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voedende glasvezelkabel
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Jun 7, 2010 19:24
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Dutch term

civiele ploeg/medewerker

Dutch to English Tech/Engineering Telecom(munications)
Het betreft instructies voor het leggen van glasvezelkabels. De term 'civiele ploeg' wordt gebruikt om de medewerkers aan te duiden die in kleine ploegen of teams van 4-5 man eventueel met kleine graafmachines de sleuven in de grond graven in de straten/trottoirs waarin de kabels en buizen gelegd worden voor de nutsbedrijven. Hoe worden deze mensen genoemd in het Engels? Ik ben zelf al bezig geweest met 'civil worker', 'civil technician', 'civil labourer' en hoewel 'civil technician' mijn voorkeur heeft nu, kan ik niet echt een bevestiging vinden dat dit de juiste term is. Heeft iemand van jullie ervaring in het telecomgebeuren?
Proposed translations (English)
4 civil worker
4 utility team worker
3 employee/civil engineering (works) contractor

Discussion

Dungly (asker) Jun 9, 2010:
No answer chosen. Hello everybody, thank you very much for your contribution, but none of the answers provided convinced me to be the right one. Civil worker en civil engineering contractor make me think too much of other types of jobs. Also, both of the terms, as well as the utility team worker, did not come out as commonly used terms for the job in question. So, after some more research, I found a couple of links (not many) that can justify my choice of 'civil technician', my initial preference. Thanks all the same though for replying!

Proposed translations

22 mins

civil worker

Tony Webb started hauling cable while working for VisionStream in 1992 before going out on his own in 2002. Starting with Telstra over ten years ago as a basic civil worker Tony worked his way through the ranks...

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Note added at 23 mins (2010-06-07 19:47:48 GMT)
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sorry, that's not really an explanation... but a sample sentence from the link :-)
Example sentence:

A civil worker accidentally hits the network cable while trying to install a new telephone (what ever) lines;

Reference:

http://webbys.net.au/about.htm

http://web.fkm.utm.my/reasondown.php3

Peer comment(s):
neutral Textpertise : Not happy with the term "civil worker" as it can also mean civil servant. It is my feeling that the meaning of the term is not sufficiently defined for it to be used unambiguously.
56 mins
Hmm, well, I suppose I could agree that 'all guv cable layers are civil workers, but not all civil workers are cable layers'
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1 hr

utility team worker

Utility construction companies for gas, electricity and other services have two types of "outdoor" workers: team workers and lone workers. The following reference applies to lone workers:
http://www.ifsec.co.uk/ExhibitorLibrary/40/Safelink_and_Skan...
I have not been able to find a reference for team workers but it is my experience that this is what they are called.
Peer comment(s):
neutral Carolyn Gille : zero hits for utility team worker (can't find it anywhere, not even in your link) - also, Skanska isn't a civil branch of the guv, I don't think.
4 mins
http://www.jobsearch.co.uk/show_job.cgi?j=5980215&u=75224 - If there's a leader, there is also a worker. See also: http://hako-computing.com/downloads/case_studies/NetMotion_M... In the UK such jobs not usually govt
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5 hrs

employee/civil engineering (works) contractor

Have a look at the URL shown below and see if you agree with me.
Regards
Louis
Reference:

http://www.dlcontractors.org/

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