Contract Manager: history and fun facts
Everything a curious kid might want to know about this job.
Did you know?
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A contract is a promise written on paper, so everyone knows exactly what they agreed to do.
Through history
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Long ago
People have written agreements on clay tablets and scrolls for thousands of years to remember who promised what.
Tools of the trade
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Calculator
A contract manager uses a calculator to check that the numbers on an invoice, which is a bill, add up correctly.
A day in the job
- MorningThe contract manager starts the day by checking emails from fire, police and ambulance teams about their deliveries.
Words to know
- Vendor
- A vendor is a company that sells things, like radios or medicine, to the emergency teams who need them.
Quiz time
A contract manager makes sure firefighters get the gear they paid for, on time.
Contract managers are the only people who ever drive ambulances.