My feelings about "Certified Technicians" finally.

realkingcobra said:
But "buyers reviews" are SO misleading and full of it that it stinks. They are nothing but a load of crap, intended to mislead the public into buying their products.
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Some probably are - especially if listed/provided by the seller of the product. Then again depending on the product and source - when I find negative reviews along with the glowing reviews I tend to give credibility to the review process. I can think of PC Magazine and Amazon to name 2 where the reviews seem to be rather straightforward.

A consumer that shops for a car can look into consumer reports and crash test results for information to help a buying decision. Then again there are many that will buy without any research because the payment is only $149 a month. Let's face it, the "typical" consumer wants a pool table for much the same reason they want a spa, a big screen or any other nice to have toy for the house and most do not do a lot of pre-buying research. A lot of buying decisions are based on price and availability rather then quality of the product.
 
realkingcobra said:
Back on track, the bottom line is I want to see some kind of certification means of rating billiards technicians in the following categories...
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Again, I concur that this is a good idea - once it is decided on "who" or "what organization" is granting these certifications. Then the hard part - educating the consumer that such certification exists and what it means.
I hate to sound pessimistic as that is not my intent - rather - to throw some thoughts into the development process.
 
Dartman said:
Again, I concur that this is a good idea - once it is decided on "who" or "what organization" is granting these certifications. Then the hard part - educating the consumer that such certification exists and what it means.
I hate to sound pessimistic as that is not my intent - rather - to throw some thoughts into the development process.
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We need thought...lol
 
I think that the best set-up would be for the table mechanics themselves to set up on their own organization and rules based on their desire to have their profession gain and maintain credibility.

This is what physicians, lawyers, counselors, psychologists... many professions have done. They are self-policing and demand quality people who live up to the rules of the profession and in this way they can maintain their own credibility.
 
JimS said:
I think that the best set-up would be for the table mechanics themselves to set up on their own organization and rules based on their desire to have their profession gain and maintain credibility.

This is what physicians, lawyers, counselors, psychologists... many professions have done. They are self-policing and demand quality people who live up to the rules of the profession and in this way they can maintain their own credibility.
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My point exactly, which is why all billiards/cloth manufactures can not be included in this organization, as anything they have to say or suggest can not be taken any other way except as bias to the products they sell as we are the ones they expect to deliver and/or install it, and therefore endorse it. We must, as a group, protect our trade, by informing the public of the junk that those who are unsuspecting are expected to purchase in the name of profit for the sellers, so that our reputation as billiards technicians are not given a black eye for allowing these sales to happen, which includes billiards technicians who are just doing this job to make a quick buck.

Glen
 
Couldn't billiards mechanics get together and join the BCA, possibly using their trade show (and voting rights) as a way to get the certification out to the table manufacturers and dealers, ie. pressure them to have BCA certified installers.
In a similar way to what they do with referee's (only more agressively), there are other ref's but BCA ref's are recommended and trained by the BCA. We could have a BCA billiards training school wich should make it easier to get WPA accreditation as the BCA is their north american representitive thus giving billiard training school graduates world wide accreditation. It would also give us a BCA head mechanic or a master mechanic board of 4 people, to over see and standardize training. Then you or whoever could distribute your video's with the BCA's blessing, and have the players come to the school for the formal testing, which could be done at the trade show or the amatuer tournament in May or both.

Bern
 
Big Bad Bern said:
Couldn't billiards mechanics get together and join the BCA, possibly using their trade show (and voting rights) as a way to get the certification out to the table manufacturers and dealers, ie. pressure them to have BCA certified installers.
In a similar way to what they do with referee's (only more agressively), there are other ref's but BCA ref's are recommended and trained by the BCA. We could have a BCA billiards training school wich should make it easier to get WPA accreditation as the BCA is their north american representitive thus giving billiard training school graduates world wide accreditation. It would also give us a BCA head mechanic or a master mechanic board of 4 people, to over see and standardize training. Then you or whoever could distribute your video's with the BCA's blessing, and have the players come to the school for the formal testing, which could be done at the trade show or the amatuer tournament in May or both.

Bern
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Naaa, this is not for the BCA to get involved in, they've had since their beginning to do something with technicains...and haven't done a thing as of yet, they're time has ran out as far as I'm concerned.

Glen
 
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