Archivists, Curators and Records Managers

Key Tasks

• •Evaluating and preserving records for administrative, historical, legal, evidential and other purposes
• •Preparing record-keeping systems, indexes, guides and procedures for archival research and for the retention and destruction of records
• •Identifying and classifying specimens and objects, and arranging restoration work
• •Examining items and arranging examinations to determine condition and authenticity
• •Designing and revising medical record forms
• •Managing organisations' central records systems
• •Analysing the record-keeping needs of organisations, and translating these needs into record management systems
• •Maintaining computerised and other record management systems and record forms, and advising on their usage
• •Controlling access to confidential information, and recommending codes of practice and procedures for accessing records
• •Developing record cataloguing, coding and classification systems, and monitoring their use

Employment Projections to 2034