Occupations

Occupation actor/actress acrobat Description performs or acts in a play, show or drama performs or does stunts and tricks during a show

architect artist attendant astronaut

designs or draws plans for houses or buildings creates works of art, especially drawings or paintings serves or helps people in a public place travels to space in a spacecraft

astronaut astronomer author baker barber bus conductor bus driver businessman butcher carpenter studies the position of stars, planets, etc. writes books bakes bread, cakes and pastries cuts mens hair collects bus fares from passengers drives a bus is involved in buying or selling, etc. sells meat at a stall or shop makes and repairs wooden objects and structures

cashier clerk coach cobbler cook/chef dancer decorator dentist developer driver editor electrician engineer farmer firefighter fisherman fishmonger florist garbage collector gardener goldsmith grocer guard hawker headmaster hunter inspector (police) labourer lawyer librarian locksmith maid mechanic midwife musician nurse newspaper vendor office boy optician photographer

receives or pays out money in banks, shops, etc. types letters, keeps accounts or records in an office trains a sportsperson or team repairs or mends shoes cooks food in a restaurant or eating place dances for a living decorates houses, office buildings, etc. takes care of peoples teeth builds houses, office buildings, etc. drives a car edits or is in charge of books or newspapers repairs and fits electrical things and does wiring builds roads, building, bridges, etc. grows vegetables and/or rears animals to sell puts out fires catches fish, prawns, squids, etc. sells fish in the market sells flowers in a shop collects rubbish looks after plants, trees and flowers in the garden makes jewellery and things (e.g. rings,chains) out of gold sells vegetables, fruits and groceries is in charge of the security of a building or place sells food on the street is in charge of a school hunts and kills animals and birds looks into crime and solves criminal cases does manual labour or work gives advice to people about laws, represents people in courts is in charge of a library makes keys, repairs and fixes locks earns a living doing housework repairs vehicles, machines, etc. helps to deliver babies is skilled at playing musical instruments works in a hospital or clinic and takes care of sick or injured people sells newspaper and magazines does odd jobs in an office, runs errands tests peoples eyesight, makes and sells spectacles or contact lenses to people who need them takes pictures of things, events and people

pilot plumber policeman porter postman reporter rubber tapper sailor salesman scientist shopkeeper singer soldier surgeon sweeper tailor teacher telephone operator trishaw rider

flies an aeroplane fixes and repairs pipes and taps helps to keep law and order helps to carry luggage works in a post office and delivers letters and parcels writes news for newspapers or television taps rubber from rubber trees works on a ship sells goods is good or skilled in science is in charge of a shop sings songs, especially in public works in the army to defend the country operates on sick people keeps the floor or road clean by sweeping it sews and makes clothes for people teaches pupils at school connects telephone calls takes you where you want to go in a trishaw for a price

village headman veterinarian waiter/waitress watchman zookeeper

is in charge of a village is a doctor who treats animals that are sick or injured serves food to people in a restaurant guards buildings, factories and premises is in charge of a zoo and looks after the animals