11th September 2005, 05:53 PM
Troll,
I think I've said before that I'd value an unqualified but experienced digger more than a new graduate with no experience, so I'd pay them more.
On the other hand, I'd expect anyone with 20 years experience (if they were any good) to be working at a higher level of responsibility than I would give to a new graduate.
Career structure is a difficult one. The short-term, labour-intensive nature of field projects lends itself to short-term casual (and therefore low-paid, insecure) employment. Post-ex requires much less labour, so no security there.
Cut-throat competitition in tendering doesn't make it any easier to solve the problem - but then, it was even worse before competitive tendering, when local units had a monopoly and funding was much tighter than under PPG16.
Not sure if I can think of any viable solutions at present, but I am bending my mighty brain in that direction and I'll get back to you.
1man1desk
to let, fully furnished
I think I've said before that I'd value an unqualified but experienced digger more than a new graduate with no experience, so I'd pay them more.
On the other hand, I'd expect anyone with 20 years experience (if they were any good) to be working at a higher level of responsibility than I would give to a new graduate.
Career structure is a difficult one. The short-term, labour-intensive nature of field projects lends itself to short-term casual (and therefore low-paid, insecure) employment. Post-ex requires much less labour, so no security there.
Cut-throat competitition in tendering doesn't make it any easier to solve the problem - but then, it was even worse before competitive tendering, when local units had a monopoly and funding was much tighter than under PPG16.
Not sure if I can think of any viable solutions at present, but I am bending my mighty brain in that direction and I'll get back to you.
1man1desk
to let, fully furnished