Occupations crossword worksheets build vocabulary for a wide range of jobs and career fields — from everyday trades and services to professional occupations. They cover job duties, workplaces, and skill descriptions, ideal for Cambridge PET topic areas and general ESL career vocabulary.
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Occupations Part 1 Crossword
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3. A person who plays a musical instrument, especially as a profession, or is musically talented.
7. A person who serves in an army.
9. A person who makes bread and cakes, especially commercially.
10. A person trained to care for the sick or infirm, especially in a hospital.
14. A person, typically with a degree in library science, who administers or assists in a library.
16. A person who drives a vehicle.
18. A person who designs buildings and in many cases also supervises their construction.
19. A person who creates paintings or drawings as a profession or hobby.
20. A person whose job is to extinguish fires.
21. A person who has written a particular text.
22. A person who teaches, especially in a school.
23. A person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft.
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1. A person who operates the flying controls of an aircraft.
2. A professional cook, typically the chief cook in a restaurant or hotel.
3. A person who repairs and maintains machinery.
4. A qualified practitioner of medicine; a physician.
5. A person whose profession is acting on the stage, in movies, or on television.
6. A person who practices or studies law; an attorney.
8. A person who designs, builds, or maintains engines, machines, or public works.
11. A person who is studying or has expert knowledge of one or more of the natural or physical sciences.
12. A person who is professionally qualified to prepare and dispense medicinal drugs.
13. A person who writes for newspapers, magazines, or news websites or prepares news to be broadcast.
15. A member of a police force.
16. A person qualified to treat the diseases and conditions that affect the teeth and gums.
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The PDF contains 3 printable crossword puzzles with 25 words each, plus a matching answer key for each puzzle.
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Difficulty: A2–B1. Recommended for: ESL A2–B1, PET preparation, career guidance classes.
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