Re: certification

["Green, Stan" <Stan -dot- Green -at- AAI-US -dot- COM>]

Certification would be only as good as its acceptance .For example; if to be
certified was a prerequisite to preparing Military manuals, or if Microsoft
said only certified Technical Communicators are welcome... then it would
mean something. Without such an industry acceptance all that would happen
would be that the certification agency would get wealthy. However, there is
a quasi certification now in our business; more and more employers are
requiring four year degrees.

Thanks

stan


-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen C. Gillespie [mailto:sgillespie -at- FEDEX -dot- COM]
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 1998 8:42 AM
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
Subject: Re: certification


David, you have made a good point about the "diversity" (of backgrounds
and experiences) issue, but in MHO, it's a straw man, in that I don't
believe we'll EVER get the consensus that you claim is necessary (and
yes, it's prob NOT the in the best interests of our profession for STC
to be the sole arbiter!).

I acknowledge that, if we apply some standard education or experiential
requirement, yes, some "dinos" may be left in the cold...but again, I
believe that if you (as a technical communicator) have not exercised
your opportunities to remain current (read, get a TC or related degree,
etc.) or otherwise continued to grow professionally, then you're NOT as
capable (or marketable) as a GenX-er who has (BTW, I'm approaching 50,
went back to school at 30, and now have 3 degrees in comm).

Steve Gillespie
Sr Tech Writer
FedEx

Sr Member, STC
Midsouth Chapter


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