20th September 2005, 09:09 PM
1man1desk
I agree with your assessment of the abilities of each of these types of excavator, who well supervised and in small numbers can be an asset to any team. As the majority of a team in a commercial project it's a problem. You hint that they would be slow and presumably a commercial liability to the unit. Well, I can only imagine that being true if the overworked curator catches them out (which doesn't seem to ever happen) or other consultants, like your good self, get very strict about skill levels .
These projects are not being done by experienced teams by anyone's reckoning. Having said that, I'd normally just grumble into my pint cuz crap units often try this cost cutting measure.
What really riles me is the RAO and SCAUM connections. So I'm going to have to do some research and see what the IFA says. On the SCAUM connection this individual spoke at TAG last year in a session about training, and despite representing unit managers said nothing about his own unit, and disappeared before anyone could ask him any difficult questions during the scheduled discussion. GRRR...
I agree with your assessment of the abilities of each of these types of excavator, who well supervised and in small numbers can be an asset to any team. As the majority of a team in a commercial project it's a problem. You hint that they would be slow and presumably a commercial liability to the unit. Well, I can only imagine that being true if the overworked curator catches them out (which doesn't seem to ever happen) or other consultants, like your good self, get very strict about skill levels .
These projects are not being done by experienced teams by anyone's reckoning. Having said that, I'd normally just grumble into my pint cuz crap units often try this cost cutting measure.
What really riles me is the RAO and SCAUM connections. So I'm going to have to do some research and see what the IFA says. On the SCAUM connection this individual spoke at TAG last year in a session about training, and despite representing unit managers said nothing about his own unit, and disappeared before anyone could ask him any difficult questions during the scheduled discussion. GRRR...