Role Profiles Set D - Mr. Beals...

The Real Game™ 2.0. ©Bill Barry. All rights reserved.

The Real Game™ 2.0

Role ProfilesSet D

RoleProfile


RoleProfile

Annual Vacation

Hours of WorkPer Week

Gross Monthly Pay: 2 weeks

Job Description: You work full-time for a steel fabrication company. You work on welding structural components for buildings and other structures such as bridges. You also weld pipeline components, fuel tanks, machine parts and pressure vessels used in industrial plants for many purposes such as making steam to produce electricity and others for making gasoline, aircraft fuel and a host of other products. You cut, clean, rig, and install metal. You shape component parts, sometimes using a cutting torch, and are responsible for cleaning and welding the parts and checking the finished product for defects. Sometimes the job requires you to develop patterns for a project or follow directions given in layouts, blueprints and work orders.

Education & Training: You graduated from high school, completed an eight week apprenticeship program at a trade school and received three years of on-the-job training while you were an apprentice before being certified as a welder. Related school subjects: math, science, technical studies and communications.

Transferable Skills: You are physically fit, have good manual dexterity and are reliable. You have the ability to read blueprints, and follow detailed instructions. You can safely operate welding equipment and related equipment used to shape and form different metals. You have excellent eyesight and think well under pressure. You respect the environment.

Career Cluster: Manufacturing

402,620.00

Related Occupations: Boilermaker, plumber, ironworker, steel fabricator,

aircraft structure assembler. Other trades may use welders on a part time basisD-1

WelderWith Steel Structures, 55 Sparky Road

A Day in the Life...

Use these words to fill in the blanks.

Answer key in Unit 1, Session 3.


Welder

Your company has a contract to fabricate and install components in a new oil processing plant. You are the foreman of a crew that’s constructing a series of processing vessels and holding tanks. The project involves cutting and shaping flat steel plate to form the tank shells, hoisting the pieces into position and tacking them in place before welding them and checking the completed weld seams.

Some of the vessels you’re working on must withstand high 1. ________________ and intense heat. You have to work with arc or gas welding processes, depending on the materials of each component. Your job also includes 2. ________________ and testing the welds. You know that faulty work can lead to leaks and spills that will hurt the environment.

You have been working here for ten days. All the work is done outdoors and it’s been cold and often windy. But you like working outdoors, it makes you feel strong and healthy, and you can easily do the job if you wear the right clothing.

Because the work is intricate and you are working with heavy parts and in confined spaces, everyone on the crew must work together to get the job done on time and with no accidents. Following the detailed 3. ________________ developed in conjunction with the project foreman, you plan out today’s work. You go over the details with your crew—it is not so easy to 4. ________________ on the noisy work site, so everyone needs to understand their role in 5. ________________ and welding the heavy components.

You know that it does not take much to hurt yourself or a fellow worker if safety procedures are not followed. At the start of the shift you remind your team of the dangerous nature of the work and together you go over the day’s work plan. You ask the crew to check all the equipment to make sure it is in good working order and reinforce the company policy that everyone wears the proper personal 6. ________________ equipment.

You are able to get several sections of a tank in place and secured for future fit up and welding. Before going home, you check everything to make sure that it is safe to leave components in place and that all of the tools and equipment are put away and locked up ready for tomorrow.

pressureprotectivehoisting

blueprintscommunicate

inspecting


RoleProfile

Annual Vacation



Job Description: You organize and conduct expeditions for sports enthusiasts, adventurers, tourists or resort guests. You could work for adventure tourism companies, resorts, parks, lodges or campgrounds, but you own your small business instead. You were always an entrepreneur and you like being your own boss. You take clients white water rafting, fishing, hunting, or mountain climbing, depending on the season. You work irregular hours but this suits you just fine because you enjoy the outdoors so much!

Education & Training: You graduated from high school and spent the following summer working as a cook’s helper in Sun Valley. You spent your free time with river guides, and ended up as an apprentice to one of them. You completed training courses in first aid, animal tracking, wildlife biology, and hydrodynamics. After apprenticing for two years, you became certified as a whitewater river guide. Related school subjects: biology, math, language arts, health, and geography.

Transferable Skills: You have great communication, interpersonal and instructional skills. You carry a positive and professional attitude. You are a team player and have good problem solving, organizational and leadership skills. You also have a good working knowledge of terrain and environment.

Career Cluster: Hospitality and Tourism

1,700.00

Related Occupations: Tour/travel guide, conservation officer, forester, recreation leader,

campground operator D-2

50often long

and irregular

Outdoor Adventure GuideWith ExtraFun Adventures, 5 Sunny Drive





Outdoor Adventure Guide

You’re on the job at 9 a.m. at your desk in the kitchen corner with your laptop computer, phone, answering machine, and fax. Your busy summer and fall seasons are still two months away, but you can hardly wait for your first 1. _______________ to start. You’ve been really busy recently with arrangements, bookings, and phone calls. Your business is growing fast. You hope to hire a manager to do this part of the work next year, which will leave you free to concentrate on adventures in the wild while you are still fit and strong enough to be your company’s best 2. _______________.

You review the personal kit list you are mailing to the dozen people you will be leading on your first summer trip, up the Chilkoot Trail, following the path of the gold rush. You’ve already phoned each of them, making sure they understand what they’ve signed up for and that they all share a certain level of fitness and outdoor skill. You know from sad experience how one exhausted, sunburned 3. _______________ can ruin a wilderness tour for everyone. If any of their answers to your questions had suggested they were too inexperienced or unfit to go, you would have steered them towards an easier tour. You try to offer something to suit everyone so that people will fall in love with wilderness touring and come back year after year for more.

Next, you review your own equipment and supplies lists: 4. _______________ , backpacks, food, camp fuel, maps, tents, and matches. Each person will help carry some of this equipment; the rest you and the 5. _______________ will drop off along the trail ahead of time. Then you confirm the hotel reservations in Dawson City, where this adventure ends with well-earned showers and a night on the town.

You eat your lunch while reading through an advertising brochure from a tour operator who was once your rock-climbing partner. Her company specializes in mountain-climbing adventures. How does she ever afford the insurance bills?

