Let's cut to the chase was Re: Guidelines comments

[Bdshull@aol.com]

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Hi, Wim,

Here our natural tendency towards independence works against us some, I 
think.  If there is a time when a collective commitment to an educational standard 
within the PTG is important, this is it.  Well over 1500 colleges and 
universities use piano technicians or tuners;  we don't know how many use RPT's, but 
we know that a sizable number do not use RPT's, and don't have any incentive to.

The certification ensures us that within the PTG we are sufficiently 
educating CAUTs in their specialized area to a standard which we believe is important 
for the profession.  

But at least as important is the marketability of the CAUT-credentialed 
technician to colleges and universities.  A corresponding effort to educate the 
university on using the CAUT-trained RPT should, over time, result in a dramatic 
change from the current situation, where a large number of schools do not even 
use RPT's.  We all know about these nightmare stories.  A CAUT-credentialed 
RPT is most likely to serve the needs of a university best.  And the language 
of credentialing is language a school understands.

Keep in mind that many of these schools - especially smaller and midsized 
schools - use part-time and contract techs.  It is not uncommon for a contract 
tech to have accounts at more than one school.   The CAUT credential should help 
all the way around.  The school can be better assured their contract tech is 
staying up to speed in the profession, and the contract tech will have better 
tools with which to serve the school. 

Bill



In a message dated 6/13/03 3:22:12 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Wimblees@aol.com 
writes:


> The concept is very good. But I'm not sure if we need to go through a 
> "certification" process to give a CAUT some sort of credibility. I think just 
> offering classes on the topics you listed would be enough. The ones you listed 
> would be ones I certainly would attend. And I wouldn't limit those classes to 
> CAUTS. There are many techs who would get a lot out of those kinds of classes, 
> just to deal with large public schools and/or churches.
> 
> Wim 
> 
> 



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