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FEMME TOUT FAIRE [2 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2023-04-17

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)
  • Oil Drilling
OBS

... a "roustabout" [does] more generalised labouring work [than a roughneck] such as handling the loading and unloading of cargo from crane baskets, being assistant ("go-fer"s, as in "go for this", "go for that", "go for the other") to the welder, mechanic, electrician or other skilled trade. Usage in America appears to have been similar, and the terms [roustabout and roughneck] had spread to the rest of the world at least by the mid-1990s.

OBS

In the National Occupational Classification (NOC), an official occupational title in Group 8615 - Oil and Gas Well Drilling, Servicing and Related Labourers.

OBS

Offshore drilling rig.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
OBS

Au bas de l'échelle, [il y a] ce qu'on appelle le «roustabout» (l'homme à tout faire) qui court partout et fait ce que personne ne veut faire. C'est le «grunt» (le «va-chercher») de l'équipe. Il décharge et empile les tiges de forage, il nettoie par terre, il récure, il peint des choses [...] Après le «roustabout», [il y a] l'homme de plateforme qu'on appelle aussi le «roughneck» (le dur à cuir). Ceux-là sont au poste de forage, et c'est avec eux que le forage passe ou casse. Leur travail est probablement le plus dangereux.

OBS

homme de surface; femme de surface : Dans la Classification nationale des professions (CNP), titre de profession officiel dans le Groupe 8615 - Manœuvres de forage et d'entretien des puits de pétrole et de gaz et manœuvres exerçant une profession connexe.

OBS

Installation de forage en mer.

Spanish

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