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Subject:Re: Last Word on Certification From:Karen Gwynn/Datatel <Karen_Gwynn -at- DATATEL -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 19 Jan 1996 08:34:56 EDT
I agree 100%! We despirately need clear cut levels of tech writers. It would
help for hiring, training, and simply setting job expectations.
Karen Gwynn
kwg -at- datatel -dot- com
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At least for this go-round.
What I would like to see if certification ever gets off the ground is a
list of acceptance criteria (for lack of a better term) on what the
different levels of tech writer should be able to do. I know it sounds
like a job description, but if you're like I am, your company's
description of a tech writer is generic enough to be absolutely useless.
If we had a basic skills list, then someone could fill those prereqs with
either experience, degree, or the certification program itself.
Just another .02 from the anti-cert crowd.
Nancy Lynn Hayes (nancyh -at- pmafire -dot- inel -dot- gov) Carpe Diem
Seize the Day!
