19th September 2005, 09:07 PM
Hmmmm..well, back on the subject of the thread.. As an "un-qualified old hack" who's just been forced to endure 6 weeks of a university training excavation as part of the course I'm on, my observation has been that the people that did well were those that were genuinely enthusiastic and not afraid of hard work and a bit of discomfort. A distressingly large majority of the students seemed to consider the whole business of digging to be a chore to be endured in pursuit of their degree, rather than a skill fundamental to their desired profession.
The former group would probably do well on site with, or without, a degree. The latter seem to think the're going step straight into supervisory roles..
As for graduates who can't draw sections (one of the previous postings) I'm not really surprised if this dig is anything to go by: Four students per drawing...even better, a cardboard dummy section with the "Layers" drawn on.
Rant,Rant,Whinge,Whinge..sorry..
When the going gets weird...
The former group would probably do well on site with, or without, a degree. The latter seem to think the're going step straight into supervisory roles..
As for graduates who can't draw sections (one of the previous postings) I'm not really surprised if this dig is anything to go by: Four students per drawing...even better, a cardboard dummy section with the "Layers" drawn on.
Rant,Rant,Whinge,Whinge..sorry..
When the going gets weird...