21st January 2005, 02:28 PM
The biggest fear that the IFA seems to have is that if they clamp down on slack RAO's that they will pull out of the IFA altogether resulting in reduced membership and a weaker position for the IFA. I think they see themselves as in a catch 22 situation when it comes to the well deserved steelcap up the whatsit for bad units.
Is there any way that County archaeologist and planners can insist on RAO's to tender for work or perhaps require other units to supply statements of standards/practise which would hold them legaly accountable to the County for shoddy work?
Before I get torn apart my thinking in this:
If IFA is to be any use in maintaining standards the problem of becoming irrelevant needs to be addressed. Otherwise can the County big boys get together to become the place of first complaint with a blanket ban on bad units undertaking work in the UK.
If the IFA wont fix it than we need to.
Is there any way that County archaeologist and planners can insist on RAO's to tender for work or perhaps require other units to supply statements of standards/practise which would hold them legaly accountable to the County for shoddy work?
Before I get torn apart my thinking in this:
If IFA is to be any use in maintaining standards the problem of becoming irrelevant needs to be addressed. Otherwise can the County big boys get together to become the place of first complaint with a blanket ban on bad units undertaking work in the UK.
If the IFA wont fix it than we need to.