proofreading courses

[triple h]

A friend of mine is thinking of enrolling on a proofreading course,as she has a young family and wants to work from home.Does anyone have any experience of these courses and the opportunities for work later?

[sir.prize]

Proofreading courses are usually run by correspondence firms merely trying to cash in on another 'part time job' opportunity.

Originally, proofreaders were in integral part of a printing or publishing company. To qualify or 'graduate' it was usually necessary to serve a recognised apprenticeship. However, in these days of desk-top publishing, almost everyone thinks that proofreading is a simple matter of looking for spelling mistakes.

Far from it.

With the advent of desktop publishing, the traditional proofreader became a rare specimen. you will probably agree though, that language appreciation has taken a downhill path in recent years.

I wish your friend well, but a correspondence course is going to cost in the region of �300 - and will definitely not guarantee a source of proofreading work afterwards.

If interested, have a look at this website . . . .

www.perfectword-proofreading.co.uk

Best of luck.

[sir.prize]

This may be a better link
http://www.perfectword-proofreading.co.uk/site /30.asp

[triple h]

Thanks for the advice.I`ll pass it on to her