French: agent d'entretien POEnglish translation: janitor 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | French term or phrase: | agent d'entretien PO | | English translation: | janitor | | Entered by: | Drmanu49 |
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Tech/Engineering - Human Resources | | French term or phrase: agent d'entretien PO | | This is contained in a reference. The job mentioned must be low-level since the educational qualifications are not demanding. The person involved worked as an "agent d'entretien", an "ouvrier de nettoyage" and an "aide jardinier". I have thought of putting "cleaner" for "ouvrier de nettoyage" and "maintenance (staff)" for "agent d'entretien" but the abbreviation is foxing me. Any ideas? |
|  Clive JonesKudoZ activityQuestions: 77 (all closed) Answers: 93
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| Clarification request(s) and responseDrmanu49: 12:02pm Sep 5, 2007: Is PO by itself? It could be "petites oeuvres".
Tony M: 12:08pm Sep 5, 2007: It might help to know what sort of company this job is in?
Clive Jones: 12:24pm Sep 5, 2007: Clarifications - I'd thought of "petites oeuvres" but can't find any support for it. "PO" is by itself. The company is in airport maintenance.
Drmanu49: 12:27pm Sep 5, 2007: Ok then I would stick with maintenance person or handyman which is more British.
By the way it's petits ouvrages, see my ref.
Drmanu49: 12:28pm Sep 5, 2007: or menial tasks.
Clive Jones: 12:31pm Sep 5, 2007: Thanks, Drmanu. The word "oeuvres" was the one that seemed too grand! "Ouvrages" appears to fit in well
Tony M: 12:42pm Sep 5, 2007: Do note, though, that the instance of 'ouvrages' in Manu's first ref. has nothing to do with odd jobs, it is referring to minor civil engineering structures!
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| | janitor or cleaning/maintenance person | Explanation:
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Note added at 29 mins (2007-09-05 12:27:30 GMT)
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Agent d'exploitation du domaine public routier; Ouvrier de maintenance voirie ... de terrassement ou la réalisation et l’entretien de petits ouvrages ...
www.cnfpt.fr/fr/particuliers/contenu.php?&action=det&id=42&... - 33k -
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Note added at 30 mins (2007-09-05 12:28:19 GMT)
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small/menial tasks for PO
Obviously, the entire IT infrastructure requires maintenance, and users ... that time is spent performing menial tasks that aren’t measured or reported on. ...
www.tlcit.biz/why-outsource.php - 25k |
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| Note from asker to answererMany thanks to all who took the trouble to answer. Another plus for Proz! I chose "janitor" in the end although it has an American tang to it. I tend to agree with Bourth that PO could be an abbreviation for "Polyvalent" but in any case it expresses the idea of "odd jobs".
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