I just started doing a Cert IV in Assessment and Training so that I'd be a qualified trainer (not necessarily for the web), and I was surprised to find out that the training packages for qualifications are normally only reviewed every 5 years. In many industries that would be okay. But on the web?
I was also surprised to find some training packages for IT related certificates (here in Australia ) which included a unit on writing a web documents which claimed DHTML was a valid markup language. The unit "(ICAB4135A) Create a simple mark up language document to specification" says... "Mark-up language May include but are not limited to HTML, DHTML, XHTML, SGML, VRML, XML. " That unit is part of a Cert IV in IT (Websites). Lucien. Lucien Stals [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> On Tue, Jul 3, 2007 at 3:53 PM, "Matthew Pennell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 03/07/07, Sander Aarts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Yesterday, PPK announced that he and others are busy setting up a Dutch >> guild of Front- end Developers: >> http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2007/07/gilde_van_front.html (only >> in Dutch for now). >> >> The general idea is to professionalize front- end development, emphesize >> the fact that it is in fact a branche of its own and to set up a >> certification system by which customers can easily distinguish between >> modern developers, using web standards, and old skool table hackers. >> > > Interesting. Whenever the subject has arisen before, it's usually been felt > that because the pace of change is so rapid in web development, > certification is practically useless - you might have qualified for a > certificate a year ago, but that's no guarantee that you're still using the > most up- to- date techniques. Swinburne University of Technology CRICOS Provider Code: 00111D NOTICE This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended only for the use of the addressee. They may contain information that is privileged or protected by copyright. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution, printing, copying or use is strictly prohibited. The University does not warrant that this e-mail and any attachments are secure and there is also a risk that it may be corrupted in transmission. It is your responsibility to check any attachments for viruses or defects before opening them. If you have received this transmission in error, please contact us on +61 3 9214 8000 and delete it immediately from your system. We do not accept liability in connection with computer virus, data corruption, delay, interruption, unauthorised access or unauthorised amendment. Please consider the environment before printing this email. ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
