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name: collection-manager
description: "Occupational skill for the role 'collection manager' (also: conservator, museum technician, curator, collections manager). Use when the user asks for typical collection manager work such as: Answer customer questions regarding problems with their accounts.; Receive payments and post amounts paid to customer accounts.; Locate and monitor overdue accounts, using computers and a variety of automated systems."
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# Collection Manager
Collection managers ensure the care and preservation of objects within cultural institutions, like museums, libraries, and archives. Collection managers, along with exhibition curators, and conservators, play a very important role in collections care. They can be found in most large museums.
## Core workflow
1. Answer customer questions regarding problems with their accounts.
2. Receive payments and post amounts paid to customer accounts.
3. Locate and monitor overdue accounts, using computers and a variety of automated systems.
4. Record information about financial status of customers and status of collection efforts.
5. Locate and notify customers of delinquent accounts by mail, telephone, or personal visits to solicit payment.
6. Confer with customers by telephone or in person to determine reasons for overdue payments and to review the terms of sales, service, or credit contracts.
7. Advise customers of necessary actions and strategies for debt repayment.
8. Persuade customers to pay amounts due on credit accounts, damage claims, or nonpayable checks, or to return merchandise.
## How to use this skill
- Read [references/profile.md](references/profile.md) for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult [references/tasks.md](references/tasks.md) for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check [references/skills.md](references/skills.md) for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check [references/tools.md](references/tools.md) for the software commonly used in this role.
- See [references/ai-skills.md](references/ai-skills.md) — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).
## Key competences (essential)
- advise on loans of art work for exhibitions
- art history
- assess museum object condition
- collection management software
- compile detailed collection inventory
- conservation techniques
- cope with challenging demands
- create collection conservation plan
- digitization
- document museum collection
- establish high standards of collections care
- handle artworks
- implement risk management for works of art
- interact with an audience
- monitor museum environment
## Hot technologies
- Intuit QuickBooks
- Microsoft Outlook
- SAP software
- MEDITECH software
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
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*Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/96be6ac3-5932-4bfc-933d-84b267d0d486), O*NET 30.3 (43-3011.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*