Degree in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Assets
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.
1. Ability to analyze and synthesize
2. Organization 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 knowledge 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. Working in an international context
14. Interpersonal relationship 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 universality of use, equal opportunities and equality between men and women.
18. Ability to produce and relate ideas
19. Autonomous learning
20. Adaptation 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.
1. Knowledge of a universalist idea of heritage, as well as the uniqueness and fragility of heritage works, as well as the need for their legal protection by the administration.
2. Knowledge of the concept of heritage as a collective asset to be transmitted to future generations, as well as existing legal and administrative techniques.
3. Knowledge of the responsibility of the Conservator/Restorer in his/her interventions on Cultural Assets and of the applicable regulatory framework.
4. Knowledge of the vocabulary and concepts in the field of Conservation-Restoration and the rules of action, consistent with the Deontological Code of the profession, reflected in the regulations.
5. Knowledge of occupational safety, health and environmental standards in the field of Conservation 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, source research, analysis and interpretation and synthesis.
9. Knowledge of the instruments and methods of examination of 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, transportation 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 carry out the examination, diagnosis and conservation-restoration treatments of cultural assets.
14. Ability to carry out preventive conservation activities of cultural assets, creating optimal conditions for the conservation 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 for sets of objects, planning and prioritizing prior studies and interventions.
17. Capacity to disseminate information related to the examination, treatment and research carried out on cultural property.
18. Ability to carry out consolidation, stabilization, cleaning, volumetric and chromatic reintegration treatments on cultural assets, according to the criteria that govern the practice of conservation-restoration.
19. Knowledge of the nature, methods and purposes of the anthropological discipline to make 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. Management of conceptual and terminological schemes 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.