Handicraft Consultants

Responsible authorities for the county handicraft consultants are handicraft societies, county/regional councils or county museums. The county/regional councils finance at least half of the consultancy operations and are important partners at the regional level.
 
What does a handicraft consultant do?
The handicraft consultants work in both advisory and informative capacity. The mission is to promote handicrafts by arousing people´s interest and increasing their knowledge of what handicraft work involves. The handicraft consultant´s activities include organizing educational programs, courses and exhibitions, documenting old handicrafts, initiating development projects in collaboration with designers and craftsmen and promoting craft activities among children and young people.

Working partners
The multi-level work of the handicraft consultants contributes to the handicraft organizations diversity and wide network of contacts. They co-operate with authorities, schools, handicraft societies, museums, adult education associations as well as individual craftsmen and designers.

Training
If you want to become a handicraft consultant you can take the bachelor´s programme in leadership and handicraft at the University of Gothenburg.