If another "quick catch-up" threatens to finish you off, the local jobs market may be trying to tell you something.

There are vacancies across Glastonbury, Street, Wells, Shepton Mallet and the surrounding area, with salaries ranging from hourly retail and care rates to more than £67,000 for an optometrist.

Some require specialist qualifications. Others provide training. One involves keeping public spaces in Glastonbury clean, which should count as both employment and frontline diplomacy.

Jobs in Glastonbury

A Class 1 Driver is wanted in Glastonbury, with pay of between £15 and £17 an hour and ongoing temporary work available. The company promises regular work, a modern fleet and an immediate start, which is refreshingly direct in a world where some recruitment processes now require four interviews and a personality test to establish whether you can drive a lorry.

Concrete will continue turning up at building sites whether anyone feels emotionally prepared for it or not. A permanent Class 2 Driver can earn £23.10 an hour delivering ready-mix concrete, with weekly pay, ongoing work and training in tipper and mixer driving. There is also the possibility of the job becoming permanent.

Discovery needs a full-time Support Worker in Glastonbury to help people with learning disabilities and autism live independently and take part in activities that matter to them. A manual driving licence is essential, while patience, respect and the ability to treat people like adults will be rather more useful than describing yourself as a "people person" on LinkedIn. The permanent vacancy closes on 11 December.

Somerset Council is recruiting a Cleansing Operative in Glastonbury, paying £25,614 to £26,016 for a 37-hour week. The job involves outdoor cleaning work across public spaces and offers the rare satisfaction of being able to point at something at the end of the day and say it is visibly less grim because you turned up. Applications close on 22 November.

Glastonbury Festival is advertising for an IT Project Development Manager on a fixed-term contract at its rural Somerset offices. Festival jobs are not, the organisers stress, an easy route to getting inside the gates. There is hard work and limited time off, with no suggestion that major technical problems can be solved by putting a wristband on them.

Jobs in Street

Card Factory in Street is looking for a Sales Assistant on a temporary contract, with applications open until 11 December. The job involves tills, customers and keeping the store running during the period when people suddenly remember that Christmas happens every year. Pay is listed as the national minimum wage applicable to the successful applicant's age.

Shoes need picking, packing and sending out overnight, because apparently footwear has adopted a more demanding schedule than most humans. Night Warehouse Operatives are wanted in Street at £13.71 an hour, with immediate starts and paid training available. The temporary, full-time roles close on 3 December.

Millfield School needs a Theatre Designer and Technician to work across set, costume, props, lighting, sound and projection. The full-time role pays from £23,818 and closes on 20 November. It is ideal for someone capable of turning an empty stage into another world, then quietly repairing it when a teenager enters from the wrong side and takes half the scenery with them.

Jobs in Wells

Thirty-five-minute appointments, no Sundays and no bank holidays may sound suspiciously civilised to anyone currently testing eyes against a stopwatch. This Optometrist opportunity in Wells pays £67,250 and includes paid professional fees, continuing development, 33 days' holiday including bank holidays and flexibility around the rota. The independent practice says it places patient care ahead of high-volume retail targets.

A Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner is wanted by Somerset NHS Foundation Trust in Wells. The 12-month, full-time post pays between £32,073 and £39,043 and involves supporting adults experiencing serious mental illness. Applications close on 19 November. Compassion and sound judgement will be important; "Have you tried going for a walk?" is unlikely to carry the interview.

Affinity Trust is recruiting a full-time Support Worker in Wells at £13.06 an hour. Full training and a health and social care qualification are available, with the successful applicant helping people with learning disabilities, autism or mental health needs build confidence and independence. Applications close on 3 December, although interviews may take place sooner.

For those who prefer fresh air, parcels and only brief encounters with office jargon, a Royal Mail Delivery Driver is wanted at Wells Delivery Office. The contract role pays between £13.69 and £16.44 an hour and closes on 20 November. It may involve rain, stairs and people asking whether you have a parcel for next door while providing no clue which next door they mean.

Jobs in Shepton Mallet and nearby

A Trainee Social Worker is wanted in Shepton Mallet through the Approach Social Work programme. The fully funded training route is advertised with a salary of up to £44,000 and welcomes people from different professional backgrounds. It offers the chance to do work that matters, rather than spending Tuesday afternoon changing the font in a report nobody will read.

Aldi is recruiting a Store Assistant in Shepton Mallet at £14.47 an hour. Contracts range from ten to 30 hours, with duties covering tills, deliveries, shelves and customer service. Shifts can begin at 6am or finish at 10pm, when shoppers apparently still need to stand in the middle aisle debating whether they require a pressure washer and a trumpet.

The Workshop Manager vacancy in Shepton Mallet pays up to £55,000. The employer wants someone who can lead workshop operations while encouraging collaboration, creativity and positive results. In practice, this probably means keeping production moving while three different people insist their job is the urgent one.

Up to £46,500 plus overtime is available for a Workshop HGV Engineer in Evercreech. The permanent role has day shifts, benefits and training on new products. It suits someone who can diagnose mechanical faults without first standing over the vehicle, sighing heavily and saying, "Well, that's not good."

A Locum Advanced Nurse Practitioner is needed near Castle Cary for Mondays and Thursdays during January. The temporary role pays £50 an hour and supports an established medical practice. That rate reflects the minor detail that applicants must possess actual clinical expertise, rather than the confidence of someone who once successfully diagnosed themselves using Google.

Holcim is advertising for a Trainee Wash Plant Supervisor in Shepton Mallet. The company supplies construction materials used in homes, hospitals, roads and railways, and the role offers a route into practical plant supervision. It may also finally answer the question of what a wash plant is, which most people have been too polite to ask.

HGV Class 1 Milk Tanker Drivers are wanted in Evercreech for farm collections, with afternoon starts between 2pm and 4pm, weekly pay and regular shifts. The feed displays a figure of £21.39 without clearly identifying the pay period, so applicants should confirm the precise rate before applying. Milk waits for nobody, least of all whoever was supposed to proofread the listing.

Anyone looking to build experience rather than income could consider becoming a Shop Volunteer for Save the Children in Castle Cary. The unpaid role can include sorting donations, pricing stock, serving customers and creating window displays. Hours are flexible and training is provided, with considerably more purpose than many paid roles involving a shared spreadsheet.

Somerset Council has a part-time Business Operations Assistant vacancy in Shepton Mallet, paying between £15,576 and £15,820 for 22.5 hours a week. The fixed-term role combines administration, financial records, payments and support for social work teams, with hybrid working available. Applications close on 24 November. In other words, it needs someone who knows where the figures are and why nobody else filled in the form properly.

A permanent Rough Sleeping Prevention Officer is also wanted by Somerset Council in Shepton Mallet. The full-time post pays £29,542 to £33,119 and involves helping vulnerable people secure accommodation and sustain tenancies. It requires practical judgement and persistence, particularly when systems appear designed by people who have never urgently needed to use them. Applications close on 22 November.

Finally, Mulberry is advertising for a Warehouse Operative in Shepton Mallet, paying around £26,227 a year. The full-time role was listed on 4 November and involves warehouse work for the Somerset-based brand. Presumably the bags receive more careful handling than the average supermarket delivery, where the bread is traditionally placed beneath six tins and a watermelon.

More vacancies can be found through the Glastonbury and Street, Wells and Shepton Mallet Nub News jobs boards, whether you are actively applying or have merely opened the page after somebody scheduled a meeting that could have been an email.