So… plumbers require education, too. In the US it’s apprenticeship, trade school, or community college to get licensed. In the UK it’s similar, so not just a US thing. You do one of these routes to prove you can do the skilled labor, and receive a license for doing so.
There is not a “trade school” for a librarian, because to prove you can be a librarian, you need to prove you can learn consistently and over a long period of time. That’s not possible without longer education.
Your argument makes it sound like plumbers don’t require education (not your intent, I know), but denigrating the librarian trade doesn’t help, either.
So… plumbers require education, too. In the US it’s apprenticeship, trade school, or community college to get licensed. In the UK it’s similar, so not just a US thing. You do one of these routes to prove you can do the skilled labor, and receive a license for doing so.
There is not a “trade school” for a librarian, because to prove you can be a librarian, you need to prove you can learn consistently and over a long period of time. That’s not possible without longer education.
Your argument makes it sound like plumbers don’t require education (not your intent, I know), but denigrating the librarian trade doesn’t help, either.