Résumé of the course
460 graduated students and 3.400 interventions of restoration made since 1984 (600 ceramics, 1.600 archaeological finds, 1.200 stone artefacts)
Brief history of the Department of Restoration of ceramics and archaeological finds (students, restored artworks, restoration sites, practical internships)
CRITERIA AND ORGANIZATION OF THE FORMATIVE SESSIONS
Duration
The restoration courses are structured in a biennium, 1800 hours, followed by an optional 900 hours third year of specialization.
First Year:
11th October 2010 – 17th June 2011
Second Year:
10th October 2011 – 22th June 2012
Courses activities
The total number of hours, as showed in the study plan, includes: theoretical sessions, practical laboratory sessions, visits to exhibitions and firms, conferences and visiting professors sessions, seminars, research and documentation external or in the library, internal and external experiences, sites of restoration, practical internships in Italy and abroad, check intermediate sessions, dissemination of results, placement and orienteering activities.
The total duration of the Institute professional courses is structured in order to assure that a percentage between the 70% and the 80% can be reserved to the technical-didactic activities of conservation and restoration in the labs or in external sites.
The intervention of restoration in the laboratory or in external sites
The Institute offers students the opportunity to work, after the competent authorities authorizations and with the supervisions of their teachers, during the practical laboratory sessions, on various artworks included in the Italian Superintendence’s lists as cultural heritage artworks. Students can be involved in various interventions of restoration.
Internships or guided practical activities
The biennial course, includes a period of internships or guided practical activities of 200 hours, to be scheduled preferably in the second year of the course.
STUDY PLAN
Artistic, technical and scientific sessions applied to restoration
History of Art and Styles
History of Archaeology
History of Sculpture and Ceramic
Techniques of Excavation
History and Theory of Restoration
Elements of Chemistry, Physic and Biology
Elements of Mineralogy and Petrology
Elements of Geology
Chemistry of solvents and of materials
Techniques of Diagnostic
Information Technology
Virtual Restoration
Techniques of Photography
Elements of Programmed Maintenance
Practical activities in laboratory, restoration sites etc.
Drawing and Painting
Drawing and graphic survey
Techniques of Construction
Materials Technology
Restoration of ceramic, glass and organic artefacts and materials
Restoration of metal and alloy artefacts and materials
Restoration of Archaeological Finds
Restoration of Stone Artefacts
Sessions common to all study addresses
Glossary of Art and Restoration
Work Safety and Health at Work
Drafting of a project and a budget of a restoration work
Elements of Legislation on Cultural Heritage
Techniques of Finance and Economy
Elements of Cataloguing and Documentation
Elements of Climatology
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Notes on the System of Credits (Regione Toscana: DD 3679 of the 6th November 2009)
All the courses are structured for U.F., Formative Units which are strictly connected to the certification of final competences.
The system of credits is an instrument which helps in the evaluation of the amount and the quality of students work. Each credit is represented by the measurement of the amount of the work which every student did in order to reach the programmed formative goals provided by any single course. A credit is equivalent to 25 hours of study, including frontal sessions, laboratory, practical works, internships, seminars and meetings, researches and individual work.
ADMISSION
Admission to the first year of the biennial professional courses of Qualified Technician
The professional courses follow a close access admission criteria: each class is reserved to the first 12 applicants who has been completed the enrolment. Applicants must be in possession of a secondary school Diploma.
the Institute can accept the requests of admission, only after a clear check of the individual motivations, of the study titles and of the professional certifications. All the applicants who are able to present a three year professional certification in the chosen sector, can be admitted to the course.
The Institute reserves the right to ask for a preliminary individual meeting with the applicants, to be held in the Direction Office in Florence.
Admission of foreign students
Lessons are held in Italian. All the sessions has a practical approach and for this reason all foreign students who have a minimum knowledge of Italian language can follow them. The knowledge of Italian language is one of the evaluation criteria, for the admission to the courses. According to the art. 6, AD 3679/09 by Regione Toscana, is compulsory that foreign students have a knowledge of Italian language which can allow them to take part to the final exams. This knowledge will be checked by the teacher responsible of the entry level procedures.
Students can follow an Italian language course at IIC of his country of origin or in a specialised Italian school of language in Florence obtaining a certificate of average knowledge of Italian language. Our students can also follow a course from September to October at our Institute.
For all the duration of the course, our Institute offers one day a week in the afternoon, free sessions of Italian language.
Acknowledgement of the entry credits
Each formative course should improve the starting level of the competences of any applicants, obviously in close relationship to the final target to be reached.
For this reason, the Institute activated a series of relevant and correct procedures for checking the entry credits in the phase of collecting of the admission forms. The procedures can be summarised as follows:
1. Checking of the study titles and of the professional experiences. Applicants are requested to send the copy of all their certifications related to the field of the chosen course.
