UK is in a weird place. Credentials are rarely required by law; rather "relevant experience and/or qualifications" is the usual bar. Of course some professions

UK is in a weird place. Credentials are rarely required by law; rather "relevant experience and/or qualifications" is the usual bar. Of course some professions are heavily regulated, I'm not talking about those. But then, insurance is often required, or de facto required, and to get that, you need a qualification. IME this leads to a lot of professions staffed with poorly-trained people, often not much bothered by the job, with one piece of paper showing a low-quality qualification, and another showing professional indemnity. It also pushes actual regulation onto private entities with their own agendas, which possibly bothers me even more.