After having the definition of a PROFESSION, let's take a look on what a 'Professional' is...
The word professional traditionally means a person who has obtained a degree in a professional field.
- The term professional is used more generally to denote a white collar working person, or a person who performs commercially in a field typically reserved for hobbyists or amateurs.
- A professional is someone who requires advanced trainings and experience, must exercise discretion and judgment in the course of his her work and whose work cannot be standardized.
- A professional is expected by many to contribute to society, to participate in a life-long training program (both formal and informal), to keep abreast of development in their field and to help develop other professionals.
As posted on the internet, "a profession is a vocation founded upon specialized educational training, the purpose of which is to supply disinterested counsel and service to others, for a direct and definite compensation, wholly apart from expectation of other business gain".
In addition, according to Webster's Dictionary of the English Language, a profession is a calling requiring specialized knowledge and often long and intensive academic preparation.With the above definitions of profession, it is clearly emphasized that in order to gain a profession, one must finish "special education", 'trainings", must obtain "specialized knowledge" from a long and intensive academic exposures.
The terms ‘profession’ (the area of study and work) and ‘professional body’ (the organisation that regulates or has oversight of the profession) sometimes merge in popular usage.In an explanatory context, there are many professions and they are controlled to varying degrees by professional, regulatory or governmental bodies. Most definitions of profession identify ‘working for the public good’ as among the characteristics of the profession.
