What do you say you do for a living? 11 professions in English that you don't know about
Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2025 5:49 am
With all that we've talked about in this blog about finding a job and how little we've dedicated to professions, we already know that you know the most common ones and that's why in this post we bring you a list of different professions in English. Most of them are not even rare professions and some are even very common, but they certainly do not fit into the typical lists. Maybe they will help you understand the offers when you look for a job abroad !
Janitor
This is the person for everything, he cleans, takes care of maintenance and usually vietnam phone number list everyone in the building. Concierge, doorman, janitor...that's what we call them in Spanish. You don't need any specific training to be a janitor , but you will have to be very crafty and know how to do everything.
Locksmith
When you lose your keys or the lock breaks, you have to call him, he is the locksmith, the one we fear because the bills he sends are outrageous. To be a locksmith you will have to take some courses, although there is no official training.
By the way, did you know that smith means “blacksmith”? Also, it is a suffix that denotes that a person is an expert in making something with a material, hence the word goldsmith , blacksmith and even wordsmith !
Potter
Apart from being a famous wizard, a potter is any craftsman who makes ceramics, i.e. a potter. Pottery is studied as a vocational training, sometimes together with glassmaking. By the way, the glass craftsman is a glazier or glass-maker.
Janitor
This is the person for everything, he cleans, takes care of maintenance and usually vietnam phone number list everyone in the building. Concierge, doorman, janitor...that's what we call them in Spanish. You don't need any specific training to be a janitor , but you will have to be very crafty and know how to do everything.
Locksmith
When you lose your keys or the lock breaks, you have to call him, he is the locksmith, the one we fear because the bills he sends are outrageous. To be a locksmith you will have to take some courses, although there is no official training.
By the way, did you know that smith means “blacksmith”? Also, it is a suffix that denotes that a person is an expert in making something with a material, hence the word goldsmith , blacksmith and even wordsmith !
Potter
Apart from being a famous wizard, a potter is any craftsman who makes ceramics, i.e. a potter. Pottery is studied as a vocational training, sometimes together with glassmaking. By the way, the glass craftsman is a glazier or glass-maker.