Job Description

1. Designs and/or constructs museum exhibits, frames, housing, mounts, display case, lighting, theatrical sets and theatre costumes through use of specialized woodworking, metal working, welding, carpentry, electrical, glazing, draping, patterning and stitchery techniques. 2. Fabricates and reproduces specimens, backgrounds and structures, ensuring artistic effort and scientific accuracy. Mats, frames and unframes works of art. 3. Performs minor conservation treatment (mending small tears, surface cleaning) and recommends conservator attendance when necessary. Maintains facility, climate control systems, exhibits, costumes, collections, and workshop tools and machinery. 4. Oversees and instructs support staff. Installs and disassembles exhibits and sets. Prepares collection for exhibition. Handles, moves, packs and unpacks works of art for exhibits, storage and loan utilizing specialized methods and materials. 5. May act as courier for artwork. Orders material and supplies. Develops time and cost estimates. Monitors budget and other financial material. Communicates with designers, exhibit originators, conservators and curators to provide and obtain information. 6. May conduct research related to construction activities. Inputs to and retrieves information from museum collection management database and other computerized systems. 7. Performs clerical functions incidental to construction activities.



Required Skill/ability 1: Previous experience working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, while maintaining a high level of attention to accuracy and detail; demonstrated experience working successfully in an active team environment, performing rotating tasks.



Required Skill/ability 2: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; demonstrated ability to organize own work and understand the impact of that work on others and ability to communicate problems clearly to supervisor.



Required Skill/ability 3: Prior experience using a variety of hand tools with extreme accuracy and with museum-level art handling practices moving and handling fragile, heavy works of art with great care and delicacy; knowledge of archival materials and warehousing best practices.



Required Skill/ability 4: Ability to use or willingness to be trained to use a University vehicle for delivery.



Required Skill/ability 5: Ability to perform all tasks following strict safety guidelines with a willingness to be trained on and utilize OSHA approved safety equipment such as respirators and protective clothing.



Preferred Education: B.F.A or B.A.; Prior experience using a forklift or other powered industrial vehicles (PIV); must achieve University PIV certification within 90 days of hire.



Work Week: Standard (M-F equal number of hours per day)



Posting Position Title: Museum Technician 2



University Job Title: Museum Technician 2



Preferred Education, Experience and Skills: B.F.A or B.A.; Prior experience using a forklift or other powered industrial vehicles (PIV); must achieve University PIV certification within 90 days of hire.

Six years of related work experience, four of them in the same job family at the next lower level, and a high school education; or four years of related work experience and an Associate's degree; or little or no work experience and a Bachelor's degree in a related field; or an equivalent combination of experience and education.

About Yale University

Yale University is an American private Ivy League research university located in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States.

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