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MAIN OCCUPATION [9 records]

Record 1 2019-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Road Construction Equipment
CONT

Occupation : Bituminous paving machine operator. Main job roles(career tasks) : Operates machine that spreads and levels hot-mix bituminous paving material on subgrade of highways streets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Matériel de constr. (Voies de circulation)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Equipo de construcción de carreteras
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Record 2 2018-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

A person whose main occupation is riding horses in horse racing or harness racing.

CONT

A driver or rider of a horse holds the reins in his hands.

OBS

A jockey usually weighs no more than 100 to 120 pounds (45 to 55 kilos) because his/her weight is included in the mass the horse has to carry or pull.

OBS

"Jocke", "driver" and "rider" are the terms used for a person mounting a horse in horse racing or riding a horse and sulky in harness racing; "rider" is used in all other equestrian sports. "Driver" is the term used in Blue Bonnets racetrack’s documents.

OBS

jock: Short for "jockey."

OBS

The term "reinsman" is used in harness racing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Celui (celle) dont le métier est de monter ou de conduire les chevaux en courses montées ou en courses attelées.

OBS

On dit «jockey» et «conducteur» en courses montées et en courses attelées; «pilote» en courses attelées.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
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Record 3 2011-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire-Fighting Services
DEF

A fire brigade the members of which serve on a voluntary basis in addition to their full-time or main occupation.

OBS

Volunteer fireman: A regularly enrolled firefighter in a community fire service who contributes his time to fire protection and suppression activities without pay, except for workman’s compensation or other injury or death benefits.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Service d'incendie
DEF

Corps de pompiers dans lequel le service d'incendie est assuré volontairement et accessoirement au métier principal.

CONT

Les corps des sapeurs-pompiers communaux ou départementaux. [...] Près de 17 000 sapeurs-pompiers professionnels et 202 000 volontaires, répartis dans 11 676 corps professionnels, volontaires ou mixtes, veillaient en 1984 sur le patrimoine national en dehors des secteurs confiés aux militaires à Paris et à Marseille.

CONT

Il y a deux types de sections de Sapeurs Pompiers en France : - les corps de Sapeurs Pompiers professionnels - les corps de Sapeurs Pompiers volontaires.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Servicios de lucha contra incendios
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Record 4 2007-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Job Descriptions
  • Military Organization
OBS

Sub-occupation (Sub-O) ... is an occupation sub-grouping which may be developed when there is a requirement to employ a group of officers, with additional skills and knowledge, in a series of related jobs which form a significant part of the overall function of the occupation.

OBS

Sub-occupations are structures that exist within occupations, to reflect a work requirement that is over and above the main functional streams of the occupation. This work is not considered significant enough to warrant the training of all members of the occupation.

OBS

sub-occupation; Sub-O: term and abbreviation officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Descriptions d'emplois
  • Organisation militaire
OBS

Sous-groupe professionnel (SGP) [...] désigne un sous-groupe professionnel qui peut être formé lorsqu'il est nécessaire d'employer un groupe d'officiers possédant des compétences et des connaissances supplémentaires, dans un ensemble d'emplois connexes qui constitue une partie importante de la fonction globale du groupe professionnel.

OBS

sous-groupe professionnel; SGP : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 5 2006-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
  • Citizenship and Immigration
CONT

During that period of employment they performed a substantial number of the main duties of the occupation as set out in the occupational descriptions of the National Occupational Classification, including all of the essential duties.

OBS

Term found in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, 2002.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
CONT

Pendant cette période d'emploi, il a exercé une partie appréciable des fonctions principales de la profession figurant dans les descriptions des professions de cette classification, notamment toutes les fonctions essentielles.

OBS

Terme tiré du Règlement sur l'immigration et la protection des réfugiés, 2002.

Spanish

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Record 6 2004-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Agriculture - General
  • Labour and Employment
  • Statistics
DEF

... a farm operator whose main occupation [is] non-agricultural.

OBS

According to the 1991 Census of Agriculture-Population Database, 38% of all farm operators were secondary. The average number of days of off-farm work was 27 days for primary farmers, compared with 141 days for all secondary farmers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Agriculture - Généralités
  • Travail et emploi
  • Statistique
DEF

Exploitant agricole ayant déclaré un emploi principal non relié à l'agriculture et pour qui l'agriculture représente un emploi secondaire, une occupation à temps partiel ou un passe-temps.

Spanish

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Record 7 2002-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Land Forces
  • General Conduct of Military Operations
DEF

An offensive operation carried out in conjunction with a main attack and designed to achieve one or more of the following : deceive the enemy; destroy or pin down enemy forces which could interfere with the main attack; control ground whose occupation by the enemy will hinder the main attack; or force the enemy to commit reserves prematurely or in an indecisive area.

OBS

supporting attack: term and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forces terrestres
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires
DEF

Opération offensive exécutée en marge d'une attaque principale et ayant un ou plusieurs des buts suivants: tromper l'ennemi; détruire ou immobiliser des forces ennemies qui pourraient engager l'attaque principale; assurer l'avantage d'un terrain dont l'occupation par l'ennemi gênerait l'attaque principale; forcer l'ennemi à engager ses réserves prématurément ou à un endroit non décisif.

OBS

attaque d'appui : terme et définition uniformisés par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre; terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ejército de tierra
  • Conducción general de las operaciones militares
DEF

Acción ofensiva llevada a cabo en coordinación con el ataque principal para conseguir uno o varios de los objetivos siguientes: a. engañar al enemigo; b. destruir o fijar las fuerzas enemigas que pudieran impedir el ataque principal; c. controlar el terreno cuya ocupación por el enemigo podría impedir el ataque principal; o d. forzar al enemigo a emplear sus reservas prematuramente o en una zona no decisiva.

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Record 8 1999-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insurance
  • Fire-Fighting Services
DEF

Person whose main occupation is that of fire fighting.

DEF

A full-fledged member of a fire department. A firefighter who has successfully passed his probationary period.

DEF

Paid firefighter, paid man: A full-time, paid firefighter, as distinguished from a volunteer.

DEF

Blue shirt: a paid professional firefighter, so-called because of the blue dress shirt worn with the uniform; distinguished from officers who usually wear white shirts.

OBS

Full time fire fighter: term and definition (b) standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurances
  • Service d'incendie
DEF

Personne dont la principale occupation est celle de lutter contre les incendies.

DEF

Personne qui gagne sa vie principalement par l'exercice de la profession de pompier, assurant des périodes de garde dans un poste d'incendie.

OBS

Sapeur-pompier permanent : terme et définition (b) normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 9 1998-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire-Fighting Services
DEF

A standby firefighter who fills in part-time during absences of regular firefighters and is usually paid for the number of hours actually spent on duty.

DEF

Person whose main occupation is other than that of fire fighting but who is employed as a fire fighter on a part-time basis.

OBS

Part time fire fighter: term and definition (d) standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • part-paid fire fighter

French

Domaine(s)
  • Service d'incendie
DEF

Personne dont la principale occupation n'est pas celle de lutter contre les incendies mais qui est employée comme pompier à temps partiel.

DEF

Pompier en attente travaillant sur une base partielle en remplacement des pompiers réguliers et normalement rémunéré pour le nombre d'heures effectivement passées en devoir.

OBS

Sapeur-pompier occasionnel : terme et définition (d) normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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