated shards or pieces of objects available and knowledge of techniques and designs characteristic of period.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who specifies types of packing materials, crating, containerization, and special handling procedures for shipping or storing art objects, scientific specimens, and historical artifacts to minimize damage and deterioration. Responsibilities include:
* Confers with curatorial personnel regarding status of museum projects and proposed shipping or transfer dates of exhibitions.
* Develops methods and procedures for packing or containerization of art objects, according to weight and characteristics of shipment.
* Selects protective or preservative materials, such as excelsior, chemical agents, or moistureproof wrapping, to protect shipment against vibration, moisture, impact, or other hazards.
* Designs special crates, modules, brackets, and traveling frames to meet insurance and museum shipping specifications.
* Shapes and contours internal support modules, based on size and type of paintings, sculptures, bronzes, glass, and other art objects.
* Directs workers engaged in moving art objects from receiving or storage areas to galleries of museum, in packing shipments, or in rigging sculptures for installation of exhibition.
* Inspects incoming shipment to detect damages for insurance purposes.
* Keeps records and documents of incoming and outgoing shipments, or location of traveling exhibitions and loan materials.
* Prepares and attaches written or pictorial instructions for unpacking, storage, or for exhibition of contents of shipment.
* May specify type of carrier, such as barge, train, or messenger according to cost considerations and nature of shipment.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who specifies types of packing materials, crating, containerization, and special handling procedures for shipping or storing art objects, scientific specimens, and historical artifacts to minimize damage and deterioration. Responsibilities include:
* Confers with curatorial personnel regarding status of museum projects and proposed shipping or transfer dates of exhibitions.
* Develops methods and procedures for packing or containerization of art objects, according to weight and characteristics of shipment.
* Selects protective or preservative materials, such as excelsior, chemical agents, or moistureproof wrapping, to protect shipment against vibration, moisture, impact, or other hazards.
* Designs special crates, modules, brackets, and traveling frames to meet insurance and museum shipping specifications.
* Shapes and contours internal support modules, based on size and type of paintings, sculptures, bronzes, glass, and other art objects.
* Directs workers engaged in moving art objects from receiving or storage areas to galleries of museum, in packing shipments, or in rigging sculptures for installation of exhibition.
* Inspects incoming shipment to detect damages for insurance purposes.
* Keeps records and documents of incoming and outgoing shipments, or location of traveling exhibitions and loan materials.
* Prepares and attaches written or pictorial instructions for unpacking, storage, or for exhibition of contents of shipment.
* May specify type of carrier, such as barge, train, or messenger according to cost considerations and nature of shipment.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who prepares specimens for museum collections and exhibits. Responsibilities include:
* Cleans rock matrix from fossil specimens, using electric drills, awls, dental tools, chisels, and mallets.
* Brushes preservatives, such as plaster, resin, hardeners, and shellac on specimens.
* Molds and restores skeletal parts of fossil animals, using modeling clays and special molding and casting techniques.
* Constructs skeletal mounts of fossil animals, using tools, such as drill presses, pipe threaders, welding and soldering apparatus, and carpenter's tools.
* Constructs duplicate specimens, using plaster, glue, latex, and plastiflex-molding techniques.
* Reassembles fragmented artifacts, and fabricates substitute pieces.
* Maintains museum files.
* Cleans, catalogs, labels, and stores specimens.
* May install, arrange, and exhibit materials.
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A professional who prepares specimens for museum collections and exhibits. Responsibilities include:
* Cleans rock matrix from fossil specimens, using electric drills, awls, dental tools, chisels, and mallets.
* Brushes preservatives, such as plaster, resin, hardeners, and shellac on specimens.
* Molds and restores skeletal parts of fossil animals, using modeling clays and special molding and casting techniques.
* Constructs skeletal mounts of fossil animals, using tools, such as drill presses, pipe threaders, welding and soldering apparatus, and carpenter's tools.
* Constructs duplicate specimens, using plaster, glue, latex, and plastiflex-molding techniques.
* Reassembles fragmented artifacts, and fabricates substitute pieces.
* Maintains museum files.
* Cleans, catalogs, labels, and stores specimens.
* May install, arrange, and exhibit materials.
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A professional who designs information system to provide management or clients with specific data from computer storage, utilizing knowledge of electronic data processing principles, mathematics, and computer capabilities. Responsibilities include:
* Develops and designs methods and procedures for collecting, organizing, interpreting, and classifying information for input into computer and retrieval of specific information from computer, utilizing knowledge of symbolic language and optical or pattern recognition principles.
* Develops alternate designs to resolve problems in input, storage, and retrieval of information.
* May specialize in specific field of information science, such as scientific or engineering research, or in specific discipline, such as business, medicine, education, aerospace, or library science.
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A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of library workers engaged in replacing books and other materials on shelves according to library classification system. Responsibilities include:
* Assigns duties to workers.
* Trains and directs workers in performance of shelving tasks.
* Examines materials on shelves to verify accuracy of placement.
* Counts number of materials placed on shelves to record shelving activity.
* Marks designated classification number on material, using pen and ink, to facilitate placement on shelves.
* May sort material, according to author, classification number, subject matter, or title, to arrange material for shelving.
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A professional who conducts research on historic monuments, buildings, and scenes to reconstruct exhibits to scale in dioramas for use of fine-arts students or other purposes. Collects information from libraries, museums, and art institutes. Monitors construction of dioramas to ensure authenticity of proportions, color, and costumes in diorama.
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A professional who analyzes information on specified subjects to answer inquiries from encyclopedia owners, referring to library reference sources or consulting with experts in field of knowledge involved. Prepares written summary of research findings for mailing to inquirers.
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