[SBE] Certification

[Edwin Bukont]

I don't think anyone said SBE Cert is not valuable.  The point is that real value comes in having the certification recognized by regulators and oversight bodies who insist that a business use certified and/or licensced personnel.   In some cases, being certified is required to become licensced.  SBE does not currently enjoy that enforcement except at the level of the individual employer.  On the other hand, there most certainly are electrical licensing requirements for <90V, 90-600V and >600V that can very much restrict what you are allowed to touch.  Neither being a broadcaster nor having SBE cert. overrides these restrictions.  MD and MA are two states that are beginning to enforce this.
Edwin Bukont CSRE, DRB, CBNT Comm-Struction and Services LLC P.O. Box 629;  Bel Air, MD 21014 USA V- 410.879.5567 F- 240.368.1265 C- 240.417.2475 ebukont at msn.com Member: IEEE, SBE, AES, PMI Digital Media and Power Systems Integrators. A Harris Broadcast Channel Partner > From: A9xw at cs.com> Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:51:02 -0400> To: sbe at sbe.org> Subject: [SBE] Certification> > And I have interviewed and have seen some of these seasoned engineers who > don't know how to use a crimp tool, can't solder an XLR, don't know what heliax > is, can't read transmitter metering and know if its right or wrong and blow up > two 50 KW AM transmitters in one day because they tried to get 125% modulation > using 6 Orban processors in parallel to squish the sound beyond belief. (WCFL > AM 1000 if you need the reference). On the other hand there are some with > only a little experience who can do all that and more good or bad. There is no > guarantee of competance with experience. I had one applicant with 22 years of > TV experience in the military ... all in black and white video only, no audio. > The SBE certification is a valueable tool that at least says the person has a > minimal competancy level as determined by their peers, and didn't go to the > "School of FCC test question memorization" to be six week wonders as we had in > the 60's. Even better, SBE certification has numerous catagories to meet the > needs of radio, TV, networking, and the level of skills between operators and > master engineers. And better still, the question pool is not static but > reflects the innovations in the industry, not asking about 6SN7's in an age of > Pentium chips, op amps and Klystrodes and high power RF transistor transmitters. > And finally, AT NO COST TO TAX PAYERS, STATION OWNERS OR THE USE GOVERNMENT > BUREAUCRATS. > > Still think SBE certification is not valuable? > > Henry Ruhwiedel > > > > > </HTML>> _______________________________________________> SBE mailing list> To unsubscribe, go to http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/options/sbe> _______________________________________________> SBE at sbe.org> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/sbe