atw: Re: Accreditation
- From: "Jill Nicholson" <jpnicho@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 12:52:32 +1000
Sorry I didn't read far enough to find out about the survey
Jill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jill Nicholson" <jpnicho@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 11:44 AM
Subject: atw: Re: Accreditation
Anyone who knows me knows I feel very strongly about the difficulties of
accreditation.
If a 'group' take on accreditation and you can only get accredited by
belonging to that group - looks like a money making venture to me.
There are a lot of tech writers around who are as good, and better, than
those active in groups - how do they become accredited?
I think accreditation is assuaging us not the market place.
Yes, I once belonged to a much larger group (not technical writers) who went
through all this and it landed in the too hard basket for many of the
problems that are coming up with tech writers.
If the 'gift' of accreditation is a judgement of competency - I don't want
someone who is not what I would consider competent to be in a position to
grant me accreditation. And believe me they will be.
Is the Swinburne study restricted to Victoria?
Jill Nicholson
N&H Communications
2 Park Ave
ROSEVILLE, NSW 2069
61+2+94174302
jpnicho@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.nhcommunications.com.au
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ana Young" <ana_young2000@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 7:53 PM
Subject: atw: Re: Accreditation - non Sydney based technical communicators
Hi all,
It is always such a pity that the other states seem to
be too far away / remote. In Queensland, there are a
number of TCs - I know that for a fact. In Tasmania,
there is at least one that I know (hi, Geoff). And I
have seen a number of posts from WA TCs.
Why can't our profession be nation-wide? The USA
managed it (and look at the number of members they
currently have).
Cheers,
Ana
--- Andrea Tappe <Andrea.Tappe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
> If you are interested in the accreditation issue,
> but can't make the Sydney
> meeting:
>
> The ASTC (Vic) has been working with Swinburne
> University since May to
> conduct a study to find out:
>
> * what technical communicators think about
> accreditation (helpful? not
> helpful? irrelevant?)
>
> and;
>
> * what they think an accreditation scheme 'looks
> like' (run by a university?
> run by a professional body? State based? National?
> etc).
>
> The survey will be run across Australia and New
> Zealand (thank you to all at
> TCNZ for your help and support!), and the results
> will be published in the
> Australia and New Zealand Journal of Technical
> Communication.
>
> If the concept received sufficient support, the ASTC
> (Vic) were planning
> work further with Swinburne to develop an
> accreditation scheme for ASTC
> (Vic) members based on current best practice. Any
> other groups who would
> like to collaborate on the development of a scheme
> are most welcome!
>
> Thanks and regards
> Andrea Tappe
>
> pp ASTC (Vic)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Janet Taylor [mailto:jtaylor@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, 20 August 2004 15:06
> To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: atw: If you're interested in discussing TC
> Accreditation and
> live in S ydney....
>
>
> The next ASTC members and friends meeting is next
> Wednesday (25 August)
> and the subject to be discussed is Accreditation
> Should technical communicators be certified or
> accredited?
> Will either help us get better paid work and will it
> help to control the
> quality of people who call themselves technical
> communicators?
>
> This debate has been raging for a long time and we'd
> really like to finalise
> it. (Accreditation, or whatever we call it, is
> intended for Australia-wide
> implementation.)
>
> The "Westies group" has discussed this subject at
> length and reached a
> conclusion. Not everyone agrees.
>
> So please, come along and share any ideas you may
> have on the subject.
>
> Where? Sydney Mechanics School of Arts, Level 1, 280
> Pitt Street, Sydney
> (between Bathurst and Park Sts).
>
> Time? 6.00 - 8.30pm
>
> Cost? $15.00 for ASTC members who book and $20.00
> for all others
>
> How to book? email: info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx , voicemail
> 8250 7056 or fax 9252
> 0441 by 23 August (Please book, so that we can
> organise sufficient
> refreshments.)
>
> I look forward to seeing you there.
>
>
>
>
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