03-03-2019, 02:34 PM
Chris
I agree with your comments about costs entirely. I made the same type of point in my submission to the ACMA last year. The fees for assessment are far too high given the that that assessors are actually doing the processes for free..
Maybe the $$90 fee would be ok if it covered ALL of the assessments undertaken by a candidate on a specified date - even if that comprised all theory, regs and pracs attempted. The AMC has indicated that assessors cannot hold papers just-in-case but that the ones required for a candidate have to be specifically ordered no more than 14 days beforehand. Maybe this is short-term pending moving to online assessments - they haven't said much as yet.
My completing the AMC application is pending an adjustment to their form, as notified to the AMC back on the 26th Feb, but as yet a revised form has not been received. I emailed Martin the following detail:
"The Assessor application form refers to in part B : “B—Applicant Agreement to abide by the Invigilator Guidelines issued by the AMC—” where the document you sent is titled “AMC – Amateur Radio Assessor Guidelines”. The titles are different and while an assessor might be an invigilator, the reverse is not necessarily true.
Agreeing to non-existent Invigilator Guidelines, while easily mistaken, is a bit risky legally.
It depends on whether the applicant actually reads the paperwork or just skims it thinking it correct before signing it."
Apart from that the weblink to the Assessor/Invigilator document did not exist so I pointed that out too.
I understand that they are probably working under pressure to get things in place but it does not excuse simple errors in documentation. Someone there probably proofed the form and read what they expected to read instead of what it should have read.
I don't want to add to any possible profit they might make either but, at the same time, I would like to be able to provide an accessible source for any local would-be amateurs to do their assessments. That is the reason I plan continuing being an assessor under the AMC umbrella - provided they accept me of course.
Doug VK4ADC
I agree with your comments about costs entirely. I made the same type of point in my submission to the ACMA last year. The fees for assessment are far too high given the that that assessors are actually doing the processes for free..
Maybe the $$90 fee would be ok if it covered ALL of the assessments undertaken by a candidate on a specified date - even if that comprised all theory, regs and pracs attempted. The AMC has indicated that assessors cannot hold papers just-in-case but that the ones required for a candidate have to be specifically ordered no more than 14 days beforehand. Maybe this is short-term pending moving to online assessments - they haven't said much as yet.
My completing the AMC application is pending an adjustment to their form, as notified to the AMC back on the 26th Feb, but as yet a revised form has not been received. I emailed Martin the following detail:
"The Assessor application form refers to in part B : “B—Applicant Agreement to abide by the Invigilator Guidelines issued by the AMC—” where the document you sent is titled “AMC – Amateur Radio Assessor Guidelines”. The titles are different and while an assessor might be an invigilator, the reverse is not necessarily true.
Agreeing to non-existent Invigilator Guidelines, while easily mistaken, is a bit risky legally.
It depends on whether the applicant actually reads the paperwork or just skims it thinking it correct before signing it."
Apart from that the weblink to the Assessor/Invigilator document did not exist so I pointed that out too.
I understand that they are probably working under pressure to get things in place but it does not excuse simple errors in documentation. Someone there probably proofed the form and read what they expected to read instead of what it should have read.
I don't want to add to any possible profit they might make either but, at the same time, I would like to be able to provide an accessible source for any local would-be amateurs to do their assessments. That is the reason I plan continuing being an assessor under the AMC umbrella - provided they accept me of course.
Doug VK4ADC
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If you have a comment or question, post it as it may trigger or answer the query in someone else's mind.