Journeyman

A journeyman is a worker, skilled in a given building trade or craft, who has successfully completed an official apprenticeship qualification.

[5] Guidelines were put in place to promote responsible tradesmen, who were held accountable for their own work and to protect the individual trade and the general public from unskilled workers.

Carpenters and other artisans in German-speaking countries have retained the tradition of traveling journeymen even today,[9] but only a few still practice it.

In many countries, it is the highest formal rank, as that of master has been eliminated, and they may perform all tasks of the trade in the area certified as well as supervise apprentices and become self-employed.

The working environment is closely linked to the employer, giving the individual company the opportunity to shape the apprentice, within the guidelines, to suit particular requirements.

A journeyman has the responsibility of supervising workers of lesser experience and training them and has the qualifications (knowledge and skills) to work unsupervised himself.

[citation needed] In Australia, a journeyman registration allows the permit holder to work under the general direction of an advanced tradesman.

[13] Examples of licensed trades are plumbers and gasfitters, electricians, air-conditioning and refrigeration mechanics and carpenters and joiners.

[15] A journeyman cannot be a business owner or manage employees but is expected to do service calls in coordination with and at the behest of the master tradesman.

[16] In Canada, in addition to completion of Apprenticeship in a Skilled Trade, the worker may also choose to write an exam to be recognized throughout the country via the Interprovincial Standards Red Seal Program.

[17] The modern journeyman is a term for the many paths of adult education and can be used to describe life's process of continual learning.