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What this job is
A Gallery or Museum Technician prepares, installs, and maintains exhibition displays and artefacts in museums, galleries, and heritage institutions across Australia. They work with curatorial and conservation teams to ensure artefacts are handled safely, displayed correctly, and preserved according to professional standards and institutional policies. This role combines hands-on technical work with knowledge of conservation principles, collection management systems, and public safety requirements.
Pay
A$1,498 a week
This is the median for full-time employees who are not managers and are paid at the adult rate, before tax and salary sacrifice. It is a guide to what the work pays, not a wage rate.
Source: ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025, customised report.
What this role asks for
- Advise on art handlingcore
- Attention to Detailcore
- Clean animal body partscore
- Clean carcassescore
- Digital Literacycore
- Electronic Document Managementcore
- Incident Reportingcore
- Inventory Trackingcore
- Policy and Procedure Adherencecore
- Problem Solvingcore
- Quality Assurance and Checkingcore
- Record Managementcore
- Risk Identificationcore
- Team Collaborationcore
- Time Management and Prioritisationcore
- Verbal Communicationcore
- Written Communicationcore
- Adaptability and Flexibility
- Advise on loans of art work for exhibitions
- Continuous Learning and Upskilling
- Cultural Awareness and Sensitivity
- Microsoft Office Suite Proficiency
- Process Documentation
- Research and Analysis
- Stakeholder Communication
- Workload Self-Management