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Ai and 7671

lyledunn

When tutoring 2391, it is part of my role to encourage candidates to use 7671 and GN3 as much as possible. Those are the only printed documents permitted in the online exam. During practical training, the lads are encouraged to collaborate with each other and use said documents to check test results and design data. I note many just defer to their smart phone to access even rather obtuse data buried in the bowels of 7671. 
As much as an old timer like me likes his books, I think it is time that we acknowledge that smart phones will be the primary data source for most operatives. The exam bodies would do better to address the application of data rather than the simple ability to access it.

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    lyledunn said:
    The exam bodies would do better to address the application of data rather than the simple ability to access i

    Is there a formal way to provide such feedback to the examining body?

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    Philip Oakley said:
    Is there a formal way to provide such feedback to the examining body?

    The course and exam content are driven by industry stakeholders including IET. I have no doubt that they are all well aware of the need for change but it may be that introducing a completely revised iteration would be financially punitive for some stakeholders.

    No one could persuade me that forcing the Hoi Polloi through 3-days training on how to find something in a book is of significant worth to our industry. 

    Ai will change life for us all and it might be that eventually BS 7671 will have no choice other than to open its covers and let Ai suck out the data. If it doesn't, I imagine that operatives will simply use their smart phones and disregard any warning about errors in the answer Ai spits back.

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    There is a wider point about standards generally, that the whole set-up and publishing cycle and so may updates and all the rest  is set up for paper based publication. That may simply not be required - some sort of ' online version is latest anything you print may be out of date ' approach would allow instant updates.

    It also ought to be cheaper.

    Some documents are already like this (Scout Association 'Policy Organisation and Rules' comes to mind as one I have a lot to do with )

    Mike. 

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    There is a wider point about standards generally, that the whole set-up and publishing cycle and so may updates and all the rest  is set up for paper based publication. That may simply not be required - some sort of ' online version is latest anything you print may be out of date ' approach would allow instant updates.

    It also ought to be cheaper.

    Some documents are already like this (Scout Association 'Policy Organisation and Rules' comes to mind as one I have a lot to do with )

    Mike. 

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