13th June 2011, 06:50 PM
P Prentice Wrote:to get back to the thread, i will contend that our industry needs to attract and retain a wide spectrum of skills and ambition. we cant do this if we only make room for men who can shovel because all we will be left with is old men who used to be able to shovel. as an employer i want to be able to attract skilled field operatives as well as young feisty spunks who might just have something to offer if given the chance and i also want to see some of the knowledge and skills of the old lags evolve with the market into quality product. i dont think it helps for everybody to call themselves an 'archaeologist' because it applies to any tom dick and barry but i do think it would help every aspect of the profession/career for a chartered institute to acknowledge time served along with skills acquired - it can only benefit professionalism.
Clearly IFA's not fit for purpose then, given their view of diggers ('special interest group' and their retrospective invention of the PIFA grade when they realised grubby people were geting in as AIFA/MIFA) - chartered status would just give then the chance to create a fully-closed shop above a certain grade? (admittedly they'd still have to employ a few 'workmen' so they'd have something to manage) :face-stir: