A modest proposal for an apprenticeship program for technical communicators

Addresses the issue of certification for technical communicators. Certification is an issue that has generated much controversy for many years, without any clear resolution or agreement. This indicates there is something missing in the questions being asked. I propose the alternative of a formal apprenticeship program as a way of opening the discussion to consider some of the unaddressed assumptions and larger issues. The discussion presents the practitioner´s, academic and employer´s points of view