7th September 2005, 11:10 AM
Quote:quote:On another point: Why is a degree necessary for a site assistant / digger? What will that degree teach them that they need to know when digging a site?
To use their brain while doing it! Just because UK uni's don't prepare students very well for digging jobs does not mean that diggers shouldn't ideally have degrees.
I'm with deep on this one. These old fashioned attitudes about divisions of labour on a site are long overdue for extinction. The best field teams I've been a part of have interchangeable roles, and almost no specialization. That means that every team member can do everything on site including think about the site with respect to post-ex, or at least be working at learning the roles. (Degree or no degree)
Those who want to dig ditch sections and not think are as unwelcome as those who want to swan about and supervise without getting their hands or chino's dirty!}
