I got to thinking about it today. Marty has told me for the last couple years that I am a Pro now.............. Hell I just love to fish. Yea I've been getting paid to do it...... but what separates a pro from the regular mate or Capt? Yes we get paid for our service, even the worst Capt and Mate get paid.... so do you call them a pro? When I was on the S2N We doubled our bookings in 1 yr and that wasn't a 56ft Jarret Bay. Got to admit I thought I knew a little about boats till now. There is no space on Fishin Days that any human can get to that I have not been in and know intimately. I have learned a whole hell of a lot this spring. Rigging baits is one thing, but learning your boat is another. Just like a golf caddy, you know the tools but the pin changes every day. All boats aren't the same but they are alike. Tim has given me an opportunity that most mates don't get. Rebuilding a boat in 4 months and learning all the systems.
My idea of a professional: An individual that is exceptionally versed in ALL aspects of their profession or art in which they earn their living in a manner that consumers want to have more. The consumer is the one to decide weather or not the business is professional.
A professional is a person in a profession which requires certain types of skilled work requiring formal training or education, or in sports, a sportsmen or sportswomen who derive income by participating in competitive sports .[1][2] Sometimes it is also used to indicate a special level of quality of goods or tools, sometimes also called "commercial grade".[3]
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A professional is a worker required to possess a large body of knowledge derived from extensive academic study (usually tertiary), with the training almost always formalized. Professionals are at least to a degree self-regulating, in that they control the training and evaluation processes that admit new persons to the field, and in judging whether the work done by their members is up to standard. This differs from other kinds of work where regulation (if considered necessary) is imposed by the state, or where official quality standards are often lacking. Professions have some historical links to guilds in these regards.
Professionals usually have autonomy in the workplace—they are expected to utilize their independent judgement and professional ethics in carrying out their responsibilities.[4] This holds true even if they are employees instead of working on their own. Typically a professional provides a service (in exchange for payment or salary), in accordance with established protocols for licensing, ethics, procedures, standards of service and training / certification.
The above definitions were echoed by economist and sociologist Max Weber, who noted that professions are defined by the power to exclude and control admission to the profession, as well as by the development of a particular vocabulary specific to the occupation, and at least somewhat incomprehensible to outsiders.[citation needed]
Therefore it would be appropriate to state that a 'true' professional must be proficient in all criteria for the field of work they are practising professionally in. Criteria include following:
1. The highest academic qualifications - i.e., university college/institute
2. Expert and specialised knowledge in field which one is practising professionally
3. Excellent manual/practical & literary skills in relation to profession
4. High quality work in (examples): creations, products, services, presentations, consultancy, primary/other research, administrative, marketing or other work endeavours
5. A high standard of professional ethics, behaviour and work activities while carrying out one's profession (as an employee, self-employed person, career, enterprise, business, company, or partnership/associate/colleague, etc.)
* Also taking into consideration natural & harnessed talents integrated & used with qualifications & when doing work in professional capacity. These talents~skills are just as important in any forms of work be it paid, unpaid, volunteer, domestic jobs or any other work.
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In narrow usage, not all expertise is considered a profession. Although sometimes referred to as professions, such occupations as skilled construction work are more generally thought of as trades or crafts. The completion of an apprenticeship is generally associated with skilled labor or trades such as carpenter, electrician, plumber, bricklayer and other similar occupations. A related (though not always valid) distinction would be that a professional does mainly mental or administrative work, as opposed to engaging in physical work. Many companies include the word professional in their company name to signify the quality of their workmanship or service.
In sports, a professional is someone who participates for money. The opposite is amateur, meaning a person that does not play for money, but in an academic (e.g. college football) or other private setting. The term "professional" is commonly used incorrectly, as the distinction simply refers to how the athlete is funded, and not necessarily to what competitions he engages in or what results he achieves.
Sometimes the professional status of an activity is controversial, for example there is debate as to whether or not professionals should be allowed to compete in the Olympic Games. The motivation for money (either in rewards, salaries or advertising revenue) is sometimes seen as a corrupting influence, tainting a sport.
It has been suggested that the crude, all or nothing categories, of professional or amateur should be reconsidered. A historical shift is occurring with the rise of Pro-Ams, a new category of people that are pursuing amateur activities to professional standards.
"Professional-grade" equipment is built to higher standards than "consumer grade" equipment. Copyright laws that require copy protection in consumer equipment sometimes contain exemptions for professional grade audio (audio tape, CD) and video (VHS, DVD players) equipment (see Digital Millennium Copyright Act). This equipment is usually more expensive and sometimes unavailable to the general public. The term may however also be used as a simple marketing ploy, as it is normally not protected or legally defined.
Mate Fin Hunter Sportfishing www.moreheadcitysportfishingcharters.com
Spot on and you fit every one of those definitions. Good feeling to have an intimate relationship with the new boat huh? I bet she takes of both you and Tim as well from now on. Nice write up here Rick.
What can I say Rick you've gotta way with the ladies , Fishin Days is a diamond in the rough and it has been a learning experience chipping away to get to the sparkle. Each day she gets a little closer to to being completed.
As for the term "professional" you're right it is often used as a headliner by some companies to spotlight their services and employees. I myself work for a company that brands many of its maint./mechanics as professional by sending them to class and whola instant professional or master craftsman in their field. As the truth be known there is only a handful that truly know what they are doing and have the reputation to back it up. A plague on the wall doesn't make you a pro, it's the experience, hands on knowledge and dedication to you field that makes you a professional, period.
In my opinion to be successful any business has to have a impeccable reputation. In the charter business it isn't one sided it is team work between the Capt. and mate to have a successful trip, which makes the party want to come back. You can have the best Capt. on the waterfront running the boat but a mate that doesn't have a clue as to what he's doing, your not going to have a very happy party booking you again. Same as having the very best mate in the pit, master rigger, killer gaffman, and people friendly but have a Capt up on the bridge that can't get the rig cranked much less outta the slip your probally not going to be in bizz very long.
Tim and Rick you guys are going to do well, you both have worked on rebuilding the ole girl and gotten to know each other's way of doing things. Hell you guys survived 10wks. in WANCHESE/HELL and didn't kill each other!!!
When are we going fishing?? the crap you guys cleaned off the bottom of her is already startin to grow back!
Rick without question in my book you guys are "Professionals"
by the way it's cool when a ole girl lets you into her most intimate places ain't it
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