Dictionary of Careers, Occupations and Professions

By Isaac Livingstone Asamoah

Dictionary of Careers, Occupations and Professions is a summary or complete compilation of the English words technically used for certain personal careers or occupational or professional backgrounds that most readers are not conversant with either via speaking or writing.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Partridge Publishing Africa
• Release date: Jun 7, 2016
• ISBN: 9781482825244

Isaac Livingstone Asamoah

The author, Isaac Livingstone Asamoah, was born at Jumapo, a suburb of Koforidua, the capital of the eastern region of Ghana on January 10, 1973. He had his early education at the Jumapo Methodist and Anglican primary schools and finally sat for the Common Entrance Examination at the SDA Demonstration School in June, 1986 at Asokore, also a suburb of Koforidua. He started his professional teaching at Nana Kwasi Amakye SDA Primary School at Elloyin in the western region of Ghana from 1996–1998. Having taught for two years, he was transferred back to his mother region to teach at AME Zion Primary School from 1998–1999, where he left for further studies at the University of Education, Winneba for his four-year bachelor of education degree in the English language from 1999–2003. Currently teaching at the Adukrom Senior High Technical School from 2005 to date, he has embarked on a one-year postgraduate diploma in mentorship at the School of Graduate Studies and Research from 2010–2011 for the appropriate certificate. By this, on the roll of professional mentors of the University of Education, Winneba, he is overly qualified for a school counselor and mentor to indergraduate students of English Language on internship. Among the schools he has taught are the following: Adukrom Senior High Technical School: 2005 to date Tesano Police Depot 2 JHS: 2003–2005 O’reilly Senior High School (internship): 2002–2003 Harvard College (part-time): 2003–2005 Methodist Girls’ Senior high School (part-time): 2005–2006 Glorymens Educational Centre (part-time): 2006–2007 AME Zion Primary School: 1998–1999 Nana Kwasi Amakye SDA Primary School: 1996–1998 For more copies, contact the following: The Director-Digestive English Books Series PO Box 38 Jumapo-Koforidua, Ghana 233 020 87 44149, 0249 44 52 85, 0279 50 52 45, 0285 39 40 41 [e-mail]

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Copyright © 2016 by Isaac Livingstone Asamoah.

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This book contains over a thousand definitions of various Careers, Occupations and Professions.

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Contents

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y

Z

Dedication

This book, first and foremost is dedicated to the Most High, ‘’ Wiper’’ of flies of the tailless animal without whose miraculous opportunity the concessionary publication of this educative material would have eluded me despite the countless number of promises or assurances from friends and old school mates in even the United States of America had immersed me with. In a typical Ghanaian proverb,’’ when God creates the Blind, He does same with his helper’’ as I’m highly indebted to Mr. Philip John of Partridge Africa for his enlightenment and persistent encouragement regarding this avenue or opportunity for the publication which had remained shrouded to me from the farthest distance. ‘’ he who does good deserves praise’’, an adage goes as incalculable quantum of gratitude be showered on Mr. (Lawyer) Kwasi Agyenim-Boateng without whose financial support that the payment of the first instalment would not have been the least possibility.

Preface

This book, with lots of illustrations for all categories of learners especially from ages ten to eighteen and even adults because of its technicality of the words regarding its nature in terms of the career, occupation or professional in relation to their meanings most of which are not easily known to learners. For example, in Ghana, the technical word or name for someone who takes care of somebody’s farm is commonly known as ‘’ care-taker’’ which is rather technically ‘’ a Bailiff’’ and a lot more that would to a large extent, widen the mental horizon of its cherished learners for a serious spelling activities and quiz competitions.

The particularity of the word in terms of technical terms for the careers, occupation and professions accompanied by well-designed illustrations would be concretised on the mind of learners in terms of their usage grammatically and semantically.

There is no sense of ambiguity that this work would also broaden the spectrum of conceptualisation in its learners as not all words of the alphabetical order that could be illustrated but only be understood via no other means than imagination or by means of picture-creation on the mind.

It would therefore be a greatest opportunity of catching a glance at its useful content regardless of one’s age even though or no matter its targeted group of readers.

A

Aborigine: Someone who belongs to the race of people have lived in Australia from the earliest times.

Abortionist: Someone who performs abortion, especially illegally.

Absentee: Someone who should be in a place or at an event but is not there.

Academic: A teacher in a college or university.

Academician: A member of an official organisation which encourages the development of literature, art, science etc.

Accountant: Someone whose job is to keep and check financial accounts, calculate taxes etc.

Achiever: Someone who is successful because they are determined and work hard.

Acrobat: Someone who entertains people by doing difficult physical actions such as walking on their hands or balancing on a high rope, especially at circus.

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Addict: Someone who is unable to stop taking harmful drugs.

Addict: Someone who is very interested in something and spends a lot time doing it.

Addressee: The person a letter, package etc. is addressed to.

Adjutant: An army officer responsible for office work.

Adman: Someone who works in advertising.

Administrator: Someone whose job involves managing the work of a company or organisation.

Admiral: A high rank in the British or US navy, or someone with this rank.

Admirer: Someone who likes a person and thinks that they are attractive.

Adolescent: A young person, usually between the ages of 12 and 18, who is developing into adult.

Adulterer: Someone who is married and has sex with someone who is not their wife or husband.

Adulteress: A married woman who has sex with a man who is not her husband.

Adventurer: someone who enjoys adventure.

Adventurer: Someone who tries to become rich or socially important by using dishonest or immoral methods.

Advertiser: A person who advertises something.

Adviser: Someone whose job is