18th February 2009, 05:41 PM
I'll still stand for what I said when I first kicked off this thread.
The reason archaeologists are being asked to produce a CSCS card more often is because the construction industry as a whole are taking them more seriously as a way to ensure that the right type of people are on site which after all are dangerous places if you're not qualified to do the job you're supposed to be doing. Whether they work or not is another issue. I like the principle for reasons I've stated above.
An archaeologist will most likely be asked to produce a whitcard, basically to show H&S awareness for the principle contractor's peace of mind.
To my mind that kind of makes us second-class professionals. It is because the construction industry takes them seriously I would like to see archaeologists part of the scheme.
I want my profession to be taken seriously by other professionals.
It seems that we could hit two birds with one stone. One, a sort of general purpose H&S awareness acreditation as the white card already acts as (and I do see the point in being construction/ engineering site aware) and secondly to have some kind of idependently acredited skills passport of the sort we've been talking about for nearly 20 years without moving forward very far as yet.
The reason archaeologists are being asked to produce a CSCS card more often is because the construction industry as a whole are taking them more seriously as a way to ensure that the right type of people are on site which after all are dangerous places if you're not qualified to do the job you're supposed to be doing. Whether they work or not is another issue. I like the principle for reasons I've stated above.
An archaeologist will most likely be asked to produce a whitcard, basically to show H&S awareness for the principle contractor's peace of mind.
To my mind that kind of makes us second-class professionals. It is because the construction industry takes them seriously I would like to see archaeologists part of the scheme.
I want my profession to be taken seriously by other professionals.
It seems that we could hit two birds with one stone. One, a sort of general purpose H&S awareness acreditation as the white card already acts as (and I do see the point in being construction/ engineering site aware) and secondly to have some kind of idependently acredited skills passport of the sort we've been talking about for nearly 20 years without moving forward very far as yet.