A handyman is a jack of many trades and has to broaden his horizons to include any job that a client can dream up. For example just recently I was asked to fit a cat flap for a customer! The variation in work is part of what I love about being a handyman in Dunstable, every day produces a new challenge for me to overcome.
Found this good article on Wikipedia, which sums up a handyman pretty well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handyman