14th July 2005, 08:13 AM
Well basically, the situation is this.
If you are employed by an archaeology company and do not have a safe pass, then as soon as you are in their employ, they are legally obliged to pay for your safe pass course, in the same way as they are obliged to purchase boots and wet weather gear as part of their duty of care.
Comapnies can get round this by stating that no person will be employed without a safe pass, which effectively passes the buck on the the potential employee. Given that the safe pass system has been running for over two years, the majority of archaeologists over here have their safe pass and therefore, the companies will always employ those with safe pass first.
If you are self-employed then i would say yes - you will have to pay for your own safe pass. This, however, should be off-set against tax. As i said earlier, it is highly unlikely that site assistants would be employed on a self employed basis. The only examples of self-employed status are the licence holders (site directors) who can usually strike a better deal due to the paucity of licence holders.
Hope this clears this up.
If anyone else has any questions, give me a shout.
If you are employed by an archaeology company and do not have a safe pass, then as soon as you are in their employ, they are legally obliged to pay for your safe pass course, in the same way as they are obliged to purchase boots and wet weather gear as part of their duty of care.
Comapnies can get round this by stating that no person will be employed without a safe pass, which effectively passes the buck on the the potential employee. Given that the safe pass system has been running for over two years, the majority of archaeologists over here have their safe pass and therefore, the companies will always employ those with safe pass first.
If you are self-employed then i would say yes - you will have to pay for your own safe pass. This, however, should be off-set against tax. As i said earlier, it is highly unlikely that site assistants would be employed on a self employed basis. The only examples of self-employed status are the licence holders (site directors) who can usually strike a better deal due to the paucity of licence holders.
Hope this clears this up.
If anyone else has any questions, give me a shout.