atw: Re: Accreditation (another longish contribution)

Bruce and awl:

>  As for life-skills recognition, I'm against this unless there is also a
> formal assessment because there are plenty of 'technical writers' out 
there
> who have been pulling the wool over their uninformed manager's eyes for
> years.

Exactly the point I was trying to make.  You have to be fair to 
experienced 
and capable practitioners without forcing them to attend a course they 
could 
do on their ears, but at the same time you need to have a transparent and 
respected assessment procedure.

Perhaps you just concentrate on non-tool skills (research and analysis, 
writing, editing, indexing, project/people management, release management, 
etc.) 
and leave questions of tool knowledge and higher skills such as 
programming to 
the resume.

Regards,
Hedley

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