Do you know what job you want to do? Thinking about what you enjoy most at school can help you work out which career path to follow, as the skills required for geography are transferable to many different careers. This book gives details of 12 jobs, including the personal characteristics and qualifications you will need, a job description and a comment from a professional. For example, if you are good at geography you are probably interested in the world around you, and concerned about environmental and social issues. These qualities will help you if you want to be a: tourism officer, park ranger, environmental consultant, geologist meteorologist, international aid worker, transport planner, travel writer, cartographer, geographical information systems officer, town planner or geography teacher.

Get an idea of a range of geography-related occupations, and find out how to follow the career you want. The earlier you check out your options, the better prepared you will be to put your geographical skills to good use as you earn a living in future.

This book features in the following series: Career Guides, Im Good At .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a guide book. This book was published 2014 by Hachette Children's Group .

Keyy Davis is an experienced author of children's books. She specialises in geography.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: The world of geography
• 2: Cartographer
• 3: Geographical information
• 4: systems officer
• 5: Town planner
• 6: Environmental consultant
• 7: Park ranger
• 8: Tourism officer
• 9: Geologist
• 10: Meteorologist
• 11: International aid worker
• 12: Transport planner
• 13: Travel writer
• 14: Geography teacher
• 15: Glossary
• 16: Find out more
• 17: Index