26th May 2004, 01:18 AM
Dear Bolton....
you have hit the nail square on the head... only a Chartered Organisation has any chance of enforcing Standards, Pay SCales Careers etc etc. It is what many of us (inc u I suspect) are working for. All that BAJR can do is set levels and guides which Units (and I am grateful to them for this) will respect.
In a way the CBA and the IFA are almost merginging into the same type of organisation... Though I must confess that I trust teh CBA a whole lot more.
I do believe that the IFA has a role to play.. though I have yet to see one single scrap of evidence tha they are wlling to put their neck out and be a governing body.... 22 years later and still there are no hard and fast rules... no chartered status... no fixed pay levels... etc It is too easy to lay into the IFA and I would rather look at their strong points providing guidence documents and a code of conduct that I hope we all adhere to.
BAJR can and will, with the suport of others push for the recognition that our chosen path deserves... but I can only do that with others.. not alone. I would appreciate some handy hints that we can put forward - perhaps in the DIgger!... EH do seem to be a more toothey than HS or CADW... but we have to have an inclusove organisation that all agree to and all find fair...
BAJR alreaddy sets wages at Governmental Levels.. and their have been no complaints (perhaps that is what the IFA were worried about) but I also have to hope that companies that pay sub BAJR levels will not find workers to fill the vacancies... only when we have a consensus (and even Union involvement) can we start to look forward.
I think perhaps I should go to sleep now..
[xx(]
you have hit the nail square on the head... only a Chartered Organisation has any chance of enforcing Standards, Pay SCales Careers etc etc. It is what many of us (inc u I suspect) are working for. All that BAJR can do is set levels and guides which Units (and I am grateful to them for this) will respect.
In a way the CBA and the IFA are almost merginging into the same type of organisation... Though I must confess that I trust teh CBA a whole lot more.
I do believe that the IFA has a role to play.. though I have yet to see one single scrap of evidence tha they are wlling to put their neck out and be a governing body.... 22 years later and still there are no hard and fast rules... no chartered status... no fixed pay levels... etc It is too easy to lay into the IFA and I would rather look at their strong points providing guidence documents and a code of conduct that I hope we all adhere to.
BAJR can and will, with the suport of others push for the recognition that our chosen path deserves... but I can only do that with others.. not alone. I would appreciate some handy hints that we can put forward - perhaps in the DIgger!... EH do seem to be a more toothey than HS or CADW... but we have to have an inclusove organisation that all agree to and all find fair...
BAJR alreaddy sets wages at Governmental Levels.. and their have been no complaints (perhaps that is what the IFA were worried about) but I also have to hope that companies that pay sub BAJR levels will not find workers to fill the vacancies... only when we have a consensus (and even Union involvement) can we start to look forward.
I think perhaps I should go to sleep now..
[xx(]