[Qgis-developer] [Qgis-psc] QGIS Certification IRC meeting, Thrus 12 Feb, 2015

[Trevor Wiens]

Thanks for the link. I would have liked to be involved but couldn't be
there today.

I know this was discussed briefly before but I'm still unsure of the
answer. Is the main push to test tool competency or is underlying knowledge
of spatial problems and processes part of the purpose?  I have materials
from my GIS intro course I teach for the University of Calgary that is more
focused on understanding that uses QGIS. I am willing to share these but
the how to sections are older and would need to be updated (I teach this
course every 18 months).

I realize that this will be QGIS focused and to provide something similar
to commercial certification the focus needs to mostly focus on tool
specific competency. I would however suggest that having a solid coverage
of basic GIS knowledge would be a step up over commercial certification
programs where it is not uncommon to see people with credentials on paper
who understand very little.

If someone can fill me in where we are at that level of specifics I would
appreciate it.

TSW
On Feb 12, 2015 10:14 AM, "Robert Szczepanek" <robert at szczepanek.pl> wrote:

> Log from IRC meeting is available at:
> http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/Certification
>
> regards,
> Robert
>
> W dniu 06.02.2015 o 16:34, Tim Sutton pisze:
>
>> Hi All
>>
>> We will be holding a meeting on IRC to discuss QGIS training and
>> certification on Thursday 12 Feb 2015 and 14h00 GMT in the channel
>> #qgis-certification.
>>
>> If you have ideas about a certification programme for QGIS, please come
>> along and join us, or submit your ideas but email for discussion in the
>> meeting!
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Tim
>>
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