Copy and paste from the following data to produce each assessment task. Write these in plain English and spell out how, when and where the task is to be carried out, under what conditions, and what resources are needed. Include guidelines about how well the candidate has to perform a task for it to be judged satisfactory.
Required skills
communication and teamwork skills to:
articulate concerns to colleagues
consult with work colleagues and other stakeholders on requirements and constraints for moving and storing collection material
initiative and enterprise skills to anticipate and address problems that might arise in the context of managing the movement and storage of collection material
learning skills to improve procedures based on continuous review of their effectiveness
literacy skills to:
develop procedures
interpret a wide range of information
present detailed procedures and systems clearly and concisely
numeracy skills to:
interpret and use budgets
work with numerical record-keeping systems
planning and organising skills to:
develop logical procedures
establish and implement a range of interrelated processes
research skills to:
identify legal, insurance and safety requirements
locate industry best practice
self-management skills to:
follow workplace procedures and systems
meet deadlines
prioritise tasks for self and others.
Required knowledge
copyright, moral rights and intellectual property legislation and issues that impact on moving and storing collection material
cultural protocols that affect the movement and storage of material, including those for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander material
legal and administrative requirements for moving and storing collection material
procedures and practices for the protection, transportation, storage and security of collection material
safety legislation and requirements that impact on moving and storing collection material
technical and conservation issues associated with moving and storing collection material.
The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.
Key information may include: | climate condition of material cultural considerations dimensions intended use length and mode of journey nature of material ownership details planned duration of storage propensity for pest infestation type of storage facility weight. |
Collection material is defined as objects, collections, artworks, specimens, structures or sites, and includes: | archaeological material books and manuscripts ethnographic material film and audiovisual material flora and fauna furniture photographs technological and industry items textiles works on paper and canvas. |
Internal and external factors may include: | availability of specialist expertise cultural considerations future programs and events intentions and programs of other museums legal requirements organisational priorities resource constraints space constraints visitor trends. |
Moving and storing may: | involve: short or long-term storage transferring material into an institution from an outside location transferring objects from within an institution to an outside location various forms of transport take place within a museum. |
Procedures may relate to: | contingencies for potential hazards cultural protocols legal and financial requirements location and placement of cultural material at destination physical, environmental and security constraints of destination preferred suppliers protection and security of items protective materials and equipment record-keeping requirements safe health and manual-handling procedures suitable transfer methods transportation methods transportation routes. |
Information records may include: | accession number accessories associated collection items condition dimensions exhibition and storage history history and provenance insurance details loan information location photographs images physical description previous conservation reports significance, such as: cultural historical scientific social technical source, such as: collector dealer donor maker original location special handling requirements weight. |
Record-keeping formats may include: | computer-based film and video paper documents photographic sound recordings. |
Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.
Observation Checklist