28th August 2012, 05:49 PM
Oxbeast Wrote:Licensing or chartering is only going to apply to the top of the profession. Ireland has licensed directors, and it does not seem to be a utopia below that position. Similarly only a very small number of engineers and surveyors are chartered, for example.
A restriction in the supply of people entering the profession (which IMO is what we really need) is going to be achived by the massive tuition fees/university costs. People are going to be much less willing to work for nothing then. You are welcome to be an archaeologist as far as I am concerned Kel, but I can imagine far fewer people leaving other industries to spend 50K on retraining.
I do know that you don't have to repay before you reach 21K, and the conditions are far better than the ones I took out my loan on. I just think that within a couple of years thay will require repayment to begin on graduation, so no more entry level diggin jobs, much less volunteering will be possible.
licensing/chartering can apply to whatever level is set and the irish model is not the one i would profer.
restricting the supply of people entering can only be dependent on their skills and qualifications - everything else would be to the detriment of the industry
employers are all prepared to pay more if the playing field is levelled - employers wages would also rise afterall
unemployed archaeologists should not be looking to blame the number of graduates or volunteers but the inablility of the profession to reach a working consensus on how better p&c can be reached
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers