[Pil-pc-oceania] PDC numbers a new thing

[Darren Doherty]

G'day,

As far as I am aware the numbering of the TPI PDC Certificates was something
that commenced when TPI began its teacher registration program. The process
is that I order blank, numbered certificates from TPI and then issue them to
PDC graduates. I then submit to TPI a spreadsheet of graduates including the
student names, their nominated locale and their respective certificate
number to TPI for their records.

Thanks,

Darren Doherty
TPI Registered Teacher #29.



On 17/01/2008, RussGrayson <info at pacific-edge.info> wrote:
>
> I suspect PDC numbers are something to do with certificates issued by the
> Permaculture Institute.
>
> As Robyn says, some teachers issued their own certificates, particularly
> if
> they found the Institute's course structure unsuited to their locale.
> That's
> not to say they did not cover much the same topic list, just that they may
> have placed differing emphasis on different topics. This is what we did in
> Sydney where we offered an urban oriented PDC in the 90s. We didn't ignore
> rural content but we were stronger on the urban as the city was where most
> of our students planned to stay.
>
> The reality is that the Institute's course structure does not suit all -
> permaculture is not a 'one size suits all' thing, it seems. One man I
> spoke
> to recently said that, while he enjoyed his PDC, which he completed
> recently, it was not all that suited to his planned application of the
> information. I suggested that the principles and many of the ideas he
> leaned
> were adaptable to different circumstances and he agreed with this. He
> found
> the broadacre, rural content of less personal value.
>
> I think that naming the teacher should provide sufficient verification
> that
> someone has done a PDC.
>
> ...Russ
>
>
>
>
> On 7/1/08 8:35 PM, "Robyn Francis" <robyn at permaculture.com.au> wrote:
>
> > On 7/1/08 8:24 PM, "Robyn Williamson" <ecogarden at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> >
> >> there's a space to put your PDC number or teacher's name.  I
> >> am informed that everybody has a number on their certificate but I am
> >> yet to locate mine on either of my 2 PDC documents, one was completed
> >> with Bill and the other with Janet.
> >
> > The PDC certificate number must have been introduced in more recent
> years -
> > this did not exist for certificates issued in the 1980's-'90's
> > Also, not all PDC teachers are registered with the Pc Institute or issue
> > institute certificates, so good that the form provides for the teacher
> to be
> > listed for verification.
> >
> > Robyn
>
>
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