You spend the afternoon in the warehouse/plane hangar that you share with your bush pilot buddy, inspecting your camping, canoeing, and rafting equipment, making lists of repairs and replacement parts needed. After supper, you finalize plans for next winter’s tours so you can book advertising space. With these details out of the way before summer, you can concentrate on doing what you love best—giving people a 6. _______________ experience they’ll remember for the rest of their lives!

canoeswilderness

tourtenderfootbush pilot

guide


RoleProfile

Annual Vacation



Job Description: You are self-employed. You own your own clinic which employs two people: a receptionist and an animal care technician. You diagnose animal diseases, perform surgery, and mend broken bones. You give workshops on how to care for animals, what to watch for when animals have certain illnesses and diseases, and many times you provide these workshops free of charge in your community. You often work evenings and weekends and you are always on call for emergencies.

Education & Training: You completed high school and went on to college, graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology. You went on to a college of Veterinary Medicine and graduated with Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.) after four years. Related school subjects: biology, chemistry, math, language arts, and physics.

Transferable Skills: You are very knowledgeable about science and animal health and behavior. You also have business management and supervisory skills. You have excellent communication, time management and problem solving skills which are all used in your daily work activities helping animals and their families.

Career Cluster: Health Science

606,000.00

Related Occupations: Biological technician, medical and clinical labratory technologist,

physician assistantD-3

VeterinarianWith Pets Care Clinic, 777 Vaccine Road





Veterinarian

You start work at 8:00 a.m., doing 1. _________________ on the computer at the front desk and writing checks for suppliers while your clinic’s animal care technician, Sandy, cleans the kennels and feeds the boarding animals. Your receptionist comes in at 9:00 a.m, and you move into the clinic.

You’ve known your first patient, Bruno, a Great Dane, since he was a pup. You give him his checkup, update his 2. __________________, then pet him and chat with his owner. Next up is a young cat. You wrap her in a towel so she can’t scratch you, then quickly pull a rotten tooth. She glowers at you while you give her owner a 3. ________________ and some tips on how to administer it without losing a hand. You take a phone call while you prepare a batch of 4. _______________ for a litter of puppies. Hmm — a sick boa constrictor. Your experience with reptiles is limited, but Sandy keeps snakes, so you make an appointment for early tomorrow.

You eat lunch in the office, looking over your surgery appointments while the receptionist takes an hour off. Your sandwich is only half-eaten when the phone rings. Emergency! A horse has been injured in a traffic accident and is bleeding by the side of the road. You scrawl “CANCEL” through the list of afternoon 5. _________________, flick on the answering machine, and run to fetch Sandy and your emergency kit.

As soon as you arrive, you know the horse will be all right. She’s on her feet and her 6. __________________ are not life-threatening. You clean her up, check her over, and tell her owner to watch her carefully for the next few days. Then you race back to the clinic, phoning the receptionist en route so he can re-book your afternoon.

By the time you get back, the first patient has come and gone, but you still fill the afternoon with surgery. You finish with the young tomcat that has moved into the clinic porch because Sandy leaves food for him. You own two cats so you’re not going to take him home, but you will make sure he doesn’t father hundreds of homeless kittens. Then you notice what an exceptionally attractive tabby he is ... maybe you will take him home after all!

woundsprescription

filebookkeepingvaccinationsappointments


RoleProfile

Annual Vacation


Gross Monthly Pay: 1 week

Job Description: You are a full-time employee in a restaurant. You take orders from customers, serve them food and beverages, clean the tables, keep track of supplies, and help in the kitchen. You provide recommendations to guests on dishes to eat. Your work hours vary causing you to often work evenings and weekends.

Education & Training: You completed high school and then thought about professional certification, but you were already working as a kitchen helper and received a lot of on-the-job training. You worked your way up to a server’s position. Related school subjects: home economics, health, math, language arts, and social studies

Transferable Skills: You have good oral communication skills, good memory and work well with others. You enjoy helping people, you are professional, you manage money and time well.


551,300.00

Related Occupations: Banquet Server; Bartender; Line Cook; Kitchen HelperD-4

Food and Beverage ServerWith Hubert’s Fine Cuisine, 956 Foody Road





Food and Beverage Server

It’s 6:30 a.m., and the second you’re in the restaurant door, you start a pot of coffee. While the aroma fills the air, you upturn the chairs on the tables, drag out the vacuum cleaner, and work your way through the dining area to the coffee machine, where you stop for your first and best cup of the day. There’s no time to linger, though. You put away the vacuum, straighten the chairs, and give every surface in the place a good polishing. Then you check the supplies: milk, cream, sugar and sugar substitute, tea bags, coffee and filters, butter and margarine, ketchup and 1. ________________, sauces and jams, salt and pepper, and napkins and placemats. You also go through the cold drinks in the cooler.

Everything is tidy and you have a list of what you need. You pour coffee for the cook and cleaning person, give the cook your list, and hurry out of the kitchen before they think of something else for you to do. Then you set the tables, change into your fresh shirt and good shoes, scrub your hands and nails, and comb your hair. You check the 2. __________________in the cash register and, when the cook announces the day’s 3. ____________________, you write them on the board. At 7:30 a.m. you unlock the door.

Besides your job here — four day shifts a week — you also work three nights at The Blue Door, a chic restaurant downtown. It can be rough working the 4. _________________ here after the late nights there. Still, you like this job. It’s a friendly place, you’re on a first-name basis with most customers, and the boss gives you 5. ___________________ and treats you as an equal. At The Blue Door, the maitre d’ checks your fingernails as if you were a child, and the kitchen is like a war zone. But the food is better, the tips are great, and you can practice your French when the chef isn’t too busy. You toss back your second cup of coffee before the 6. ________________ arrive. The bakery guy stops on his way to the kitchen and you pluck the bag of rolls from his box. Right on his heels, as usual, is the travel agent from next door. Black coffee, soft-boiled egg, whole wheat toast — coming right up! So much for a quiet moment. It will be at least three hours before you sit down again for fifteen minutes before the lunch rush. But at least you have tonight off. You definitely plan to spend it sitting down, with your feet up, looking through the community college calendar. You’ve been thinking lately about adding a few business courses to your busy schedule. You can see yourself running a restaurant some day. Why not?

balancecondimentsearly shiftdeliveriesspecials

responsibility


RoleProfile

Annual Vacation



Job Description: You are employed by an electrical contractor and work primarily in Industrial, Commercial and Institutional (ICI) construction and also do some residential work. You install, connect, and maintain electrical systems. You work with blueprints that show the locations of circuits, outlets, lighting and distribution equipment such as panelboards, transformers and switchgears. You install conduit wire, boxes and fittings as well as lighting and other systems such as fire alarms and nurse calls. Then you use testing equipment to check the circuits for proper connections. You use both hand and power tools, and your work can be strenuous as well as dangerous.