2. Comparison of the various study programmes followed by the applicant with the Institute study plans. This procedure is simplified when the applicant come from a foreign or an Italian institutions which have an agreement with our Institute on condition that it adopts the same system for the competences validation due to the SCS (Spinelli Credit System).
3. Checking of the entry requirements validated by the Evaluation Committee. The Committee is located in Florence and it is chaired by an external member, chosen by those ones accredited by the Regione Toscana, in order to guarantee a correct and clear checking.
After the checking of the entry requirements if applicant is considered fit for the course and in possession of a certain number of entry credits, they will allow applicant to follow a reduced number of hours after a preliminary definition of an agreement between the applicant and the formative institution.
Each entry credit will grant a reduction of the tuition fee which will be fixed by the Direction on the ground of a correspondence table with the programmed study units.
FINAL EXAMINATIONS
The Final Examinations valid for the evaluation, the competence certification and for the issue of the study title are normally scheduled within the end of the course.
The Exams Commission is made of Institute lecturers and a number of delegates appointed by the Regione Toscana, by the Province of Florence and by the professional associations and unions.
The exam includes a “practical simulation test” of a project (technical and written tests); and an oral interview based on the results of the practical sessions and on some specific subjects chosen by the Commission.
Some integrative parts, can be added on commission requests ((battery tests, close questions, etc.); this is to verify the acquired single knowledge and the acquired skills referred to the various areas of activity: these tests can be considered only an extra addition on the practical tests of simulation. Students can enrich their dissertation with the help of integrated studies and researches.
Certifications and Diplomas
Getting through the exam allows getting the following study titles:
• Certificate of Technician Qualified in Restoration of ceramic and stone artefacts e issued by the Regione Toscana
• Diploma in Restoration of ceramic archaeological finds and stone artefacts e issued by the Istituto per l’Arte e il Restauro
• Certificate of the obtained competences.
Acknowledgement of the courses
According to the Regional Law n. 845 of 21st 12 1978, Regione Toscana organised the regional vocational training by means of a series of rules and regulations based on the European regulations and on the agreements with the Italian state. Our Institute is part of the Regional training system which recognised its courses from 1980 (Act n. 1881 of 12th.06.1980 and subsequent until the current Act no. 2095 of the 23rd June 2010, valid for all the courses which will start in the years 2010, 2011 and 2012). The acknowledgements were granted by the Province of Florence due to the art. 17 comma 1 lett.b of the L.R. 32/2002 The Institute is accredited by the Regione Toscana under Law nr. 1722 of the 25th day of the month of March 2003. Accreditation code nr. 545. Certified ISO 9001:2000 IMQ/CSQ 9175.IPAR of the 16th day of the month of May 2005.
The professional qualification, as issued by a Regional institution, officially delegated by the Italian State due to the National Law no. 845 of 21st 12 1978, is valid on the whole National territory.
The title is also valid on the European countries thanks to the validation general system adopted with the European acts (89/48/CEE and 92/51/CEE), changed by the act 2001/19/CE.
More detailed information on the website http://ec.europa.eu
GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR THE ADMISSION AND THE ENROLMENT AT THE FIRST YEAR OF THE BIENNIUM OF RESTORATION
These are the correct procedures for attending at the first year of the biennial courses:
1. Applicant have to send the online admission form “Request of Admission Evaluation” which will be preliminarily submitted to the Admission Office.
2. In few days the Admission Office will inform applicant about the preliminary checking results, admittance or refusal. In case of admittance, applicant have to send copy of the documentation which according to the Italian law must be submitted to the checking of the Evaluation Committee: identity card or passport, a colour passport-size photo, a curriculum vitae, European format, the secondary school study title, others study or professional titles, eventual professional certifications and letters of reference. These documents can be personally consigned or can be sent by post to the Institute secretariat (Via Maggio 13, 50125 Firenze). It can be also sent by fax to the number: (+39 055 217963) or by email (secretarypr@spinelli.it).
3. The Admission Office after checking the received documentation, assigns the eventual validation of the entry credits, their economic value and the subsequent reduction of the tuition fee, and send to applicant the Official Minute, the Administrative Regulation, and the invitation to complete the enrolment within a preliminarily arranged date.
4. Admitted applicants must complete at this point their enrolment, by sending by fax (+39 055 217963) the duly signed Administrative Regulation together with the receipt of the bank swift attesting the payment of the first rate of the tuition fee.
5. The Secretariat send to enrolled students by post the Official Certificate of Enrolment and all the other useful information regarding the beginning of the academic year.
Payments can be directly made at the Administrative secretary office or by postal order addressed to: Istituto per l'Arte e il Restauro, Via Maggio 13 - 50125 Firenze.
Payments can also be made by bank swift addressed to the following Institute bank account: Banca UNICREDIT, Firenze, via Brunelleschi n. 11 IBAN: IT 15 K 03002 02830 000000880880 - BIC SWIFT: BROMITR10V5.
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