[CAUT] Workload; was Position announcement

[Ed Sutton]

Sadly, it seems to me that most colleges want cheap, discount service. Look at the quality of truck maintenance in most state universities. I would not have my car serviced in the truck service department of the last school where I worked.
Getting these schools to upgrade to RPT would be a real accomplishment.

A few of the best schools want something more. Usually they know how to recognize it.

Klavierbauer is possible in a country the size of New England with a small handful of top notch manufacturers, a national school system that teaches cooperatively with industry, and a centuries-old tradition of exclusive trade and craft guilds. A place where all is well for those who fit in the system.

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Fred Sturm 
  To: caut at ptg.org 
  Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 9:42 AM
  Subject: Re: [CAUT] Workload; was Position announcement


  On Jul 23, 2010, at 9:17 PM, tnrwim at aol.com wrote:


    If there were an equivalent of a doctor or lawyer who should be applying for CAUT jobs, then by all means. But there isn't. The best this industry can come up with is an RPT. 


  That may be true, realistically speaking in our lifetimes under the aegis of PTG (though I think the Klavierbauer and similar European certifications, and the Kawai MPA are shining examples of what is possible).


    If that's only the equivalent of a paramedic, then isn't that better than a boy scout with minimal first aid experience? It's up to a university to determine if a candidate is qualified to work for them. As I said before, it is presumed the school does more than just look at the initials behind a tech's name.


  But aren't we lying if we promote RPT as what they need to hire, without going on to say that the candidate needs far more? And aren't we shooting ourselves in the foot, destroying our organization's credibility, if we make claims about our certification that are demonstrably untrue?

  Regards,
  Fred Sturm
  University of New Mexico
  fssturm at unm.edu









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