We interact daily with professionals who could make a significant positive or negative differences to our lives through commission or omission, negligence or momentary lapses. Of course, we have our own responsibility for our health, finances and safety but we do rely on:
Accountants
Doctors
Therapists
Airline pilots
Solicitors
School Teachers, and
Financial Advisors
(amongst others) to help us make the right decisions for ourselves.
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| NOW...JUST WHAT DOES THIS BUTTON DO? |
What each of these professions has is a minimum entry requirement - often a degree or professional qualification. Professional examining bodies, keen to retain the exclusivity of the calling and the risk of removal of professional status (££) also demand Continuing Professional Development. A license to practice and insurance cover removal for those not keeping "up to date" ensures that repeat fees flow into the coffers through registers of CPD activity.
Contrast this with the profession of University teaching. Just as much reliance is placed on the professionalism shown, advice given and guidance offered but it might alarm some to learn that this is a profession with no formal entry qualification and no requirement for CPD.
So, who would I trust to fly me on my next air trip? The qualified and up to date pilot or the keen amateur who has had a couple of goes in a simulator?
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