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Career Discovery · Occupation

Pharmacologist

Pharmacologists study how drugs act on the body and how the body handles them, from receptor-level mechanisms through to dosing in patients. The work supports drug discovery, safety assessment, and clinical use, and it is closely bound to regulatory and ethical frameworks. Roles sit in universities, pharmaceutical research, and health services.

Postgraduate or professional degreeNatural sciences and research

Career Discovery · Occupation

Combat engineer

Builds, repairs, and removes battlefield infrastructure (bridges, roads, defensive positions, and obstacles), and handles demolitions and explosive hazards. Combat engineers also support domestic tasks such as flood barriers, route clearance, and disaster recovery. The trade combines construction skills with soldiering.

Varies by employer or jurisdictionPublic safety, defence and emergency response

Career Discovery · Occupation

Crime analyst

Turns police data into usable intelligence: identifying patterns across incidents, profiling problem locations, and supporting investigations and deployment decisions. Analysts write briefings and build maps, charts, and timelines rather than making arrests. Most posts are civilian roles inside a police service.

Bachelor's degreePublic safety, defence and emergency response

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Retail sales associate

Retail sales associates help customers find and choose products on a shop floor, answer questions about features and availability, and complete the sale. The role mixes conversation with practical floor work such as restocking, tidying displays, and processing returns.

Short course or on-the-job trainingRetail, sales and customer experience

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Retail store manager

Retail store managers run a single store: they set the schedule, lead the sales team, control stock levels, and answer to head office for how the store is trading against its targets. A large share of the job is people work: hiring, training, coaching, and settling the problems staff cannot.

Varies by employer or jurisdictionRetail, sales and customer experience

Career Discovery · Occupation

Assistant store manager

Assistant store managers support the store manager and take charge of the store when the manager is away. They run individual shifts, supervise staff on the floor, deal with issues front-line staff escalate, and cover opening and closing routines.

Varies by employer or jurisdictionRetail, sales and customer experience

Career Discovery · Occupation

Stock clerk

Stock clerks receive deliveries, move goods into the stockroom, and keep the sales floor filled. The work is physical and system-driven: scanning items in, recording counts, and flagging damage or discrepancies so the inventory record stays true.

Short course or on-the-job trainingRetail, sales and customer experience

Career Discovery · Occupation

Inside sales representative

Inside sales representatives sell from an office or from home rather than by visiting customers. They work leads and existing accounts by phone, email, and video call, prepare quotes, and move opportunities through to a confirmed order.

Short course or on-the-job trainingRetail, sales and customer experience

Career Discovery · Occupation

Outside sales representative

Outside sales representatives sell face to face, travelling a territory to meet buyers at their own premises. They demonstrate products, negotiate terms within limits their employer sets, and keep long-running accounts alive between orders.

Varies by employer or jurisdictionRetail, sales and customer experience

Career Discovery · Occupation

Automotive sales consultant

Automotive sales consultants sell new or used vehicles from a dealership. They match what a buyer needs and can afford to the stock on the lot, arrange test drives, and take the customer through trade-in, financing, and delivery paperwork.

Short course or on-the-job trainingRetail, sales and customer experience

Career Discovery · Occupation

Real estate broker

Real estate brokers hold a higher-level licence than agents and may operate their own brokerage. They supervise the transactions their agents write, control client money held in trust, and carry responsibility for the brokerage's compliance with real estate law.

Certificate or college diplomaRetail, sales and customer experience

Career Discovery · Occupation

Steamfitter and pipefitter

Steamfitters and pipefitters build and maintain the piping that carries steam, high-pressure fluids, gases, and process media through plants, boiler rooms, and large buildings. The work is drawing-driven and tolerance-sensitive, since joints have to hold pressure and expansion has to be allowed for. Much of it happens on industrial sites, at height or in confined spaces, often during shutdowns.

ApprenticeshipSkilled trades, maintenance and repair

Career Discovery · Occupation

Refrigeration mechanic

Refrigeration mechanics build and service the cooling systems used by supermarkets, cold stores, food processors, ice rinks, and process plants. The work is more system-oriented than domestic HVAC: racks, condensers, evaporators, and controls have to be balanced against a load, and refrigerant handling is regulated. Failures are urgent because stock and process material are at risk.

ApprenticeshipSkilled trades, maintenance and repair

Career Discovery · Occupation

Carpenter

Carpenters lay out, cut, and assemble the timber and engineered wood elements of a building, from framing and formwork through to stairs, doors, and trim. The trade spans rough work where speed and structural accuracy matter and finish work where appearance and tight fit matter. Most carpenters also spend time setting out from drawings and correcting for a site that is not perfectly square or level.

ApprenticeshipSkilled trades, maintenance and repair

Career Discovery · Occupation

Cabinetmaker

Cabinetmakers build cabinets, furniture, and architectural millwork in a shop and then install the finished pieces on site. The trade is precision woodworking: material selection, machining to tight tolerances, joinery, and finishing all affect whether a door closes squarely and a grain match reads well. Many cabinetmakers also work from CAD or cutting-list software and operate panel saws and CNC routers.

ApprenticeshipSkilled trades, maintenance and repair

Career Discovery · Occupation

Bricklayer and stonemason

Bricklayers and stonemasons build and repair walls, facades, chimneys, and structures from brick, block, and stone bedded in mortar. The work is physically demanding and weather-exposed, and it rewards a steady eye, because courses have to stay level and plumb over long runs. Restoration and repointing work on older masonry is a distinct and skilled part of the trade.

ApprenticeshipSkilled trades, maintenance and repair

Career Discovery · Occupation

Tile setter

Tile setters prepare surfaces and install ceramic, porcelain, stone, and glass tile on floors, walls, and wet areas. Most of the skill sits in the preparation: a substrate that is not flat, waterproofed, or properly primed will show up as lippage, cracking, or a failed shower long after the job is finished. Layout decisions at the start determine how the finished work reads.

ApprenticeshipSkilled trades, maintenance and repair

Career Discovery · Occupation

Sheet metal worker

Sheet metal workers lay out, fabricate, and install ducting, flashings, roofing, cladding, and fabricated metal components. The trade combines shop work on brakes, shears, and rollers with site installation and hanging. Pattern development and layout are central, because a flat pattern has to fold into the shape the drawing specifies.

ApprenticeshipSkilled trades, maintenance and repair

Career Discovery · Occupation

Boilermaker

Boilermakers fabricate, erect, and repair boilers, pressure vessels, tanks, and heavy plate structures. The work is heavy, code-governed, and frequently carried out inside vessels or at height during plant outages. Rigging, layout, cutting, fitting, and welding are all part of the same job.

ApprenticeshipSkilled trades, maintenance and repair

Career Discovery · Occupation

Glazier

Glaziers cut, handle, and install glass and glazed systems: windows, doors, storefronts, curtain wall, mirrors, and shower enclosures. Handling is a defining part of the job, since panels are heavy, awkward, and unforgiving of a dropped edge. Weatherproofing and sealing are as important as the glass itself, because a badly sealed unit leaks and fails.

ApprenticeshipSkilled trades, maintenance and repair

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