It has been suggested that Journeyman be merged into this article or section. (Discuss) A tradesman is a type of worker found in all cultures throughout the world. Tradesmen are skilled manual workers in a particular field. It is safe to consider a tradesman as half-way between a process worker or labourer and an engineer in their field. Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ...
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The training of a trade in European cultures has been a formal tradition for many centuries. A tradesman typically begins as an apprentice, working for and learning from a master, and after a number of years is released from his master's service to become a journeyman. After a journeyman has proven himself to his trade's guild (most guilds are now known by different names), he may settle down and work for himself, eventually taking on his own apprentices. Apprenticeships form a traditional method of training a new generation of skilled crafts practitioners. ...
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A guild is an association of people of the same trade or pursuits, formed to protect mutual interests and maintain standards of morality or conduct. ...
Since the 20th Century, this process has been changed in many ways. A tradesman still begins as an apprentice, but the apprenticeship is carried out partly through working for a qualified tradesman and partly through an accredited trade school for a definite period of time (usually around 4 years), after which he/she is fully qualified. Starting one's own business is purely a financial matter, rather than dependant on status. Few trades still make a distinction between a qualified tradesman and a master, although some still do. A vocational school, also sometimes referred to as a trade school is one operated for the express purpose of giving its students the skills needed to perform a certain job or jobs. ...
Economically and socially, a tradesman's status sits somewhere between a labourer and a professional, with a high degree of both practical and theoretical knowledge of their field. Tradesmen are often paid rather well for their expertise. In cultures where professional careers are highly prized there can be a shortage of skilled manual workers, leading to lucrative niche markets in the trades. In classical economics and all micro-economics labour is one of three factors of production, the others being land and capital. ...
A professional does an activity to receive payment for an act (as a profession), which usually requires expertise and carries with it socially significant mores and folkways. ...
A Jack of all trades is a colloquial term for someone who holds some degree of skill/qualification in more than one trade, but has not made a continuous career of any one. In many cases, a trade has been largely eliminated by social or technological change, and skilled workers have found employment in similar trades (e.g. typesetters have become mostly obsolete due to electronic printing). Typesetting involves the presentation of textual material in an aesthetic form on paper or some other media. ...
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