21st September 2005, 02:38 PM
Quote:quote:1man1desk, make your mind up sir-either you specify professionalism across the board or, make fawning allowences for this sort of sh*t simply because big boys names are on the project...... - originally posted by Troll
Troll,
As you know from my previous posts, I do specify professional experience. However -
Students have to get experience somewhere, so why not have a small number on some commercial jobs? It would give them more realistic experience than training digs. I did say they should be supplementary to a team that would be adequate without them.
Retirees can take up a second career as professional archaeologists, and I have seen some good ones.
Graduates of training digs - can't see any argument against them; every professional archaeologist has to start somewhere, and at least this means that your newbies have been on a site before and have some on-site training.
The point is that any team can include a small proportion of such people, but a team that is made up entirely/mostly of them is not going to be a good team. That needs to be avoided. However, describing these worthy people as "this sort of sh*t" is pointlessly offensive. If there is anything wrong, then it is the unit management's fault, not the people they employ.
1man1desk
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