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This covers a wide area of skills. Anyone who has a ’trade’. From building to a metal worker to someone skilled in painting and decorating a house. See sub-skills to find your trade.
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Plumbing is any system that conveys fluids for a wide range of applications. Plumbing uses pipes, valves, plumbing fixtures, tanks, and other apparatuses to convey fluids.
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Carpentry is a skilled trade and a craft in which the primary work performed is the cutting, shaping and installation of building materials during the construction of buildings, ships, timber bridges, concrete formwork, etc.
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Bricklayers lay bricks, pre-cut stone and concrete blocks in mortar. They construct, extend and repair domestic and commercial buildings, and other structures such as foundations, walls, chimneys or decorative masonry work.
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A plasterer is a tradesman who works with plaster, such as forming a layer of plaster on an interior wall or plaster decorative moldings on ceilings or walls. The process of creating plasterwork, called […]
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A roofer, roof mechanic, or roofing contractor is a tradesperson who specializes in roof construction. Roofers replace, repair, and install the roofs of buildings, using a variety of materials, including shingles, […]
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These are painting and decorating skills applied primarily to structures. See ”Creative” section for artistic/fine art painting skills.
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I am used to farming life, and the daily choices of cleaning and feeding livestock to doing whatever is needed around the farm depending on the season.
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Harvesting is the process of gathering a ripe crop from the fields. Reaping is the cutting of grain or pulse for harvest, typically using a scythe, sickle, or reaper. On smaller farms with minimal mechanization, […]
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Wildlife rehabilitation is a profession involving the treatment and care of sick, injured or orphaned wild animals with the goal of releasing healed animals back to their natural habitat.
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All skills involved with livestock farming: animals handling, feeding and cleaning.
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Agricultural managers or farm managers are responsible for the daily planning, organisation, supervision and administration of activities on farm estates. Typical responsibilities include: organising sales and […]
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Permaculture is an approach to land management and philosophy that adopts arrangements observed in flourishing natural ecosystems. It includes a set of design principles derived using whole systems thinking. It […]
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Education and work experience in soil management, including sampling, fertility analysis, fertilizer reccomendation, and remediation
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Agricultural consultants give specialist advice to agricultural and farming businesses to help them with technical, financial and commercial matters. As an agricultural consultant or adviser, you’ll work to ensure […]
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Measure the health of a river or waterway based on the count and type of macro-invertebrates found in a water sample.
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Metalworking skills such as blacksmithing, welding, fabrication work etc. See sub skills for more types of metal worker.