And the industry has been hiring these excellent people, especially here in Silicon Valley, where there is a local UL office. Let's lift a toast to many of my colleagues in the industry who came from UL, including one of my ex-bosses, who have taught me many things!
Tania Grant, [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Lucent Technologies, Communications Applications Group ---------- From: Compliance [SMTP:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 10:32 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Certification School All - There is a Product Safety School...It goes by the name of Underwriters Laboratories in the United States. It is a two to three year apprenticeship following a basic BS in Engineering. The school offers training seminars about 1-2 times a month during the first two years and private sessions with standards experts. The advanced student is offered an opportunity to work on special projects or standards development to enhance their knowledge. On one hand, I am joking, but there may be some truth in the matter. I know that in the past, UL's would "train the industry" by hiring fresh college graduates (or war veterans). They would then train them in the concepts of safety and then allow/force them to leave (by offering sub-standard wages for the level of experience). No, I did not make this up. It came from a book that I had read 4-5 years ago. It was written by one of the former UL presidents (Baron Whitaker?). Brent Taira > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf > Of [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 6:14 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Certification School > > > > Years ago when the Product Safety Society was petitioning the IEEE for > Society status, the subject of Safety Professional Certification was > discussed. It was assumed that our alliance with the IEEE would > enhance this > move. > > Well, 15 years later, we are still petitioning the IEEE for society status > and discussing certification for professionals. > > In order to achieve these goals, product safety professionals from all > disciplines need to talk to the various colleges, at the > community level as > well as 4 year ones. I have found with talking to professors that they are > in favor of Safety and EMC professionals coming in to give seminars and > short classes. This needs to be better organized and a good video > or face to > face presentation prepared, so that each working group/ area can work with > the local educational establishments to build an appreciation of the > precepts of our chosen field. It may take a long time before classes are > actually given (may give consultants something to do when they > retire?), but > if we don't start nothing will happen. > > My 2 cents because I don't really think The IEEE has given us > much over the > years (I haven't changed my mind Rich), and if there is going to > be value in > the alliance, then this would be the place to start. > > Scott Barrows > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > [email protected] > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > Michael Garretson: [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: [email protected] > > > ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: [email protected] Michael Garretson: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: [email protected] Michael Garretson: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected]
