Degree in Conservation and Restoration

Competencies

The conservator-restorer is a professional who must have the training, knowledge, skills, experience and powers of understanding to achieve the objective of preserving cultural assets for the future, according to the guidelines set out in his/her professional code of ethics.

Therefore, the teaching of conservation-restoration must be based on the highest ethical standards of the profession, which aims to respect the original character of the cultural asset and its historical, aesthetic and documentary values, as well as its material integrity.

The training of the Conservator/Restorer must have as its ultimate goal the development of highly competent, qualified and trained professionals to thoughtfully carry out extremely complex conservation-restoration interventions, documenting them thoroughly, so that the work and the recorded data contribute not only to preservation, but also to a deeper understanding of the historical and artistic events related to the objects being treated.

General skills
  1. Analytical and synthesis skills
  2. Organizational and planning skills
  3. Oral and written communication in the native language
  4. Knowledge of a foreign language. Ability to understand and express oneself orally and in writing in a second language (English), knowing the specialized vocabulary.
  5. Computer skills related to the field of study
  6. Information management capacity
  7. Problem solving
  8. decision making
  9. Analysis and interpretation of documentary and literary sources.
  10. Ability to think in images and to think about images
  11. Teamwork
  12. I work in an interdisciplinary team
  13. I work in an international context
  14. Interpersonal skills
  15. Recognition of diversity and multiculturalism in the context of contemporary societies
  16. Reasoning of the analytical and critical spirit
  17. Ethical commitment. Ability to seek solutions aimed at creating a better world based on universal use, equal opportunities, and equality between men and women.
  18. Ability to produce and relate ideas
  19. Self-directed learning
  20. Adapting to new situations
  21. Creativity
  22. Leadership
  23. Knowledge of other cultures and customs
  24. Initiative and entrepreneurial spirit
  25. Motivation for quality
  26. Sensitivity to environmental issues
  27. Interpretation of the language of artistic forms, appreciation of their aesthetic values, and search for information about the culture that generated them.
  28. Critical understanding of the nature of art today.

Specific skills
  1. Knowledge of a universalist idea of heritage, as well as the singularity and fragility of heritage works, and the need for their legal protection by the administration.
  2. Knowledge of the concept of heritage as a collective asset to be passed on to future generations, as well as the existing legal and administrative techniques.
  3. Knowledge of the responsibility of the Conservator-Restorer in their interventions on Cultural Assets and of the applicable regulatory framework.
  4. Knowledge of the vocabulary and concepts of the field of Conservation-Restoration and of the rules of action, consistent with the Code of Ethics of the profession, reflected in the regulations.
  5. Knowledge of occupational safety, health and environmental regulations in the field of Conservation and Restoration.
  6. Knowledge of the constituent materials of cultural assets and their creation and/or manufacturing processes.
  7. Knowledge of the factors and processes of alteration and degradation of cultural assets.
  8. Basic knowledge of scientific methodology, research of sources, analysis, interpretation and synthesis.
  9. Knowledge of the instruments and methods for examining cultural property.
  10. Knowledge of conservation-restoration treatments that can be applied to cultural assets.
  11. Knowledge of the appropriate spaces and means for the exhibition, storage, transport or deposit of cultural assets.
  12. Ability to collaborate with other professions that work with heritage assets and with professionals in the scientific field.
  13. Ability to document and perform the examination, diagnosis and conservation-restoration treatments of cultural property.
  14. Ability to carry out preventive conservation activities for cultural assets, creating optimal conditions for the preservation of the object.
  15. Ability to determine the conservation-restoration treatments of material cultural assets, with methods and techniques that respect the criteria of reversibility, legibility, compatibility and stability.
  16. Ability to carry out conservation-restoration projects of sets of objects, planning and prioritizing the preliminary studies and interventions.
  17. Capacity to disseminate information related to the examination, treatments and research carried out on cultural property.
  18. Ability to perform consolidation, stabilization, cleaning, volumetric and chromatic reintegration treatments of cultural assets, according to the criteria that govern the practice of conservation-restoration.
  19. Knowledge of the nature, methods, and aims of the anthropological discipline to conduct analyses, evaluations, and interventions in sociocultural processes.
  20. Development of cognitive skills in relation to the historical context of the emergence and development of philosophical problems and their impact on different areas of social life.
  21. Handling the conceptual and terminological frameworks of History and Art
  22. Knowledge of the photographic medium, its history and its basic techniques
  23. Knowledge and understanding of volume.
  24. I develop the ability to observe, organize, and discriminate colors.