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HOISTING ENGINEMAN [2 records]

Record 1 2017-10-31

English

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

In mining, one who operates steam or electric hoisting machinery used to lower cages (elevators) and skips (large, metal boxlike containers) into a mine and to raise them to the surface from different levels.

OBS

hoist: A power-driven windlass for raising ore, rock, or other material from a mine and for lowering or raising men and material.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Exploitation minière
DEF

Ouvrier qui assure, dans une mine, la conduite d'un treuil.

OBS

Dans les treuils à moteur, la vapeur, qui était souvent utilisée autrefois, a pratiquement disparu. On utilise soit le moteur à explosion, [...] soit, le plus souvent, le moteur électrique [...]

OBS

Les différences qui justifient les dénominations de «treuil» et de «palans» deviennent parfois [...] infimes [...] Actuellement, on distingue assez arbitrairement ces outils de levage.

Key term(s)
  • conductrice de treuil

Spanish

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Record 2 1986-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)

French

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

Gazette Officielle de Québec

Spanish

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