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A professional who specializes in restoring and preparing exhibits of medieval arms and armor. Responsibilities include:
* Assembles parts of armor, helmets, guns, swords, and similar items.
* Designs and fabricates missing or broken parts.
* Conducts research to determine authenticity and classifies and catalogs articles.
* Prepares articles for exhibition.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who cleans, preserves, restores, and repairs books, documents, maps, prints, photographs, and other paper objects of historic or artistic significance. Responsibilities include:
* Examines or tests objects to determine physical condition and chemical structure of paper, ink, paint, or other coating, in order to identify problem and plan safest and most effective method of treating material.
* Cleans objects by such methods as sprinkling crumbled art gum or draft powder over surface and rotating soft cloth over cleaning agent to absorb soil (dry cleaning), immersing objects in circulating bath of water or mild chemical solution (wet cleaning), or applying solvent to remove rust, fly specks, mildew, or other stains, basing choice of method on knowledge of physical and chemical structure of objects and effects of various kinds of treatment.
* Preserves or directs preservation of objects by such methods as immersing paper in deacidification baths to remove acidity from papers and ink to prevent deterioration, sealing documents or other papers in cellulose cases and passing sealed objects through heated rollers to laminate them, spraying objects, storage containers, or areas with fungicides, insecticides, or pesticides, and controlling temperature, humidity, and exposure to natural or artificial light in areas where objects are displayed or stored.
* Restores objects to original appearance by such methods as immersing papers in mild bleach solution to brighten faded backgrounds, removing old varnish from such art works as engravings and mezzotints, or strengthening papers by resizing in bath of gelatin solution.
* Repairs objects by such methods as mending tears with adhesive and tissue, patching and filling worm holes, torn corners, or large tears by chamfering, inserting, affixing, and staining paper of similar weight and weave to simulate original appearance, or retouching stained, faded, or blurred watercolors, prints, or documents, using colors and strokes to reproduce those of original artist or writer.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who demonstrates and explains techniques and purposes of handicraft or other activity, such as candle dipping, horseshoeing, or soap making, as part of display in history or folk museum, or restored or refurbished farm, village, or neighborhood. Responsibilities include:
* Studies historical and technical literature to acquire information about time period and lifestyle depicted in display and craft techniques associated with time and area, to devise plan for authentic presentation of craft.
* Drafts outline of talk, assisted by research personnel, to acquaint visitors with customs and crafts associated with folk life depicted.
* Practices techniques involved in handicraft to ensure accurate and skillful demonstrations.
* Molds candles, shoes horses, operates looms, or engages in other crafts or activities, working in appropriate period setting, to demonstrate craft to visitors.
* Explains techniques of craft, and points out relationship of craft to lifestyle depicted to assist visitors to comprehend traditional techniques of work and play peculiar to time and area.
* Answers visitor questions or refers visitor to other sources for information.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who conducts operation of museum and provides information about regulations, facilities, and exhibits to visitors. Responsibilities include:
* Opens museum at designated hours, greets visitors, and invites visitors to sign guest register.
* Monitors visitors viewing exhibits, cautions persons not complying with museum regulations, distributes promotional materials, and answers questions concerning exhibits, regulations, and facilities.
* Arranges tours of facility for schools or other groups, and schedules volunteers or other staff members to conduct tours.
* Examines exhibit facilities and collection objects periodically and notifies museum professional personnel or governing body when need for repair or replacement is observed.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who conducts criminal and civil lawsuits, draws up legal documents, advises clients as to legal rights, and practices other phases of law. Responsibilities include:
* Gathers evidence in divorce, civil, criminal, and other cases to formulate defense or to initiate legal action.
* Conducts research, interviews clients and witnesses, and handles other details in preparation for trial.
* Prepares legal briefs, develops strategy, arguments, and testimony in preparation for presentation of case.
* Files brief with court clerk.
* Represents client in court and before quasi-judicial or administrative agencies of government.
* Interprets laws, rulings, and regulations for individuals and businesses.
* May confer with colleagues with specialty in area of lawsuit to establish and verify basis for legal proceedings.
* May act as trustee, guardian, or executor.
* May draft wills, trusts, transfer of assets, gifts, and other documents.
* May advise corporate clients concerning transactions of business involving internal affairs, stockholders, directors, officers, and corporate relations with general public.
* May supervise and coordinate activities of subordinate legal personnel.
* May prepare business contracts, pay taxes, settle labor disputes, and administer other legal matters.
* May teach college courses in law.
* May specialize in specific phase of law.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who specializes in law cases dealing with offenses against society or state, such as theft, murder, and arson. Responsibilities include:
* Interviews clients and witnesses to ascertain facts of case.
* Correlates findings and prepares case.
* Prosecutes, or defends defendant against charges.
* Conducts case, examining and cross examining witnesses.
* Summarizes case to jury.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who conducts prosecution in court proceedings in behalf of city, county, state, or federal government. Responsibilities include:
* Gathers and analyzes evidence in case and reviews pertinent decisions, policies, regulations, and other legal matters pertaining to case.
* Presents evidence against accused to grand jury for indictment or release of accused.
* Appears against accused in court of law and presents evidence before judge or other judiciary and jury.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who advises management of insurance company on legality of insurance transactions. Responsibilities include:
* Studies court decisions, and recommends changes in wording of insurance policies to conform with law or to protect company from unwarranted claims.
* Advises claims department personnel of legality of claims filed on company to ensure against undue payments.
* Advises personnel engaged in drawing up of legal documents, such as insurance contracts and release papers.
* May specialize in one phase of legal work, such as claims or contracts.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who specializes in law applicable to matters occurring on inland navigable waters or on high seas. Responsibilities include:
* Conducts lawsuits in matters involving ship personnel, collisions, matters of cargo, and damage to objects by vessels.
* Draws legal documents, including charter parties, applications for registry of vessels under flags of a particular country, and bills of sale for vessels.
* Determines law applicable by study of the Constitution, statutes, previous decisions, and regulations.
* Advises clients as to advisability of prosecuting and defending law suits, or as to legal rights and obligations in other matters.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who advises corporation concerning legal rights, obligations, and privileges. Responsibilities include:
* Studies Constitution, statutes, decisions, and ordinances of quasi-judicial bodies.
* Examines legal data to determine advisability of defending or prosecuting lawsuit.
* May act as agent of corporation in various transactions.
Industry:Professional careers
