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ABATTEUR [5 records]

Record 1 2019-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Slaughterhouses

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Abattoirs

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Underground Mining
  • Mining of Organic Materials
DEF

A worker (as in a ... coal mine) who actually works at the face as distinguished from one who serves in various supplementary capacities (as in mucking, loading, or hauling).

OBS

face (n.) [in French: "front de taille", or "front d'abattage"]: The exposed surface of an unbroken coal bed or ore deposit at the advancing end of the working place, where mining, winning or getting takes place.

OBS

faceman: term also used for a worker in a quarry.

Key term(s)
  • face-woman
  • face woman
  • coal face-worker

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Exploitation minière souterraine
  • Exploitation de matières organiques (Mines)
DEF

Mineur qui abat le charbon à front de taille.

OBS

On trouve aussi «abatteur en carrières» dans l'index de la Classification internationale type des professions, du Bureau international du travail à Genève.

Spanish

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Record 3 2006-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Underground Mining
DEF

A workman, always an experienced miner, who keeps the roof, sides and pavement of a passage in good repair.

OBS

In the National Occupational Classification (NOC), an official occupational title in Group 8411 - Underground Mine Service and Support Workers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Exploitation minière souterraine
OBS

Dans la Classification nationale des professions (CNP), titres de professions officiels dans le Groupe 8411 - Personnel d'entretien et de soutien des mines souterraines.

Spanish

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Record 4 2003-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Forestry Operations
OBS

In the National Occupational Classification (NOC), official occupational titles in Group 8421 - Chainsaw and Skidder Operators.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Exploitation forestière
OBS

Dans la Classification nationale des professions (CNP), titres de professions officiels dans le Groupe 8421 - Opérateurs/opératrices de scies à chaîne et conducteurs/conductrices de débusqueuses.

OBS

Exploitation forestière.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Explotación forestal
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Record 5 1993-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Meats and Meat Industries
OBS

An individual ... that slaughters meat producing animals and processes, packs, and distributes meat and meat by-products.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Salaison, boucherie et charcuterie
CONT

L'exploitant unique (d'abattoir) est un prestataire de services nécessaires à la transformation d'un animal vivant en viande commercialisable (La production de viande bovine, 1981, page 299).

Spanish

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