Exhibit Builder

Overview

Performs fabrication duties as assigned including cut-out and assembly of exhibits and exhibit parts. Prepares exhibits for paint or laminate with p-lam or veneer. Performs final assembly after paint, wraps and pack parts. Carries out final installation, mounts artifacts as assigned.

Skills Required

Cabinet maker

Run woodworking equipment

Experience REQUIRED

3-4 years in a professional setting

Skills Needed

Cutting

Milling

Assembly of wood

Plastic laminate

Understands blueprints

Essential Functions

Studies sketches or scale drawings for temporary or permanent display or exhibit structures, such as framework, fixtures, booths, or cabinets to determine type, amount, and cost of materials needed.

Assists with model building and builds crate for shipping.

Confers with exhibit planning and art personnel to discuss structural feasibility of plans and to suggest alternate methods of displaying objects in exhibit.

Cuts, assembles, and fastens parts to construct framework, panels, shelves, and other exhibit components of specified materials, using hand tools and power tools.

Sprays or brushes paint, enamel, varnish, or other finish on structures, or creates special effects by applying finish with cloth, sponge, or fingers to prepare structure for addition of fittings.

Mounts fittings and fixtures, such as shelves, panel boards, and shadowboxes to framework, using hand tools or adhesives.

Installs electrical wiring, fixtures, apparatus, audiovisual components, or control equipment in framework, according to design specifications.

Installs or affixes murals, photographs, mounted legend materials, and graphics in framework or on fixtures.

Assembles, installs, or arranges structures in exhibit galleries working with maintenance and installation personnel.

Requires some travel around the U.S.