Mandatory class time`s a step in the right direction, but still leaves too much room IMHO. Detailing classes are typically a few days, or a week tops. You can`t learn enough in even a week to have enough skills to try and be a professional. Well unless you`ve been actively detailing for a good while. Nothing beats experience. And your idea could be a slippery slope. I know Mike would never do this, but other IDA skill assessment guys might say "oh, you want to be IDA? you need to take the class I offer 1st so I know you`re the real deal" In most areas there`s going to be no more than 1 person who will test you.
Certifications are next to meaningless to me, the worst mechanic that ever worked on my car was ASE. And I`ve known a bunch of MCE (Microsoft certification) who I wouldn`t recommend to anyone I know to let them do anything to their computers. Meanwhile I`m not MCE, but I`ve been on computers for 40 years and can do just about everything. The general public might know ASE, but they`re not going to know 99.9% of other acronyms. And if you have to explain to someone what an acronym badge on your shirt stands for, it shouldn`t matter enough for it to influence their decision.
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