Golikova said there is a shortage of about 30,000 restorers with secondary vocational education

On September 25, Tatyana Golikova spoke at a meeting of the State Council of the Russian Federation commission as part of the XII St. Petersburg International Forum of United Cultures in St. Petersburg, Interfax reports. According to her, the training system for restoration personnel needs to be assessed and rebooted due to a shortage of qualified specialists.

The Deputy Prime Minister noted that technologies and artificial intelligence in restoration have their own specifics and are not suitable for all tasks. She also named the current size of the industry — 80,000 specialists — and clarified that 13,000 of them are already certified.

According to Golikova, by 2030 the number of certified restorers should increase by another 3,000. She added that work in this direction has already been launched.

Golikova said that the Ministry of Culture has already carried out work involving more than 1,000 specialists. The Forum of United Cultures is taking place in St. Petersburg until September 26.

Sources

• Interfax