Adam Turoff wrote:
> When professional societies (medicine, law,
> accountancy, engineering) revoke a certification, there's some legal
> liability involved with the mispractice. Somebody died, came close
> to dying or broke the law.
Exactly. Very different. But I don't see a problem with
making the possession of a cert contingent on meeting a
well-defined standard of professional competence. IMHO,
without it, the cert - and thus the cert-issuing agency -
has no integrity.
> MCSE isn't even close to being in the same league. That would be like
> having disbarment come as a result of not getting the backups finished
> before 2am,
Not an outlandish possibility, IMHO, although your example is
a little extreme.
> ...followed by legal proceedings.
What legal proceedings?
I mean, you'd have to give the tech a chance to defend herself
against the allegation, but it shouldn't necessarily have to
go to court.
> > It would put an onus on employers to report evidence of incompetence.
>
> If there were no legal liability, this would quickly become a slippery
> slope.
The only legal aspect of it would be if a tech sued over
"wrongful revocation of certification" or some such.
It's bound to happen. How do the professional societies
handle it?
--
John Porter
Science class should not end in tragedy.
