27th January 2013, 10:18 PM
I do believe the IfA ( that is the people who work in the IfA - ) care. they are after all humans. They may not be out in the field.. but they do care. the Council is made up of people who cared enough to vote and campaign and put themselves forward. The companies care in several ways, and the diggers care and the specialists...etc...
The issue is in what they care about... I care about - like chiz. and many others - a sustainable and sensible future for archaeology where you can make a living. Thats not much to ask... where you can grow in a career... where you can enjoy work...
The answer is perhaps a reinvention a regrouping and a new model for archaeological contractual work. What pushes wages up?
Chartered status is ( imho ) a bit of a holy grail... nice idea, but ultimately out of reach... and if you do get it? what then? how will this magically make us important? or relevant? or worthwhile and highly paid... what would the word chartered do to us that would instantly change us from what we are now... to what we could be?
Perhaps we need to set our house in order first... then seek chartered status. a first step? I would approve of licences, -- and the threat of licence removal. no licence... no dig... and stricter and universal control on products. every curator / Planning Archaeologist setting the same standards the same conditions... surely ALGAO can fix the patchwork ..
ps.. when I was charging out diggers it was £70 to digger ( gross ) and £175 to client. but that was a few years back ..
The issue is in what they care about... I care about - like chiz. and many others - a sustainable and sensible future for archaeology where you can make a living. Thats not much to ask... where you can grow in a career... where you can enjoy work...
The answer is perhaps a reinvention a regrouping and a new model for archaeological contractual work. What pushes wages up?
Chartered status is ( imho ) a bit of a holy grail... nice idea, but ultimately out of reach... and if you do get it? what then? how will this magically make us important? or relevant? or worthwhile and highly paid... what would the word chartered do to us that would instantly change us from what we are now... to what we could be?
Perhaps we need to set our house in order first... then seek chartered status. a first step? I would approve of licences, -- and the threat of licence removal. no licence... no dig... and stricter and universal control on products. every curator / Planning Archaeologist setting the same standards the same conditions... surely ALGAO can fix the patchwork ..
ps.. when I was charging out diggers it was £70 to digger ( gross ) and £175 to client. but that was a few years back ..