Unusual Jobs Around the World
Discovering Fascinating and Unique Professions
Introduction and Overview
Welcome to today's lesson on unusual jobs around the world. We will explore some fascinating and unique professions that you might not have heard of. Our goal for this session is to understand the significance and required skills for these unusual jobs.
Quote of the Day
"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life." – Confucius
Reflect on how finding passion in unique professions can lead to job satisfaction.
Unique Job Descriptions
Snake Milker
A snake milker extracts venom from poisonous snakes for medical research and antivenom production.
Importance: Essential for creating life-saving antivenoms.
Skills needed: Steady hands, knowledge of snake behavior, and bravery.
Water Slide Tester
Description: A water slide tester ensures the safety and fun factor of water slides.
Importance: Critical for maintaining safety standards in water parks.
Skills needed: Attention to detail, love for adventure, and strong swimming skills.
More Unique Job Descriptions
Pet Food Taster
Description: A pet food taster evaluates the taste and quality of pet food. Importance: Ensures pet food is safe and palatable.
Skills needed: Knowledge of pet nutrition, sensitive taste buds.
Professional Sleeper
Description: A professional sleeper participates in sleep studies and experiments. Importance: Contributes to sleep research and understanding of sleep disorders.
Skills needed: Ability to sleep under different conditions, reliability.
Ethical Hacker: Protecting Digital Frontiers
Job Description
An ethical hacker tests and improves cybersecurity systems. They play a crucial role in protecting against cyber threats and data breaches.
Essential Skills
  • Strong IT knowledge
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Ethical integrity
Importance
Ethical hackers are vital in safeguarding organisations and individuals from malicious cyber attacks, ensuring the security of sensitive data and digital infrastructure.
Video Introduction
  • Watch the video to see some of these unusual jobs in action.
  • Discover the fascinating world of unique occupations and their surprising salaries.
Let's Watch!
Key Points from the Video
Key Points from the Video
Breakout Room Time
Question 1: Which of these unusual jobs would you find most interesting and why?
Question 2: Discuss the skills required for these jobs. How do they differ from traditional professions?
Vocabulary and Exercises
Key Vocabulary
Word 1: Ethology – The science of animal behavior.
Word 2: Queue – A line or sequence of people waiting for something.
Word 3: Mannequin – A dummy used to display clothes in a shop window.
Word 4: Palatable – Pleasant to taste.
Vocabulary Exercise
Exercise: Complete the sentences with the appropriate vocabulary word.
  • The pet psychologist observed the dog's behaviour using principles of ____.
  • People were hired to ____ in line for the new product launch.
  • The shop hired a ____ to stand in the window and display the new clothing line.
  • The pet food tester ensures that the food is safe and ____ for pets.
Vocabulary Exercise Answers
Exercise: Complete the sentences with the appropriate vocabulary word.
  • The pet psychologist observed the dog's behaviour using principles of ethology
  • People were hired to queue in line for the new product launch.
  • The shop hired a mannequin to stand in the window and display the new clothing line.
  • The pet food tester ensures that the food is safe and palatable for pets.
Class Discussion
Question: Which unusual job do you think will become more popular in the future and why?
Optional Task
Research and Present an Unusual Job
  1. Assignment: Research an unusual job not covered in this lesson and prepare a short presentation. Post about it in the WhatsApp group!