17th April 2009, 02:53 PM
As a curator I would agree that the critical phrase here is "must be led by a member of the IFA or IHBC or EQUIVILANT"
We do not require that a company be led by a full member of the IFA (MIFA) just that the overall manager of the work (Project Manager) be of equivalent expertise, i.e. could be a MIFA if they wanted but chooses not to.
We would never force someone to join an such an organisation unless and until they achieve actual chartered status. Membership is a matter for the individual but to run an archaeological unit that tenders for work set by planning conditions it is reasonable (remember that word from ppg16?) to expect that someone has actually done this sort of thing before.
After all you wouldn?t want your house being built by someone who has worked as a labourer and seen how bricklayers and carpenters do it but never done more than the basics themselves, would you?
It is a necessary device to stop scores of recent graduates and site assistants setting up their own companies and winning tenders that they do not have the competence to run (we do get them!!!!)(with appalling regularity).
I suggest that you contact the curator (always a very good idea if you haven?t worked in the area before anyway, even if you are a MIFA and run a RAO).
its normally just a formality if you have actually carried out work as yourself before. They might ask for a reference but wouldnt you?
ten years on and still no bottom
We do not require that a company be led by a full member of the IFA (MIFA) just that the overall manager of the work (Project Manager) be of equivalent expertise, i.e. could be a MIFA if they wanted but chooses not to.
We would never force someone to join an such an organisation unless and until they achieve actual chartered status. Membership is a matter for the individual but to run an archaeological unit that tenders for work set by planning conditions it is reasonable (remember that word from ppg16?) to expect that someone has actually done this sort of thing before.
After all you wouldn?t want your house being built by someone who has worked as a labourer and seen how bricklayers and carpenters do it but never done more than the basics themselves, would you?
It is a necessary device to stop scores of recent graduates and site assistants setting up their own companies and winning tenders that they do not have the competence to run (we do get them!!!!)(with appalling regularity).
I suggest that you contact the curator (always a very good idea if you haven?t worked in the area before anyway, even if you are a MIFA and run a RAO).
its normally just a formality if you have actually carried out work as yourself before. They might ask for a reference but wouldnt you?
ten years on and still no bottom