What do you think about the phrase "qualified by experience"?
I've noticed this phrase being mentioned by a range of professional occupations like accountants, nursing etc. It basically means that people who have worked in those areas for a few years consider themselves 'qualified' despite not obtaining any university or professional qualifications. What if you went to an architect, dentist, surgeon or psychologist. Would you be happy to see one of these professionals if they were "qualified by experience" and had no formal training.
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Answer 1 :
agree
Answer 2 :
i agree with it... i was a maths tutor qulified by experience. whilst at school i used to be really good at maths and same for college. during college i wanted to turor professionally but most organisations wanted someone with a teaching degree, PGCE or what not. by doing private tuition here and by volunteering to tutor peers in school and college i managed to get enough experience to be taken seriously by organisations looking for tutors. in my current job i have to deal with a lot of accountancy... i have no formal qualifications in accountancy but through exposure to accounging requirements, standards and coventions i am now able to sit down and speak to accountants to access their requirements and provide solutions to problems. again, qualification through experience.
Answer 3 :
In engineering, I see the phrase "qualified by examination and experience". It's likely that professional occupations such as accountancy and nursing would require this in addition to formal qualifications not instead, under a general "continuing professional development (CPD)" requirement. The exception to this would be where the regulations of the professional body require certain qualifications now but lesser ones, or in some cases none at all, in the past. In that situation, people are judged against the requirements at the time they entered the profession. Clumsily, this is known as being "grandfathered in". So, the Engineering Council didn't strip all existing chartered members who didn't have a masters degree or equivalent of their membership when that became a requirement of gaining chartered status. Is you text incomplete? Otherwise, you're basically seeing a phrase that means "self-taught". Specifically, in the UK at least, architect is a protected name: you can't legally call yourself an architect unless you have an accredited architecture degree, both undergraduate and postgraduate, and are registered with the RIBA. Surgeons are regulated by the General Medical Council, and dentists I guess are too or there is an equivalent body. Psychologist may be as well.
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