[SBE] Certification

[McGlothen, Darryl]

The push here, seems to be coming from State Licensing bodies to require
certain work to be performed by 'licensed technicians', in effect,
requiring Broadcast Engineers to be certified in order to satisfy the
licensing requirements for whatever discipline is involve. I can't speak
for all the broadcast engineers, but whenever modifications to our
physical plant are required to install new equipment, we obtain the
necessary permits and hire licensed contractors to perform those
modifications, but we install the new equipment. That is the perview of
the broadcast engineer for which we are most qualified by virtue of our
training, experience, certification or a combination of the three. If an
engineer wishes to perform the modifications to the plant, then yes, he
should be duly licensed to do so by the state or municipality. Are you
suggesting that all engineers get certified and licensed whether they
wish to perform permitted modifications or not? That would be
untennable; both for the engineer and for the licensed discipline. Think
about it.

 
Darryl McGlothen, CBNT
SBE #117 Chapter Chair




> -----Original Message-----

> From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] On

> Behalf Of Edwin Bukont

> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 2:08 PM

> To: sbe member discussion mail list

> Subject: Re: [SBE] Certification

>

>

> 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

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