Very good, you have all, mostly, picked up on potentially the most important expectation of a supervisor (Or usually Project Officer).......
Responsibility.
In the commercial world a supervisor will be expected to take on a varying amount of responsibility for their actions and those they are responsible for.
Depending on the size of the job, and the size of the team/area the supervisor is responsible for, this can include:
On small jobs:
Making sure the diggers make it to site and/or the accommodation (and back) every day
Making sure the site facilities turn up and are installed correctly
Making sure the site plant arrives and is put to work correctly and safely
Making sure everyone is working correctly and safely
Making sure the public are excluded and/or informed
Liaising with the client (on site)
Liaising with monitoring county/ national parks archaeologists/ EH representatives
Coming up with (alone or with help) site-specific strategies and making sure these are carried out safely and on time
Managing the team and the time-budget efficiently
Dealing with disciplinary issues
Dealing with safety issues
Making sure all the non-archaeological paperwork is up to date and is stored correctly from safety inductions, delivery notes and plant operator timesheets etc etc
If an incident does happen, for instance an accident....it is up to the supervisor to manage the crisis
Then ontop of this the supervisor will be responsible for making sure all the archaeology is dug and recorded correctly, that the archive is in order, no important relationships have been missed, features have been appropriately sampled, photographed, the finds have been bagged and tagged correctly etc etc
Large jobs are far more complex.
I'm sure I've missed out some important responsibilities.....maybe you can spot some?
But notice, how few of these responsibilities fall under the usual experience of a digger. There is a huge skill jump from digger to supervisor in commercial archaeology.
Responsibility.
In the commercial world a supervisor will be expected to take on a varying amount of responsibility for their actions and those they are responsible for.
Depending on the size of the job, and the size of the team/area the supervisor is responsible for, this can include:
On small jobs:
Making sure the diggers make it to site and/or the accommodation (and back) every day
Making sure the site facilities turn up and are installed correctly
Making sure the site plant arrives and is put to work correctly and safely
Making sure everyone is working correctly and safely
Making sure the public are excluded and/or informed
Liaising with the client (on site)
Liaising with monitoring county/ national parks archaeologists/ EH representatives
Coming up with (alone or with help) site-specific strategies and making sure these are carried out safely and on time
Managing the team and the time-budget efficiently
Dealing with disciplinary issues
Dealing with safety issues
Making sure all the non-archaeological paperwork is up to date and is stored correctly from safety inductions, delivery notes and plant operator timesheets etc etc
If an incident does happen, for instance an accident....it is up to the supervisor to manage the crisis
Then ontop of this the supervisor will be responsible for making sure all the archaeology is dug and recorded correctly, that the archive is in order, no important relationships have been missed, features have been appropriately sampled, photographed, the finds have been bagged and tagged correctly etc etc
Large jobs are far more complex.
I'm sure I've missed out some important responsibilities.....maybe you can spot some?
But notice, how few of these responsibilities fall under the usual experience of a digger. There is a huge skill jump from digger to supervisor in commercial archaeology.