Education & Training: You completed high school then entered an approved electrician apprenticeship program. You spent 4 years as an apprentice, which included 144 hours/year in classroom studies learning about electri-cal theory, blueprint reading, electrical code requirements, safety and first aid. You also spent about 2,000 hours/year on-the-job practicing installation techniques, installing conduits and equipment, and testing wiring. After 4 years you passed the state exam and were certified. Required school subjects are mathematics, English, and physics. Electronics, drafting, and tech ed are an added benefit.

Transferable Skills: You have good manual dexterity and color vision and are agile. You read and understand blueprints, the US Electrical Code and job documentation including installation manuals, specification sheets and con-tract documents. You are able to select the right equipment for the job and troubleshoot problems. You are thorough and careful to ensure safety. You use math daily and manage time well.

Career Cluster: Architecture and Construction

37.53,630.00

Related Occupations: Industrial electrician, construction & maintenance electrician,

network cabling specialistD-5

ElectricianWith Turnbull Electrics, 5500 Sparks Drive





Electrician

You wake up excited because this will be your first day on a new job. The electrical contracting com-pany you work for is installing the electrical systems in a food processing plant. You know that part of the reason you won the contract is because of your company’s attention to safety, and its 1. __________________ for wiring to code. As project foreman, you are very aware that you have to live up to the company’s reputation

The building is complex, and it took close work with the electrical consultant to come up with work-ing 2. __________________. You arrive early to review the blueprints. Then, you tour the entranceway of the building, where your crew will start work in the afternoon.

You mark the walls where the 3. __________________ and switchgear will be located. By the time you are finished, you are hot, tired, and pretty dusty from crawling through some of the spaces where you will be installing 4. __________________.

Lunchtime is spent scheduling your crew’s work for the week. You have to work around the other sub-contractors on the job. In addition to the electrical installation, there is plumbing to be installed, machinery to be delivered, and finish work to be completed. Organizing a worksite this big is not easy; everyone needs to be flexible. Being able to 5. __________________ your crew’s work-time accu-rately is important not only to you but also for coordinating with the other sub-contractors.

After lunch you check to make sure the power is coming into the building where planned, and then start working with your crew 6. __________________ holes where the in-coming service will enter the building. In addition to understanding the electrical code, you and your crew members have to under-stand the local building codes to properly wire the building.

Today wasn’t a bad first day on the job. Tomorrow your crew will finish drilling in the building entrance and begin installing the conduit. By the end of the week you should be able to install the in-coming cables and begin setting the main switchgear in the first section of the building.

in-coming servicereputation

conduitdrillingestimate

electrical schematics


RoleProfile

Annual Vacation



Job Description: You are a full-time employee of the school board, teaching high school French. You are at school from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and spend afternoons and evenings planning lessons and grading assignments. You also help with after-school activities and meet with parents. You work regular hours from September to June. Throughout the year and some summers, you participate in the French Overseas Exchange Program your school offers to kids. You and a group of students travel to France to learn and live together for four weeks. You all get excellent practice not only in speaking French but also in living in the local community.

Education & Training: You completed high school, studied at a university for four years to earn a Bachelor’s Degree in French, then took one extra year to earn your Degree in Education. Related school subjects: French, social studies, and language arts.

Transferable Skills: You have excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You are well-organized, bilingual, and have a good understanding of teenagers. You are enthusiastic about learning and enjoy motivating others to want to learn.

Career Cluster: Education and Training

453,980.00

Related Occupations: Health educator, graduate teaching sssistant, vocational education

teacher, postsecondary, elementary school teacher, instructional coordinator, teacher assistant D-6

Secondary School TeacherWith Wilfred High School, 818 Crest Street





Secondary School Teacher

It’s Friday, 7:30 a.m. and you’re reviewing your morning’s lesson plans over a cup of coffee in the quiet 1.____________________ room. It’s a tranquil contrast to the classroom. Everyone there, as usual, is chattering loudly when you arrive at 8 a.m. You tell them: “Talk as much as you like, mais en français, s’il vous plait!” Then you launch them into 20 minutes of French 2. __________________. It’s harder to settle them for the pen-and-paper part of the lesson: writing a paragraph, 3. _________________ each other’s work, and reviewing new vocabulary. The next class is just as excited. How can they help it? Their big exchange trip starts tomorrow.

You spend your lunch hour on the phone, making sure everything is in place for tomorrow’s departure for Québec. You and the two classes will spend Easter vacation visiting two francophone English classes you’ve been corresponding with all year. When school is over, the Québecois students will visit you for a few days and your students will host the guests in their homes. This is the best way for students to learn French, you believe, but it’s a huge 4. __________________ and a worry. It’s taken weeks to plan and you’re a little nervous about those students leaving home for the first time. You always knew you wanted to be a teacher, but you didn’t know it would be such a big commitment!

After lunch, you supervise two consecutive classes studying in the library. They behave themselves, so you use the time to check into a classroom connection web service. It might give your students a way to connect via voice and text with French-speaking counterparts in classrooms around the world, including places where where 5. _________________ are very unique.

