[BSDCert] steps to become a bsd training center

Thu Sep 1 12:46:15 EDT 2005

Ok. But we must understand first of all that:

1. The only "institution" that gives real recognition of a certification is 
the IT Market, not the goverments. In my region, an MSCE worths its weight 
in gold. Why? Simply, because here, in Central Region of Mexico, Microsoft 
IT rules (this tendency It's changing towards Linux, but with a very slow 
pace). LPIC is getting more value in all Mexico because "Linux Market" is 
growing. Why Linux is growing? Because (I suppose) enterprises (and its IT 
leaders) are discovering that "value" that Linux gives to their IT 
infraestructure. Conclusion: IT Market and IT Certifications are closely 
related.

The best way to promote a BSD Cert is to promote BSD itselft. Why? Because 
as the "BSD Market" grows the certification will be as important as the 
market itselt. Based on this thinking, the price of the BSD Cert should be 
proportional to the value of the "BSD Market" worldwide.

2. The requisites to become an accredition center should be more technical 
than economical to help countries like Brazil, Mexico, etc. to develop 
training centers to develop not just BSD IT pros, but also to create and 
increase the BSD Market itself. I'm agree with Pablo that the price must not 
be too low, but also it shouldn't be too much high. An annual fee to 
accredition centers its a good way to compromise them to help to the 
increasing of "BSD Market".

3. Evan is right: To become a real trainer, isn't sufficient just to be 
certified you must know how to teach. But I think that is really complex to 
develop a "Trainer Teaching" program. That's because each trainer I know has 
it's own method to teach according to his/her personality.

Greeting.

On 9/1/05, Evan Leibovitch <evan at telly.org> wrote:
> 
> The issue of "accredited training centres" is certainly an important
> one. It can have a great effect on the popularity of the certification
> program as well as revenue to the certification organization. But it is
> complex and has many challenges.
> 
> > institutions should be certified by government or other organization.
> >
> >
> > 1 - Why should Government be involved if they hardly know which is the
> > right choice for technology and they are usually ruled by principles
> > that are either corrupt or idealogically wrong? The only Organization
> > involved should be the BSD Certification Group.
> 
> The best that could (and should) be desired is that governments endorse
> the BSD-CG (or whatever its corporate entity is named) as an accepted
> national standard. Pablo is right that governments may not always make
> the best technology choices but they can accredit organizations which do.
> 
> Any certification is essentially the setting of a standard, and the
> success of the certification is tightly bound to public acceptance and
> _trust_ of that standard. The level of trust is governed by a number of
> factors:
> 
> - The respectability and accountability of the governing body
> - The process used to determine the objectives
> - The perceived levels of security and corruptibility in delivery (is it
> too easy to cheat?)
> - The amount and (process for accepting) public input
> - Endorsements from other respected organizations
> 
> IF the goal of the BSD-CG is to create a program that is recognized and
> understood outside its community (for instance, by HR and IT managers
> not familiar with BSD but who need to hire skilled practitioners), then
> the above factors become important.
> 
> In IT, certification is not undertaken as a badge of honor. To most
> people being tested, the cost of certification (and associated training)
> is a career investment, and the end result must have a practical payoff
> -- will being certified provide better access to jobs than not being
> certified? If the answer is 'no', then the certification will not
> survive no matter how well designed or well meaning.
> 
> To be certain, the value of certification in IT is itself frequently
> under attack. The cause of this attack is the commercialization of most
> IT certifications, even in some cases by non-profit groups (the CompTIA
> family of A+, Server+, whatever+ comes to mind). A recent taste of this
> debate can be found at Slashdot:
> 
> 
> http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/08/26/1739234&tid=187&tid=126&tid=4&tid=218
> 
> Back to the main subject:
> 
> Anyone can be a "BSD Training Centre", even today, unless someone tries
> to assert "BSD" as a trademark, and I don't think it (the three letters
> "BSD" alone) is trademarked. And such efforts would be country-specific,
> unlike copyrights there are no international conventions on trademarks.
> But i digress...
> 
> The issue is not "how to be a BSD training centre" but really "how will
> the BSD-CG endorse training centres". This is a very complex issue, will
> be different from country to country, and has a potential of being a
> very big money maker, a way to expand the certification, and an easy way
> to get sued.
> 
> Who trains the trainer? Who sets the standard for the trainer (beyond
> certifying their BSD knowledge, which is supposedly being done anyway).
> Who provides "approved" course materials? Who sets and enforces any
> codes of conduct? Who helps to publicize and support training centres
> that receive the endorsement? And how are academic institutions handled
> different from commercial training centres? Most importantly, who pays
> for all this infrastructure?
> 
> This issue is almost 100% removed from the actual task of making an
> actual certification. It requires different skills and is very much a
> business issue more than an educational one. Having said that, it can be
> (and usually is) an integral and necessary part of popularizing the 
> program.
> 
> - Evan
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