I’m really not at all sure about what your point is supposed to be. The reason the profession is dying has nothing to do with training. It is entirely down to t

I’m really not at all sure about what your point is supposed to be. The reason the profession is dying has nothing to do with training. It is entirely down to the fact that people stopped buying these products. > We have the idea that it’s up to employees to train themselves before getting the job Regardless of who does the training, it is most certainly up to the individual to acquire their own marketable skills if they wish to go out and market them. As long as there’s demand for those skills, there’ll be people willing to train in them. Employers may wish to initiate their own training programs, but they’ll only ever do that if they have a demand for labor that’s met with a shortage of supply. This is already commonplace in industries commonly that have apprenticeships or internships. But what are you expecting? Museums to start hiring apprentice botanical illustrators, so that when they’re properly trained they can look forward to having to transition into a different field because nobody has any demand for their newly learnt skills?