7th September 2005, 05:16 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by eggbasket
The ones that worry me are the graduates who go straight from a degree into jobs like heritage management and development control without first "serving their time". I don't see how they can have the same "feel" for the archaeology as those that have worked in the field.
Eggbasket
Eggy by name, eggy by nature
I see a fair bit of this - and it does worry me if for nothing more than the sheer practical knowledge that you pick up when you've been around a few sites (which can sedgeway back to a H&S discussion yet again).
However, what you lot haven't mentioned with the CMR and DC work vs digging is who is doing the hiring. Employers such as county councils will probably have different basic requirements for 'professional' level jobs than your average unit, and that will almost certainly include having a relevent degree.
And something that annoys me even more (and I've mentioned it here before) is that the cold hard cash and level of experience required for the newest crop of archaeology advisors keeps on decreasing. I don't think I'm far off the mark is recalling recent adverts with 2 - 3 years experience and in the ?15k mark. You're never going to get a County Mounty with gravitas for those wages.
But I've digressed.....
ML