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WORK PACKAGE [23 records]

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Record 1 2023-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wastewater Treatment
CONT

The term "package treatment unit" is applied to a wide spectrum of plant manufactured [modules] assembled ahead of time, usually at a manufacturing facility remote from the site. A package unit is typically delivered to the site as a skid-mounted unit, pre-piped and pre-wired ready for connecting to the process tanks and mains services, thus saving on installation work and operational downtime.... Package units can... provide a first stage of treatment for effluent from industry, particularly the food and drink sector, in order to cut discharge costs.

OBS

package: A preassembled unit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des eaux usées
Key term(s)
  • unité de traitement pré-assemblée

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organization Planning
DEF

A hierarchical tree structure that breaks down a project into smaller deliverables.

CONT

The WBS allows the whole program or project to be successively broken down into smaller, more readily identifiable work activities. For example : total program, project, sub-project, task, sub-task, work package.

OBS

work breakdown structure; WBS: term and abbreviation used at the Treasury Board Secretariat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification d'organisation
CONT

Compte tenu de la définition d'une tâche, il faut maintenant parler de «structure de répartition du travail». La SRT permet de diviser successivement la totalité du programme ou du projet en activités plus petites et plus facilement identifiables. Par exemple : ensemble du programme, projet, sous-projet, tâche, sous-tâche, lot de travaux.

OBS

structure de répartition du travail; SRT : terme et abréviation en usage au Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Planificación de organización
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Record 3 2021-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Security and Employment Insurance
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
CONT

The economic aid package will support workers who, as a result of coronavirus, are in quarantine or self-isolating, but who do not have paid sick leave to cover their time away from work.

PHR

COVID-19 economic aid package

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité sociale et assurance-emploi
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
CONT

Pour en savoir plus sur les mesures d'aide financière pour les particuliers pendant la crise du coronavirus, ou pour voir les mesures d'aide qui touchent les entreprises […]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguridad social y seguro de desempleo
  • Gestión presupuestaria y financiera
CONT

[…] el presidente estadounidense […] firmó un paquete de ayuda de 484.000 millones de dólares para extender el apoyo adicional a los préstamos para pequeñas empresas y para ayudar a los hospitales a ampliar las pruebas de COVID-19.

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Record 4 2020-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
CONT

An installation program or installer is a computer program that installs files, such as applications, drivers, or other software, onto a computer. Some installers are specifically made to install the files they contain; other installers are general-purpose and work by reading the contents of the software package to be installed.

Key term(s)
  • installation programme
  • install programme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)

Spanish

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Record 5 2018-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Personnel Management
CONT

Health Canada, Work Force Adjustment : Employee Kit. This guide was prepared to assist employees affected by work force adjustment situations. The package provides general information as wells as tips on coping with change, job searching, résumé writing and how to prepare for interviews.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Gestion du personnel
CONT

Santé Canada, Réaménagement des effectifs - Trousse d'information. Cette pochette s'adresse aux employés touchés par les mesures de réaménagement des effectifs. Elle contient des renseignements généraux et des conseils pratiques sur la manière de réagir aux changements, de chercher un emploi, de rédiger un curriculum vitæ et de se préparer à une entrevue.

Spanish

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Record 6 2017-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Finance
OBS

Mission. On behalf of... members : delivering a competitive compensation and benefits package; securing improvements in the work environment; advocating for professional and career development opportunities; protecting the rights and interests of every member; and being the voice for [the] community on policy issues that affect Canadians.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Finances
OBS

Mission. Pour le compte [des] membres : offrir un régime concurrentiel de rémunération et d’avantages sociaux; assurer des améliorations dans le milieu de travail; promouvoir les occasions de perfectionnement professionnel et de développement de carrière; protéger les droits et les intérêts de chaque membre; et être la voix de notre collectivité sur les enjeux politiques qui affectent les Canadiens et Canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 7 2014-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Execution of Work (Construction)
  • Engineering
DEF

Person or company assuming a single contract for total responsibility for the delivery of a complete project, including all services, such as architectural, engineering, construction, furnishings, and financing, if required.

CONT

... construction companies... qualified as package builders or turnkey contractors... handle a "package" so complete that when work is finished, the owner simply turns the key and enters to start production. Package builders and turnkey contractors usually do their own engineering... They acquire the site, design and build the structure, and, in the case of a factory, purchase and install machinery and lay out assembly lines.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exécution des travaux de construction
  • Ingénierie
DEF

Société spécialisée dans la conception et la réalisation d'ensembles industriels livrés clé en main.

CONT

Un maître d'ouvrage peut décider d'adopter l'une des deux solutions suivantes : soit confier à un "ensemblier" la réalisation d'ouvrages "clé en main" après mise au concours [...]; soit confier à un maître d'œuvre la conception des ouvrages puis en confier l'exécution à un entrepreneur sous le contrôle du maître d'œuvre [...]