When the students go home, you stay to correct 6. __________________ and quizzes, attend a teachers’ meeting, and make up lesson plans for the day after the trip. You’d love to drop into your favorite blues bar this evening, but you still have to pack and you have your own advanced conversational French class at the university tonight. Oh well, “C’est la vie!”

responsibilityaccents

homeworkconversation

stafftranslating


RoleProfile

Annual Vacation



Job Description: You work full-time in a busy drugstore. You spend a lot of time communicating with customers and doctors. You dispense medication to customers by calculating and mixing the quantities of drugs and other ingredients required and filling appropriate containers with correct quantity. You also check prescriptions for proper dosage and provide information and advice regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage and proper medication storage. You order and maintain stock of pharmaceutical supplies and you also ensure proper preparation, packaging, distribution and storage of vaccines, serums, biological and other drugs and pharmaceuticals. Now and then, you conduct specialized health clinics and participate in community outreach programs, by visiting retirement homes for example.

Education & Training: You completed high school, then attended college for three years, studying health sciences. You transferred to an accredited pharmacy school where you received your Pharm. D. Degree. To obtain your license you passed the North American Pharmacist Licensure Exam (NAPLEX) and the Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Exam (MPJE). Related school subjects: chemistry, math, biology, physics and health.

Transferable Skills: You have a genuine interest in providing clinical care for people, and enjoy tasks requiring precision and organized methods, syn-thesizing information and solving problems. You have strong mathematical and computation, organizational and communication skills, including a high degree of integrity, attention to detail, good judgment and you work well under pressure.

Career Cluster: Health Science

407,900.00

Related Occupations: Biologist and related scientist, chemist or technical sales specialistD-7

PharmacistWith Pharma Drug Mart, 1450 Prescription Road





Pharmacist

On your way to work you hear on the radio about the prices of some medication going up and worry about some of your customers. They are older, and their incomes are fixed. Will they be able to afford their 1. __________________ ? When you get to work at 7:30 a.m. your mind shifts to all that you have to do. First you make sure the previous day’s prescriptions are filled and ready for 2. _______________ to pick up. It must have been a busy night at the clinic because you have 12 separate prescriptions to fill before a customer has even entered the store! You pass the medications to the pharmacy technician who works with you so she can count out the proper number of tablets and fill the containers. Once the 12 prescriptions are ready, you check to ensure that they are the proper medication and at the right 3. __________________ . Later, you dispose of medications that are considered a biohazard.

Within minutes the phone begins ringing with doctors calling in 4. __________________ for their patients. You spend quite a bit of time on the phone with different doctors to confirm customer pre-scriptions, refill requests and to discuss drug therapy. Between two telephone conversations with doc-tors, you dispense pharmaceuticals to customers who walk to the counter with their prescription. You calculate and mix the quantities of drugs and other ingredients required and fill appropriate containers with the correct quantity. Every time you prepare medication for customers, you then 5. ____________ them on indications, contraindications, side effects, drug interactions and dosage.

Allergy season has begun, and the medications for them seem to just fly out the door. You ask the pharmacy technician to note which ones need to be reordered, and ask her to add Cell-FX to her order, as you sold the last bottle yesterday to a lady who had severe bone and joint pain.

Noontime … you get out to buy a sandwich and find a place to sit in the park. It feels good to sit down for a little break because even if your work does not involve much physical activity, you spend most of your time standing,

The afternoon goes by quickly because you are busy with customers most of the time. At the end of the day, you lock up certain 6. __________________ for safety and security, calculate the number of prescriptions filled, and sign out the till before you head home. Tomorrow will be another full work-day.

dosagemedicationscustomers

advisedrugs

prescriptions


RoleProfile

Annual Vacation



Job Description: You are a full time employee at a small custom cabinetry shop. You specialize in working with wood and produce custom cabinets from drawings. You set up and operate saws, planers, sanders and other wood working machinery for making furniture. You take pride in the high quality products you produce. Generally you work regular hours, but if there is a special job you will work longer hours and on weekends to ensure the job is done on time.

Education & Training: You completed high school and shop class was your favorite class. You entered the Cabinet Maker Apprenticeship program and worked as an apprentice for four years to learn the craft. Related school subjects: math, science, technical studies, wood shop, and language arts.

Transferable Skills: You enjoy building things and can visualize finished products from an idea or drawing. You enjoy work with precise specifications. You have good math, manual and conceptual skills and are creative. You are knowledgeable about wood, machinery and furniture. You know first aid and good industrial safety practices. You work well independently and on a team.

Career Cluster: Architecture and Construction

402,250.00

Related Occupations: Woodworker, carpenterD-8

Cabinet MakerWith Cabinets Unlimited, 101 Quality Boulevard





You arrive at work at 7:30 a.m. It’s a bit earlier than usual, but you are working on a special project and you want to get a good start on the day. You arrive at the small specialty shop and unlock the door. Only you and two others work here supplying high-end custom cabinets to the local market. Your products are increasingly recognized as very high quality, and you are starting to sell some of your products internationally. Your favorite jobs are the small custom jobs where you have lots of interaction with your clients. Some even give you creative license to 1. __________________ the projects yourself.

Today you are working on one of those projects. It is a specialty display case for a client who collects antique car models, and it’s your design. The main cabinet was assembled yesterday. The sides were attached to the top and bottom with 2. __________________ glued in and then the whole assembly was clamped overnight to allow the glue to cure. You undo the clamps and put them away and move the cabinet to the sanding area. You put on your safety 3. __________________, ear plugs, a dust mask and an apron to protect you from the messy, but satisfying job ahead. You use the electric hand sander to begin the process of sanding and polishing the cabinet to a fine finish. All the while you keep your eye out for any imperfections that will need to be touched up in the final finishing of the project. Once you are done you move the piece to the finishing room where you will rub in a beautiful stain to achieve the desired color, but not today.

You notice Ed has joined you in the shop by now. Today you must start building the drawers. You remove your dust mask and apron and double check the 4. __________________ to find the correct size of parts you will need. Then you start with the first steps of processing the wood, using the jointer, planer and 5. __________________ to create the parts. The customer has requested a high quality dovetail joint to hold the drawer box together. You set up the router with the appropriate bit to machine the joint and you start cutting the wood. Before you know it, it is lunch time.

