Reviewing the skills and training statistics from Profiling the Profession 2012–13

1. Investing in staff: a risk worth taking? Reviewing the skills and training statistics from Profiling the Profession 2012–13 Kenneth Aitchison, Executive Director Landward Research Ltd kenneth.aitchison@landward.eu FAME Forum 2013: Risky Business? Merchant Taylors’ Hall, York, 28 June 2013

2. The Big Picture

3. Applied Archaeology

4. Skills Losses

5. Skills Losses

6. Skills Gaps

7. Skills Gaps

8. Skills Shortages

9. Skills Shortages

10. Other People’ Problems

11. Other Peoples’ Problems

12. Organisational Attitudes

13. Organisational Attitudes

14. Last Thoughts The biggest problems faced by the industry are appalling margins and loss of skills - it is just not as much fun as it used to be (at all levels) {IfA Registered, FAME member} Large numbers of qualified archaeologists have recently come here from europe to work. They often have had a good(free)Socialist education in Poland. This has led to a reduction in the price of trenched evaluations which has in turn led to a reduction in prices for geophysical surveys. Geophysics organisations are increasingly devoting time to locating drains rather than archaeology in order to survive. {not IfA Registered, not FAME member} [nb – while 1.5% of the UK archaeological workforce was Polish in 2007-08, no Polish archaeologists were identified in the 2012-13 returns] You haven't got time to hear my views..... {not IfA Registered, not FAME member}