UKIC Fast Track Accreditation
Draft List of Specialisms

Interventive Work

Archives

Manuscript volumes      Maps      Paper manuscripts

Parchment & Vellum

Manuscripts

Plans & Drawings      Philatelic Material      Printed documents      Seals

Arms and Armour

Art on Paper

Charcoals      Collage      Globes      Pastels      Pencil drawings      Printed material      Watercolours      Wallpapers

Books

Bookbindings      Mass treatments

Buildings - Exterior

Lime mortars and renders/stucco      Timber      Thatches      Exterior stonework

Buildings - Interiors

Ornamental plasterwork      Paint schemes/decorative finishes      Floor tiles

Carpets and Rugs

Ceramics

Dolls      Earthenware      Porcelain      Stoneware      Terracotta      Tiles

Clocks & Watches

Automata      Bracket Clocks      Carriage Clocks      Clock dials      Longcase clocks      Musical boxes      Turret Clocks      Watches

Ethnographic Material

Furniture

Boulle      French polishing      Lacquer work      Marquetry      Urushi      Veneer

Gilding

Gilding conservation      Oil gilding      Water gilding

Glass-Object

Chandeliers

Glass-Architectural

Plain lead glazing      Decorative reglazing      Painted glass      Full conservation of historic glass

Large Industrial Objects/Machinery

Leatherwork

Metalwork

Bells      Bronze      Coins and medals      Electro-mechanical items      Ferrous      Jewellery      Locks      Monumental brass      Non-ferrous      Outdoor sculpture      Plate      Precious      Structural

Miniatures

Ivory      Wax

Mosaics

In situ      Panel

Musical Instruments

Automatic      Brass      Ethnographic      Percussion      String      Woodwind      Clavichords      Harpsichords      Organs      Pianos

Natural History

Botanic specimens      Entomological specimens      Mineralogical specimens      Paleontological specimens      Spirit preserve specimens      Taxidermy/model making      Zoological specimens

Objets d'Art

Enamels      Fans (paper)      Fans (textile)      Ivory      Jade      Mother-of Pearl      Ormolu      Papier Mache      Plastic      Shell      Tortoiseshell

Paintings

Easel Paintings      Icons      Linings      Painting on copper      Panel paintings      Tempera paintings

Photographs

Glass material      Metal material      Paper-based images      Plastic-based images

Social History Objects

Scientific Instruments

Barometers      Chronometers      Photographic equipment      Telescopes

Stone

Architectural stonework      Marble      Polychrome sculpture      Replacement carving      Scagliola

Textiles

Costume      Embroidery      Flags and banners      Tapestry

Toys and Models

Dolls      Dolls houses      Puppets      Rocking horses      Ships models      Toys (mechanical)      Toys (tin)

Transport

Aircraft      Bicycles      Boats      Coachwork (wood)      Coachwork (metal)      Horse-drawn vehicles      Motor vehicles      Motorcycles      Railway engines      Ships

Upholstery

Canework      Rush seating      Seagrass seating      Traditional (Textiles)

Wall Paintings

Lime-based      Oil/decorative paint based

Waterlogged Organic Material

Wood

Architectural woodwork      Frames      Panelling      Polychrome sculpture      Replacement carving

Preventive work/advocacy

Conservation/Collections Management

Conservation plans      Conservation assessment of museum/collection

Project Management

Contract negotiation      Supervision of staff      Supervision of project on site      Interim and final reports      Project evaluation

Training and Education

Training development      Delivery of lectures/seminars      Course co-ordination      Training evaluation

Disaster Response

Emergency equipment loan      Provision of emergency materials/facilities      Co-ordination of salvage team      Participation in salvage team      24-hour disaster response      Liaison with emergency services

Advocacy

Standards development      Conservation publications      Publicity and promotion of conservation to the public

Conservation Science

Analysis of paint layers      Analysis of organic materials      Inorganic analysis      Treatment development and evaluation      Management of research projects      Materials testing

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