[CAUT] Workload; was Position announcement

[Jim Busby]

Hi Doug,


If 2000 RPTs are to be re-tested every 5 years that's 400 additional tests per year, besides the new RPTs, CTEs and TCEs. The bottom line seems to be that PTG can't feasibly (at this time) do the extra testing needed. That being said, I agree with you and I like the idea of recertification. I'd like to see a proposal of how that could happen, where the funding would come from, etc.

There are so many ramifications that PTG-L discussions have ended up going nowhere (IMO). PTG has begun to gain recognition of the RPT on-line, and I'm not discounting that and other plusses, but it seems that something like ASE is desirable.

What do the ASE tests cost? How long is their certification? Who tests, and who makes up the tests?? Ask your son. I went to the ASE site and looked around there. I couldn't find any costs, but I'm probably not in the right spot. Looks like a massive bureaucracy there. Interesting...


Best,
Jim Busby




-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Douglas E. Wood
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 12:34 PM
To: caut at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Workload; was Position announcement

I confess to being mystified that I hear so little about ASE certifications. My son is a mechanic, currently working on county buses, and he's just recertified in many areas. He also plans to add one or two based on his current work. It means $$ to him. This skillset testing seems so closely parallel to the piano service industry it amazes me that we aren't headed in that direction.

Mind you, the tests are hard enough that one either has to be actively working on the subjects being tested, or actively studying them. The certifications also expire.

I think I must have been not paying attention when the Guild decided to avoid this??

Doug