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 Training Excavation 2008
Placements
Placements are available to previous trainees on any of the earlier Archaeology
Live! training excavations (St Leonard's, St Mary's, St Saviour's or Hungate), or to archaeology students
with practical experience of single context recording who want
to pursue a career in the profession. The placements
will be assisting the trainers on site and helping
out wherever else is necessary. This is a very good
opportunity for those who feel they would like more
experience in how an archaeological site works, and
previous placements have found paid work because of
the reference they have received from the excavation.
There is often confusion as to what a 'placement'
is and people will sometimes use the term 'placement'
when they mean 'trainee'. Within the Archaeology
Live! project a 'placement' is somebody who has
already been trained in archaeological excavation
and has appropriate archaeological experience.
Accommodation is available for the last 11 weeks
of the project, from the 6th of July, at £85
per week and there is a one-off £20 administrative
cost for all placements.
To apply for a Placement position on the excavation,
a CV with an accompanying covering letter must be
sent (e-mail is acceptable) to the contact address
below. Make sure that you say why you want to be a
placement and why you would be good for the project
within your cover letter. The selection process will
include an informal telephone interview.
Several of the placement positions have now been
filled but there are a few spaces remaining. Placement
applications will continue to be accepted until all
spaces are filled. Any applications made later than
May 1 will be notified if they were successful within
a working week.
For more information contact:
Training Dig, York Archaeological Trust, 47 Aldwark,
YORK, YO1 7BX, ENGLAND e-mail: trainingdig@yorkarchaeology.co.uk
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 663024 |
