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WORK - Coggle Diagram
WORK
jobs in workplace
the skilled woker: trained to do specific task
specific
adj: relating to one thing and not others; particular
the unskilled worker: doing a job that needs no training
the administrator: person who runs the office day-to-day
the public relations officer: gives information about the company to the media
the executive: important person who makes big decisions
the union representative ( union rep) look after the staff's intersts
a director: menber of the board of a company
the researcher: investigates and develops new products
to
investigate
: to examine a crime, problem, statement, etc. carefully, especially to discover the truth
the supervisor: makes sure wokers are doing their job properly
NOTE
job refers to a particular role or position
work refers to activities that you do
collocations of words connteced with work
do for a living
in publishing/ banking
to make a living: earn enough money to live comfortably
to get/ find work
to offer work/ a job
to take on that job: suggests 'having personal responsibility'
hours of work
to be on flexi-time
to work nine-to-five: regular day work
to do shiftwork/ to work shifts/ shiftworker: nights one week, days the next week
not working
to be fired: more formal than ' get the sack' ; often use in direct speech
to be made redundant: thrown out, no longer needed
to get the sack: thrown out of your job
to be laid off: more informal than 'made redundant'
to go/be on strike: industrial dispute
to be on/ take maternity (woman) or paternity (man)
leave: before/ after the birth of a baby
to be on/ take sick leave: illness
to take early retirement: retire at 55
other useful expressions
to be promoted: get a higher position
to apply for a job: fill in forms, ect
to be a workaholic: love work to much/ obsessed
trades and professions
professions: jobs that require considerable training and/ or qualifications
judge: person who takes decisions in legal cases
designer
civil servant: person who works for government deparment putting policies into action
scientist
lecturer
banker
ambassador: chief diplomat or person representing his/ her government abroad
physiotherapist: person who treats muscle injury by rubbing and moving injured areas
economist: expert in financial matters
Journalism
trades: skilled manual jobs requiring on-the-job and other training
plumper: person who works with the supply and connection of water pipes
childminder: person looking after other' children in her own home
carpenter: person skilled at making thing with woods
firefighter
designer