British Sign Language (BSL): What's Your Job?
Learn how to sign various different job titles in British Sign Language (BSL).
At the start of the video, there's some general terms for job titles. The signs for 'advisor' and 'assistant' may depend on your job. With your dominant hand in a 'thumbs up' position and your non-dominant hand with an index finger extended, this represents supporting or helping a person. Both hands in the 'thumbs up' position is used where jobs entail more general support. Feel free to choose the one that matches your job and use the appropriate lip pattern.
The sign used for 'manager' changes depending on the context also. Where the manager is a boss, use the sign with two index fingers extended. However, in the case of a 'Social Media Manager' for example, this context usually refers to someone who is organising workloads and a different sign is used. Use whichever is appropriate to your job role depending on if you are managing people or tasks.
There are some simple sentences at the end of the video to help you use the vocabulary learned in this video. Asking yourself a question is a useful tool to construct sentences in BSL, i.e. 'my job is a builder' becomes 'Job me what? builder' in BSL. Much like English and other languages however, there are various ways to construct sentences.
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The way you that you show the sign in profile, as well as facing, is incredibly helpful. Thank you!
It is sooo useful that you show the hand form (?) And then the same sign from the side! Sometimes I get it wrong from the front and when you teach the side, I can correct it. 👌👏💜 (excuse my Eng, Im not from The UK)
●Time Stamps● 1. 0:19 Job 2. 0:30 Staff 3. 0:42 Volunteer 4. 0:54 Administrator 5. 1:08 Advisor 6. 1:20 Assistant 7. 1:34 Officer 8. 1:49 Co-ordinator 9. 2:02 Team 10. 2:13 Team (different variation) 11. 2:26 Team Member 12. 2:44 Team Leader 13. 2:59 Supervisor 14. 3:14 Manager/Boss 15. 3:25 Assistant Manager 16. 3:40 Area Manager 17. 3:56 CEO 18. 4:10 Nursery Assistant 19. 4:30 Teacher 20. 4:42 Teaching Assistant 21. 4:56 Lecturer 22. 5:07 Head Teacher 23. 5:21 Interpreter 24. 5:33 Communication Support Worker 25. 5:56 Notetaker 26. 6:09 Caretaker 27. 6:22 Cleaner 28. 6:33 Security Guard 29. 6:46 Bouncer 30. 6:59 Electrician 31. 7:10 Plumber 32. 7:22 Painter 33. 7:33 Builder 34. 7:46 Foreman 35. 7:59 Mechanic 36. 8:11 Engineer/Technician 37. 8:23 Lorry Driver 38. 8:37 Taxi Driver 39. 8:52 Bus Driver 40. 9:08 Pilot (of a plane) 41. 9:24 Post Person 42. 9:40 Delivery Person 43. 9:54 Waiter/Waitress 44. 10:07 Bartender 45. 10:20 Chef 46. 10:32 Butcher 47. 10:44 Baker 48. 10:57 Cake Maker 49. 11:13 Marketing Officer 50. 11:33 Communications Officer 51. 11:48 Social Media Manager 52. 12:12 Web Designer 53. 12:32 Software Developer 54. 12:49 IT Support 55. 13:03 Researcher 56. 13:14 Accountant 57. 13:26 Project Manager 58. 13:44 Business Development Officer 59. 14:06 Receptionist 60. 14:16 PA 61. 14:27 Vet 62. 14:41 Doctor 63. 14:52 Nurse 64. 15:06 Pharmacist 65. 15:20 Psychologist 66. 15:33 Counsellor 67. 15:46 Social Worker 68. 15:59 Paramedic 69. 16:13 Firefighter 70. 16:26 Police Officer 71. 16:42 Author 72. 16:55 Artist 73. 17:06 Actor 74. 17:20 Singer 75. 17:32 DJ 76. 17:44 Photographer 77. 17:53 Retail Worker 78. 18:08 Store Assistant 79. 18:22 Customer Service Advisor 80. 18:46 Customer Liaison Officer 81. 19:08 Sales Person 82. 19:23 HR Advisor 83. 19:39 Trainer 84. 19:51 Solicitor 85. 20:03 Judge (I just noticed that judge is meant to be number 84, so I've made a mistake somewhere) ~BSL Sentences~ 20:15 What's your job? (Job you what?) 20:30 My job is a builder. (Job me what builder) 20:51 What job do you want? (Job you want what?) 21:12 I want a job as a doctor. (Job me want what doctor) 21:36 Outro
Thank you for these lessons 🙏
Great video! I've been wanting to learn BSL for ages but I'm finally giving it a good go this year and actually keeping it up! Your videos are super helpful!
This KZread channel is amazing and sooo useful!! I work in retail so I have deaf customers so this is has been helpful - could you maybe do one about helping customers , giving advice - I work in toy shop so lots of scope there !! Thanks Dan - glad you’re back doing again 👍🏼👍🏼
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Im ridiculously excited about a new vid from you guys. Helpful beyond words in learning BSL . 👌 maybe i need to get a life 😂😂
I really like the incorporation of sentences because I find I can build the vocab but I’m not confident to use it yet so this is great
Thank you! I guess dog trainer would be to open fore and middle fingers of both hands (rest of hands in a relaxed fist), point to ground twice, then brush one hand against the other twice (like Dan did) ? So excited to learn that, made my day. Thanks
Would it be possible to make a video with vocab about the house/every day activities? Like rooms in the house but also things you might do in the house. “Cook” “eat” “kitchen” “TV” “watch TV” “bedroom” “sleep” “bed” “computer” etc?
I really love your videos! can you show me how to sign 'wall'? or 'sat on a wall' please?
Ooh i like plumber that's a fun one
Hi Don’t suppose you can do a videos on signs you may use in a veterinary practice either by owners or veterinary staff?
16:16 I've found I'm one bout of carpal tunnel syndrome away from getting punched by a Fireman.