So What Exactly Does Barney Rubble Do For A Living?

I thought they went off to work together and ran those feet under the car to get home TOGETHER. Don't they both work at the gravel pit? How COOL was it that they used animals for appliances and stuff? Like a birds beak for a phonograph and an elephant's trunk to spray water for dishes and showering??? How f-in COOL was it, that they had a dang BARKING DINOSAUR to represent the iconic "family dog"???? How COOL was it, that Betty's necklace had that big pearl look...I don't think those were supposed to be rocks...I think they were pearls. Hannah-Barbera was the SHIZ-NIT!!!