RE: RE: certification

[jenny_berger -at- fairfieldresidential -dot- com]

The goal of a certification program is not to teach or train a person in 
the conventions/duties/tools, etc. of the field. Generally, it's to verify 
that the person has the skills, education, experience, and professionalism 
necessary to perform the job well to the point of wizardry, and to 
favorably reflect on the industries (in our case, writing and specialty 
area(s)) that he/she serves as a whole. The fact that certification 
programs have been used in the past as training boot camps for total 
newbies to the field in question doesn't necessarily mean that that's 
their primary purpose.

Jenny Berger
Technical Writer
Information Systems
Fairfield Residential





Logan Jackman <techscrivener -at- yahoo -dot- com>
Sent by: bounce-techwr-l-115343 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
04/16/2003 02:53 PM
Please respond to Logan Jackman

 
        To:     "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
        cc: 
        Subject:        RE: RE: certification
As far as a standard "writing" certification....if
regular high school and college education can't teach
writing, I doubt a certificate program can.


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