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First time I have seen trade skills referred to as professional - in the education / job designation sense not in the sense in dong a good job.
by walshemj 8y ago
First time I have seen trade skills referred to as professional - in the education / job designation sense not in the sense in dong a good job.
- mcv 8y agoI don't know what else to call it, really. In Dutch it's called "beroepsonderwijs". Beroep = profession. In my opinion, you're a professional if you get paid to do something. And hopefully many graduates of VMBO, MBO and HBO are competent at what they do. The Dutch system also makes clear that it's a scale. HBO graduates are definitely professionals. They include engineers, nurses, managers, teachers, therapists, architects, etc. MBO graduates can become anything from mechanic to lab worker, computer programmer, various construction jobs, and tons of other things. VMBO is really for lower level jobs. It's not recommended that you stop after VMBO, but it's possible. But many students continue to MBO, and some move on to HBO after that. A cousin of mine took that route, as did my wife. She started with MAVO, which is now the highest track if VMBO, then she did MBO, and HBO, and now she's better paid than I am while working on her MBA.