[CAUT] CAUT Certification: How many with a shop at a University or, College do Bellywork? (Sloane, Benjamin (sloaneba))

[Daniel Rembold]

The only thing that makes college and university work distinct from any other practice of our craft, is the administrative and managerial responsibilities of having many pianos to prioritize and service, all for one customer.

In my opinion, there already is a very practical national certification program in place for what we do.  It's called RPT.  If a separate Craftsman certification were to be desired, why limit it to college and university technicians?  

Dan
Auburn University


--- On Tue, 6/23/09, Israel Stein <custos3 at comcast.net> wrote:

> From: Israel Stein <custos3 at comcast.net>
> Subject: [CAUT] CAUT Certification: How many with a shop at a University or, College do Bellywork? (Sloane, Benjamin (sloaneba))
> To: caut at ptg.org
> Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 7:46 PM
> 
> > 
> >    I am concerned that we are going to make
> those not doing salaried work for a University and College
> look bad with the CAUT certification. Is this a valid
> concern?
> > 
> >     Respectfully,
> > 
> >               
> Ben
> >   
> Ben,
> 
> It is a valid concern and it has been voiced both at
> chapter meetings discussing this proposal and during the
> crafting of the By-laws and Regulations language that will
> be needed to authorize this program/credential. Various
> measures to prevent this from happening have been suggested.
> Since I am only indirectly involved in this initiative, I
> will leave discussion of the details to those who are
> chiefly responsible for developing the proposal (and its
> implementation if passed). But I assure you that plenty
> attention has been paid to this aspect of the proposal and
> its possible "unintended consequences".
> 
> Israel Stein
>