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%HIGH TECHNICAL STANDARDS 771115
High technical standards are necessary wherever
technology is used in ways which make many people
vulnerable to technical errors. Technical errors can be
very costly in human terms in many situations. In such
situations tolerance of sloppy work is not in the public
interest. Technicians in such situations are granted much
power and steps need to be taken to insure that they do
not abuse that power because of incompetency, negligence,
or malicious intent. Thus, the certification of
technicians is a political act of significance to the
general public that may be the victim of technical
incompetence.
Technical INCOMPETENCE is the result of lack of
ability and/or inadequate application of that ability.
Educators and trainers have the responsibility of helping
people with appropriate abilities apply their abilities so
as to gain the technical competence that is needed and
sought. As educators and trainers they have the
responsibility to maximize prudent learning. Intolerance
for errors in the learning process can inhibit further
learning. The student who is put-down for making a
mistake may become so inhibited as to be unwilling to
venture enough to continue learning. Thus, INTOLERANCE
for errors is not an effective component of good education
and training. Yet, in the educational process INTOLERANCE
has an important place, in order to encourage students to
learn from their mistakes, and not be so up-tight as to be
unable to learn.
When the educator is asked to serve in the capacity
of certifier of technical competence of technicians, a
conflict of interest is created. Since the certification
is a political act of import to the general public, the
certifier must enforce high technical standards, and be
intolerant of incompetence. Yet when the certifier then
moves back into THE role of educator, the certifier may
carry back into the educational process an INTOLERANCE
which is debilitating, and promotes the kind of
INCOMPETENCE which INTOLERANCE is designed to weed out.
The union of conflicting roles thus is not in the public
interest.
The above indicates the need for the separation of
certification from education in at least some instances.
The above does not justify such separation in all
instances.
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