A. RATIONALE

• Conservation personnel include: conservators, conservation administrators, conservation educators, conservation scientists, conservation technicians, collections care specialists, and students of conservation.
• Participation in educational activities by conservation professionals with a wide range of backgrounds and experiences enriches the field. Such participation provides access to knowledge gained through practical experience as well as formal training.
• Mutual agreement is desirable to ensure that both parties have the same goals and expectations.

B. MINIMUM ACCEPTED PRACTICE

• Conservation professionals must restrict their educational activities to areas in which they have appropriate knowledge, ability, time and facilities.
• In academic settings, objectives and obligations are established and mutually agreed upon through curricula, syllabi, and course outlines. When education is undertaken in a one to one situation, as in an apprenticeship, both parties must define and agree upon goals and expectations.
• Conservation professionals must avoid the exploitation of a one to one educational situation as a means of obtaining inexpensive labor.

C. RECOMMENDED PRACTICE

• In one to one situations, both parties are encouraged to put their agreements in writing.

Approved by the AIC Board May 30, 2001.