Reports to: Field Archaeologist, Operations Manager, Business Manager and Partners

Job summary

Assist in the completion of stage 1-4 archaeological assessments through the following methods: walking ploughed fields; conducting shovel test pit surveys; digging squares; screening soil; collecting, bagging and tagging artifacts; feature excavation; shovel shinning; and drawing plan views and profiles.

Summary of essential job functions

- Able to walk minimum of 8 ha per day for the purpose of completing pedestrian

assessments

- Able to complete a test pit survey of one hectare per day minimum
- Able to dig a minimum of 3 one metre by one metre squares per day
- Failure to complete the above tasks can result in termination.
- Able to draw plan views of test squares and features to scale
- Able to draw profiles with complex stratigraphy to scale
- Identify and document artifacts found during assessments
- Legible hand-writing
- Able to draw Sketch maps of work completed

Minimum requirements

- Completion of high school or working on completing high school
- Candidate must be self-sufficient and have valuable English oral and written

communications skills





- Must be available to work the odd weekend or extended days and to work away from

home for extended periods

- WHMIS required

Skills and Abilities required

- Ability to travel away from home some times for extended periods of time
- Ability to work efficiently
- Can work in various weather conditions and environments
- Record all appropriate field data necessary for report preparation and submit field notes on a daily basis to superiors and otherwise whenever requested by superiors
- Performance consistent with AMICK Consultants Limited Field Manual
- Disclaimer The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.

Job Type: Seasonal

Pay: $20.00-$25.00 per hour

Education:

- Secondary School (preferred)

Work Location: In person

📌 Archaeological Field Technician (Barrie)
🏢 AMICK Consultants
📍 Barrie