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AA1 Develop policies and guidance for archaeology

AA1.2 Identify and assess community requirements and expectations

Performance Required

This will involve:

1. identifying critical and relevant community requirements for the preservation of their archaeological heritage in the context of contemporary needs and pressures on land use and development
2. identifying critical and relevant community requirements for the description, recording and conservation of archaeological remains in the context of enhancing public information and as a resource for future research
3. identifying community reactions to programmes for archaeological investigation and collections and their social and economic impact
4. investigating and challenging community preferences for the investigation, recording, protection and conservation of archaeological sites and collections
5. identifying, evaluating and presenting options for the investigation, recording, protection and conservation of archaeological sites and collections that best meet community requirements and expectations

Occupational Context

1. Sources of data about community requirements:
   • relevant documentation and advisory notes
   • results of comparative field research
   • consultation programmes with interested parties
2. Presentation of data:
   • oral
   • written
   • graphical

Knowledge Requirements

You need to know and understand how to:

• Identify, investigate, evaluate and challenge community requirements, preferences and reactions
• Identify and evaluate potential conceptual solutions which match key aspects of community requirements

You need to know about:

• Sources of data about community requirements
• Presentation methods appropriate to the information to be presented and the audience for whom intended

Required Skills

You should demonstrate:

• How to use questionnaires to assess community preferences
• How to use audio-visual aids to create presentations comprehensible to the non-specialist

Evidence Required

You should provide evidence that you can identify and assess community requirements and expectations

• this will include documentary evidence that includes
  Records of community requirements, preferences and reactions
• records of potential solutions identified and evaluated

The candidate should be questioned, based upon the documentation provided, to explore:

• their understanding of community requirements in terms of the preservation of the archaeological heritage
• their understanding of the contemporary needs and pressures on archaeological sites
• their ability to respond both to the needs of the community as regards archaeological proposals
• their ability to negotiate solutions to perceived problems between communities and the archaeological heritage

Evidence Rules

• The candidate should have been involved in at least 2 substantive areas of policy development.

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