WHY ARE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS IMPORTANT?
Accepting money for service defines “Professional”. In exchange for your cash, you expect a properly trained, experienced competent service, i.e., somebody who knows what they are doing; with the ability to make professional judgments that give your purchase safety and value In any industry, quality professionals practice “Labor Of Love”. Above all else, “Labor of Love” is the key to success. Well-balanced winners know that if you don’t have passion, you are doing the wrong thing. In anything marine, “Labor Of Love” experience is a vital necessity when managing weather, itineraries, gear selection and safety judgments. Ecotourism – especially Marine Ecotourism – take you out of the human environment where professionalism is important to your very survival. Unless you can walk on water, gear selection, weather judgments and safety judgment define your experience, and ultimately, your survival. I’m still in awe whenever I take a small hand-powered paddleboat onto the expansive sea, but e
