Gallery, museum and library technicians prepare artworks, specimens and artefacts for collections, arrange and construct gallery exhibits, and assist Librarians to organize and operate systems for handling recorded material and files.
Skill level:
Skilled
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- Salary range for the majority of workers in Gallery, museum and library technicians - from R10 807 to R37 092 per month - 2025.
- A Gallery, museum and library technicians typically earns between R10 807 and R22 024 net per month at the start of the job.
- After 5 years of service, this is between R13 908 and R29 508 per month for a working week of 45 hours.
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Duties and tasks
- 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
