Professions

LOOKING FOR A JOB

Task 1

People have created many professions! In different situations they address to appropriate specialists. Look at the column on the left. Whom would you contact or call on in these situations? In the right column find the appropriate person for each case. Be careful!

1. a filling has come out of one of your back teeth a chiropodist

2. you think your eyes need testing a broker

3. you find you have an ingrowing toe-nail a dentist (dental surgeon)

4. you back hurts and your doctor can’t help a vicar (priest)

(find four people) a hairdresser (hair stylist)

a bookmaker

an architect

5. your fringe is getting a bit too long an osteopath

6. you want a portrait photograph of yourself a driving instructor

7. you have decided to sue somebody a solicitor

(who might refer you to another lawyer) a barrister

8. you fancy a holiday in the sun a dog (breeder)

9. you want advice on investment or insurance a (garage) mechanic

10. your grant piano isn’t sounding quite right a photographer

11. you want to find a 400-year-old grandfather clock a piano tuner

12. you are planning a church wedding a chiropractor

13. your car won’t start a optician

14. you want to place a bet on the 3.45 race at Ascot a masseur (masseuse)

15. someone in the family has just died a building contractor (build-

er)

16. you want to learn to drive an antique dealer

17. you want to buy a pedigree alsatian a travel agent

18. you have decided to sell your house a scrap metal dealer (mer-

chant)

19. you want plans drawn up for a new house a physiotherapist

20. you want to go ahead and have the new house built an undertaker (funeral direc-

tor)

21. you are moving house and have a furniture problem an electrician

22. you have a lots of old iron you want to get rid of an estate agent

23. you want new windows put into the house a maintenance engineer

24. your new fridge is leaking a glazier (and a carpenter)

25. you like the idea of new wallpaper throughout the

house a fire brigade (firemen)

26. water is gushing from your kitchen taps even a psychiatrist

when turned off

27. all the lights in your house have fused a social worker

28. you think your neighbours just might be neglecting a removal firm

their little child

29. your house is on fire a plumber

30. you think you are going crazy an interior decorator

Task 2

The jobs below are grouped according to the results of a survey on average weekly earnings in Great Britain. Specialists in group A earn the most, those in group J earn the least. Decide how fair you think earnings are in Britain.

Group A

medical practitioners (doctors, etc.) pilots specialists in finance, insurance/tax inspectors university lecturers

Group B

police inspectors fire-service officers prison officers sales managers marketing executives company secretaries personnel/industrial relations officers

Group C

ship's officers advertising executives public relations officers journalists (reporters) electrical/electronic engineers local government administrators

Group D

mechanical engineers civil engineers computer programmers system analyst accountants teacher in further education metallurgists public health inspectors production engineers policemen

Group E

industrial designers surveyors draughtsmen ambulancemen technical sales representatives welfare workers prime/secondary school teachers

Group F

toolmakers and fitters furnacemen welders (skilled) security officers guard and detectives laboratory technicians sales supervisors bus/coach drivers sheet meta1 workers

Group G

lathe operators train drivers and signalmen motor mechanics (skilled) bricklayers postmen mail sorters catering supervisors joiners shipping and travel clerks telephonists

Group H

packers, bottlers, canners, fillers chefs and cooks plasterers, hotel/pub/club managers midwives and registered nurses painters and decorators refuse collectors (dustmen) bakers and confectioners hospital porters storekeepers

Group I

shop assistants, salesmen, shelf-fillers caretakers bus conductors bleachers and dyers gardeners butchers barmen

Group J

road sweepers general farm workers kitchen hands nursing auxiliaries waitresses

Task 3

Match the profession with the appropriate picture.

an actress	……….	an hair dresser	……….	a businesswoman	……….
a bus driver	……….	an office worker	……….	a mechanic	……….
a fireman	……….	an engineer	……….	a bank clerk	……….
an opticiant	……….

a postman	……….	an electrician	……….	a doctor	……….
a policeman	……….	a typist	……….	a nurse	……….
a shop assistant	……….	a secretary	……….	a dentist	……….
a waiter	……….

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