Professional Accreditation of Conservator Restorers (PACR) Course

Course Overview:

The PACR training course, otherwise known as Professional Accreditation of Conservator Restorers is intended for those in the field of conservation practice who would like to improve their skills in the field of conservation.

The students will have supervised practical exams training sessions in addition to case studies as well as problem questions from previous exams and discussions with their instructors.

The course outlines the purpose of the work, its complexity, the decisional process within conservation practice as well as the ethics of the profession. It also deals with formulating treatment and management strategies, formulating and implementing of management strategies and communications and professional decision making.

In the end the students will be able to perform important and significant conservation activities and join the preserving practitioners of the cultural heritage.

Course Objectives:

By the end of this Professional Accreditation of Conservator Restorers (PACR) training course, participants will be able to:

• Practical exam training
• Explanation through case studies
• Solving previous years exam questions
• Interact with fellow students and the instructor, who is on hand to give advice and promptly respond to questions in the discussion forums.

Who Should Attend?

The course on professional accreditation of conservator restorers (PACR) is implied for:

• Conservation professionals who can demonstrate a level of proficiency in the profession of conservation of cultural heritage
• Individual conservators working in institutional or other employment or in private practice

Course Outlines:

Conservation practice

• Evaluating conservation problems in context
• Developing conservation strategies
•  Developing and implementing interventive treatment
• Developing and implementing preventive procedures
• Managing work, resources, and projects
• Contributing to the interests of the profession

Professionalism

• Demonstrating professional values and management of value-conflicts
• Demonstrating intelligent practice and professional judgment
• Demonstrating reflection, inquiry, and personal professional development
• Demonstrating sensitivity to the cultural context of materials and the values of people
• Demonstrating effective, appropriate, and sensitive communication

Specification of a functional standard

• Communicable expertise in your chosen field
• Evidence of relevant research and updates in your field
• Evidence of communication and sharing of your knowledge with professional and nonprofessional audiences
• Appreciation of the significance of your field in relation to your work context, the conservation
• Profession, and cultural heritage more generally.

Complexity

• Require choices between options that lead to significantly different outcomes
• Present dilemmas and value-conflicts or require significant value judgments
• Present substantial technical problems, for instance in relation to unstable or degraded materials
• Require a deep level of practical understanding to be applied to the situation
• Require the marshaling and management of a wide range of resources.

PACR

• PACR exam questions
• Case studies
• Documentation
•  Managing conservation treatment contracts to [organization] procurement standards.
• Archiving all collection care and treatment records and adding to [name] database.
• Ensuring that Health and Safety procedures are adhered to.

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