This document discusses different jobs and professions. It defines a job as regular work done to earn money, and a profession as work requiring special training or skills. It then provides brief descriptions of 20 different jobs and professions, including policeman, astronaut, chef, secretary, photographer, detective, doctor, surgeon, architect, fireman, nurse, painter, pilot, plumber, postman, sailor, singer, teacher, waiter, and writer. For each, it lists their key responsibilities or characteristics.

1. Jobs and Professions

2. What are Jobs and Professions ?
• A job is a the regular work that a person does
to earn money.
• A profession is any type of work that needs special training or
a particular skill.

3. In the following slides, you
will find some Jobs and
Professions and their
characteristics.

4. Policeman
• Keeps citizens safe.
• Looks for law, order and
peace.

5. Astronaut
• Flies out of the planet.
• Explores the moon and
the life on the space.
• Travels in a spaceship.

6. Chef
• Makes different types of
food.
• Uses his/her creativity to
create new recipes.

7. Secretary
• Works as an assistant of a
professional.
• Supervises the administrative
aspects.

8. Photographer
• Takes pictures of many
things (People, nature,
food, buildings, etc.)

9. Detective
• Investigates different
situations requested
by a client.
• Solves mysteries.
• Analyzes clues.

10. Doctor
• Treats people’s illnesses.
• Tries to help and
recover human health.

11. Surgeon
• Treats illnesses
and injuries by
using different
tools.

12. Architect
• Designs and leads the
building of different
structures (houses, buildings,
etc.)

13. Fireman/Firefighter
• Extinguishes fires and
rescues people and
animals from those
situations.

14. Nurse
• Treats ill or injured
people by following the
prescription of a
doctor.

15. Painter
• Creates many
artistic pieces.
• Uses different colors,
materials and
resources.

16. Pilot
• Flies aeroplanes.
• Take the passengers to
their destinations.

17. Plumber
• Fixes the water, gas
and heating
pipelines.

18. Postman
• Messenger.
• Distributes letters and
packages.

19. Sailor
• Belongs to the crew
of a ship.
• Sails through the
sea.

20. Singer
• Produces many armonic
sounds with his/her voice.
• Plays music through his/her
voice.

21. Teacher
• Usually teaches a
determinate subject
(English, Spanish,
Math, Science, etc.)

22. Waiter
• Serves the clients.
• Takes their orders
and provides them
food.

23. Writer
• Writes literary works
such as novels, poems,
tales, stories, etc.