24th May 2012, 12:50 PM
P Prentice Wrote:apart from a very few exceptional cases, freshofftheboat diggers generally take more time to train than they are worth on a commercial excavation. the only way to train them to a reasonable standard is to put them next to people who know what they are doing and who like to show off a bit. whichever way you cut it, resources are stretched. the only point in offering voluntary places is to make sure freshfaces get some proper training. if all you are doing is emptying barrows you are not an archaeologist and you ar not being trained but you should be paid as a labourer.
Grin, I thought labourers got paid more than diggers