BPOC Chapter 1 Study Guide Basic Peace Officer
Training.
1. Profession The occupation which one professes to be
skilled in and to follow. A vocation in
which professed knowledge of some
branch of learning is used in its
application to the attairs of others, or in
the practice of an art based upon it
2. Professional One who engaged in one of the learned or
skilled professions, or in a calling
considered socially superior to a trade or
handicraft
3. Profession A vocation or occupation requiring
advanced training in some liberal art or
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science, and usu- ally involving mental
rather than manual work, as teaching,
engineering, writing, etc,; especially
medicine, law, or theology
4. Professionals Profess to know better than others the
nature of their specialty, and to know what
is best for their client in this specialty
5. Advanced education and training Members possess a specialized body of
knowl-
edge, not easily acquired, accomplished
through
6. Clients and / or the public Members share a commitment to serving
7. Common good Member share a commitment to promoting
8. Creed or code of ethics The members share a professional
that ettectively holds
them- selves and their colleagues to a
higher standard of behavior than is the
norm for other vocations
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Training.
1. Profession The occupation which one professes to be
skilled in and to follow. A vocation in
which professed knowledge of some
branch of learning is used in its
application to the attairs of others, or in
the practice of an art based upon it
2. Professional One who engaged in one of the learned or
skilled professions, or in a calling
considered socially superior to a trade or
handicraft
3. Profession A vocation or occupation requiring
advanced training in some liberal art or
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, BPOC Chapter 1 Study Guide Basic Peace Officer
Training.
science, and usu- ally involving mental
rather than manual work, as teaching,
engineering, writing, etc,; especially
medicine, law, or theology
4. Professionals Profess to know better than others the
nature of their specialty, and to know what
is best for their client in this specialty
5. Advanced education and training Members possess a specialized body of
knowl-
edge, not easily acquired, accomplished
through
6. Clients and / or the public Members share a commitment to serving
7. Common good Member share a commitment to promoting
8. Creed or code of ethics The members share a professional
that ettectively holds
them- selves and their colleagues to a
higher standard of behavior than is the
norm for other vocations
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