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Construct exhibits or parts of exhibits

This is physical, in-person work with real objects, tools, equipment and places that change from day to day. AI can't do it for you.

Part of Build structures, under the O*NET work activity group Handling and Moving Objects. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 6 stays human).

Tasks built on this activity

• Plan and organize the acquisition, storage, and exhibition of collections and related materials, including the selection of exhibition themes and designs, and develop or install exhibit materials.Stays human Curators
• Assemble and arrange display materials.Stays human Librarians and Media Collections Specialists
• Coordinate exhibit installations, assisting with design, constructing displays, dioramas, display cases, and models, and ensuring the availability of necessary materials.Stays human Museum Technicians and Conservators
• Construct skeletal mounts of fossils, replicas of archaeological artifacts, or duplicate specimens, using a variety of materials and hand tools.Stays human Museum Technicians and Conservators

Tasks where it is part of the work

• Install, arrange, assemble, and prepare artifacts for exhibition, ensuring the artifacts' safety, reporting their status and condition, and identifying and correcting any problems with the set up.Stays human Museum Technicians and Conservators
• Incorporate security systems into exhibit layouts.Stays human Set and Exhibit Designers