9th November 2005, 10:15 AM
dont believe everything you hear in the pub shags. While (Aus) we may be able to call ourselves "consultants" after 4 years, there is a very simple accreditation system that evaluates consultants according to their experience, granting them differing levels of membership to the Australian Association of Consulting Archaeologists, which (I assume) is used to pre-qualify consultants to various sized jobs.
http://www.aacai.com.au/whatisaacai.html
However, having only completed three of my four years on my way to said "consutancy", I am not in a position to tell you if it is effective.
In any case, given the scarcity of work, and the growing # of archaeologists, I think the really ordinary ones soon get discovered and very well known. Such competition, of course, also makes it difficult to establish regular work regardless of whether you are calling yourself a digger or consultant, and therefore makes the issue somewhat academic.
http://www.aacai.com.au/whatisaacai.html
However, having only completed three of my four years on my way to said "consutancy", I am not in a position to tell you if it is effective.
In any case, given the scarcity of work, and the growing # of archaeologists, I think the really ordinary ones soon get discovered and very well known. Such competition, of course, also makes it difficult to establish regular work regardless of whether you are calling yourself a digger or consultant, and therefore makes the issue somewhat academic.