'Ideal' Job offer for Non-idealist: Treasure Enforcer Work in Lancashire

Footprints all over Lancashire's
 Past (Photo Russell
Holden Aug 2013)

Job offer in Lancashire:

Are you:
- a great communicator
- able to work accurately and to deadlines
- confident and proficient in creating and using digital resources
- keen to capture data that adds (sic) to our knowledge of the past
- ready and able to be flexible in your work pattern
- committed to extending access to the historical record
- experienced in archaeology?
If so we have an ideal opportunity for you!

You have also not to see anything wrong with Collection-Driven Exploitation of the Archaeological Record and have nothing against meeting and working with metal-detectorists and other finders engaged in this activity and additionally (if you are to do the job properly) need an ability to explain basic concepts of decency to the likes of Baz Thugwit and Sheddy. The advert goes on:

The Finds Liaison Officer (FLO) role is key to the effective running of the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) which ensures that the Treasure Act is adhered to and fully observed. The FLO's primary objectives are to educate and inform people regarding the Treasure Act; encourage the recognition of the archaeological importance of finds and reponsible (sic) metal detector use; acitvely (sic) collect and upload finds data as part of the national PAS, so adding to our knowledge of the past and making this knowledge readily accessible to the public.

Who wrote this?  The role of the PAS never was primarily  to educate and inform people regarding the Treasure Act, nor was it ensures that the Treasure Act is adhered to and fully observed. The Treasure Act is a legal article and its enforcement is the remit of the police.