Professions or trades
One who attends to the diseases of the eye	oculist
One who tests eyesight and sells spectacles	optician
One who attends to sick people and prescribes medicines	physician
One who compounds or sells drugs	druggist, pharmacist
One who treats diseases by performing operations	surgeon
One who attends to the teeth	dentist
One skilled in the care of hands and feet	chiropodist
One who treats diseases by rubbing the muscles	masseur
A physician who assists women at child-birth	obstetrician, accoucheur
One who drives a motor car	chauffeur
One who manages or attends to an engine	engineer
The person in charge of a ship	Captain
The commander of a fleet	Admiral
One who carves in stone	sculptor
One who cuts precious stones	lapidary, lapidist
One who writes for the newspaper	journalist, reporter,
One who sets type (in a printing office)	compositor
One who plans and draws the design of buildings and superintends their erection	architect
One who draws plans for buildings	draughtsman
One who deals in flowers	florist
One who deals in fruits	fruiterer
One who deals in cattle	drover
One who sells fruits, vegetables, etc., from a barrow	costermonger
One who deals in iron and hardware	ironmonger
One who deals in medicinal herbs	herbalist
One who deals in fish	fishmonger
One who deals in furs	furrier
One who works in brass	brazier
One who sets glass in windows, doors, etc.	glazier
One who deals in wines	vintner
One who works in lead esp. mending water pipes	plumber
One who attends to the fire of a steam engine	stoker
One who makes barrels, tubs, etc.	cooper
One employed as a labourer to do excavating work	navvy
One who makes and sells ladies' hats	milliner
One who sells small articles such as ribbons, laces, thread	haberdasher
One who deals in cloths and other fabrics	draper
One who deals in silks, cotton, woollen, and linen goods	mercer
A professional rider in horse races	jockey
One who shoes horses	farrier
One who looks after horses at an inn	ostler, hostler
One who studies rocks and soils	geologist
One interested in prehistoric remains and ancient buildings	archaeologist
One who studies the stars	astronomer
One who foretells things by the stars	astrologer
One who directs the course of an aeroplane	pilot, aviator
One who works in a coal mine	collier
One who converts raw hide into leather	tanner
One who makes or deals in cutting instruments, e.g. knives cutler One who cleans the street	scavenger
A woman employed to clean out offices, public buildings or houses	charwoman
One who sells sweets and pastries	confectioner
One who induces or entraps men to serve in the army or navy	crimp
One who collects the bets and pays out to the winner when the game is played for money	croupier
One who takes care of a building	janitor
One who sells fowls, ducks, turkeys, etc.	poulterer
One who pays out money at a bank	cashier, teller
One who makes and sells cushions and covers chairs, motor car seats etc.	upholsterer
One who lends money at exorbitant interest	usurer
One who draws maps	cartographer
One who collects postage stamps	philatelist
One who performs tricks by sleight of hand	Conjuror, prestidigitator, juggler
One who walks on ropes	funambulist
One who performs daring gymnastic feats	acrobat
One who pastures cattle for the market	grazier
One who travels from place to place selling miscellaneous articles	huckster, pedlar, chapman, hawker
One who makes pots, cups etc.	potter
One who goes from place to place mending pots, pans etc.	tinker
One who mends shoes	shoemaker, cobbler
One who travels from place to place selling religious articles	colporteur
A teacher who travels from place to place to give instruction	peripatetic
One who watches over students taking an examination	invigilator
A person in charge of a museum	curator
One who is in charge of giving alms and assistance to the poor	almoner
The person in charge of a library	librarian
The head of a College	Principal
The head of a Town Council or Corporation	Mayor
One who lends money and keeps goods as security	pawnbroker
One who draws up contracts and also lends money on interest	scrivener
One who builds ships	shipwright
One who loads and unloads ships	stevedore
One who makes wheels for carriages and carts	wheelwright
One who sells articles at public sales	auctioneer
A tradesman who manages funerals	undertaker
One skilled in the treatment of diseases of animals	veterinarian
One who writes shorthand	stenographer
One who writes poetry	poet
One who writes novels	novelist
One who writes books	author
One who compiles a dictionary	lexicographer
One who sells paper, ink, pens and writing materials	stationer
One who preserves the skins of animals and mounts them so as to resemble the living animals	taxidermist
One versed in the science of human races, their varieties and origin	ethnologist
One who studies the evolution of mankind	anthropologist
One who studies the working of the human mind	psychologist
One who makes or sells candles	chandler
One who works or deals in feathers for apparel	plumassier
The treasurer of a college or University	bursar
An officer in charge of the stores, provisions and accounts on a ship	purser
