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POSTE NOIR [1 record]

Record 1 2016-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Working Practices and Conditions
DEF

... the third shift on a continuous shift system, the night shift, beginning around midnight and ending early in the morning ...

OBS

On a three-shift operation, the regular morning or day shift is known as the first shift, the afternoon, the second shift, and the night, graveyard or lobster shift is the third shift.

OBS

graveyard tour: The shift of duty on a drilling rig that starts at or about midnight.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Régimes et conditions de travail
DEF

Poste de travail qui commence à minuit et se termine au début de la matinée.

OBS

poste noir : Familier.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Prácticas y condiciones de trabajo
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