22nd June 2006, 03:07 PM
Quantity of experience is important, and I agree with Oxbeast up to that point.
However, nature of experience is also important. One frequent frustration I have is dealing with curators who have little or no field experience, having spent their entire career in SMR/DC type work.
That lack of experience can cut two ways. Some curators make unreasonable demands - just because they don't understand enough to know that they are unreasonable. Others can't identify poor practice on site, or inappropriate methodological proposals, because they don't have enough experience.
Personally, I would say that no-one should be allowed to be an archaeological DC officer or County Archaeologist without at least 5 years field experience, including experience at least up to PO level, with project design and report writing.
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However, nature of experience is also important. One frequent frustration I have is dealing with curators who have little or no field experience, having spent their entire career in SMR/DC type work.
That lack of experience can cut two ways. Some curators make unreasonable demands - just because they don't understand enough to know that they are unreasonable. Others can't identify poor practice on site, or inappropriate methodological proposals, because they don't have enough experience.
Personally, I would say that no-one should be allowed to be an archaeological DC officer or County Archaeologist without at least 5 years field experience, including experience at least up to PO level, with project design and report writing.
1man1desk
to let, fully furnished