Re: DEGREE REQUIREMENT

[L_K_II_Les_Aldrich@RL.gov]

     That's quite a leap in subject area - from who's qualified to take the 
     CHP exam to who is a better person professionally.
     
     I suspect most of us know at least one non-degreed person who is a 
     "better" health physicist than one degreed person we know.  On the 
     other hand, based on my experience, I'd always pick a degreed person 
     with 10 years experience over a non-degreed person with 20 years 
     experience.
     
     In a pinch, I'd expect a degreed nuclear engineer to be able, with 
     some on the job training, to function as a nuclear power plant 
     operator.  I would not expect a non-degreed NPPO to be able, with some 
     OJT, to design a nuclear power plant.
     
     Degrees may not (always) substitute for experience, but seniority is 
     never a substitute for knowledge.
     
     Les Aldrich
     l_k_ii_les_aldrich@rl.gov


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Subject: DEGREE REQUIREMENT
Author:  Steve McQueary <mcqueary@lamar.colostate.edu> at -MailLink
Date:    9/22/97 10:19 AM


I am not trying to say that every Tom, Dick and Harry should take this
test and it is not for all HP Techs but JUST because you have a degree
does not mean that you are a better person proffesionally than someone
else. People who discount using people with out degrees are narrow
minded and do not act in the best interest of the company, project or
what ever the task is at hand. Each person needs to be looked at by 
individual experience, DEGREE'S DO NOT SUBSTITUE FOR EXPERIENCE. 
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