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Mar 24, 2013 15:41
11 yrs ago
German term

Maschinenhauer

German to English Tech/Engineering Mining & Minerals / Gems
From a work reference (Zeugnis)

Nach dem erfolgreichen Abschluss der Facharbeiterprüfung wurde xxx in ein bis zum yyy befristetes Arbeitsverhältnis übernommen und als Maschinenhauer im Untertagebereich eingesetzt.

This is NOT a typo for Maschinenbauer!

Any help greatly appreciated ... my ideas so far include a machinist for the field of mining or an underground miner, however I am very uncertain

TIA for any help
Stephen
Proposed translations (English)
3 cutting machine operator
3 machine hewer/power hewer
References
Wikipedia
Change log

Mar 25, 2013 07:29: Steffen Walter changed "Field (write-in)" from "Conveyor belts/systems" to "(none)"

Discussion

Barbara L Pavlik Mar 24, 2013:
Here is another reference that might be helpful

http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de/dings.cgi?lang=en&service=deen&op...
Barbara L Pavlik Mar 24, 2013:
I think "face worker" is the better of the two options I proposed, because it makes it more clear that it refers to the person and not to the machine that he uses. (Also, it is clear that, these days, the only people regularly working in a mine with non-power tools like pickaxes are the 7 dwarves :)
Stephen Sadie (asker) Mar 24, 2013:
Very kind but I had also found that - it still doesn't really help me with the English terminology unfortunately though
freekfluweel Mar 24, 2013:
http://berufenet.arbeitsagentur.de/berufe/docroot/r2/blobs/p...

Proposed translations

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cutting machine operator

is what I found ...
Reference:

http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/SearchByQuery.do?method=search&query=%22minas%22&sourceLanguage=PT&&targetLanguages=s&domain=0&matching=&type

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machine hewer/power hewer

http://www.mininginstitute.org.uk/library/definitions/Hewer....

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauer_(Bergbau)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hewer

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Note added at 1 hr (2013-03-24 17:09:26 GMT)
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Another possibility, and maybe a better one, is "face worker" http://www.staffspasttrack.org.uk/exhibit/coal/miners lives/...
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Reference comments

39 mins
Reference:

Wikipedia

If you check with Wikipedia, you will find a description in German, which is also rendered in English (look for English in the left column). At least, this will help you describe what the job involves.
Peer comments on this reference comment:
neutral Kim Metzger : So it would be "machine hewer"?
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