Official Job Title:
Ground man for a Tree Surgeon.

More Accurate Title:
Hardcore, all weather tree maintenance technician.

WTF?:
Currently training to get fully qualified in saw usage, climbing and rescue operations. ATM I mainly carry logs and chip whatever need destroying. I also have other responsibilities such as ensuring the working area stays safe and clear from hazards. Also have to sometimes manage a bit of traffic or safeguard civilians if they have to pass through the area. The fellas I work for recently moved into the more dangerous jobs, huge trees in dangerous locations, you get the drift.

Lots of free excercise is great, but my life insurance almost doubled due to the dangerous nature of my work, 1 in 3 doing this job will receive a serious injury that ends their career, if not their life.

So you tell people you do when they ask:
"Hardcore tree feller"
"Break shit"
"Risking my life so the stupid customers can complain we made a small mark in their ornamental lawn"


A great job, I really enjoy it. Also, despite what people think, I actually get to use my brains as the work is much more complicated if you are reshaping a tree. It is like most other jobs, unless you actually do it you really do not appreciate the work involved.

Most interesting is that we are actually getting a reputation for doing hard and dangerous jobs, funny how little boys like dangerous games eh?

I call bullshit on your usage of the word "technician" in your more accurate title.... imo your not a technician unless you carry around a screw driver and either a wrench or a soldering iron

Its like I'm not an Engineer despite what the title says, you have to build bridges, etc. something mechanical and tangable to earn that one in my book. In fact, the official job title and more accurate title are switched. No gussy speak in that.


Reminds me, today i saw two morons "technicising" a tree... one of the idiots climbed the tree before starting up the chainsaw, whilst balancing in the tree, with the other guy standing directly beneath him. I think they spotted me looking at them in amazement through my window though, cos the guy in the tree seemed to look up, stopped his chainsaw, climbed down the tree then went to get a ladder. That's why people think its a dangerous job takyon, you get idiots in trees with chainsaws. Even if 90% of the guys are professional, it just take the remaining idiots to crash a tree into a house or nearly decapitate someone to get a bad rep.


Anyway, the real question is, how many times a day do you sing the lumberjack song?

Official Job Title:
Store Manager, $1000000 a year retail location

More Accurate Title:
Fireman

WTF?:
I'm the go to guy whenever anything goes wrong. Customer unhappy? Leave a note for me. Store not selling enough? My boss calls me. Somebody leaving? Want more hours? Someone not working hard enough? Those are all my problems. Plus, I'm in charge of merchandising, etc.

So you tell people you do when they ask:
Store Manager.
Amateur Filmmaker
Struggling Screenwriter.

Official Job Title:
Hydraulic Technician

More Accurate Title:
Hydraulic unit Tester

WTF?:
Anything hydraulic, i test the units that keep the wind turbines going, which is a massive seller at the mo, asia have gone nuts for them. I'm currently working on some units for the German Navy (minesweepers)

So you tell people you do when they ask:
I'm the guy who makes the units that keep the ride in the air at the funfair