{"id":91859,"date":"2023-08-15T00:16:59","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T00:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arielle.com.au\/?p=91859"},"modified":"2025-12-09T02:47:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T02:47:18","slug":"hardest-jobs-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arielle.com.au\/hardest-jobs-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are The Hardest Jobs In The World?"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 10<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>\n

Have you ever considered quitting your job and doing something more exciting? You’re not alone. One-third of Australians are considering quitting their jobs. If you’re chucking one too many sickies or struggling to get out of bed on a morning, you may be ready for a career change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anatomically speaking, your body is built for roaming the savannah and surviving in wilderness, not poking keyboards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re ready to embrace your primal instincts and take up a job that will get your heart racing and the adrenaline flowing, here’s a list of options to explore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you have what it takes to do one of the hardest jobs in the world?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Related: How To Deal With Difficult People At Work<\/a>).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. Alaskan Crab Fisherman.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Fishing is all fun and games until you’re in a ship being tossed around by some of the most dangerous waters. In the Bering Sea, a place where snow is common in the summer, fishermen brave such waters in the search for Alaskan crab \u2013 AKA red gold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To bring in their catch, they often set out in the dead of night.<\/em><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The water is freezing cold, and if you fall off the boat, you can freeze to death in minutes. There are an estimated 300 fatalities per year<\/a> \u2013 80% of which are caused by either drowning or hypothermia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When singer <\/em>Sam Smith<\/em><\/a> said he’d “love to be a fisherthem”, I doubt this is what they had in mind.<\/em><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Crabbing boats have a lot of heavy machinery and equipment, and the fishermen are susceptible to crippling injuries when operating them under such treacherous conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’ve never seen Deadliest Catch<\/em>, check it out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This show will give you a deeper insight into the workplace hazards these fishermen deal with. While it’s a TV show, TV star Todd Kochutin died in February 2021 after sustaining injuries while aboard the F\/V Patricia Lee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Related: 40+ Best Job Websites In Australia<\/a>).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. Military Personnel.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Any job that requires you to get shot at by an enemy makes the list of the hardest jobs in the world. And while military personnel get paid well, money is rarely the motive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Danger, adrenaline, survival skills, mental toughness, adventure, and defending one’s country are among the other reasons that draw people to military life \u2013 whether that’s the Navy, Army, or Air Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether you’re a bandsman, rifleman, bombardier, gunner, or fusilier \u2013 all military personnel are soldiers first and foremost, irrespective of rank.<\/em><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In the West, we owe our freedom to those who fought in WWI and WWII. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

An estimated 10 million and 60 million people died<\/a> in those conflicts, respectively. While casualties in modern wars are much lower, they’re enough to make you think twice about signing up at your nearest recruitment centre:<\/p>\n\n\n\n