Becoming an Accredited member of Icon is hugely worthwhile professional development journey, enabling candidates to reflect on their professional practice, develop their conservation skills and to gain the recognition of their peers. For employers, funders, clients, and commissioners it demonstrates that a conservator-restorer is a fully proficient professional who can be relied upon to consistently work to high professional standards, and ultimately ensure high quality outcomes for the objects and collections in their care.
Icon Accreditation is open to all professional conservator-restorers regardless of their individual specialism, area of practice, length or professional experience or qualification level or even the type of projects that they work on. The process is open to all those undertaking conservation-restoration work, including those who focus on practical treatment, preventive conservation, collections care, scientific analysis and research, or the management of conservation teams and conservation businesses.
Accreditation is awarded after a robust peer-assessment process through which candidates must demonstrate that they have an in depth understanding of the Icon Professional Standards and can evidence how they apply them in their day to day practice.
This document sets out the requirements for the delivery of the Icon Accreditation assessment process. This document is intended for candidates (Pathway members of Icon), Assessors, Specialist Advisors, and Mentors. It may also be useful to employers, funders, and commissioners of conservation services.