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2. Swamper (occupational title) - Wikipedia

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   Swamper is an occupational slang term for an assistant worker (unskilled helper, maintenance person, or someone who performs odd jobs) in support of a skilled worker. . According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term has its origins circa 1857 in the southern United States to refer to a workman who cleared roads for a timber feller i

3. Brick hod - Wikipedia

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   A hoddie's duties might include wetting the mortar boards on the scaffolding, prior to fetching bricks from the delivery pallet using his hod and bringing them to 2x2 wide 'stacks' upon the scaffold that may then be easily laid by the bricklayers. The carrier should plan the deliveries of bricks with deliveries of mortar—also carried in the ...

4. Construction worker - Wikipedia

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   Construction workers can colloquially be referred to as "hard hat workers" or "hard hats", [5] as they often wear hard hats for safety while working on construction sites. Nevertheless, the term is a broad and generic one and most construction workers are primarily described by the specific level and type of work they perform.

5. Dictionary of Occupational Titles - Wikipedia

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   Although the DOT was deemed obsolete and then abandoned by the Employment Service and the Department of Labor, the data from the 1991 revised fourth edition of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles is used extensively at the Social Security Administration (SSA) in litigation related to applications for Social Security disability benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for adult claimants.

6. List of construction trades - Wikipedia

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   Among the construction trades, in most industrialized countries, each has a distinct 2-5 year craft apprenticeship education and usually once started a worker remains in a single craft and progresses through ranks of skill for the duration of their career (pre-apprentice, apprentice, and journeyman; some countries include a post-journeyman ...

7. List of railway industry occupations - Wikipedia

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   A railroad section gang — including common workers sometimes called gandy dancers — responsible for maintenance of a particular section of railway.One man is holding a bar, while others are using rail tongs to position a rail.