I think it can be agreed on that the basic skills needed to pass an OW test are roughly the same from agency to agency. It's not the standards that don't meet the basic needs, it's the way they are implemented by the individual instructor that is sometimes/often found lacking.
I don't think that writing yet another set of standards will clear anything up for anyone. It's hard enough to figure out where to get training and with what agency as it is without putting another sticker on the door of the shop.
If all the instructors for the different agencies were all living up to their reponsibilities to teach the standards as they are, I don't think we'd be having this converstation.
JMHO (of course)
R
I don't think that writing yet another set of standards will clear anything up for anyone. It's hard enough to figure out where to get training and with what agency as it is without putting another sticker on the door of the shop.
If all the instructors for the different agencies were all living up to their reponsibilities to teach the standards as they are, I don't think we'd be having this converstation.
JMHO (of course)
R