16176 jobs duties and skills

Name: ……….JOBS, DUTIES & SKILLS This exercise is an important revision exercise for your lesson on Wednesday, in which we will be talking about skills.. You might be asked to describe ce

Name: ……….

JOBS, DUTIES & SKILLS

This exercise is an important revision exercise for your lesson on Wednesday, in which we will be talking about skills

You might be asked to describe certain jobs and talk about what skills are needed

You will definitely need to talk about your own skills and qualities as part of your ESOL exam preparation.

a doctor works in a clinic or hospital and looks after

an estate agent deals with people wanting to change

homes

patient

a politician

responsible

a lawyer works with people who need legal help knowledgeable, serious,

a paramedic

a journalist

a security guard

an engineer designs and constructs tools, machines a degree or qualification in

science and maths, precise difficult, important, useful

a technician

a chef

a carpenter a worker who builds or repairs wooden

structures

a secretary

a checkout operator /a

cashier sits by the till, inputs the cost of each item and tells customers how much to pay

an architect designs buildings and oversees their

construction

for detail, good maths skills boring, repetitive

a teacher

a car mechanic

a gardener cuts the grass, keeps the flowerbeds tidy,

a banker deals with cash, cheques and credit cards;

helps customers with money affairs

a shop-assistant sorts and puts products on shelves, sticks

labels on products, helps customers

What job would you like to do in the future? Why? What skills/personal qualities should you have to get it? _

Choose from the duties below and complete the table by re-writing these in the correct space.

NOTE! Not all jobs have been described here You will have to fill in the gaps yourself!

-works for newspapers, writing stories

-deals with calls from customers for a company; gives information and/or advice, deals with complaints

-helps to put out (=stop) fires

-helps doctors to look after sick people in a clinic or hospital

-works in government helping to run the country

-works in an ambulance to help sick people

-decorates rooms; designs interiors and furnishings

Choose from the list of skills Complete the table Check any words you don’t know in a dictionary.

Choose from the following adjectives to give your opinion of the jobs in the table.

badly paid difficult challenging stressful

interesting repetitive rewarding useful