wondernail
Well-Known Member
Like anything in life...you may be trained to do a job but unless you have experience to back it up then you are not a professional.
To my mind a professional has the paper qualifications and the experience to go with it...but also and more importantly the good grace to admit that in life you can never know everything and thus we are all traing and learning all the time.
So do your 2 day course, but dont expect to be a "professional" overnight as it don't happen that way...and much the same for NVQ students too...the minute you have that certificate in your hand it does not make you a professional...experience counts for a lot!!!
For example you may be 17 and just passed your driving test...but you are not a competant or experienced or even particularly safe driver until you have a good deal of experience behind you and this is much the same!!!
In my opinion!!!
To my mind a professional has the paper qualifications and the experience to go with it...but also and more importantly the good grace to admit that in life you can never know everything and thus we are all traing and learning all the time.
So do your 2 day course, but dont expect to be a "professional" overnight as it don't happen that way...and much the same for NVQ students too...the minute you have that certificate in your hand it does not make you a professional...experience counts for a lot!!!
For example you may be 17 and just passed your driving test...but you are not a competant or experienced or even particularly safe driver until you have a good deal of experience behind you and this is much the same!!!
In my opinion!!!