Re: STC certification program

[Phil Stokes <philstokes03 -at- googlemail -dot- com>]

I'm astounded at the skepticism here. Professional certification is good 
for everybody. It protects consumers and it confers both recognition and 
higher wages on practitioners.

Of course, that depends on the certification being both valid and widely 
recognised. The STC and other worldwide TC bodies (like the UK's 'ISTC', 
which I belong to) are responsible for the first; we, as practitioners, 
are largely responsible for the second.

It's the lack of this kind of professional qualification that kills 
credibility for TCs among many employers and keeps us under the thumb as 
little more than "glorified secretaries". Doctors were largely 
considered as quacks and taken on merit till they got professional 
certification. Now look at them. ;)

Phil


On 18/10/2011 00:47, Porrello, Leonard wrote: