The job of your dreams

1. «The job of your dreams»

Choosing a profession

2. Quotations

• «Get happiness out of your work or you
may never know what happiness»
• «When work is a pleasure, life is a joy,
when work is duty, life is slavery»

3. The difference between the following words: a job, a work, an occupation, a profession, a career

• My last … was with a computer firm.
• He finally got a … in a supermarket.
• Will you go back to … when you have had the baby?
• I started … when I was 18.
• State your name, age, … in the box below.
• The legal ….
• I am interested in a … in television.
• His … is more important to him than his family.

4. What professions are these?

a pilot
a journalist
a manager
a police officer
a baker
a mobile operator
a dentist
a veterinarian
a plumber
a fashion designer
a nurse
a flight attendant
an electrical engineer
a banker
a pharmacist
a secondary school teacher
a programmer
a film director
a social worker
a translator /an interpreter
a surgeon

5.

6. LIST Most in-demand, new and promising professions on the labor market that require secondary vocational education  

LIST
Most in-demand, new and promising professions on the labor
market that require secondary vocational education
Автомеханик - Auto mechanic
Специалист по гостеприимству - Hospitality Specialist
Администратор баз данных - Database administrator
Специалист по информационным системам - Specialist in information
Графический дизайнер - Graphic designer
systems and programming
Косметолог - Cosmetologist
Специалист по неразрушающему контролю (дефектоскопист) Лаборант химического анализа - Chemical analysis
Specialist in non-destructive testing (flaw detector)
laboratory assistant
Специалист
по
обслуживанию
телекоммуникаций
Мастер декоративных работ - Master of decorative works
Telecommunications Maintenance Specialist
Мастер столярно-плотницких работ - Master of carpentry
Специалист по производству и обслуживанию авиатехники Метролог - Metrologist
Aircraft Production and Maintenance Specialist
Мехатроник - Mechatronics
Специалист по тестированию в области информационных
Мобильный робототехник - Mobile robotics
технологий - IT Testing Specialist
Наладчик-ремонтник промышленного оборудования - Industrial
Специалист по техническому контролю качества продукции equipment adjuster-repairman
Quality Control Specialist
Оператор беспилотных летательных аппаратов - Unmanned aerial
Специалист по холодильно-вентиляционной технике - Specialist in
vehicle operator
refrigeration and ventilation equipment
Оператор станков с программным управлением - Operator of machine Техник авиационных двигателей - Aircraft Engine Technician
tools with software control
Техник
по
автоматизированным
системам
управления
Оптик-механик - Optician-mechanic
технологическими процессами - Automated Process Control Systems
Разработчик Web и мультимедийных приложений - Web and
Technician
multimedia application developer
Техник по биотехническим и медицинским аппаратам и системам Сантехник - Plumber
Specialist in biotechnical and medical devices and systems
Сборщик электронных систем (специалист по электронным приборам Техник по защите информации - Information Security Technician
и устройствам) - Electronic systems assembler (specialist in electronic
Техник по композитным материалам - Composite Materials
devices and instruments)
Technician
Сварщик - Welder
Техник по обслуживанию роботизированного производства Сетевой и системный администратор - Network and system
Maintenance technician for robotic production
administrator
Техник-конструктор - Design Technician
Специалист в области контрольно-измерительных приборов и
Техник-полиграфист - Printing technician
автоматики (по отраслям) - Specialist in control and measuring
Технический писатель - Technical writer
instruments and automation (by industry)
Фрезеровщик-универсал - General milling
Специалист по аддитивным технологиям - Specialist in additive machine operator
technologies
Электромонтажник - Electrician

7. Answer the questions…

• What are the most popular professions
nowadays?
• What’s more important to you - earning lots
of money or having a job you enjoy?
• Where do you need your knowledge of
English?
• What kind of job would you like to have?

8. Important qualities for a successful career…

• Personal qualities:
imaginative, well-organised, creative, initiative,
enthusiastic, responsible, competitive, persistent,
inspirational, motivated, committed
• Professional qualities or knowledge:
well-educated, professional, knowledgeable, able to
work to tight deadlines, computer literate, able to work in
a team, interpersonal skills, telephone skills, able to
make decisions, able to solve problems, able to do
research, negotiation skills, competent, able to cope with
stress, able to take risks.

9. Ь MAT Match these job characteristics with their definitions.

Ь
MAT
their
Match these job characteristics with
definitions.
1.Well- paid
2.stressfull
3.challenging
4.enjoyable
5. boring
6.rewarding
7.complicated
8.satisfying
a)giving pleasure and joy
b)giving satisfaction and profit
c)dull and tiresome
d)extremely irritating
e)difficult and complex
f)stimulating, interesting
g)meeting all requirements
h) awarding enough money

10. Choose the most important qualities or skills for each job.

11. WORD FORMATION

Noun
Adjective
Verb
imagination
imaginative
imagine
profession
professional
----
creation/creator creative
create
competence
competent
----
enthusiasm/-t
enthusiastic
enthuse
responsibility
responsible
----
competition/
competitor
competitive
compete
persistence
persistent
persist
inspiration
inspirational
inspire

12. Choosing a profession you need…

• To study elective subjects hard at school
• To use your talents, to understand your
wishes and abilities
• To have interviews with specialists and
meetings with your school-leavers
• To get information through the internet,
media, TV and reference books
• To know at least one foreign language that
gives you a chance for a successful career
• To pass final exams at school and
to enter the university
Good luck!

13. Guess the job

(What job? Time to start? Where? Salary? Skills?)
EC&IT start ASAP
London
£ 42,000- £48,000 a year
Easily apply to this job
install technician monitor maintain
control troubleshoot and repair
electrical pneumatic mechanical
instrumentation
EC&IT?

14.

Your homework: read and determine which profession is described in the text .
A) He/she creates posters, logos, presentations, thinks over the design of packages, websites, etc. The main
tasks of this specialist include selection of colors, fonts, patterns, symbols, etc. They can develop a brand or
prepare an advertising campaign for a film.
B) This refers to working with drones in a variety of fields: from cartography to the delivery of goods. Specialists
are engaged in piloting, aerial photography; repair and adjustment; flight planning and organization; receiving
and processing information.
C) Representatives of this profession work in industrial and chemical production. They organize and control the
production of medicines, biological and chemical materials etc.; ensure that the equipment is in order.
D) He/she works in hotels, tourist complexes, holiday homes and performs work related to comfortable
accommodation and appropriate standards of customer service.
E) He/she uses an innovative way of producing goods of different industrial groups by the method of layer-bylayer increase of raw materials. A 3D printer is the most famous example of a device that works according to the
described principle of additive technologies.
F) This is a specialist engaged in checking measuring instruments and bringing them into compliance with
existing standards.
G) This specialist works in the production of various kinds of printed products: books, newspapers, magazines,
paper stationery, and packaging.
H) He is responsible for the operation, maintenance and repair of agricultural machinery and provides the
workers with everything they need (fuel, spare parts, etc.) He participates in the planning of work for the
harvesting period.
I) He/she is a professional chef specializing in the preparation of desserts and bakery products. This specialist is
responsible for the preparation, design and presentation of cakes, pies, pastries, cookies, soufflés, truffles and
chocolate.
J) He/she is a specialist engaged in documentation within the framework of solving technical problems, in
particular software development. The main task is to write a document that would meet certain requirements.

15. “All is well that ends well”

• «A good deed is never lost»
Доброе дело без награды не остается.
Well done! See you later!