You sit down in the small office with Ed and Bill to eat your lunch. Today you will discuss some options for hardware for an upcoming job, a full 6. __________________ for a luxury condo. You will have to order the hardware soon to ensure you can complete this job on time. After lunch you assemble the drawers and put them in the clamps for the night, ready to be sanded tomorrow. A shower and a hot meal sounds like a great way to end your day.

dowelsdrawingsdesignkitchen

table sawgogglesCabinet Maker


RoleProfile

Annual Vacation



Job Description: You are employed full-time in a large hotel. Working the day shift at the front desk, you ensure that guests have a positive and enjoyable experience not only in the property but in the local region as well. You typically perform guest functions such as selling rooms; taking, modifying and cancelling reservations; and processing guest arrivals and departures. In addition, you are required to manage financial transactions, use technology, communicate well, and oversee areas of guest security and safety. In some properties, they are expected to perform the combined jobs of guest services attendant, switchboard operator, night auditor and concierge. You work regular hours with occasional overtime on weekends, especially during holidays.

Education & Training: You graduated from high school, and then completed a Hotel Front Office Reception Certificate in a college. Related school subjects: geography, social studies, language arts and math.

Transferable Skills: You have excellent interpersonal skills, are very well-organized, you can communicate, and solve problems well. You are professional and genuinely enjoy helping people.


37.51,540.00

Related Occupations: Guest services attendant, switchboard operator, night auditor, conciergeD-9

Front Desk AgentWith ShadyRest Inn, 100 Peace Street





Front Desk Agent

You arrive at work at 7:45 a.m., giving yourself fifteen minutes to be sure you look sensational in your hotel uniform. Then you take over your post at the front desk, checking the 1. ______________on your computer to see who will be arriving today. You can already see a problem coming your way this afternoon. The first wave of a large business convention is arriving on an early flight right after lunch. Twenty-seven of them will be here trying to check in before their rooms are available. Oh well, first things first. You check the balance in the cash drawer, fill the candy dish, make sure that you have slips for all the major credit cards neatly stacked in their slots, and straighten up the rack of tourist information brochures.

You answer the phone constantly, responding to 2. ______________ from the hotel guests. They need to know what time the spa opens, how to call the laundry service, where they can find a baby-sitter, if there is a vegetarian restaurant in town, what time the airport shuttle leaves, and so on, every few minutes, all day long. Your first guests of the day arrive and you greet them warmly, 3. _____________them, and chat for a couple of minutes. Answering questions is one of your main functions. Taking 4. ______________ is another small, but important, service that you perform. You let Zoe’s parents know that she is in the pool and tell Mr. Forbes that his party is waiting for him in the coffee shop.

Next, you do what you can to minimize your problem with the convention reservations. First you call guests who are leaving today to ask what time they will be checking out. You are so calm and pleasant that they never realize that you are reminding them that check-out time is 1:00 p.m. You also let the housekeeping manager know that the cleaning staff will have to be ready to move fast and give her the numbers of the rooms you need first. Your own manager says he’ll work on the desk with you to help deal with the traffic jam, so you relax. It’s not a real 5. ______________ after all, like last week when a kid set off a fire alarm and an elderly gentleman sprained his ankle running down the stairs.

You work at the computer until lunch time doing the bills for guests that are leaving. If there are any further charges for meals, services, or phone calls, you’ll have to do them over again, but if you’re lucky this will save you valuable time when everybody is lined up and waiting for you. Then you take an early lunch. On your way back to your desk, you find the 6. ______________ captain and let him know what is coming his way. He has a word with his staff, showing them where to stack the incoming luggage neatly in the lobby while the guests wait for rooms to become available. Then you straighten your collar, line up your pens and registration cards, and smile as the first convention delegates come through the main doors. By the time you have them all straightened away with their room keys, your day is done.

messagesbellhop

reservationsemergency

registerinquiries


RoleProfile

Annual Vacation



Job Description: You are a full-time employee at a travel agency, transportation and tourism firm, or a hotel chain. You provide information about travel destinations, prices, and schedules. You make bookings and reservations, prepare tickets and receive payment. You sometimes travel to expand your knowledge of destinations. You work regular weekday hours.

Education & Training: You completed high school, and took travel counselling courses at a community college. Related school subjects: geography, social studies, math, and language arts.

Transferable Skills: You are enthusiastic about travel, well-organized, have good communications and interpersonal skills. You also have great writing, math and computer skills.


37.52,430.00

Related Occupations: Guest services agent, local tour guide, reservation sales agent, special events coordinator, Ticket agent, tour operator, tourism visitor information counselor,

flight attendant

D-10

Travel CounselorWith DestiNations Travel, 5500 Sunny Drive





You arrive at the travel agency at 8:45 a.m., open the safe, and check the balance in the cash register. Then you sit at your computer workstation surrounded by color posters of exotic travel 1. _____________ and start printing the tickets you’ll need today, rush jobs first. Most of these are for business travelers. They’re the most demanding and always in a hurry, but you like them — they make up 70 percent of your agency’s business. Next, you do the easy ones, mailing some and putting others aside for people who will pick them up, like the young couple who walk in the door as you finish. Sarah and Jamie, staff at an Italian restaurant downtown, have been saving tips for two years for a tour of the great cities of Italy. You have helped them plan all along, but you know that their adventure only becomes real now, the moment the 2. _______________ are in their hands. Their excitement makes you feel happy, too.

After a quick lunch and a stroll to refresh you, you’re back at your computer working on more difficult 3. ____________. Your computer is linked to the airlines’ systems, so when you reserve a seat from your desk, they know it’s sold. You’ve been trying for days to get 20 seats on the same plane for a school trip. Suddenly you see a 4. _____________ that leaves 21 seats on a suitable flight. You quickly key in 20 reservations, then phone the class teacher to announce your success. You’re pleased with yourself, and it’s a safe bet that other agents are kicking themselves, because they didn’t spot the cancelled seats as fast as you did.

Throughout the afternoon you answer questions, quote 5. _______________ over the phone, and serve walk-in customers. You also spend an hour with an adventure tour operator, going over the tours planned for next year. Late in the day, you receive a crisis call. A good customer is stranded in Timbuktu because someone, maybe even you, tore the wrong coupon out of her ticket book. She now has no 6. _______________ ticket and she is really mad! You tell the airline agent to bill a return ticket to your company. Eventually you’ll find the missing coupon and get a refund.

