23rd September 2012, 03:03 PM
Are there any real council field units left? Thats excluding the curatorial service, Museums HER and Community archaeologists.? I know of one museum based field unit in this neck of the woods but though they do do some commercial work it does not pay the bills and what they do do tend to be very specialised or local. I know there are various "Trusts" associated with historic towns and cities but how much are they actually funded by their local councils? Of course things might be different down south.
And if you look at Kevin's posts it is the IFA who set the low pay grades (they used the lower council grades as guidelines when they did not have to ). I do not think we can blame a long defunct system for the present low wages. Local authorities have for many years been very cost conscious and are unlikely to subsidising anything in the current economic climate.
And if you look at Kevin's posts it is the IFA who set the low pay grades (they used the lower council grades as guidelines when they did not have to ). I do not think we can blame a long defunct system for the present low wages. Local authorities have for many years been very cost conscious and are unlikely to subsidising anything in the current economic climate.