22nd September 2005, 11:29 AM
Sorry if I took the comments out of context, I must have been having an off day. However, we seem to have returned to a familiar theme here: whinging about bad practice rather than taking action to stop it (or at least try).
If the company in question is an RAO then inform the IFA. They are not going to feel a disturbance in the Force! If you don?t tell them they cannot do anything about it.
It may not be relevant to the structure of this particular employer, but the following is taken from Example 2.1 of the IFA ?Regulations for the Registration of Archaeological Organisations?:
?There is an assumption that archaeological work would only be carried out (or supervised) by persons qualified for, and possessing, appropriate IFA membership and holding Responsible Posts. The applicant organisation will have to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the IFA, if required, that archaeological work will not be carried out or supervised by anyone else.?
I?m sure that it could be used in the case of an RAO using inexperienced staff, supervised by inexperienced supervisors. The implication is that someone qualified should be in control and surely this must apply in the field as well as in the office. It is the Institute of FIELD Archaeologists after all.
S
If the company in question is an RAO then inform the IFA. They are not going to feel a disturbance in the Force! If you don?t tell them they cannot do anything about it.
It may not be relevant to the structure of this particular employer, but the following is taken from Example 2.1 of the IFA ?Regulations for the Registration of Archaeological Organisations?:
?There is an assumption that archaeological work would only be carried out (or supervised) by persons qualified for, and possessing, appropriate IFA membership and holding Responsible Posts. The applicant organisation will have to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the IFA, if required, that archaeological work will not be carried out or supervised by anyone else.?
I?m sure that it could be used in the case of an RAO using inexperienced staff, supervised by inexperienced supervisors. The implication is that someone qualified should be in control and surely this must apply in the field as well as in the office. It is the Institute of FIELD Archaeologists after all.
S