C) Types of job and types of work

A full-time job is for the whole of the normal working week; a part-time job is for less time than that. You say that someone works full-time or part-time.

A permanent job does not finish after a fixed period; a temporary job finishes after a fixed period. You talk about temporary work and permanent work.

d) Words used in front of ‘job’ and ‘work’

All these words are:

• satisfying, stimulating, fascinating, exciting: the work is interesting and gives you positive feelings.
• dull, boring, uninteresting, unstimulating: the work is not interesting.
• repetitive, routine: the work involves doing the same things again and again.
• tiring, tough, hard, demanding: the work is difficult and makes you tired.

4. Pierre is talking about his work. Correct what he says using words and word combinations from 3 (a-d).

I work for a French supermarket company. (1) I work about the development of new supermarkets. (2) In fact, I running the development department and (3) I am manage for a team looking at the possibilities in different countries. It’s very interesting. (4) One of my main is to make sure that new supermarkets open on time. (5) I’m also charged with financial reporting. (6) I deal at a lot of different organizations in my work. (7) I’m responsible of planning projects from start to finish. (8) I work closely near our foreign partners, and so I travel a lot.

5. Complete the text with one of the prepositions from 3b.

Rebecca lives in London and works in public relations. She leaves home for work at 7.30 am. She drives (1) work. The traffic is often bad and she worries about getting (2) work late, but she usually arrives (3) work at around nine. She finishes work quite late, at about eight. ‘Luckily, I’m never ill,’ she says. ‘I could never take the time (4) work.’ She loves what she does and is glad to be (5) work. Some of her friends are not so lucky: they are (6) work.

6. A great variety of occupations can be roughly divided into trades and professions.

Trades are occupations which demand a high level of manual skill and an extended period of practical and theoretical training.

Professions are occupations which involve mainly intellectual, or brainwork, and require a long period of higher education at university or an institution of similar standard.

a. Here is a list of some occupations. Sort them out into two groups under the headings.

trades, e.g. driver professions, e.g. musician

lawyer dentist hairdresser mechanic architect priest farmer vet librarian physiotherapist child-minder police officer accountant engineer scientist chef firefighter civil servant tailor/dressmaker designer builder carpenter plumber

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