Lighthouse keeper

Lighthouse keeper and have the job, serving to secure the vessel traffic beacon from sunset to sunrise to be bright and clear burn and minor works carried out at the lighthouse. They were formerly and colloquially referred to as a lighthouse keeper.

Since the end of the 20th century there is the job of lighthouse keeper in Germany not because its work was facilitated by the advances of technology and on. Today, all the towers are automatically of central stations ( traffic control centers ) monitors and only serviced when needed. Lighthouse keeper lived normally with her family in the immediate vicinity of serviceable beacon.

Worldwide, there are only a few manned towers, particularly where special circumstances make the presence of a human or required labor costs are very low.