29th October 2008, 02:04 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by i_love_rocks
O.k. this leads on from another thread.
What are the essential field skills that people in commercial archaeology think freshly minted graduates from UK universities should have after a three year course?
Let's try to define the minimum of what you'd expect people to be confident in doing when they first turn up on a commercial site.
The aim is to formulate some kind of national standard for the curriculum that could be put forward to be endorsed and adopted by universities across the country.
Let's hear it!
Hi chaps
Essential field skills for recent graduates eh hmm...
a normal sized ego rather than the inflated kind usually presented,
ability to laugh at inclement weather,
the ability to obtain next job from new employer with a single phone call,
ready supply of crisps/doughnuts/fags depending on site hut colleagues,
ability to run/fuel/tax/insure a car, pay for rented accommodation, go to pub every night and still pay off that pesky student loan on measly amounts of wages,
a liking for ex-army surplus,
Oh most importantly, the idea that its not all "super fun" to people who's daddy isn't collecting them in the car on Friday evening to take them home!
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Steven