What the ACS is all about
The Australian reports that The Australian Computer Society likes the Greens' plan for licensing of IT workers.
I've only read the policy summary, not the details, but it seems broadly reasonable. Obviously it's not practical to have a single certification that covers the whole IT industry, from helpdesk to web designer to CNE to kernel hacker. But I can imagine some kind of revocable certificate saying you're technically and ethically sound to work on particular safety/privacy/security/business-critical systems.
The free market seems to be working pretty well as far as qualifications for particular products or techologies — Microsoft certification, Linux Professional Institute certification, HP certification, Red Hat certification, etc. But for the most serious jobs perhaps the public has an interest in minimum standards.
The reason I mention this, though, is this surprisingly frank statement from Edward Mandla, president of the ACS:
That's what the ACS is all about[:] how do you get employers to say they prefer ACS members?
I'm glad we've got that straight, then. Jobs for the boys.
posted Thu 9 Sep 2004 in /issues | link
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