27th June 2006, 02:08 AM
I do not want to get bogged down in the example I quote about machine driving - what I am saying is surely we as industry need to identify the difficulties and do something about them.
In the case of archaeologists driving machines - there is a strong tradition of private sector archaeologists doing this starting with Dr Pryor. Driving a 360 excavator to mm accuracy is easy - when I was a proper archaeologist I used to do all my own machining when allowed.
The better units have a 360 excavator on site for just moving bits of muck about driven by the archaeologists. (Hi BUFAU)
The current regulations require a high degree of driving skills to cover all the situations that a driver will be hired in for. I have not been able to find much info on the net about the current requirement other than that 300 hours per 5 years is needed.
I thus suggest that what is needed is:
a brief summary of the regulations
discussion of people experiences
a consensus decision from all the elements.
Peter
In the case of archaeologists driving machines - there is a strong tradition of private sector archaeologists doing this starting with Dr Pryor. Driving a 360 excavator to mm accuracy is easy - when I was a proper archaeologist I used to do all my own machining when allowed.
The better units have a 360 excavator on site for just moving bits of muck about driven by the archaeologists. (Hi BUFAU)
The current regulations require a high degree of driving skills to cover all the situations that a driver will be hired in for. I have not been able to find much info on the net about the current requirement other than that 300 hours per 5 years is needed.
I thus suggest that what is needed is:
a brief summary of the regulations
discussion of people experiences
a consensus decision from all the elements.
Peter