COTAC’s newly issued ‘Insight 2’ provides helpful guidance, on the 14 ICOMOS Education and Training Guidelines for those seeking re-accreditation.
Edinburgh Group Chair Ingval Maxwell said: ‘In describing conservation projects, professionals commonly use third-party accounts of what ‘we did’. However, for the individual practitioner, what matters is their ability to make effective and relevant personal decisions as part of the project team.’
‘From a conservation accreditation perspective, it is these individual decisions and contributions that matter.’
‘Consequently, Conservation Scheme Assessors look for applicants to provide clear information about what ‘I did’ in their written submissions. This latest ‘Developing Personal Competencies – Insight 2’ volume from COTAC aims to promote a better understanding of what is relevant when compiling and submitting an individual application as part of the process towards achieving peer-reviewed accredited or certified conservation status.’
COTAC writes:
This Insight 2 ‘Developing Personal Competences’ supplementary volume aims to support a range of individuals develop their competencies in effective decision-making in the field of practical conservation work. Informed by the 1993 ICOMOS Education and Training Guidelines, the material encourages reflective, integrated study and development to create a growing understanding of architectural conservation parameters.
This additional Insight 2 volume builds upon COTAC’s Insight 1’s ‘The Need to Appreciate the Built Heritage’ and Insight 2’s previous ‘The Need to be Aware of the Built Heritage’ 14 introductory and exploratory Image Sets. Combined, this material is offered as a ‘primer’ for those who wish to advance into COTAC’s ‘Understanding Conservation’ on-line suite of 5 self-learning Units.
The illustrative content in this additional volume is arranged to explore 14 ‘Personal Competences’ that have also been compiled in accordance with ICOMOS Guidelines a) to n). Whilst it does so in 5 Parts, reference to the associated 14 Insight 2 Image Sets and on-line COTAC Bibliography, previously compiled in support of the Guidelines, will also be of assistance to users.
See full details at https://cotac.global/learning/insight2/
For more background see also:
- To explore the volume, visit the Insight 2 webpage on COTAC’s cotac.global website HERE, or access the volume directly by downloading HERE
- To find out more about COTAC’s mission to advance the education and training of all those involved in the protection and preservation of the historic environment that is of cultural, architectural or historical value, and to provide knowledge in support of training and education in the arts and skills required to protect and preserve it HERE.