Professions or trades alphabetical
One who performs daring gymnastic feats	acrobat
The commander of a fleet	Admiral
One who is in charge of giving alms and assistance to the poor	almoner
One who studies the evolution of mankind	anthropologist
One interested in prehistoric remains and ancient buildings	archaeologist
One who plans and draws the design of buildings and superintends their erection	architect
One who foretells things by the stars	astrologer
One who studies the stars	astronomer
One who sells articles at public sales	auctioneer
One who writes books	author
One who works in brass	brazier
The treasurer of a college or University	bursar
The person in charge of a ship	Captain
One who draws maps	cartographer
One who pays out money at a bank	cashier, teller
One who makes or sells candles	chandler
A woman employed to clean out offices, public buildings or houses	charwoman
One who drives a motor car	chauffeur
One skilled in the care of hands and feet	chiropodist
One who works in a coal mine	collier
One who travels from place to place selling religious articles	colporteur
One who sets type (in a printing office)	compositor
One who sells sweets and pastries	confectioner
One who performs tricks by sleight of hand	Conjuror, prestidigitator, juggler
One who makes barrels, tubs, etc.	cooper
One who sells fruits, vegetables, etc., from a barrow	costermonger
One who induces or entraps men to serve in the army or navy	crimp
One who collects the bets and pays out to the winner when the game is played for money	croupier
A person in charge of a museum	curator
One who attends to the teeth	dentist
One who deals in cloths and other fabrics	draper
One who draws plans for buildings	draughtsman
One who deals in cattle	drover
One who compounds or sells drugs	druggist, pharmacist
One who manages or attends to an engine	engineer
One versed in the science of human races, their varieties and origin	ethnologist
One who shoes horses	farrier
One who deals in fish	fishmonger
One who deals in flowers	florist
One who deals in fruits	fruiterer
One who walks on ropes	funambulist
One who deals in furs	furrier
One who studies rocks and soils	geologist
One who sets glass in windows, doors, etc.	glazier
One who pastures cattle for the market	grazier
One who sells small articles such as ribbons, laces, thread	haberdasher
One who deals in medicinal herbs	herbalist
One who travels from place to place selling miscellaneous articles	huckster, pedlar, chapman, hawker
One who watches over students taking an examination	invigilator
One who deals in iron and hardware	ironmonger
One who takes care of a building	janitor
A professional rider in horse races	jockey
One who writes for the newspaper	journalist, reporter,
One who cuts precious stones	lapidary, lapidist
One who compiles a dictionary	lexicographer
The person in charge of a library	librarian
One who treats diseases by rubbing the muscles	masseur
The head of a Town Council or Corporation	Mayor
One who deals in silks, cotton, woollen, and linen goods	mercer
One who makes and sells ladies' hats	milliner
One employed as a labourer to do excavating work	navvy
One who writes novels	novelist
A physician who assists women at child-birth	obstetrician, accoucheur
One who attends to the diseases of the eye	oculist
One who tests eyesight and sells spectacles	optician
One who looks after horses at an inn	ostler, hostler
One who lends money and keeps goods as security	pawnbroker
A teacher who travels from place to place to give instruction	peripatetic
One who collects postage stamps	philatelist
One who attends to sick people and prescribes medicines	physician
One who directs the course of an aeroplane	pilot, aviator
One who works or deals in feathers for apparel	plumassier
One who works in lead esp. mending water pipes	plumber
One who writes poetry	poet
One who makes pots, cups etc.	potter
One who sells fowls, ducks, turkeys, etc.	poulterer
The head of a College	Principal
One who studies the working of the human mind	psychologist
An officer in charge of the stores, provisions and accounts on a ship	purser
One who makes or deals in cutting instruments, e.g. knives cutler One who cleans the street	scavenger
One who draws up contracts and also lends money on interest	scrivener
One who carves in stone	sculptor
One who builds ships	shipwright
One who mends shoes	shoemaker, cobbler
One who sells paper, ink, pens and writing materials	stationer
One who writes shorthand	stenographer
One who loads and unloads ships	stevedore
One who attends to the fire of a steam engine	stoker
One who treats diseases by performing operations	surgeon
One who converts raw hide into leather	tanner
One who preserves the skins of animals and mounts them so as to resemble the living animals	taxidermist
One who goes from place to place mending pots, pans etc.	tinker
A tradesman who manages funerals	undertaker
One who makes and sells cushions and covers chairs, motor car seats etc.	upholsterer
One who lends money at exorbitant interest	usurer
One skilled in the treatment of diseases of animals	veterinarian
One who deals in wines	vintner
One who makes wheels for carriages and carts	wheelwright

