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Posted by Gerry_VT on 8/16/08 12:59pm
There is no hard-and-fast definition of a professional, but here is my general concept. A professional has substantial on-the-job or university training, and is at the top of his/her field. That is, when a professional needs advice, there is no occupation with a higher level of qualification to go to; the professional has to go to a peer. So notaries get advice from lawyers, but lawyers get advice from other lawyers. Electricians get advice from electrical engineers, but electrical engineers go to other engineers. Plumbers get advice from mechanical or sanitary engineers, but those engineers get advice from other engineers. Bookeepers go to accountants, but accountants go to other accountants.
Sometimes that concept doesn't quite work; for example, registered nurses turn to MDs for advice (or orders), but their training is too extensive to say they are not professionals. |
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