Conservation management
Risk analysis / management, environment control and monitoring, light and pollutants monitoring, disaster preparedness and management, integrated pest management, surveys, storage, exhibition rotation, loan management; health and safety; safe practice in the studio; risk and COSHH assessments; lab material and protocols; object handling; photographic documentation; database-based documentation; assessment and condition reports, technical drawings.
Paper conservation techniques
Print and media identification; humidification, washing (several processes) and drying methods; de-acidification; resizing; paper repair, manual and digital infills, toning, remoistenable repair tissues, fibre stitching repairs, pulp repairs, fillings and non-aqueous solvent and heat set repair tissues and methods; backing, hinge, tape and adhesive removal; bleaching; fixatives and consolidants; use of poultices and gels (rigid and micro-emulsions); enzymatic and conductivity treatments; lining (western, japanese and chinese methods); facing, masking; hinging and inlaying; housing, mounting and window mounting; enclosures; tool sharpening.
Parchment
Identification and examination, surface cleaning, humidification, flattening and drying, repair, mounting and housing.
Photography
Process identification, preventive conservation, repair, lining and enclosures.
Iron-gall ink
Testing, calcium-phytate treatment procedure, type b gelatine consolidation
Books
Identifying types of binding and features of deterioration, pamphlet binding, japanese stab-binding, case-binding, limp vellum and temporary card binding, french binding, sewing diagrams, conservation treatments.
Conservation chemistry knowledge
Concentrations, titration, bonds, solvents and ts chart, acids and bases (oxidation / reduction), salts, properties of water, adhesives, cellulose and skins, surfactants, chelating agents, enzymes, colorimetry, pigments, dyes, binding agents, analytical techniques (RTI, UV-VIS, IR & Raman spectroscopy, X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, or XRF, chromatography (CGMS), mass spectrometry).