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2.9 KiB
name, description
| name | description |
|---|---|
| collection-manager | 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. |
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
- 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.
- Record information about financial status of customers and status of collection efforts.
- Locate and notify customers of delinquent accounts by mail, telephone, or personal visits to solicit payment.
- 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.
- Advise customers of necessary actions and strategies for debt repayment.
- 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 for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult references/tasks.md for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check references/skills.md for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check references/tools.md for the software commonly used in this role.
- See 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
Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/96be6ac3-5932-4bfc-933d-84b267d0d486), ONET 30.3 (43-3011.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*