As jobs go it is safe to say that some are cooler than others - particularly if you work in temperatures of -25°C.
But Jack Hackney does not make money as a hardened polar explorer, traversing arctic tundras (although catching pneumonia can be a downside of the job).
Instead the 21-year-old, from Richmond Hill, carves a living out of frozen water - by working in a giant freezer as an ice sculptor.
Mr Hackney’s latest work, an 8m, 22 block, 2.5 tonne replica of the Forth Bridge, which took nearly three weeks to create, was unveiled in Edinburgh last week.
"Vanilla ice cream isn't the most structurally sound material."
Jack Hackney, 21, reveals materials to avoid when ice sculpting
He described it as his biggest challenge so far in his three years in the profession.
“The jobs that we are contracted for vary a lot because we will make almost anything,” he said.
“There are always the favourites, such as swans at weddings and vodka luges at drinks parties, but it is much more enjoyable making something you've never made before and working through the difficulties of how to go about making it.
I enjoyed putting up a 3m tall Fab ice lolly on Brighton beach a couple of months ago.
“It was originally going to be constructed of the real materials that Fabs are made of but tests didn't go too well with everything covered in gallons of chocolate, vanilla ice cream and sacks of hundreds and thousands.
“Vanilla ice cream isn't the most structurally sound material.”
Jack Hackney at work
Mr Hackney revealed he was drawn to the job because “it sounded quite glamorous”.
He continued: I was surprisingly not very good at art as a child - not until I got to physically make things. My mind only works in 3D.”
After studying design technology at school and working for a model makers, Mr Hackney found his true calling at Hamilton Ice Sculptures, in Wimbledon.
However, the sculptor admitted working with the fragile material can sometimes feel like you are skating on thin ice.
He said: “Once, the day before christmas eve, my last sculpture of the year - a 1m long christmas cracker vodka luge - slid off the work table in the studio and smashed into a thousand pieces.
“I had to rush to remake the sculpture on Christmas eve.”
Mr Hackney also recalled his boss failing to turn up to work a couple of years ago because he had caught pneumonia.
The Forth Bridge sculpture was unveiled to the public last Friday as part of a nationwide launch for The Smirnoff Company’s Green Apple Smirnoff and Lime Smirnoff.
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