NAS Part IV: Diploma in foreshore and underwater archaeology

The final element and the highest grade of the NAS Programme is the Part IV Certificate. The primary objective is to provide a certification level for a field-worker capable of supervising a work programme on an archaeological site, in conjunction with the archaeological director. This component will not involve further formal teaching although guidance and advice will be provided at all stages by the NAS Training Director. To qualify for the final certificate the candidate must have fulfilled the following requirements:

• have worked on at least three different archaeological sites for a minimum of twelve full weeks in total since they completed their NAS Part II certificate.
• have completed a dissertation or extended portfolio of work on an approved project or topic including a full report prepared to publication standard.

The Training Director will encourage participants who are awarded the Part IV Certificate to publish their work in the appropriate journal and pass details to the relevant Sites and Monuments Record.