The moral of the story - good wishes have to be backed up by solid
support.
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For me the moral of the story is that you need to match the training to
the individual. Surely someone with the qualifications you listed could
simply look throug a book for an hour or two and pass the test. Sending
someone that highly qualified to the sort of experience you mentioned
that is aimed at folks with no background at all is not apropriate IMHO.

Jerry