4th April 2010, 07:43 PM
Souped up with Carrot juice and a few beetroot shakes I can only concur. After what seems like nearly three decades to choose from (likie Kevin) I can remember a day when a digger was skilled, trained and mentored. We could take photographs, write context sheets and add to running matrix, draw a plan, set out a grid, talk to each other and read up on reports... not just site reports. WE were the beginning, but we knew the end. Specialists would show us the how and why... supervisors would keep us right and bring in reports to read... we were encouraged to communicate and offer opinion, and the office staff were our "other half" not "them upstairs".
Once... not so long ago... Oxford and Wessex came up with Framework... it was what we used to do anyway... but with cost cutting time saving job done... the dream has vanished.
IF you are a supervisor or PO... then don't bemoan the loss of skills... get on there and encourage. doa bit of study on Medieval pottery... print out a report on the type of site they are digging... get people interested again. This seems to be a universal malaise.. with bright pinpricks of light in teh darkness... so lets turn the halogens on - full power!
Once... not so long ago... Oxford and Wessex came up with Framework... it was what we used to do anyway... but with cost cutting time saving job done... the dream has vanished.
IF you are a supervisor or PO... then don't bemoan the loss of skills... get on there and encourage. doa bit of study on Medieval pottery... print out a report on the type of site they are digging... get people interested again. This seems to be a universal malaise.. with bright pinpricks of light in teh darkness... so lets turn the halogens on - full power!