Overview
Gallery, Library and Museum Technicians prepare artworks, specimens and artefacts for collections, arrange and construct gallery exhibits, and assist Librarians to organise and operate systems for handling recorded material and files.
Day-to-day
- mounting and preparing objects for display
- designing and arranging exhibit furnishings, display cases and display areas
- assisting in setting up lighting and display equipment
- receiving, shipping, packing and unpacking exhibits
- ordering new library materials and maintaining library records and circulation systems
- cataloguing printed and recorded material
- entering data into databases and editing computer records
- operating audiovisual and reprographic equipment
- searching and verifying bibliographic data.
Considerations
- Physically demanding
To become a Gallery, Library and Museum Technician
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You usually need a formal qualification in library and information services or another related field to work as a Gallery, Library or Museum Technician. University and Vocational Education and Training (VET) are both common study pathways.
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