LONDON (Reuters) -- Hardy workhorse required for diverse job in stunning location. Knowledge of fires, funerals and frozen food a distinct advantage. Laggards need not apply.
The hunt for a Jack of all trades began after 62-year-old Seamus McSporran decided to retire from his 15-hour day on the remote Scottish island of Gigha (population 100), saying it was time to make way for "a younger man -- or men."The sturdy Scot currently splits his time among 14 jobs: shopkeeper, rent collector, postman, special constable, insurance agent, pier master, registrar, fire chief, ambulanceman, school bus driver, guest house owner, petrol pump attendant, taxi driver and undertaker.
"Myself and my wife have been blessed with good health to do all that time over these 35 years that we've been in business," he told BBC radio. "That's the essence of it, really.
But McSporran couldn't chat for long: he had to unpack groceries brought in from the mainland, deliver the mail and do a spot of recruiting.
"It will take some time to sort out a successor and get myself retired, so I may well be aged 65 before I give up work," McSporran said.