T&T: ABYC standards

[Truelove39 at aol.com]

Hi Gil -
 
Peter Kennedy, who seems to have a great reputation in  the Annapolis area, 
claims on his Web site that he  "...is an ABYC certified marine electrician..." 
So, evidently ABYC does more  than write standards, although this is the 
first I've seen of this  certification. Anyone know anything about it?
 
 
Regards,
 
John
"Seahorse" 

 

>  After reading some of the posts on ABYC standards and after reviewing the 
ABYC's  weak one sentence mission statement, I really question why the ABYC 
thinks they  have defined standards.  The best I can tell, the standards are 
written,  reviewed, and approved solely by the ABYC.  Also, as far as I can tell, 
the  ABYC is not a recognized standards body by anyone, except themselves.  
I'm  not suggesting that their work isn't good, although it would be hard to 
know one  way or another without spending big bucks for their "standards".  What 
I am  suggesting is that the references produced by the ABYC are solely  
recommendations, and not standards.  It's also interesting that I could not  find 
any certification processes for the worked performed, other than that you  
might equate to the work being performed by a certified technician.

I'm  really not bashing ABYC.  In time, assuming its membership is open to 
all  and that recommendations aren't voted on by a company that can benefit from 
a  given recommendation, then the ABYC recommendations may actually become  
standards.





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