Do youtubers need and education and training?

You do not need to do any program as such to be a youtuber, you just need to show your talent or skills.

Can be but not limited to: Comedy, story telling, Gaming, cooking, playing music instrument, reviewing movies/drama/products/cosmetics/gadgets, travel blogger etc. etc.

I love watching creators that have a skill that is interesting and new. For example, I watch Alec Steele, a blacksmith, make all kinds of amazing things with metal. His channel is very successful, never gets hit with demonetization, and has slowly grown over the years. In order to this he had to learn to be a blacksmith and be able to teach others. Prank, gaming, and other channels are a dime a dozen, but the real creators that have a unique or special skill tend to be the ones the stick around.

Hello Hannah, I don´t think there is like a formal training to become a youtuber but of course you need to have some basic knowledge and skills to practice this.

Specially for people new in this platform you will need to edit your own videos, be an outgoing person able to catch the attention of a person even throught the screen. You have to be patient because it normally takes time to have regular viewers.

No Specific course for youtubers, but following courses can help:

Media and Communication

Film Making/Editing

Story Telling

Acting

You also need to decide on the field you have to choose for youtube videos, all youtubers have their own strong field of interest in which they are masters. Build your capability into what you want to showcase on your youtube channel.

Youtubers need to be mentally really cool, cause with a lot of good messages you might get lot of hate messages from people, if you are doing good work or not.