[CAUT] CAUT credential vs. academic program?

[David Love]

One problem I see in all this is that at all levels the requirements are
different and it renders the classification somewhat meaningless-certainly
for those of us on the inside.  There are RPTs who took the tests some years
ago and haven't worked on a piano for ages, preferring now to spend their
time as dealers.  There are others who only do simple house call type work
and then there are those who can build you a piano out of a pile of lumber
and some scrap iron.  There are those who manage rebuilding shops with many
employees, inventories, buy and sell and do concert work and there are those
who do nothing more than dealer service calls.  Similarly, there are CAUT's
who manage all levels of inventory, rebuilding, purchasing and employees and
others who simply do simple service work on demand.  Unless you
differentiate by some sort of subcategorizing method, adding various
subtests like boy scout merit badges, a separate CAUT classification would
be no more helpful in defining someone's skills than the RPT classification.
I don't see that happening nor do I think it would be an easy thing to
administer.  

David Love
davidlovepianos at comcast.net
www.davidlovepianos.com 

-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Kent
Swafford
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 4:47 PM
To: College and University Technicians
Subject: Re: [CAUT] CAUT credential vs. academic program?

 

 

On Nov 1, 2007, at 5:50 PM, Jim Busby wrote:





This one sentence is what I want to comment on "If an RPT/ CAUT is to be
something "more desireable" than an RPT status, then different standards
should be established".  I don't see the CAUT credential as something "more
desirable" or higher, better than, etc. It seems to me like it's just
"different", or "in addition to" RPT. My understanding of a "CAUT
Credential" is that it will help CAUTs focus on things that non CAUTs may
not need.

 

Sounds like a "specialty" to me. CAUTs are "specialists", aren't they?

 

 

Kent

 

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