Guide to Unit 1

Jobs

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Warm up

Asking about jobs

Activity 1

Occupations

Activity 1 Occupations

• Occupational Fields

• Matching Jobs and De

finitions

• Formation of Definitio

ns

• Types of Occupaton

• Writing Definitions

• Defining Your Own Job

• Matching Jobs and Personal Characteristics

• Another Way of Saying the Same thing

Warm up Asking about Jobs

• Work is a major part of our lives , isn’t?

• It’s great if we enjoy you work and ,even if we don’t, it occupies a lot of our time.

• What’s more, work is a frequent topic of conversation. In this unit , we shall be considering various topics.

• Look at these question:

Which ones go into which category?

a. What’s your profession?

b. What work do you do?

c. What line of business are you in?

d. What sort of things do you do?

e. What’s your job?

f. What’s your occupation?

Write the occupations in the appropriate box in the table:

Tailor, engineer, dietitian, waiter, surgeon, hairdresser, pharmacist

catering Health care Beauty

/fashion

construction

Do not use your dictionary. The context and word formations should help you to work out the meaning of each one. When you have thought about the meaning of

each word, try to match it with one of the definitions given below

• 1. The detective is investigating the murder

• 2. She has lost weight since she started to follow the dietitian’s advice on healthy eating

• 3. The entrepreneur keeps a careful check on the popularity of his company products

• 4. The surgeon told the patient that the removal of the tumor had been a success.

Match words from the sentences above

A. A _______ is a person whose job is to advise people what to eat to stay healthy.

B. An _______ is a person whose job is to set up business deals in order to make a profit

C. A ______ is a medical doctor whose main job is to carry out operation in a hospital

D. A ______ is a policeman who does not wear a uniform and whose job is to discover what happened and who was involved in a crime.

Formation of Definitions

• Type A

A(n) _______ is a person who … e.g. A clerk is a person who does routine

administrative work such as organizing files.• Type B

A(n) _______ is a person whose job is to…e.g. A dietitian is a person whose job is to advise

people what to eat to stay healthy.

Formation of Definitions

• Type CA(n) _______’s job involves… e.g. A solicitor’s work involve giving legal advice

to clients and preparing legal documents..• Type B

A(n) +occupation +verb(stem+-s)…e.g. A receptionist works in a hotel, a doctor’s

surgery, etc. and deals with guests or clients when they first arrive, answers the telephone and arranges appointments and reservations

Types of Occupation

1. A physicist is a _____

3. An astronomer is a __.

5. A sculptor is an ____.

2. A greengrocer is a ___

4. A personnel manager is an _______.

6. A milkman is a____.

1. Scientist 2. Tradespersons 3. Scientist

4. Administrator 5. Artist 6. tradesperson

Note:

1. Many occupations include the word man(e.g. tradesman) but may often be adopted by women. So the word person is often used instead of man/woman.

e.g. Postman/postwoman : postperson

salesman/saleslady: salesperson

Many people do not, however, like change so they prefer to use man/woman as they have always done!

2. There are differences between American and British English in occupational terminology. For example, pharmacist and solicitor are British English. The corresponding American terms are druggist and attorney. Do not worry about these differences. Speakers of American English will generally understand the British terms and speakers of British English will usually recognise the American terms.

Employment Service

Mother’s help: ￡ 3.25 per hour, 10 hour p/week be-tween 3-6 p

m Mondays to Friday(flexible) to co-llect two children from sch

ool in centre of clifto-n, do domestic duties until parents arrive h

ome: vacuuming, dusting, cleaning, etc. Experience an advantag

e.

a b c d

JOB FINDER

• Clerical Assistant: ￡ 160 pw approx. 8.30 am-5pm,

Mondays-Fridays. Experienced person for general

office duties. Must have exp. Of using Wordperfect

and have excellent typing skills. Must be mature,

reliable and able to work on own initiative

a b c d

Employment Service

Full time cook: ￡ 2.85 ph, 37 hours per week to cook for 55-be

d nursing home. Catering certificate essential. Responsible fo

r menu planning, monitoring of stores and cleaning material

s, provision of special diets. Health and hygiene cert. also des

irable.

a b c d

JOB FINDER

Part time cleaner: ￡ 1.30 per hour Monday-Friday

a)8am-11am b) 3pm-6pm for office cleaning duties,

involving dusting, vacuuming, polishing, cleaning

toilets and kitchen area, washing towels. Also required

to serve staff tea and coffee at 10 am and 3.30 pm.

a b c d

Employment Service

Care Assistant: full and part-time posts available in nursing home

for the elderly. Duties include assisting patients with personal

care programmes and general daily living skills. Must have

patient attitude. Salary negotiable. Opportunity for taking Care

Assistant training course

a b c d

JOB FINDER

Full-time stylist for city centre salon: must have experience in both men and women’s styling. 38 hours per week, to carry out normal duties, including cutting, trimming, perming, and tinting. Minimum of 4 years’s experience essential. Over 30 preferred. Wages dependent on qualifications &experience.

a b c d

Employment Service

Part-time taxi driver: ￡ 1.50 ph, keep own tips. 16 hour

s pw minimum, timing to be discussed. Required mainl

y for regular journeys outside Clifton. Must have clean

driving license and be 25+. Experience of driving work

an advantage. Possibility for extra weekend work if sati

sfactory.

a b c d

JOB FINDER

Nightwatch person: ￡ 22 per night, 6pm-8am (six nights

a week , or 3 to be shared by two people). To check on

security of garage and cars parked in compound around

the building. Security experience preferred but a

common sense attitude and commitment important. Age

23-65

a b c d

Look at the notices,answer the questions

1. List the jobs that are advertised

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Key: mother’s help, cook clerical assistant, cleaner, care assistant , taxi driver, hair stylist, nightwatch person

2. Which jobs are full-time?

Key: cook, clerical assistant, care assistant, hair stylist, nightwatch person

Look at the notices,answer the questions

3. Which jobs demand special qualifications/skills?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Key: cook, clerical assistant, taxi driver, hair stylist

4. Which jobs give specifications about the age of the applicants

Key: clerical assistant, taxi driver, hair stylist, nightwatch person

Find suitable jobs for the following people.

1. A middle-aged man who used to be a truck-driver but had his driving licence taken away because of traffic offences is eager to find any job.

Possible job(s) ____________________

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Key: night watchman (He can’t do the taxi driving job because he has no licence now!

Find suitable jobs for the following people.

2. A housewife, having no special vocational training, wants a part-time job.

Possible job(s) _________________

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Key: mother’s help, cleaner, care assistant, nightwatch person(This lady is lucky! There are various possibilities)

Good Bye