Civilization IV: Colonization: Professions

In Colonization, much of your population is made of Free Colonists.  However, when placed in a settlement, these colonists, as well as indentured servants, converted natives, and others, can take on any role available.  That is, colonists can take up one of the various professions in a settlement, from harvesting raw resources in nearby tiles to working in one of the many buildings that convert raw materials to finished goods.  Thus, there is a lot of flexibility in assigning roles to your colonists: one minute they can be focusing on mining silver from nearby mountains, and another minute they can distill sugar into rum.

With the right resources, these ordinary colonists can be turned into soldiers or dragoons to fight off the enemy, be it Europe or natives.  If a settlement has enough Guns resources (and potentially Horses, too, if you want to form a dragoon), you can convert previously-hard working colonists into soldiers in an instant.  To change the profession of any colonist while in the settlement screen, simply double-click the worker’s icon and choose from the list of options.  Alternatively, you can drag-and-drop the colonist from one area of the screen to another.

Note: There are 30 professions available, all listed below, and the table is accurate as of Colonization v1.00.

Image	Profession	Role
Resource Professions
	Cotton Planter	Can harvest cotton from surrounding tiles
	Farmer	Can harvest food from surrounding land tiles
	Fisherman	Can collect food from surrounding sea tiles
	Fur Trapper	Can collect furs from surrounding tiles
	Lumberjack	Can collect lumber from surrounding tiles
	Ore Miner	Can mine ore from surrounding tiles
	Silver Miner	Can mine silver from surrounding tiles
	Sugar Planter	Can collect sugar from surrounding tiles
	Tobacco Planter	Can harvest tobacco from surrounding tiles
Building Professions
	Blacksmith	Can produce tools from ore
	Carpenter	Can produce hammers from lumber
	Cigar Maker	Can make cigars from tobacco
	Coat Maker	Can make coats from furs
	Distiller	Can make rum from sugar
	Gunsmith	Can produce guns from tools
	Preacher	Can produce crosses
	Rancher	Can produce horses from food
	Statesman	Can produce liberty bells
	Student	Can produce education points
	Weaver	Can produce cloth from cotton
Unit Professions
	Armed Brave	Available only to natives Native can become an armed soldier
	Armed Mounted Brave	Available only to natives Native can become an armed soldier on horseback
	Brave	Available only to natives Serves as the default land unit
	Colonist	An unspecialized, defense-only unit
	Dragoon	Serves as the default mounted unit
	Missionary	Can establish missions in native settlements
	Mounted Brave	Available only to natives Native can become a mounted unit
	Pioneer	Can improve the surrounding lands
	Scout	Can explore surrounding lands on horseback
	Soldier	Serves as the default footsoldier