profession
Let an agent handle professions by entry routes, regulation, registers, ethics and recognition of qualifications across borders.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent handle professions by entry routes, regulation, registers, ethics and recognition of qualifications across borders.
An occupation requiring specialised education, training and often licensing, governed by professional bodies and codes of ethics, such as medicine, law, engineering, nursing, teaching and accountancy.
What it is for: Organising expert work under standards of competence and ethics.
It can be find entry requirements for a profession; check if a practitioner is registered; understand recognition of foreign qualifications; find professional bodies and complaint routes.
Distinguishing features
Specialised training
Regulated in many countries
Codes of ethics
Protected titles
What it looks like
Not physical; seen in titles, registers and credentials.
How it is recognised
Protected titles such as doctor or architect
Registration numbers
Occupation is the broader category
Related models
is a kind of - category
is governed by - regulator
is recorded in - record
is recognised under - law
In practice
Families and kinds
regulated professions
health professions
legal professions
engineering professions
teaching and education professions
Standards and regulation
EU Directive 2005/36/EC on professional qualifications
National professional regulation law
Failure modes and hazards
Unregistered practitioners
Misuse of protected titles
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.profession-communication
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Entry Becoming a professional.
Entry routes vary.
Requirements
Qualifications.
Requirements
Entry requirements.
- What education and training does this profession require here? provenance
- Is a licence or registration required? provenance
Recognition
Foreign qualifications.
Recognition
Recognition.
- How can a foreign qualification be recognised? provenance
- Which authority decides? provenance
Regulation Oversight.
Regulators protect the public.
Register
Check registration.
Register
Registration check.
- Is this practitioner on the official register? provenance
- Are there conditions or sanctions? provenance
Title
Protected titles.
Title
Protected titles.
- Is this title protected by law? provenance
- Who may use it? provenance
Ethics Standards.
Codes guide conduct.
Code
Code of conduct.
Code
Code of conduct.
- What code of ethics applies to this profession? provenance
- Which body enforces it? provenance
Complaints
Concerns.
Complaints
Complaints.
- How can a concern about a professional be raised? action
- What happens next, in general terms? provenance
Careers Development.
Professionals keep learning.
CPD
Continuing development.
CPD
Continuing development.
- What continuing professional development is required? provenance
- How is it recorded? provenance
Market
Demand.
Market
Labour market.
- What do official statistics say about demand for this profession? provenance
- For which year? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each profession be a separate entry?
- How should registers be linked?
- How should cross-border recognition be modelled?