Your day ends on the best possible note. The head office calls with two familiarization tours to Russia. You all take turns going on these free trips and you’re up next. It will work perfectly with your schedule!

pricesdestinationscancellation

returnreservations

ticketsTravel Counselor


RoleProfile

Annual Vacation



Job Description: You are a full-time employee at an airline company. You provide ongoing maintenance to airplanes, engines, and their major compo-nents. You also provide regular line maintenance as well as periodic inspec-tions. As a result of these inspections, you overhaul, repair, or replace com-ponents and parts. You work regular hours and occasionally on weekends, when necessary.

Education & Training: You completed high school, then attended a Federal Aviation Association certified mechanic school. You passed the exam to become certified as an Aircraft Service Technician, but must take 16 hours of training every 24 months to keep your certificate current. Related school subjects: math, physics, chemistry, English, electronics and computer sci-ence.

Transferable Skills: You can repair many different types of aircraft such as jets, propeller-driven airplanes and helicopters. You enjoy working in a fast paced, technology driven environment and adapt well to change. You are a perfectionist with excellent communication skills and an unshake-able commitment to safety. You demonstrate good mechanical skills and the knowledge to use manuals and drawings. You have the ability to read and understand complex directions. You are very knowledgeable in installation selection of equipment.

Career Cluster: Transportation, Distribution and Logistics

404,000.00

Related Occupations: Aircraft mechanic, aircraft engine specialist, aircraft lead hand,

aircraft supervisor, director of maintenance, avionics maintenance technician

automotive specialty technician

D-11

Aircraft Maintenance TechnicianWith Stratosphere Air, 909 Sky Way





Aircraft Maintenance Technician

You arrive at work at 7 a.m. You pull on your overalls then report to the line maintenance desk for your first task, preparing an aircraft for flight. You complete the aircraft maintenance documentation and, since you hold an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME) license, you will not only prepare the aircraft for flight but also sign for any maintenance release. With your first task in hand you obtain the proper 1.___________ and report to your 2. _____________ who will direct you to the aircraft requiring work.

Once you have arrived you check and replenish the aircraft 3. _____________ such as lubricants, fuel and oil. You then inspect the 4. _____________ for wear and damage. Once this task is complete, you check and adjust the tire pressure. With these accomplished tasks you inform your supervisor that the aircraft is now ready for dispatch. You return to the line maintenance desk and complete the paper-work documenting that the work has been performed.

At the line maintenance desk your supervisor informs you of your second task, which is to repair an aircraft with a minor fuel leak. You obtain the proper tools for the job and make your way toward the aircraft. Your first step is to inspect the engine 5. _____________ systems and components. Then, you troubleshoot and repair the engine fuel systems and components. Following completion of the repair you perform operational tests on the engine fuel systems. Good news! These tests indicate the repair has been successful. You return to the line maintenance desk, complete paperwork documenting that the work has been performed, and advise your supervisor the job is complete.

With two jobs completed you take an early lunch break before starting work on your last job of the day. This task requires replacing an aircraft propeller that has been worn beyond its limit. You have been informed that this job will require a significant amount of your time. Eager to start the task you report to the line maintenance desk, complete the required paperwork, and report to your supervisor who directs you to the propeller requiring maintenance.

Your first task is to remove the propellers from the aircraft and to install new ones. Following this installation, you repair and adjust the propeller components and sub-assemblies. Then you perform an operational test of the propeller systems. This involves starting the airplane engine in the run-up area and operating the variable pitch 6. _____________ to test its functionality. This test proves successful and you return to the line maintenance desk, complete the required paper documentation, and advise your supervisor the propeller maintenance has been completed. With your third and final task of the day completed you return your tools, remove your coveralls, and head home for the day!

tirestoolsfluids

propellersupervisor

fuel


RoleProfile

Annual Vacation


Gross Monthly Pay:

Job Description: You work full-time at a private research company fo-cused on identifying and preventing environment pollution. You sometimes work long or irregular hours when monitoring an experiment. Much of your work is performed outdoors, sometimes in remote locations. You collect samples of gases, soils, water, and other substances for testing for pollut-ants. Sometimes you are called upon to investigate hazardous spills or waste management operations. Working under the supervision of an environmental scientist, you may initiate procedures to close down establishments violat-ing environmental regulations. You also record test data and prepare written reports interpreting that data.

Education & Training: After graduating from high school, you went on to an Engineering School to complete a 2-year Environmental Science Techni-cian program. Some days, you think going back to school for one more year to get your Chemical Engineering Technology- Environmental Diploma would be a good idea. This program offers a co-op option with three paid work place-ments that would provide valuable experience and professional contacts. Re-lated school subjects: biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, and geology.

Transferable Skills: You have excellent communication skills, both oral and written. You work well with others, are organized, have an eye for de-tail, and a skill in interpreting scientific results. You have good mechanical aptitude and are an analytical thinker. You are responsible and have good decision-making skills.

Career Cluster: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources

3,175.0040+

2 weeks

Related Occupations: Environmental compliance inspector, soil scientist, chemist,

food science technician, chemical technician, forensic science technician

D-12

Environmental ScienceTechnician

With EchoPlanet, 34 Technology Boulevard





Environmental ScienceTechnician

water qualityconclusionspollutantstechnology

accurateequipment

Your firm has been selected to investigate the effects of unstable emissions from a manufacturing plant up north. You and your team have been assigned to a remote location where you will be studying air quality, dust, and water looking for 1. _____________ and environmental hazards. This could be very expensive for the manufacturer if you find what you think you will. You leave at 4:30 a.m. and are on site by 8:00 a.m. On the drive up you had time to review the federal and state environmental laws.

On site, you begin the tedious, but necessary task of setting up 2. _____________. Because your team is working together for the first time, the scientist leading this effort will be assigning duties. You have an assortment of air monitoring equipment including a bioaerosol impactor, for which you are responsible. You take a quick walk around the designated area for collection of samples and make decisions about where the results will be most 3. ____________. Once the equipment has been located, as the most experienced of the technicians, you retire to the van where you will be initiating the computer modeling program chosen for this project.

