14th July 2008, 01:43 PM
Oldgirl,
Very good points about the MSC.
I worked on two MSC scemes, one of which was my first job as a supervisor. Probably the worst ten months of my life, at least in relation to work.
One point to bear in mind was that, although the MSC was the largest single funding body for archaeological fieldwork at the time, their actual aim was to find make-work jobs for the unemployed. Accordingly, they funded fieldwork only (because it is labour-intensive). There was no funding at all for post-ex.
The result on my scheme was that, as a new supervisor, I was left in overall charge on-site (at one point with two sites to run), although I had only a vague idea of how to do the job. No-one else on site had any knowledge (or interest) in archaeology at all.
The person who was supposed to be in charge on site was actually in the office full-time, doing the post-ex for previous projects with some of the funding provided for current site-work.
Luckily, the archaeology we were dealing with wasn't up to much, so I could learn the job through my own mistakes without doing too much damage.
1man1desk
to let, fully furnished
Very good points about the MSC.
I worked on two MSC scemes, one of which was my first job as a supervisor. Probably the worst ten months of my life, at least in relation to work.
One point to bear in mind was that, although the MSC was the largest single funding body for archaeological fieldwork at the time, their actual aim was to find make-work jobs for the unemployed. Accordingly, they funded fieldwork only (because it is labour-intensive). There was no funding at all for post-ex.
The result on my scheme was that, as a new supervisor, I was left in overall charge on-site (at one point with two sites to run), although I had only a vague idea of how to do the job. No-one else on site had any knowledge (or interest) in archaeology at all.
The person who was supposed to be in charge on site was actually in the office full-time, doing the post-ex for previous projects with some of the funding provided for current site-work.
Luckily, the archaeology we were dealing with wasn't up to much, so I could learn the job through my own mistakes without doing too much damage.
1man1desk
to let, fully furnished