atw: FW: ASTC VIC: Professional Accreditation - REMINDER

Dear Austechies,

Just a reminder that the Professional Accreditation Survey needs to be
completed by Friday 26th November 2004.  To refresh your memory the
following was our orginal message:

Regards,
Fiona Gologranc
ASTC Administrator

As you might recall from some posts made to the austechwriter list in
August/September this year, the ASTC (Vic.) and Swinburne University have
been collaborating on a research project to find out what technical writers
think about professional accreditation. It has taken us a while to get the
necessary approvals and resources in place, but we are finally ready to let
you have your say!

As part of the ethical requirements for this project, Swinburne has required
us to use an ethics statement (see below). Please read this statement
carefully before proceeding to the survey. 

Click on the link to go to our home page - www.astcvic.org.au - the survey
is down the bottom (beneath the links to the accreditation models).

Thanks and regards
Andrea Tappe
pp ASTC (Vic)


>   "Historically there has been no formal training available to technical
> communicators. As you know technical communicators generally acquire their
> skills on the job, supplementing their experience with ad hoc professional
> development. At present anyone can describe themself as a technical
> communicator and apply for work in the field.
>
>
>   The Australian Society of Technical Communicators is concerned that this
> situation is not productive for its members. The committee has therefore
> decided to ask members what they think is important.
>
>
>
>   My name is Amy Veerman and I am undertaking this research as part of a
> third-year research internship at Swinburne University of Technology. The
> aim of the research is to find out how you feel about the idea of
> accreditation and your opinion on various models of accreditation. Along
> with asking about your opinions on accreditation the questionnaire asks
> some general background questions. These are important to understand what
> different people are thinking about the issue, but they will not be used
to
> identify individuals: your response is completely anonymous and you are
> free to skip questions if you prefer not to answer.
>
>
>   The data from this research will be collated into a report and you will
> be able to find out about the results through forthcoming ASTC
> publications. While I have no current plans for publishing the data it is
> possible that, with the consent of the ASTC I may build on this work in a
> fourth-year honours project that could be published in an academic
journal.
> This study has the support of the ASTC and the Sociology department at
> Swinburne
>
>
>
>   Your participation in this research is completely voluntary and you are
> free to choose not to participate.
>
>
>
>   Please print and retain this sheet for your information.
>
>   If you have any queries about the research contact the investigators,
Amy
> Veerman or Associate Professor Katharine Betts (supervisor and senior
> investigator) on 9214 8201.
>
>   If you have any queries or concerns that the senior is not able to
> satisfy, contact: The Chair, Human Research Ethics Committee
>
>   Swinburne University of Technology, PO Box 218 Hawthorn Vic. 3122"
>
>
>
>


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