Today 4. ____________ is working and the computers are humming happily, phones function and ‘base camp’ is set up. You gather for lunch before collecting the first samples.

You have results from similar testing done five years ago, and another of the team members is pull-ing that up to review. You head out to the stream nearby to help set up the 5. ______________ testing system. It’s a beautiful day, not too warm, but the water is frigid. After choosing a site along the stream where the water is not running too fast, you suit up in gators and heavy rubber gloves to install the re-covery tubing. By the time you finish, you are wet, cold, tired, and hungry.

Getting back to the camp, you hear excited talk. Apparently, initial testing results are beginning to come in. No 6. ____________ can be made this early in the game, however, it appears that there have been significant changes in the amount of pollutants found in some of the remaining snow gathered today. Your dedication to the scientific method and accuracy keep you from making any judgements, but you are intrigued by these initial findings and look forward to tomorrow when you will be analyzing some air samples.

Meanwhile, a good meal and night’s sleep are in order.


RoleProfile

Annual Vacation


Gross Monthly Pay:

Job Description: You are a self-employed computer systems analyst specializing in the needs of small businesses, which often cannot support an in-house computer support staff. You are often hired for a month or more of consultation designing a new system, enhancing an existing system, adding new software applications, or linking systems to facilitate sharing of informa-tion. As a consultant you can often set your own hours, but frequently you find yourself working nights and weekends when your clients’ workforce is not in the office. You telecommute when possible. You particularly enjoy the constantly changing nature of your work.

Education & Training: While in high school you became fascinated with computers and were often called upon to assist in the computer lab, troubleshooting software and hardware glitches. You attended university and completed a four-year program to receive your Bachelor’s Degree in Manage-ment Information Systems. Your coursework included business and manage-ment oriented classes and business computing courses. Related school sub-jects: algebra, calculus, language arts, physics, graphic design, and science.

Transferable Skills: You are naturally inquisitive and have strong prob-lem-solving and analytical skills. You think logically and have excellent communication skills. You are able to concentrate, listen critically, and are detail-oriented. You work well as part of a team. You have excellent math skills and an eye for design.

Career Cluster: Information Technology

5,800.0050

4 weeks

Related Occupations: Computer programmer, computer software engineer,computer and information systems manager, engineer, mathematician,

statician, operations research analyst

D-13

Computer Systems AnalystWith Future Computers, 38 Island Way





Computer Systems Analyst

data modelingconnectionupdatingformat

prototypehardware

Your security clearance came through last week. Today you are beginning a new job assessing and 1. _____________ the computer system of the city’s homeland defense unit. When you bid on the proj-ect, you focused on increasing their capacity to communicate, not only within the country, but globally. You’ve been researching the kinds of software they may be able to use. You also have some ideas of your own about designing a unique package based on their complex needs.

Arriving on-site, you are impressed by the security. A meeting has been set up for you to meet two of the field operatives, the director, and the IT staff to discuss their particular needs. You will need to deter-mine what computer 2. ____________ and software they already have and if it can be modified to meet those needs. You’ve spent some time already studying the specifications and have drawn up a list of suggestions. This first meeting, however, is a chance for you to listen and learn.

You leave the meeting with a pretty good idea of the goal for the re-design, and move into the cubicle that will be your ‘home’ for the next few weeks. After setting up your equipment, checking to see that your network 3. _____________ is completely secured, and loading software currently used, you begin designing your plan of attack. First, you analyze the goals and divide probable solutions into individual steps and procedures. From this you will be able to begin 4. ____________ and information engineering to build a prototype of the system. You are prone to getting caught up in the excitement of a new project and, true to form, it is 3:00 p.m. before you stop for lunch!

After lunch you map out your next steps. First, you will need to have another meeting to identify the inputs to be accessed by the system, design the processing steps, and then 5. ____________ the output to meet your client’s specifications. The strict security of this job makes it particularly difficult. You de-sign your personal flow chart, creating a ‘road map’ for you to follow as you proceed. It’s important for you to build in a significant amount of time devoted to ‘debugging’ the system after a trial period. And, the more you get into this initial design phase, the more you believe that you will be actually designing some unique software. Could it be a 6. _____________ for other such agencies???

Excited about the project that will unfold over the next few weeks, you carefully sign-out, lock up, and leave for the day with your head still spinning.


RoleProfile

Annual Vacation


Gross Monthly Pay:

Related Occupations: Geologist, geophysicist, prospector, earth scientist,environmental earth scientist

Job Description: You are a full-time employee at a mining company. You work in an office, but also go out into the field at exploration sites. You drive quad vehicles, snowmobiles and fly in bush planes and helicopters to reach the remote sites. You map out exploration sites, examine rocks and identify potential drill sites to look for minerals beneath the surface in the rock. You work in the office but also have the opportunity to travel near and far to explo-ration sites.

Education & Training: You completed high school, then studied at a university for four years to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology. You could have studied for another two years to earn a Masters of Science in Ge-ology, but you decided not to, not for now anyways. Related school subjects: math, calculus, physics, biology and/or chemistry.

Transferable Skills: You are able to collect and analyze data in an effi-cient format and work well on your own. You are able to understand and use computer programs to help with your analyses. You enjoy the outdoors and are easily adaptable to different environments.


6,055.00

403 weeks

D-14

GeoscientistWith Northern Mining, 1420 Gold Street





Geologist

You arrive at the office at 7 a.m., check your e-mail messages and organize your workload for the day. Once organized, you’re off into the field, driving your 1. ______________ to reach the exploration site. You have to drive a little ways before you get there, but you don’t mind the drive. In fact, you actually enjoy it!

After reaching the site, you check in with the drill crew to see how drilling is progressing. Things are go-ing well. You look at the 2. ________________ from drilling in order to identify the rock types.

In the afternoon, you return to the office and enter your sampling data into the computer. The computer program presents the data in a 3. ______________________ format. After analyzing the data, you look at maps to determine new drill-hole targets based on the evidence available. It’s challenging and it can also be very rewarding. If you discover a new 4. ________________ based on your drill-hole evidence, the payoff for the company, its shareholders and the community can be huge. It can be very exciting!

