28th July 2008, 01:17 PM
Good for the IFA, I say. Although there are a few questions, and frankly I find the whole idea of being able to submit mobile phone pictures a bit dubious. Who is going to be looking at these grainy pictures, and most importantly, how are they going to be able to tell if you've drawn the section/area and recorded it well if you don't also have to submit supporting documentation?
With all the assessment that should be involved, it sounds like the opposite of fast tracking....
This idea does at least try to tackle one of the problems in archaeology: namely that having a degree in archaeology does not make you a competent field archaeologist. However, from that Axia document, this seems to be equally aimed at amateur archaeologists. I don't have any problem with amateurs in the IFA, but why would they be keen to climb the hierarchy?
Also, GBP1000 to GBP1,500 sounds like a lot of money, it isn't that much compared to degrees and a lot of City and Guilds courses. I just paid GBP400 for a training course which my employer refused to fund, and I don't even get any more letters after my name for it.
If you're on a four week rolling contract, your employer won't fund this. There are some of the bigger units that might take this up, though. Maybe if you were on a rolling contract, they could let you spread the payments and stop at any point, like they do with union memberships.
With all the assessment that should be involved, it sounds like the opposite of fast tracking....
This idea does at least try to tackle one of the problems in archaeology: namely that having a degree in archaeology does not make you a competent field archaeologist. However, from that Axia document, this seems to be equally aimed at amateur archaeologists. I don't have any problem with amateurs in the IFA, but why would they be keen to climb the hierarchy?
Also, GBP1000 to GBP1,500 sounds like a lot of money, it isn't that much compared to degrees and a lot of City and Guilds courses. I just paid GBP400 for a training course which my employer refused to fund, and I don't even get any more letters after my name for it.
If you're on a four week rolling contract, your employer won't fund this. There are some of the bigger units that might take this up, though. Maybe if you were on a rolling contract, they could let you spread the payments and stop at any point, like they do with union memberships.