Exhibit Technician
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Trades / Skilled Labor
Installation Technician, Building Maintenance, Maintenance Technician / Mechanic, General Labor
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Title: Exhibit Technician
State Role
Title:
Media Specialist II
Hiring Range: $50,000.00 - $52,000.00
Pay Band: 3
Agency: Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
Agency Website: jyfmuseums.org
Recruitment Type: General Public - G
Job DutiesThis position is responsible for the installation, fabrication, and maintenance of museum exhibits and galleries at the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation. Duties include constructing exhibit platforms, risers, display cases, and other exhibit components; performing carpentry, painting, and gallery touch-ups; installing exhibit signage and graphics; and maintaining exhibit lighting and displays. The position also assists with gallery updates, moving exhibit furnishings, and maintaining clean and safe workshop and storage areas.
Work requires the use of hand and power tools, following construction plans and specifications, and collaborating with museum staff to ensure exhibits are maintained to high-quality standards. This position may be assigned to work at both the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown and Jamestown Settlement, with the primary work location at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown.
- Knowledge of carpentry and construction techniques.
- Some knowledge of historic woodworking, and metalworking.
- Demonstrated skill in rough and finish carpentry and woodworking
- Ability to use hand and power tools.
- Able to read and reproduce plans, plan maintenance schedules and has the discipline to keep existing structures safe and functioning.
- Able to read specifications and follow plans.
- Able to communicate effectively and work cooperatively in a creative environment with other builders.
In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process.
Note:
Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022
- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.
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