What is this? What they do: Being a wood patternmaker is the rarest job in the world. Wood patternmakers create wooden molds that are used by metalworkers to cast molten metal. They use advanced woodworking techniques to create these intricate designs and molds according to precise specifications.
Sailmakers are among the nation's rarest workers. A total of 171 people listed the trade as their primary occupation when they filled out their tax return in 2015/16, Australian Taxation Office data shows.
SEEK has revealed its most- and least-applied for jobs on the jobs website for 2019, with pickers and packers' roles taking out the most-applied for job. At the other end of the spectrum, midwifery, neo-natal, NICU and SCN nursing was the least-applied for role.
A Harvard University study found that the loneliest jobs were also the unhappiest. These include remote jobs as well as jobs in tech, food delivery, and the online retail sector. The study was conducted over 85 years. Over 700 people were interviewed.
Some of the more repulsive or dangerous jobs included fuller, executioner, leech collector, plague burier, rat-catcher, leather tanner, gong farmer, and sin-eater.
Doctors, scientists, and farmers are the most respected jobs. Reality TV stars and politicians attracted the least respect. The top factors that make a job respectable are caring for others, trustworthiness, and being essential to society.
Construction is one of the occupations that can cause the most pain. Among construction workers, specialists like roofers and sheetrock installers can have some of the worst problems. Not only do they lift all day, but their work is repetitive, which can cause pain and flare-ups in people with rheumatoid arthritis.
Artists and Writers. Artists, writers, and other creative people are often subject to depression. Most work on a freelance or contractual basis and are consequently struggling with money. There is also a general impression among them that their work isn't sufficiently appreciated.
The Aruba Tourism Authority is on the hunt for someone to fill the role of the island's weather person, which it bills as the “world's easiest job.” Why is it so easy? The tourism authority explained that Aruba experiences more sunny days than any other Caribbean island.