Not all days in 5. ________________ are your typical day at the office. You enjoy working in the field, especially when it means finding yourself camping out in the bush for the night. You like the adventur-ous aspect of your work.

6. ________________ geology even offers the opportunity to travel the world, depending on your min-ing company’s interests. Some geologists travel to exotic locations such as Guinea, West Africa, Chile or Ecuador, to supervise drilling programs. You haven’t had a chance to go to these exotic locations yet, but you sure wish to go in the future. And on those pleasant thoughts, you realize it’s getting late. So you turn off your computer and return home to the modern day conveniences. Even though you’re not in an exotic location, you’re looking forward to the exciting challenges of the next day.

ore bodyfieldquad

explorationthree-dimensional

core samples


RoleProfile

Annual Vacation


Gross Monthly Pay:

Related Occupations: Cook, pastry cook, cake decorator, baking instructor, baking supplies salesperson within the baking industry

Job Description: You work for a big restaurant downtown where everyone loves to go to enjoy your exquisite desserts. Your pastries, cakes and chocolate are well-known, and people who come to the restaurant have a hard time re-sisting the sweet treats you prepare. But as a baker, you do not just bake cakes and pastries. You also produce breads and loaves of all kinds. You usually follow recipes, but in some cases you create them. You assemble supplies and equipment needed for baking activities, cutting, weighing and shaping dough into uniform portions. You inspect all products for quality and freshness, pre-pare displays, clear and maintain your work area and equipment, and review production schedules to determine the variety and quantity of goods to bake.

Education & Training: You completed high school, then completed an 18-month apprenticeship program for bakers. Related school subjects: math, home economics, language arts, chemistry, and social studies.

Transferable Skills: You have a flair for working with your hands, pro-viding suggestions and preparing quality “home style” baked foods. You are reliable, with good time-management skills and the ability to work well under pressure. You have basic analytical and organizational skills, and the ability to read recipes, follow directions, prepare baking and expense reports, and schedule production. You have strong interpersonal communication skills and are able to deal effectively with staff and customers.


401,840.00

2 weeks

D-15

BakerWith Smiley Bakery, 1925 Flour Drive





Baker

suppliesartistic

inventorycustomersdisplayscreations

You arrive at the restaurant at 5 a.m. The first thing you do is check to see that yesterday’s production schedule for today was completed. You always work one day ahead so that your 1. ________________ is full prior to the restaurant opening the following business day.

After checking the production schedule, you assemble 2. ________________ and equipment needed for today’s baking activities. There is a reservation for a 60 person group at the end of the day so you have to prepare more loaves, bread and buns than you usually prepare for a regular day. Plus they are cel-ebrating a production record and they want a huge carrot cake with “1801 tons” written on it.

So in order to have everything ready on time, you get busy. You sort out the tools, equipment and cook-ing and mixing utensils you will need to prepare what’s needed. Then you cut, weigh and shape the dough for baking the loaves, bread and buns before inserting it into the oven. While they are cooking, you prepare an assortment of pastries. When the goods are ready to come out, you prepare merchandise 3. ________________ that customers admire as soon as they walk in.

You find that by mid-afternoon you are working mainly on the everyday chores, rotating stock, facing displays, and maintaining your working area clean. But it’s now time to attack the carrot cake. Your flair for working with your hands and your 4. ________________ eye in producing deserts and pastries are skills that get you noticed. And when you have a cake like this to prepare, you certainly don’t want to let the 5. ________________ down. Once it’s done, you feel good, you are proud of what you’ve accom-plished and you believe this creation will please the customers in every way.

You then plan and prepare dough for tomorrow’s inventory, and you also order supplies and stocks from suppliers. Your day is just about over, and the night shift line cook is in now. You give him a few tips about not heating the buns too much before serving them to the customers, then you go home to rest and think of what 6. ________________ you could come up with tomorrow


RoleProfile

Annual Vacation


Gross Monthly Pay:

Mine Site SurveyorWith Mother Lode Ventures, 1000 Discovery Drive

Related Occupations: Geologist, mining engineer,mining technician, miner

Job Description: You work in a mine site taking measurements that are crucial to geologists and mining engineers. You are responsible for preparing and updating the surface and underground plans of a mine. You take survey “shots” in the mine and then head back to the office to plan the direction and extent of all underground workings using advanced surveying techniques, instruments, and software.

Education & Training: You completed high school and went to college for a mine technician or technologist diploma. You then acquired specialized on-site training as needed.

Transferable Skills: You are detail oriented and accurate. You have ex-cellent spatial orientation (i.e., sense of space, direction, elevation). You have a high level of respect for established safety procedures and regulations.


405,400.00

2 weeks

D-16





Mine Site Surveyor

valuesmonitor

mineunderground

downloadreports

You arrive at the office at 6 a.m., and check the mine activity 1. ________________ from the previous shift to determine where surveying is required today. You then organize your schedule for the morning. Next, you change into your work clothes, hardhat and boots, collect your equipment and prints of mine layouts needed for the shift and prepare to get to the work faces (i.e., the places where active mining is occurring).

You head off to the work faces, either in your vehicle to the pit, or in the “cage” (mine elevator), that takes you 2. ___________________. When you arrive at the work faces, you set up your surveying equipment. You then take survey “shots” that measure the mining activity completed over the past 24 hours. You have several locations to visit this morning, so you have to 3. ___________________ your time to complete the work on schedule. That way, you can get the mid-day cage to the surface.

Back in the office, you 4. _____________________ all the data collected in your survey instruments into your computer. You then use the survey software to draw maps for the engineers, geologists and mine supervisors. Once that’s done, you distribute the maps and prepare to do a short surveying job for a new roadway on the mine property.

You don’t have to visit all the working faces every day, but you enjoy getting around visiting the various areas of the 5. __________________. You like keeping up to date with what’s happening in the produc-tion areas.

You enjoy knowing that your job is an essential one on the mine property. It enables the miners, engi-neers and geologists to do their planning and tracking tasks as well as possible, with current informa-tion. You also know that your company 6. ____________________ your job skills. You can move to other mining operations in your company if that is what you decide you want to do.

Role Profiles Set D - Mr. Beals...

Documents

Transcript of Role Profiles Set D - Mr. Beals...