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| Subject: | Re: [gislist] Do GIS Professionals Have A "Professional Association?" |
| Date: |
01/08/2004 11:00:01 AM |
| From: |
Steven M. Robertson |
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Anthony put it in the proverbial nutshell for me when he wrote, "If our
industry is so large and disparate, doesn't that beg the question of the
credibility of a Certification in the first place ? How granular can you
get?" I would think having multiple certifications would be the only
accurate or "fair" method to represent GIS professional's expertise in a
certification process. But how is that possible? Would we have GIS
certifications in Municipal, Natural Resources, Utility, and Business etc.?
The ASPRS certification seems to focus on photogrammetry and remote sensing.
How successful has it been? 2 years ago I worked for an employer as a GIS
Analyst II, I was informed to reach level III, I would have to have a "GIS
certification". At the time, I had a Master's in Geography with a couple
years experience in GIS with another 3 years experience mapping/surveying
cultural sites in the field. When I inquired, "which certification?", I was
informed blankly "a GIS certification". After performing some research I
found the only "certification" that applied to what I was doing was a 15
credit cert. offered by universities for undergrads. When I spoke to one of
the faculty at Penn State they referred me to the future GISC (they give
*certificates* not certifications). Pretty frustrating! My conclusion: when
your "manager" is less educated and experienced than you any "certification"
may help, regardless of whether it actually represents your qualifications
or ability:)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Quartararo" <ajq3@spatialnetworks.com>
To: <gislist@lists.thinkburst.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 10:13 AM
Subject: RE: [gislist] Do GIS Professionals Have A "Professional
Association?"
> " There really is no other way, outside of an unwieldy and potentially
> unfair examination process. Unfair for the reasons many have discussed -
GIS
> is just too large and disparate. "
>
> This is a circular argument. As if, we want some universally acceptable
> standard of measurement of professionalism and technical competence in our
> industry, but the truly meaningful way to do it is just too hard [unfair ?
> ], because our industry is just to large and diverse, so let's settle for
> something that gets people stirred up, but will have no long-lasting
> positive impacts on the industry as a whole. If our industry is so large
> and disparate, doesn't that beg the question of the credibility of a
> Certification in the first place ? How granular can you get?
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