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Commercial fishers catch fish and shellfish at sea or on inland waters, working gear such as nets, traps, lines, or dredges from a vessel. It is physically demanding, weather-dependent work carried out in long shifts far from shore, and it is regulated by licences, quotas, gear rules, and vessel safety requirements. Crew live and work together for the duration of a trip.
Short course or on-the-job trainingAgriculture, animals and environment
Forestry technicians carry out the field work behind forest management: measuring stands, laying out cut blocks, checking regeneration, and inspecting operations against the plan. Days are spent walking difficult ground in all weather with GPS, tablets, and measuring tools. Office time goes on mapping, data entry, and reporting.
Certificate or college diplomaAgriculture, animals and environment
Park rangers look after protected areas and the people who visit them, combining trail and facility work with visitor contact, interpretation, and safety. A shift can move from clearing a washed-out path to running a guided walk to responding to an incident. Depending on the agency the role may or may not include enforcement powers.
Certificate or college diplomaAgriculture, animals and environment
Conservation and wildlife officers enforce the laws that protect fish, wildlife, and habitat, and respond to human-wildlife conflict. The role blends outdoor patrol work with investigation, evidence handling, and giving testimony, and in many agencies it carries peace-officer status and the responsibilities that come with it. Officers work alone in remote areas and deal with armed members of the public.
Certificate or college diplomaAgriculture, animals and environment
Soil and water conservation technicians help landowners and agencies reduce erosion, protect water quality, and keep working land productive. The job means surveying sites, laying out practices such as buffers, terraces, and stream crossings, and checking that installed work performs. It sits between field practice, landowner relationships, and programme paperwork.
Certificate or college diplomaAgriculture, animals and environment
Land surveyors measure and describe the position of boundaries, features, and structures, and produce the plans and legal descriptions that define property. They combine field measurement using GNSS and total stations with legal research into titles, historic plans, and monuments. In many places only a licensed surveyor may certify a boundary.
Bachelor's degreeArchitecture, construction and infrastructure
Surveying technicians do the field and office work that supports a survey: operating instruments, holding and setting targets, recording measurements, and processing the data into drawings. They usually work in a small crew, outdoors, in whatever weather the schedule lands in. Progression often runs toward crew chief or licensed surveyor.
Certificate or college diplomaArchitecture, construction and infrastructure
Teaches learner drivers the vehicle control, road rules, and hazard awareness needed to drive safely and pass a licensing test. Lessons take place in a dual-control vehicle and the instructor stays responsible for safety throughout. Many instructors are self-employed or work through a driving school.
Certificate or college diplomaEducation and training
A concierge arranges the things guests need outside their room: restaurant tables, transport, tickets, directions, and local recommendations. The role depends on knowing a city well and keeping working relationships with venues, drivers, and suppliers. It is a desk-based, guest-facing job where most requests arrive without warning.
Short course or on-the-job trainingHospitality, travel and tourism
Travel consultants plan and book trips for clients, matching itineraries and budgets to flights, accommodation, tours, and transfers. They work in booking and reservation systems, apply fare and cancellation rules, and explain what a booking does and does not cover. When plans break, they are the person rearranging things.
Certificate or college diplomaHospitality, travel and tourism
Tour guides lead groups through cities, sites, museums, or outdoor routes and explain what they are seeing. The job is part storytelling and part group management: keeping people together, on time, and safe. Work is often seasonal, outdoors, and on your feet for most of the day.
Short course or on-the-job trainingHospitality, travel and tourism
Geologists study the composition, structure, and history of the ground, and what that means for building on it, extracting from it, or protecting it. Work usually alternates between field campaigns, laboratory analysis of samples, and desk-based interpretation and reporting. Roles sit in consultancy, resources, government surveys, and infrastructure projects.
Field research technicians collect the data that laboratory and desk-based scientists depend on. That means travelling to sites, operating monitoring equipment, taking samples correctly, and recording conditions accurately. The work is physical and weather-dependent, often seasonal, and frequently based away from home during survey campaigns.
Certificate or college diplomaNatural sciences and research
Polices a public transit system (stations, platforms, vehicles, and rights of way) responding to incidents and enforcing transit and criminal law. Patrols move constantly across the network, often alone or in pairs, and a large share of contacts involve vulnerable passengers rather than offenders.
Varies by employer or jurisdictionPublic safety, defence and emergency response
Finds and reaches people in distress in wilderness, water, mountain, or industrial settings and gets them to definitive care. The work combines technical rope, water, or confined-space skills with pre-hospital medical care in poor conditions. Training and equipment maintenance take up far more hours than taskings do.
Varies by employer or jurisdictionPublic safety, defence and emergency response
Serves in a close-combat unit, trained to move, shoot, and communicate as part of a section or platoon. The role also covers field craft, weapon and vehicle maintenance, security tasks, and support to domestic operations such as flood or wildfire response. Physical standards and field conditions are a constant part of the work.
Short course or on-the-job trainingPublic safety, defence and emergency response
Coordinates or carries out maritime search and rescue, marine safety, and pollution response along a coastline or major waterway. Depending on the service, the role covers watchkeeping in a coordination centre, crewing vessels, and checking compliance with marine safety rules. Coast guard structures differ a great deal between countries.
Varies by employer or jurisdictionPublic safety, defence and emergency response
Long-haul truck drivers move freight between cities, regions, or countries in tractor-trailers, often spending consecutive nights away from home. Alongside driving, the job involves inspecting the vehicle, securing and documenting the load, and keeping hours-of-service and border paperwork in order. The working day is shaped by delivery windows, weather, and traffic rather than by office hours.
Short course or on-the-job trainingSupply chain, transport and logistics
Delivery drivers run local routes with many stops, moving parcels, food, or trade supplies from a depot or store to customers. The work combines driving with repeated loading, lifting, and doorstep contact, and is tracked closely through handheld scanning devices. Most drivers return to the same depot at the end of a shift rather than staying away overnight.
Short course or on-the-job trainingSupply chain, transport and logistics
Couriers carry documents and small packages between addresses, usually on short timeframes and often by bike, scooter, or car. Work is dispatched job by job through an app or a controller, and success is measured by whether each item arrives intact and on time. Many couriers are engaged as self-employed contractors rather than employees.
Short course or on-the-job trainingSupply chain, transport and logistics
Bus drivers carry passengers along scheduled routes or chartered trips, taking responsibility for everyone on board for the length of the journey. The job mixes steady driving with fare handling, timetable discipline, and dealing with passengers who need help or who cause problems. Shifts commonly start early, finish late, or split across the day.
Short course or on-the-job trainingSupply chain, transport and logistics
Taxi and rideshare drivers carry passengers on demand, taking trips from a street hail, a dispatcher, or an app. Drivers manage their own hours and vehicle costs, and much of the skill lies in reading demand, choosing routes, and handling a wide range of passengers safely. Local licensing, vehicle standards, and background checks apply in most places.
Short course or on-the-job trainingSupply chain, transport and logistics
Fleet dispatchers assign loads and routes to drivers and keep a moving fleet coordinated through the day. They handle breakdowns, delays, weather, and hours-of-service limits in real time, usually while several drivers and customers are calling at once. The role is deskbound but rarely calm.
Short course or on-the-job trainingSupply chain, transport and logistics
Marine deck officers navigate and operate ships, standing bridge watches and taking charge of cargo, mooring, and safety operations on deck. Certification is standardised internationally and progresses through defined levels of responsibility up to master. Contracts usually mean living aboard for extended tours away from home.
Certificate or college diplomaSupply chain, transport and logistics