CONT

La livraison d'usines «clé en main» est l'une des activités les plus connues des ensembliers. Mais elle n'est pas la seule [...]

OBS

Au Canada, le terme «ensemblier» est inusité dans ce sens.

Spanish

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Record 8 2011-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

A package of two graphics programs that work together : Charting Gallery(CG), and Drawing Gallery(DG).

OBS

Gallery Collection™: A trademark of Hewlett-Packard.

Key term(s)
  • Gallery Collection

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Infographie
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
DEF

Progiciel formé de deux programmes graphiques : Charting Gallery (CG), et Drawing Gallery (DG).

OBS

Gallery CollectionMC : Marque de commerce de Hewlett-Packard.

Spanish

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Record 9 2010-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Plant Safety
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
CONT

This work package addresses R&D [research and development] on materials and collimators for high intensity beams. The following objectives have been defined … Identify and fully characterize [through] experiment and simulation materials … adequate … in high power accelerators.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sûreté des centrales nucléaires
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
CONT

Pour comprendre ces phénomènes [échauffement direct de l’enceinte du réacteur], plusieurs expériences en matériaux simulants ont été conduites, notamment en Corée et plus récemment sur le dispositif DISCO [dispersion of simulant corium] réalisé par FZK en Allemagne.

Spanish

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Record 10 2010-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organization Planning
DEF

The original plan(for a project, a work package, or an activity), plus/minus approved changes.

OBS

baseline: term usually used with a modifier, e.g. cost baseline, schedule baseline, performance measurement baseline, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification d'organisation

Spanish

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Record 11 2009-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Federal Administration
OBS

DataViz Enterprise Resources. Documents To Go is a powerful word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, PDF and decompression application all in one complete package, designed to help you get your work done no matter where you are. Since it is full featured yet easy to use, Documents To Go is a mobile office suite that makes good business sense.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Administration fédérale

Spanish

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Record 12 2006-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Design
  • Engineering
CONT

Fig 5 Design review flow chart. Work package specification; Original design; Design verification; Review and approve;... ;Design approval....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dessin industriel
  • Ingénierie
CONT

Études d'industrialisation. [...] Elles entraînent généralement : la définition précise des moyens de fabrication, de montage, et de contrôle du produit; la conception de nouveaux moyens de fabrication [...]; des modifications dans la conception initiale du produit, dues aux difficultés rencontrées par la fabrication [...]

Spanish

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Record 13 - external organization data 2005-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
  • Nuclear Science and Technology
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

The description of each decommissioning work package includes an overview of the step-wise technical approach, the nature and source of any potentially significant risks to the workers, public and environment, including estimates of doses...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
  • Sciences et techniques nucléaires
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

La description de chaque ensemble de travaux de déclassement présente un aperçu de l'approche technique étape par étape, de la nature et la source de tout risque important pour les travailleurs, le public et l'environnement, y compris une estimation des doses de rayonnement [...]

Spanish

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Record 14 2004-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Instruments
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
CONT

Three testers for earth measurement. ... The measurement of the resistivity of the ground is an unavoidable step in installing a good earth point. Also the resistance of the earth point must be measured regularly to ensure its effectiveness. For the public confronted with these needs, we have introduced in 1996 three new worksite instruments. ... Two earth testers ... Self-powered and watertight, the C.A 6421 and C.A 6423 are worksite instruments, light and very simple to use.

CONT

Work site instrument system package. This series of product embodies the site instruments and full fittings, transformers, instrument valve gauge, thermal insulation(protection) box, as an integrated system package. Its main feature lies in the full set of system, integrated pipeline, series of product, and the combination of electricity with machinery.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments scientifiques
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
CONT

Cansel Ressources est heureuse de fournir à nos clients dans le domaine des ressources naturelles les tous derniers instruments de chantier. Nous connaissons vos besoins... des accessoires pour le marquage, à l'équipement de sécurité, en passant par toutes les autres fournitures essentielles.

OBS

Lorsque on veut parler de manière plus générale de l'endroit où s'effectuent les travaux, on peut utiliser l'expression «instrument d'analyse sur le terrain» (en anglais : «field instrument»).

Spanish

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Record 15 2003-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
CONT

Porfolio work is becoming more salient in discussion and it is widely assumed to be on the increase. It is assumed that many organisations feel less able to offer permanent employment contracts and also that some individuals may be actively choosing to work this way. This has led to the concept of a portfolio career in wich individuals develop and maintain a package of paid and unpaid activities that draws om their range of skills.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
CONT

L'idée d'un emploi à vie, par exemple, (pour les hommes des classes moyennes) a été remplacé par « la carrière en portefeuille », un euphémisme s'il en est pour décrire l'insécurité du travail et le souci de savoir comment payer ses factures.

