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Subject:Re: TC as a Profession From:"Tony G. Rocco" <trocco -at- NAVIS -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 6 Oct 1997 10:19:25 -0800
Professions have to be registered in Slovenia? With what, a government
bureaucracy of some sort?
We don't register professions in the US, to my knowledge. A profession
becomes recognized, I guess, when enough people become involved in it and
it establishes a valued place for it in the overall scheme of things, i.e.,
in a particular industry or industries. There is no bureaucratic agency
that sanctions a profession as such, to the best of my knowledge.
Of course, there are professions that require formal training and
certification, such as becoming a doctor or a lawyer. But that's a
different issue.
If you want to establish an academic department for technical
communication, I suggest you show that technical communication has a valued
function in various fields (software industry, medical science, business)
and that it requires substantial training and experience to be done well.
You might point out that several universities in the US now offer advanced
degrees in technical communication, and show them the curricula that has
been established for various MA and Ph.D. programs. That might impress the
bureaucrats, although I cannot guarantee it.
- tgr
At 4:41 AM -0800 10/6/97, Carol Chubiz wrote:
>We, the technical communicators here in Ljubljana, Slovenia, are
>interested in establishing technical communications as a registered
>profession.
>
>Does anyone know the process to go through to make this happen? For
>instance, how did the profession become recognized in England, Germany
>and France?
>
>Initially, we are trying to get a department at the University of
>Ljubljana.interested. But would that be enough?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Carol Chubiz
>Senior Technical Communicator
>Hermes SoftLab
>Ljubljana, Slovenia
>
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