17th October 2005, 02:10 PM
Troll haven't we been here before?
Good curators ask, or at least can assess a situation without asking. Good units encourage this - I know of many who are more than happy for me to conduct monitoring visits without senior staff present (personally, I don't like this as it can lead to headache if things need to be changed or there's a problem), but I guess that means they trust their staff, or units where the person digging the features is expected to explain what they are digging, what they have found and why.
But as has also been brought up before, we see a lot of sites - and have worked on a lot too - and it doesn't take too many years on the beat to separate the 'bird-pooh' from the grain without talking to everyone out there and their dog - and who has the time for that?
And to look at it from the other side, how many diggers really want to talk to us? Most seem to hide in the hut when I come around, or at least duck into their trenches looking busy but only grunt when spoken to. I suspect that is because there's little confidence among junior staff members, and that is probably a factor of the situation they learn in.
Ranting over.
ML
Good curators ask, or at least can assess a situation without asking. Good units encourage this - I know of many who are more than happy for me to conduct monitoring visits without senior staff present (personally, I don't like this as it can lead to headache if things need to be changed or there's a problem), but I guess that means they trust their staff, or units where the person digging the features is expected to explain what they are digging, what they have found and why.
But as has also been brought up before, we see a lot of sites - and have worked on a lot too - and it doesn't take too many years on the beat to separate the 'bird-pooh' from the grain without talking to everyone out there and their dog - and who has the time for that?
And to look at it from the other side, how many diggers really want to talk to us? Most seem to hide in the hut when I come around, or at least duck into their trenches looking busy but only grunt when spoken to. I suspect that is because there's little confidence among junior staff members, and that is probably a factor of the situation they learn in.
Ranting over.
ML