Spanish

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Record 16 2003-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
CONT

Porfolio work is becoming more salient in discussion and it is widely assumed to be on the increase. It is assumed that many organisations feel less able to offer permanent employment contracts and also that some individuals may be actively choosing to work this way. This has led to the concept of a portfolio career in wich individuals develop and maintain a package of paid and unpaid activities that draws on their range of skills.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
DEF

[Travail caractérisé par des] mandats à temps partiel, différents postes de travail à temps partiel, phases d'occupation alternant avec le perfectionnement ou le travail familial.

OBS

Les carrières en ligne droite deviennent ici l'exception.

Spanish

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Record 17 2002-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Provincial Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Atmospheric Physics
OBS

In 1987-after several years of development work-the Department of Meteorology and Wind Energy(now : Wind Energy and Atmospheric Physics Department) at Riso National laboratory introduced WAsP-a powerful tool for wind climate estimation, data analysis and siting of wind turbines. WAsP constitutes a complete analysis and application package. Wind data, whether in the form of a time series or a climatological table, can be transformed into regional wind atlasas. Such data may be the users own data or general climatological data. The program can be applied directly for estimation of wind climate with wind atlas data from the Danish and the European Wind Atlasas and corresponding data collections from other countries-all over the world.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
  • Physique de l'atmosphère

Spanish

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Record 18 1997-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Execution of Work (Construction)
  • Government Contracts
DEF

Part of the work that by its nature can be observed, identified, and distinguished from other parts of work for the purposes of estimating, cost accounting, and construction management. Costs can be segregated and allocated to specific items of work.

CONT

The cost-accounting system enables accountants to determine which work items are being completed within the estimated cost figures and which are not.

OBS

work package : term approved by the committee studying the terminology related to major project management.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exécution des travaux de construction
  • Marchés publics
DEF

ensemble de travaux confié à un entrepreneur, selon un critère technique de qualification.

DEF

Chacune des spécialités qui, sur un chantier, correspondent à un ensemble homogène de travaux et à un marché confié à une entreprise.

CONT

Lot V.R.D. [voirie, réseaux divers], lot carrelage-marbrerie, etc.

OBS

lot de travaux; lot technique : termes approuvés par le Comité du Centre international GP, chargé de l'étude des termes de la gestion des grands projets.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ejecución de los trabajos de construcción
  • Contratos gubernamentales
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Record 19 1991-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Execution of Work (Construction)
DEF

A construction approach whereby a project is executed in a sequence of steps, each representing a work package.

OBS

See also fast track.

OBS

Term(s) and definition approved by the committee set up by the Centre international GP to study the terminology related to major project management.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exécution des travaux de construction
DEF

Mode de construction selon lequel un projet est exécuté par lots de travaux successifs.

OBS

Terme(s) et définition approuvés par le comité chargé par le Centre international GP d'étudier les termes de la gestion des grands projets.

Spanish

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Record 20 1991-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Economics
CONT

Coal liquefaction : Calculation of process economics. The report "Development of computer package for the calculation of direct coal liquefaction process economics" describes the work carried out by the British Coal Corporation under contract to the Commission of the European Communities.... The system also provides a framework for the user to develop economic information, including capital and operating costs, for the process of interest. In addition, it enables the user to carry out parametric studies on the effects on process economics of altering process variables or the assumptions used in defining the thermodynamic performance of the process. [Erdol and Kohle, "Erdgas", Petrochemie : Hydrocarbon Technology, May 1990, V. 43, p. 175(1])

OBS

Information from bibliographic data base.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie de l'entreprise

Spanish

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Record 21 1988-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
OBS

Tools for Change examines patterns of women's work and training, along with barriers preventing women's greater participation in the economy. It combines articles, cartoons, graphs, and newspaper clippings to produce an informative and lively learning package.

OBS

Information found in DOBIS.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres

Spanish

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Record 22 1987-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

HP Gallery Collection(GC) is a package of two graphics programs that work together :-Charting Gallery(CG), for standard business graphs.-Drawing Gallery(DG), for customizing graphs and utilization of insertions from an available illustration library.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
DEF

Sorte de menu dont les différents items sont des graphes que l'on peut modifier à la demande à l'aide d'une souris.

Spanish

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Record 23 1987-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

HP Gallery Collection(GC) is a package of two graphics programs that work together :-Charting Gallery(CG), for standard business graphics-Drawing Gallery(DG), for customizing graphs utilization of insertions from an available illustration library.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
DEF

Sorte de menu dont les différents items sont des graphes que l'on peut utiliser tels quels.

Spanish

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