[CAUT] Uniform Formal Education

[Richard Brekne]

Strikes me that we are digressing a bit and branching off in directions 
that are not really relevant to the discussion.

In the context of defining what qualifications / skills / whathave you a 
senior CAUT tech who is to head up a department should have, I think its 
fair to say that the individual should be able to present a rather 
advanced and varied skill set.

Its true that techs working under such a persons administration need not 
this same set of skills, and can be very very good at individual 
components of that set. Its also true that some University situations do 
not see a need for such a head of department.  Its also true that in 
some  instances this is actually true.

That said... for the Universities that have a real need for someone to 
head up a piano technology department and be responsible for large scale 
maintenance, repairs, help oversee purchasing, delegate work to junior 
techs, deal with high level music situations of varied sorts.... then 
such a certification would be a valuable aid in assessing any applicants 
qualifications... along with their experience and other references.

It might also serve as a way of getting more universities to take their 
piano departments maintenance needs and the techs who do the work more 
seriously.  And I think we all agree that major inroads are to be made 
along those lines.

Cheers
RicB