[fireman]

I have loads of certificates from Life Saving to First aid and from GCE's to a degree in Fire Engineering, and I have worked with people that have many more than I have. The problem I find is that their is no certificate issued for good old common sense, some, correction, most of the academics that I have worked with could paper the millenium dome with their certificates, but are clueless when a decision involving common sense has to be made cause they hav'nt read a book about it. In many a profession although the interviewers are looking for qualifications, the top people who are indispencible are usually their because they are good at the job not at passing exams.