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Playing an essential role in the success and reputation of artistic venues and festivals, performance managers need to have several strings to their bow.

To say electricians work hard just so we can charge our phones is perhaps a bit of an understatement... but you have to admit, without their skills and expertise, life would be a lot more boring.

From adjusting desk chairs to setting up brand-new collaborative workspaces, ergonomists design the places, methods and tools in our working lives. Their goal? To adapt work to people, not the other way round.

Specialising in all things tiny, these engineers work with electronic components on a microscopic scale – we’re talking thousands of a millimetre – so it would be an understatement to say this is a career all about precision!

Responsible for “development” and “operations”, DevOps engineers have both a cool job title and a dual responsibility: coding websites or apps, as well as deploying them and making sure they work properly.

UI stands for user interface, but you already knew that! The mission of a UI designer is to come up with clear, pleasant and easy-to-read interfaces for websites and apps.

Fractures, internal bleeding, even detecting tumours, radiographers – also known as medical imaging technicians – take X-rays to detect hidden medical problems in the body. Thanks to their all-seeing X-ray machines, nothing gets past them!

Who do you think decides where people can and can’t smoke? Who arranges fire drills? Who counts to check there are enough fire extinguishers? Who stops people driving forklifts without the proper licence? Health, safety and environment (HSE) officers, of course!

High-volume sequencing and big data: both of these technological feats produce gigantic amounts of data that can be analysed in the fields of biology and medicine. Bioinformaticians are on the case!

From Wallace and Gromit’s Grand Day Out to Neil Armstrong and Tim Peake, this is a career for dreamers! Astronauts are high-level scientists who travel through space.

From runny noses to suspected serious illnesses, general practitioners are often the first port of call for their patients when something goes wrong. They diagnose, treat, prevent and offer long-term follow up care.

Customer files, sales figures, employee contact details... data is what keeps businesses afloat these days! And database administrators are there to ensure data is kept safe, secure and accessible at all times.

Excursions, all-inclusive getaways, cruises, guided tours... as excellent salespeople, travel agents master their subject as they take responsibility for carefully crafting our trips of a lifetime!

Working at the heart of research and development departments at some of the world’s biggest beauty brands, cosmetics engineers are scientists who come up with the recipes for the shower gels, creams and shampoos of the future. Because we’re worth it.

Sitting in front of their mixing desk, sound engineers run the show. Equal parts artist and technician, they convert audio recordings into the required formats (CD, digital Blu-ray, vinyl...).