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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Tim Sutton [mailto:tim@kartoza.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 19, 2015 9:50 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jonathan Moules<br>
<b>Cc:</b> QGIS Developer Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Proposed questions for QGIS Certification questionnaire<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">PS might be nicer to discuss / cross post this to the QGIS community list - I have been trying to marshall QGIS certification discussions there and a number of edut folks are subscribed to
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 7:20 PM, Jonathan Moules <<a href="mailto:J.Moules@hrwallingford.com" target="_blank">J.Moules@hrwallingford.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Hi Tim (and all),<br>
Per the IRC meeting, I've come up with a possible questionnaire that we can spam. Currently it's all text, but it can be converted easily enough. What platform should we stick it on for the question/answers? I can do a free surveymonkey unless someone has something
better to suggest.<br>
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Suggestions as to questions/answers welcome from all. It is a first draft.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
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The QGIS development community is interested in creating a set of QGIS Certifications. We're interested in feedback from the entire community as to what you'd like/use.<br>
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The following is a set of prospective certificates; open to change.<br>
QGIS User - Can operate QGIS to a functional level.<br>
QGIS Professional - An expert user.<br>
QGIS Developer - (Core or Plugins?)<br>
QGIS Trainer - Can train for and test for certifications.<br>
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As a GIS professional, would you be interested in getting a QGIS Certification?<br>
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If No, why not?<br>
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As a GIS Employer, would you be more interested in candidates who have a QGIS Certification?<br>
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If No, why not?<br>
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Rank these in the order you think they're important in a QGIS Certification?<br>
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Knowledge of GIS Concepts<br>
Familiarity with QGIS<br>
Time using QGIS<br>
Exposure to different areas of QGIS<br>
Community participation<br>
Other [Open answer]<br>
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Which of these would interest you:<br>
[Choices for each: Not at all, Mildly, Definitely]<br>
QGIS User - Can operate QGIS to a functional level.<br>
QGIS Professional - An expert user.<br>
QGIS Developer - (Core or Plugins?)<br>
QGIS Trainer - Can train for and test for certifications.<br>
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Do you agree/disagree with the proposed certificates? If you disagree, what certificates would you suggest?<br>
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What do you think would be a good way of measuring suitability for a certificate:<br>
[Rank]<br>
Community participation track record<br>
Exam<br>
Portfolio of work<br>
Professional experience<br>
Academic qualifications<br>
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Any comments or feedback?<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">So I think this sounds fine. I noted Trevor's comments below, but I think it will be fine to go ahead with these Questions and see what kind of feedback we get.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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