paleteros viales

English translation: traffic guards / traffic controllers / flagmen

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Spanish term or phrase:paleteros viales
English translation:traffic guards / traffic controllers / flagmen
Entered by: Robert Forstag

00:39 Nov 13, 2014
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / Mexico / Transportation Services
Spanish term or phrase: paleteros viales
Not much context to offer, I'm afraid. The term appears in an e-mail header and the e-mail in question includes a table listing expenditures for different kinds of transportation services, but the term isn't repeated.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, and sorry for the lack of CONTEXT!
Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 09:07
traffic guards / traffic controllers
Explanation:
"Paletero: Es la persona encargada del control vehicular e informar al usuario sobre los trabajos en un frente de trabajo inmediato o cuando los vehículos están en carguío o descarguio."
http://ebc.gob.bo/documentacion/TDR_PUBLICACIONES/nuevos/PAL...

"Paletero vial fue atropellado
[...] El hecho se registró a las 9:30 a. m. al frente de la fundación eclesiástica Hogar del Anciano cuando el trabajador se encontraba desviando el tráfico por el carril derecho, ya que dicha empresa adelanta operaciones de señalización en la zona."
http://www.eldiario.com.co/seccion/JUDICIAL/paletero-vial-fu...

"A traffic guard, traffic controller, flagman, or flagger is a person who directs traffic through a construction site or other temporary traffic control zone past an area using gestures, signs or flags."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_guard
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Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 15:07
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Nice work.
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4 +3traffic guards / traffic controllers
Charles Davis
4(construction) flagger
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traffic guards / traffic controllers


Explanation:
"Paletero: Es la persona encargada del control vehicular e informar al usuario sobre los trabajos en un frente de trabajo inmediato o cuando los vehículos están en carguío o descarguio."
http://ebc.gob.bo/documentacion/TDR_PUBLICACIONES/nuevos/PAL...

"Paletero vial fue atropellado
[...] El hecho se registró a las 9:30 a. m. al frente de la fundación eclesiástica Hogar del Anciano cuando el trabajador se encontraba desviando el tráfico por el carril derecho, ya que dicha empresa adelanta operaciones de señalización en la zona."
http://www.eldiario.com.co/seccion/JUDICIAL/paletero-vial-fu...

"A traffic guard, traffic controller, flagman, or flagger is a person who directs traffic through a construction site or other temporary traffic control zone past an area using gestures, signs or flags."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_guard

Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 15:07
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Nice work.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you, Charles. This is what we would call a "flagman" in the US. It may well apply here. Nice work. :)


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agree  Danik 2014
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agree  philgoddard
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agree  Neil Ashby
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(construction) flagger


Explanation:
Flaggers must be trained in the principles that are spelled out in the California Code of Regulations - Construction Safety Orders (see the web site below).

A flagger directs traffic for a road construction crew. Flaggers hold a paddle with "Stop" on one side and "Slow" on the other

135 Construction Flagger Jobs available on Indeed.com.

They are the men and women along roads and highways who help traffic keep flowing through a construction zone, despite a shutdown of lanes. Flaggers often ...

The requirements to become a construction flagger vary by region, but you'll generally need to complete a training course and then...


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