Work, work, work, work: the toughest jobs around
We spend many hours in the workplace. And that's okay: working keeps your mind sharp and your social skills up. But it can also be super heavy. If you consider that people work an average of 90,000 hours in their lives (more than 10 years!), it can sometimes be a great burden. Which professions are the most physically demanding? The Dutch statistics bureau CBS did some research and shows the heaviest of all. Nightwatch lists them and advises these powerhouses our 100% Plant Based Extreme Energy Drink for Focus and Power.
Secondary construction professions
Construction is the main supplier of physically demanding professions. In addition to being the leader of the list, secondary construction professions such as construction and installation contractors also have a hard time.
Transport, communication and traffic professions
Lift, run, lug and lash. The muscles of couriers, asphalt finishers, road builders, road workers and dock workers regularly get a boost. No fewer than six out of ten people perform physically demanding work in these line of professions.
Process engineering professions
In the textile and food industry, people often work for a long time and in processes of devices but also 'human chains'. About six in ten people say that they have to perform physically demanding work in this sector.
Agricultural occupations
Long days, hard work: arable or livestock workers also have a hard time physically. More than six in ten employed farmers indicates they often do physically demanding work.
Metallurgy professions
Metal doesn't just sound heavy, when you work with it you often have a hard time. Two thirds of the lower level metallurgical professions, such as metalworkers, regularly perform physically demanding work.
Care and (para)medical professions
It is no news that understaffing often pushes up the workload in nursing and care homes. As many as seven out of ten people in this profession regularly do physically demanding work.
Other construction professions
Professions such as masons, carpenters, plasterers and concrete workers have the hardest physical time on the work floor. Almost 75% of people in this profession indicate that they regularly have to do physically demanding work.
