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head brakeman [2 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2023-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Rail Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Transport par rail
DEF

Personne qui exerce les fonctions de surveillance et de direction des manœuvres nécessaires à la formation des trains notamment l'aiguillage, l'accrochage et décrochage des wagons, le serrage et desserrage des freins.

OBS

Pluriel : des serre-freins.

OBS

serre-frein (sing.); serre-freins (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2006).

Spanish

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