Sample Questions for Trainers

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Sample Questions for Trainers

 Core Skills – Secondary Skills – Tertiary Skills A downloadable pdf is available by clicking: Trainer Questions PDF Sign off with the following: Handtools (Trowel etc) Why do you use different tools? Watch them use these tools and correct them during training. Is there improvement? Handtools (Spade, Mattock etc) Why do you use different tools? […]

Transferable skills

Transferable skills The final set of assessment relates to transferable skills and may be harder to quantify objectively, but should rather be reviewed as subjective comments to the individual.  These include interpersonal skills, group working, public communication etc.    Rather than comment on these directly within the passport, it is useful to note them and provide […]

Heritage Legislation

Posted in Tertiary Skills

Can name the main legislation documents and comment on the salient points of content and how it affects work activities.

Public Outreach

Posted in Tertiary Skills

communicate comfortably and/or work with members of the public in events ranging from open days to community events.

Illustration and Graphics

Posted in Tertiary Skills

Archaeological Illustration is a form of technical illustration that records material derived from an archaeological context graphically

Report and Article Writing

Posted in Tertiary Skills

A broad subject, but you may assist significantly in the creation of a full project report, popular article or news report.

Excavation and Lifting Skeleton

Posted in Secondary Skills

Cleaned, photographed, drawn, recorded and carefully lifted, the skeleton is packed in an appropriate, correctly labelled box

Data Entry/Archiving

Posted in Secondary Skills

Essentially this is the creation of spreadsheets or better still, relational database entries for all the paper records (context, finds, samples etc), with indexed photographs and scanned or digitised plans

GIS & Data Management

Posted in Secondary Skills

The creation of spreadsheets or better still, relational database entries for all the paper records, and digital versions of photographs and plans

Finds Processing

Posted in Secondary Skills

Finds are what helps to date a site and provide an idea of the activities that took place.

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