 

During my Digital Media, Multimedia and some AIT or VET courses I got my students to work on The S.T.E.A.M.E.R book of knowledge, especially advanced students that complete tasks ahead of time, this was my fall back lessons for those clever or advanced students, they were asked to pick one of the areas of study and create a cover page, find some interesting facts and put their findings into a chapter of the book The book was 138 pages long at my retirement from teaching.

STEAMER Stands for

Science, Technology, English, Arts, Mathematics, Enivironment and Religion

For those students that presented work on English we gathered a lot of useful reference information that became a STUDENT's COMPENDIUM here are some samples of student work

Explanation for Compendium
File	Includes
SC001_abreviations	ANU - Australian National University
SC002_Acronyms	An acronym is a pronounceable word formed from the first letter (or first few letters) of each word in a phrase or title. Sometimes, the newly combined letters create a new word that becomes a part of everyday language. An example of this is the acronym radar.
SC004_Adjectives	Adjectives are words that describe or modify other words * Priest = Sacerdotal
SC003_Animals	Apes - gibber, Camel live in Australia, Sahara & Arabia names = Bull - is called a heifer
SC004_Antonyms	Opposites = Absent - present
SC005_Big_Words for small	Anger - Dudgeon * bold - Audacious
SC006_Characteristics	A partner in crime - accomplice
SC007_Church	A passage between the pews in a church - Aisle
SC007_Commonly_confused_words	Council, an administrative or advisory body, do not confuse with counsel, advice or guidance. Homonyms
SC008_Countries	Aberdeen - The Granite City The Torrid Zone has the hottest climate Zinc - Mexico, U.S.A., Spain
SC013 Death Words pertaining to	Occurring after death - posthumous
SC009_Diminutives	Cask - casket
SC010_Famous	Matthew Flinders -discovered Bass Strait. * Lord Robert Baden-Powell founded the Boy Scouts in 1908
SC011_Figurative_Expressions	Aloof -To keep to oneself and not mix with others.
SC012_Gender	Actor - Actress
SC013_Geography	The Circumference of the earth is approxinmately 24,800 miles.
SC014_Gods	War - Mars
SC015_Government	Australian Government
SC016_Grammar	Explains various uses of nouns verbs etc.
SC017_Human_Relationships	THE ART OF LIVING - Consideration for the feelings of others
SC018_Inventions	Clock (pendulum) - Christian Huygens
SC019_Kings_Queens of UK	EGBERT 827 - 839
SC020_Literary	A book in which the events of each day are recorded - Diary
SC021_Marriage	A hater of marriage - misogamist
SC022_Medical	A disease confined to a particular district or place - endemic
SC044_Metaphors	Metaphor is a figure of speech that makes an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated
SC023_Miscellaneous	All Fools' Day - 1st April - Aussie slang - sounds that things make etc.
SC024_Nouns	sit - seat (when to use Nouns)
SC025_Names	Boys & Girls names explained
SC026_Nature	A four-footed animal - quadruped
SC027_Negatives	That which cannot be pierced or penetrated - impenetrable
SC028_Numbers	A number of fish taken in a net - catch, haul
SC029_Opposites	Unable to read - il-literate
SC030_Patron Saints	St. George of England, St. Andrew of Scotland
SC031_Places	A place where fishes are kept - aquarium
SC032_Possessive_Case	Is the case which denotes the owner or possessor
SC045_Phobias	Noctiphobia - Fear of the night
SC033_Professions	The commander of a fleet - Admiral
SC034_Similes	Archates - a good friend * Belt = to hit below the belt
SC035_Proverbs	A bad beginning makes a good ending.
SC048_Sayings	as a drowned rat. - as ancient as the sun—as the stars.
SC036_Science_and_Arts	An instrument for detecting earthquakes - seismograph
SC037_Scientific_Terms	The science of land management - agronomics
SC038_Seven_Wonders	The Pyramids of Egypt
SC039_Synonyms	abandon....... desert, forsake, leave.
SC040_War	Nations carrying on warfare - belligerents
SC041_Weddings	7th year—Copper or Brass
SC042_Words_to_Verbs	strong - strengthen
SC043_Other	Any other items that might be of interest
SC044_Metaphors	Metaphor is a figure of speech that makes an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated
SC045_Phobias	Noctiphobia - Fear of the night
SC046_Death	Occurring after death - posthumous
SC047_Thesaurus	Thesaurus - abandon = abandoned, abandoning, abandonment, abandons affluent =having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value,words explained and incorrect use of words
SC048_Sayings	as afraid as a grasshopper.
SC049_UrbanMyths	The floor was dirt.  Only the wealthy had something other than dirt, hence the saying "dirt poor."

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