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  1. jusko88

    jusko88 Well-Known Member

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    What does everyone do for a living? Some might come as a surprise. Ill start I detail Cars for a car dealership.
     
  2. epickoala123

    epickoala123 Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    8th grade student
     
  3. cleusk

    cleusk Well-Known Member

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    I work at the Dallas Zoo gift shop. It's called Zoofari Market. I spend most of my time receiving and backstocking.

    I also work as a writer.


    My completed works :
    Victim 23 - Short Story (Unreleased)
    The Candidate - Novel (Unreleased)
    Tale of the Seven Seas - Non Fiction (Amazon)
    History of the Dallas Zoo:1888-1940 - Non Fiction (Amazon, I-Tunes)

    Upcoming release : Six Flags Over Texas:50 Years Of Entertainment.
    Audiobook currently available on I-Tunes.

    New projects : Interview With A Bonehead, Lessons My Mother Never Taught Me, History of the Dallas Zoo:1941-1978

     
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  4. Hix

    Hix Wildlife Enthusiast and Lover of Islands 15+ year member Premium Member

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    Public servant.

    :p

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  5. Arizona Docent

    Arizona Docent Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    It figures the writer (CLEUSK) would have to use a different font than everyone else! :p

    As some already know, I am a sales clerk and class instructor at a professional photo lab. Although if anyone knows of any zoos looking for a staff photographer, I am willing to relocate.
     
  6. ThylacineAlive

    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    I'm a Sophmore in high school who's studying to be a Zoologist.

    ~Thylo:cool:
     
  7. FelidLover

    FelidLover Well-Known Member

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    I'm a university student studying a BSc in Animal Management - specialising in Companion and Zoo animals (of course)

    Jusko's job surprised me!
     
  8. tschandler71

    tschandler71 Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    I am a 25 year old High School teacher - Social Studies. I teach in a rural system in Northeast Alabama. I teach on a modified block system where I teach 4 classes a day (90 minutes each) with a 45 minute prep period at the end of the day. As part of my teaching duties I also am the schools head softball coach, I am an assistant coach for High school football in the fall, and I am the advisor for Student Government.

    I also an the operation/manager of our farm. We raise purebread hereford cattle, boer goats, Bison, and pulpwood.

    We also have 2000 acres of land we inherited that are leased to Chesapeake energy for Hydraulic Fracture Natural Gas Extraction.
     
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    dean Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    I'm a professional gardener and have been for over 35 years now but not today:rolleyes:
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  10. lintworm

    lintworm Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    I am a Msc student in Forest- and Nature Conservation, with a specialization in Ecology, at Wageningen University (NL).

    Further I work as a field worker for bat inventarisations in summer time.
     
  11. Hix

    Hix Wildlife Enthusiast and Lover of Islands 15+ year member Premium Member

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    Whats an inventarisation?

    :p

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  12. azcheetah2

    azcheetah2 Well-Known Member

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    I work for a large Excess & Surplus insurance company. At one time or other we've written policies for several zoos across the US and one of our up & coming programs writes a lot of zoo insurance policies.
     
  13. lintworm

    lintworm Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    a survey ;). In the Netherlands we have the "Flora and Fauna law", so it is obligatory for building projects ( f.e. a new highway or demolishing buildings) to make a risk-assessment, what the impact on flora and fauna could be and what kind of compensation/mitigation measures should be done. And because of this law, there are many companies who do these assessments and I am one of the persons who does bat-surveys in this kind of projects.

    I was just assuming that the dutch "inventarisatie" would literally translate into inventarisation ;)
     
  14. Jana

    Jana Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    A gray office mouse - accounting, controlling, financial management, tax consulting, human resources. Slowly branching into quality and HSE (health & safety & environment) management.
     
  15. Newzooboy

    Newzooboy Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Environmental Scientist/ Ecotoxicologist
     
  16. Hix

    Hix Wildlife Enthusiast and Lover of Islands 15+ year member Premium Member

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    Well, the word does not appear to be in the English language. I suspect you might have wanted the word "inventory" which refers to a list of articles or a catalog, or as a verb means to evaluate (or survey).

    :p

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  17. BjoernN

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    Physician at a hospital
     
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    Front Desk Agent at a Homewood Suites by Hilton hotel.
     
  19. Javan Rhino

    Javan Rhino Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    I work in the Housing industry, working as a modern apprentice in the Customer Contact Team of a social housing trust.
     
  20. ungulate nerd

    ungulate nerd Well-Known Member

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    I work in the education department at the Santa Ana Zoo at Prentice Park, at the Santa Ana Zoo I take care of the Bactrian camels and the childrens zoo animals such as Ponies, Pigs, Cattle, Sheep, Goats, Birds of Prey etc., at the Santa Ana Zoo I also facilitate animal shows were I handle Birds of Prey, Opossums, Talking Parrots etc., at the Santa Ana Zoo I also walk around the zoo answeing questions about the animals that the guests have and may also give tours

    I also work at the Los Angeles Zoo as a Volunteer Animal Keeper, the Animals I work with include Grevys zebras, Pronghorns, Nubian ibex, Black duiker, Red flanked duiker, Southern pudu, Ocelots, Prarie dogs and Childrens Zoo animals, I am not technically a keeper, basically what I do is I work along side paid keepers helping them prepare food, give medication, open and close doors and gates etc.

    At the Los Angeles Zoo I have been there a couple months, but at the Santa Ana Zoo I have been there 5 years, since i was 16

    I really enjoy these jobs, I have had other jobs that I didnt enjoy too much, those jobs were

    ages 18 through 19, I worked at an Exotic Pet Vet Clinic, I loved the job and my co-workers, but I decided it was best I continue to Work at Zoos and Wildlife Parks instead

    age 17, I worked as an aid and mentor for middle school and high school students with autism and down syndrome, I honestly didnt like It much because It had absolutely nothing to do with zoos or animals, although there was a kid who had a special interest in zoos and animals, I enjoyed mentoring him but it just honestly wasnt the same as working at a zoo with animals

    age 17, I worked at my mom's office doing reasearch and copying papers etc. sorry to say but that wasnt for me

    when I was 18 or 19 I applyed for education possitions at the San Diego Zoo and at the Living Desert, but those havent followed through for some reason

    when I was 15 and in 9th grade, I thought about working at my local exotic pet store, but that never followed through either