22nd June 2013, 07:26 PM
I do hope so... and indeed while I was having a lovely birthday lunch with my loverly wife Maggie, this was the main topic of conversation... that and her lovely eyes... ( of course)
Fortunately this lunch lasted 3 hours .. and as RandomnGeorge says ( and a big hello! there ) we need a tripartate system. interstingly the ones we came up with were Chartered - ( Managers and Consultants ) Licensed ( actual people who do the organisation and work - including directors/project officers and senior supervisors ) and Practitioners them that dig, survey, draw etc
Each must have a series of externally assessed qualifications ... skills if you would.
each position is assessed for the skills required.
interstingly - the issue comes with the flavours of archaeology from academic to field, from consultant to surveyor, from photographer to lithics specialist. - Random has give me heart in relation to engineers. THanks for that...
Also - we have issue number two.
and sad but true... it is currently teh IfA --- in a way like the BAJR/ you must accept it is here... but many don't like it. however - it is better there than not. ( again that goes for both )
I would love to see a profession that was able to look a chartered architect in the eye... and have the clout to back me up. I would like to see the respect be at ALL levels. I wish we saw a good digger as important as a good manager. ( but then I am a bit of an anarchist thinker - where all people are equal in importance. ) where a lithic specialist is needed and paid as a specialist whose input enhances a report rather than gets it past the curator with minimum argument and effort.
Anyway I digress.. there should be no wiping out. I would and will oppose that as strongly as ever. I am currently a MIfA and before I was not. I have had no change to the workload not my reputation...
I would like to see the professional as a whole recognised as useful... I guess it is this video that manages to actually worry me, rather than convince me. where be passion? where be understanding of the reality on teh ground? where be powerful and compelling argument.
[video=youtube;WVC5KyE7NAU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVC5KyE7NAU[/video]
Fortunately this lunch lasted 3 hours .. and as RandomnGeorge says ( and a big hello! there ) we need a tripartate system. interstingly the ones we came up with were Chartered - ( Managers and Consultants ) Licensed ( actual people who do the organisation and work - including directors/project officers and senior supervisors ) and Practitioners them that dig, survey, draw etc
Each must have a series of externally assessed qualifications ... skills if you would.
each position is assessed for the skills required.
interstingly - the issue comes with the flavours of archaeology from academic to field, from consultant to surveyor, from photographer to lithics specialist. - Random has give me heart in relation to engineers. THanks for that...
Also - we have issue number two.
and sad but true... it is currently teh IfA --- in a way like the BAJR/ you must accept it is here... but many don't like it. however - it is better there than not. ( again that goes for both )
I would love to see a profession that was able to look a chartered architect in the eye... and have the clout to back me up. I would like to see the respect be at ALL levels. I wish we saw a good digger as important as a good manager. ( but then I am a bit of an anarchist thinker - where all people are equal in importance. ) where a lithic specialist is needed and paid as a specialist whose input enhances a report rather than gets it past the curator with minimum argument and effort.
Anyway I digress.. there should be no wiping out. I would and will oppose that as strongly as ever. I am currently a MIfA and before I was not. I have had no change to the workload not my reputation...
I would like to see the professional as a whole recognised as useful... I guess it is this video that manages to actually worry me, rather than convince me. where be passion? where be understanding of the reality on teh ground? where be powerful and compelling argument.
[video=youtube;WVC5KyE7NAU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVC5KyE7NAU[/video]