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Conservation Technician - Museums And Art Galleries

Employer

Atlas Coal Mine National Historic Site

Date Posted

January 14, 2025

Languages

English
  • Location East Coulee, AB
  • Earnings $22.00 to $24.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 37.5 hours per week
  • Position Seasonal Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Feb 26, 2025
Job Requirements

Employer

Atlas Coal Mine National Historic Site

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Work setting

  • Rural area
  • Relocation costs not covered by employer
  • Willing to relocate
  • Heritage/historical site

Tasks

  • Prepare reports
  • Assist in the research, handling and storage of artifacts
  • Classify and assign registration numbers to artifacts and supervise inventory control
  • Construct displays and dioramas, build models, install artifacts in displays and prepare artifacts for storage and shipping

Technical experience

  • Conservation and restoration
  • Exhibit preparation

Security and safety

  • Bondable
  • Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

  • Valid driver's licence
  • Own transportation
  • Own vehicle

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Manual dexterity
  • Attention to detail
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Handling heavy loads

Personal suitability

  • Accurate
  • Dependability
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Initiative
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Team player
  • Ability to multitask

Screening questions

  • Are you available for the advertised start date?
  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
  • Are you willing to relocate for this position?
  • Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
  • What is the highest level of study you have completed?

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • Team building opportunities

Support for persons with disabilities

Applies accessible and inclusive recruitment policies that accommodate persons with disabilities

Support for youths

Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth

Support for mature workers

Provides workspace accommodations, such as age-appropriate ergonomic considerations, to meet the physical needs of mature workers (for example: adjustable desks and chairs, accessible parking, etc.)

Supports for visible minorities

Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Conservation Technician - Museums And Art Galleries is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Museum and Other Related Interpreters
SOCIAL

Interest in speaking with people to answer inquiries and provide information

METHODICAL

Interest in copying information when collecting tour tickets and fees; and in conducting successive tours

directive

Interest in conducting tours of museums, galleries and historical, heritage and other sites

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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Abilities

Compared to my abilities

The abilities related to this job are shown along with your selected abilities.

Typical ability expectations for this job
Selected abilities

Mental Abilities

General Learning Ability

Verbal Ability

Numerical Ability

Visual Abilities

Spatial Perception

Form Perception

Clerical Perception

Physical Abilities

Motor Coordination

Finger Dexterity

Manual Dexterity

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Interest Codes

Preparators and Museology Technicians
OBJECTIVE

Interest in precision working to construct exhibit furnishings, displays and dioramas, and to build models and install artifacts in displays

METHODICAL

Interest in compiling information to receive, ship, pack and unpack objects and exhibits; and in preparing artifacts for storage and shipping

innovative

Interest in designing exhibit furnishings, display cases and display areas

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

Learn About Interests

Learn More

Abilities

Compared to my abilities

The abilities related to this job are shown along with your selected abilities.

Typical ability expectations for this job
Selected abilities

Mental Abilities

General Learning Ability

Verbal Ability

Numerical Ability

Visual Abilities

Spatial Perception

Form Perception

Clerical Perception

Physical Abilities

Motor Coordination

Finger Dexterity

Manual Dexterity

Learn More
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