Physical Work

Interview with an RN

What do you do for a living? I am a registered nurse in the emergency department at a hospital. How would you describe what you do? I care for and treat the ill and injured patients and manage their care while they’re in the department and transfer them either home or they get admitted to [...]

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Interview with a Cattle Farmer

What do you do for a living? Primarily I’m a cattle farmer. But as with most farming operations I end up being an investor in land almost as much as anything. How would you describe what you do? We run 8,000-9,000 head of cattle a year and they come in as small calves weighing 300 [...]

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Interview with an Environmental Engineer

What do you do for a living? Technically you would call it a stream restoration engineer. It falls under the broader category of environmental engineering. How would you describe what you do to someone? You could probably boil everything that I do down to the main concept that we want rivers to transport dirt correctly. [...]

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Interview with a Registered Nurse

What do you do for a living? I am a Registered Nurse. How would you describe what you do? I take care of patients who are recovering from a wide range of illnesses or from recent surgery. What does your work entail? I’m responsible for making sure that the patient’s pain is under control, that [...]

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Interview with an Ocean Lifeguard

What do you do for a living? I’m a full time ocean lifeguard in San Diego How would you describe what you do? Basically it is helping people in need, giving them band-aids, CPR, first aid, water rescue, river rescue, all sorts of stuff. What does your work entail? We have a lot of people [...]

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Interview with Hollywood Stuntman John Stewart

Hollywood Stuntman John Stewart was kind enough to visit with us about his career as a stuntman.  You can find more information about him at his site www.hollywoodstuntman.com What did you do for a living? I was a stuntman and a stunt coordinator. How would you describe that job? It is very physically and mentally [...]

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Interview with a Tower Climber-2

What do you do for a living? I climb and inspect cellular phone towers. How would you describe what you do? We climb up a cell tower, say anywhere from 200 to 500 feet and do maintenance mainly on cellular phone towers changing changing out transmission lines or antennas. Sometimes we just change out light [...]

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Interview with a Brewmaster

What do you do for a living? I make beer. How would you describe what you do? Well, brewing is about 80% cleaning, so some say we’re glorified maids. I don’t like that term, but you have to be exceptionally clean in the brewing industry, so you’re always cleaning something. Whether it be circulating chemicals [...]

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Interview with a Tower Climber

What do you do for a living? I’m the operations manager for a tower company, a company that builds broadcasts and communications towers, but I got my start climbing up and down them. How would you describe what you do? We do everything that’s involved with building and maintaining a tower. What does your work [...]

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An interview with a Commercial Painter

What do you do for a living? I’m a commerical painter. What does your work entail? I started out doing everything, doing all the painting, getting the estimates, getting the estimate turned in, getting all the paint, have it delivered to the job site, then actually do the work, finish and make sure the client [...]

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