Lachie+Davidson

Historian



Where would I work? Historians can work in a range of different places. The most common jobs are working as lecturers in universities. Historians are also employed by the goverment working as reseachers for the Waitangi tribunal and working for the Ministry of Culture and Heritage.

What qualifications would I need? Historians need at least a Bachelor of Arts or Social Science degree majoring in History. It is also preferred you have an Honours or Masters degree.

How much would I get payed?
 *  Working at a University as a Lecturer you are usually payed between $64,000 and $80,000 per year
 * Senoir lecturers earn between 83,000 and 105,000
 * Accociate professors usually earn between 109,00 and 118,000
 * Professors earn between 124,000 and 154,000

Sources [] __ About the job __ Summary: Historians research, write and present information about events and people.

Tasks and Duties: Historians anaylse infomation, write reports and books, advise goverment departmnets, teach history and help protect and research historic places.

Skills and Knowledge: Historians obviously need to have a wide range of knowledge, reading skills, people skills, project management skills and communication skills.

Personal requirements: Historians need to be accurate, persistent and patient. They need to have respect for different cultures and need the ability to make good judgements.

__ Qualifications and conditions __ Secondary education:  Useful subjects include English, history, art history, classics, sociology, geography, or languages.

Working conditions: Historians usually work in offices, libraries and universitys. Sometimes they have to travel to attend meetings and presentations

Contact with people: Historians usually work alone, but when showing presentations are usually speaking to large groups of people.

Hours: Historians work normal hours, except if they are working on a special project that may need to work longer hours.

Related jobs: Curator: Looks after and mantains historic artwork and exhibitions. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Policy analyst: gather and analyse information and reveiw goverment policys. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Archivists: Organise, store records and documents of historical.

Conclusion: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">In my opinion being a Historian would be an enjoyable job. It gives you the chance to learn about different cultures and how they are different to the culture we live in. The pay is good and the hours are also fine. Personally I would enjoy being a Historian.