Conservation Technician

Job title: Conservation Technician

Location: Washington, DC

Travel: N/A

Duties:

• Assessment: examination and documentation of current conditions.
• Maintenance: preventive treatment to minimize and/advert future deterioration or loss.
• Conservation: remediation of current damaging processes and/or restoration to original appearance including replication of missing pieces.

Education & Qualifications:

• The applicant must have an active membership in the American Institute of Conservation (AIC) at the level of Professional Associate or Fellow.
• The applicant must have a professional training in object conservation at an accredited institution resulting in a master’s degree or ten (10) years of comparable training and experience.
• The applicant must have experience serving as both the Senior Conservator and Project Director on a minimum of two (2) bronze and two (2) marble sculpture conservation projects in the past five (5) years.