Ron Nossaman wrote: > > > > If the power and position of the Guild were such as the aforementioned AMA > > then I could see where the use of a title would inspire confidence from our > > customers in us and perhaps to a degree from one of us to another but such is > > not the case. > > If we are now required, or even presumed to have automatic confidence in any > AMA member with a Yellow Page ad, I'd like the bus stopped please. This is > where I get off. It is my experience, impression, and conviction that the > percentage of chronic incompetents is roughly equal in any professional (or > amateur, for that matter) field you could name. In addition, each and every one > of us has the capacity for transient stupidity episodes, even if we are mostly > harmless and competent The difference is that in our profession, the customer > loses money or property in a botched job. We don't get to kill and maim our > customers all that often, so the AMA probably isn't the best of all possible > choices for comparison. > > Ron N Well stated Ron... you and others make this point well and it should not be understated. On the other hand... this fact does not change the fact that a person who cannot meet minimum knowledge requirements neccessary to perform a given skill is.... well not qualified. Its one thing to point out that tests do not neccesarrily guarentee the quality we want them to... Its another to simply throw out tests altogether... one guarentee is achieved through tests... the one I mentioned. You cant pass a simple test...well hey... you dont know what you are doing. Simple truth. -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no
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