23rd October 2008, 12:51 PM
Training is one of the things that most frustrates me in archaeology. The majority of site staff do excellent work but there are still staff who know next to nothing who get pay rises and promotions with no regard for their actual level of knowledge. Supervisors who have never dug or recorded a cut??? Supervisors who can't read a matrix let alone construct them??
In both cases poorer paid, lower levels members of staff had to re-do a large amount of work to compensate for incompetent senior members of staff.
I would HOPE that in 5-10 years this sort of situation couldn't exist.
A compulsory training scheme or practical qualification would help.
In both cases poorer paid, lower levels members of staff had to re-do a large amount of work to compensate for incompetent senior members of staff.
I would HOPE that in 5-10 years this sort of situation couldn't exist.
A compulsory training scheme or practical qualification would help.