Jobs

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**Accountant -** a person that works with the money and accounts of a company. **Actor /Actress** - a person that acts in a play or a movie **Architect** - a person that designs building and houses. **Astronomer** - a person who studies the stars and the universe **Author** - They write books or novels (also **writer** or **novelist)** **Baker** - They make bread and cakes and normally work in a bakery. **Builder** - a person that helps to build houses (also **construction worker**). **Businessman / Business woman** - a person who does business (neutral: **businessperson)** **Bus driver** - a person that drives buses. **Butcher** - a person that works with meat. They cut the meat and sell it in their shop. **Carpenter** - a person that makes things from wood including houses and furniture. **Chef/Cook** - a person that prepared food for others, often in a restaurant or café. **Cleaner** - a person that cleans/tidies an area or place (such as in an office) **Dentist** - a person that can fix problems you have with your teeth. **Designer** - a person who has the job of designing things (**fashion designer / graphic designer**) **Doctor** - a person you go to see when you are ill or have some type of health problem. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Dustman/Refuse collector** - a person that collects trash/rubbish from bins in the street. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Electrician** - a person that works with electric circuits. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Engineer** - a person who develops solutions to technical problems. They sometimes design, build, or maintain engines, machines, structures or public works. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Environmentalist** - a person who works professionally in the preservation and conservation of the environment at different levels. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Factory worker** - a person that works in a factory (also **operator).** <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Farmer** - a person that works on a farm, usually with animals. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Firefighter** - a person that puts out fires. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Fisherman** - a person that catches fish <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Florist** - a person that works with flowers. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Gardener** - a person that keeps gardens clean and tidy. They take care of the plants in the garden. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Hairdresser** - they cut your hair or give it a new style. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Housewife** - a person who takes care of a home. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Journalist** - a person that makes new reports in writing or through television. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Judge** - a qualified person that decides cases in a law court. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Lawyer** - a person that defends people in court and gives legal advice. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Lecturer** - a person that gives lectures, usually in a university. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Librarian** - a person that works in a library. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Lifeguard** - a person that saves lives where people swim (at a beach or swimming pool). <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Mechanic** - a person that repairs machines, especially car motors. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Model** - a (usually attractive) person that works in fashion, modeling clothes and accessories. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Newsreader** - a person that reads the news, normally on television. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Nurse** - a person trained to help a doctor look after the sick or injured. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Optician** - a person that checks your eyes and try and correct any problems with your sight. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Painter** - a person that paints pictures or the interior and exterior of buildings. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Pharmacist** - a qualified person that works with and dispenses medicine. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Photographe**r - a person that takes photos. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Pilot** - a person who flies a plane. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Plumber** - a person that repairs your water systems or pipes. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Politician** - a person who works in politics. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Police officer** - a member of the police force. They (try and) prevent crime. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Postman** - a person that delivers mail to your house. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Professor -** a person who teaches in a university. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Real estate agent** - a person that makes money from selling and renting land or buildings. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Receptionist** - a person that is at the reception (entrance) of a company. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Scientist** - a person that works in the science industry. They do many experiments. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Secretary** - a person employed in an office who types letters, keeps records etc. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Shop assistant** - a person that works in a shop or store selling products. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Soldier** - a person who works for the army. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Tailor** - a person that makes clothes for others, many times producing exclusive items of clothing. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Taxi driver** - a person who drives a taxi. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Teacher** - a person that passes knowledge to students, usually at school. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Translator** - a person that translates from one language to another. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Traffic warden** - a person that patrols areas to check that people do not park in the wrong place. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Travel agent** - a person that organises and sells holidays and flights for others. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Veterinary doctor (Vet)** - a qualified person that looks after sick animals. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Waiter/Waitress** - a person that works in a food outlet, looking after customers and serving food. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Window cleaner** - a person that cleans windows, normally the windows of big buildings.