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Baufachwerker

English translation: skilled construction worker

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German term or phrase:	Baufachwerker
English translation:	skilled construction worker
Entered by:	Melanie Wittwer

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07:51 Nov 8, 2009

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Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering

German term or phrase: Baufachwerker

context: employed as a Baufachwerker ... working with asphalt ...

'skilled construction worker'? or is it something more specific?

Melanie Wittwer KudoZ activity Questions: 71 (none open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 29 New Zealand
Local time: 01:11

skilled construction worker

Explanation:
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/german_to_english/business_commerc...

Baufachwerker ist eine Berufsbezeichnung, Ausbildung mit Abschluß

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Note added at 33 mins (2009-11-08 08:24:48 GMT)
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Baufachwerker/-in FR Ausbau. Ausbildungsdauer ... Interesse an der Ausbildung mit Holz; Teamfähigkeit; gute zeichnerische und bildliche Vorstellungsgabe ...
www.bbw-greifswald.de/98.html

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EdithK
Germany
Local time: 13:11

Grading comment

Thanks, Edith
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +6

skilled construction worker

EdithK

building operative

Wulf-Dieter Krüger

construction worker

Yasutomo Kanazawa

Answers

10 mins confidence:

construction worker

Explanation:
or construction laborer

Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Local time: 21:11
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Japanese

30 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

skilled construction worker

EdithK
Germany
Local time: 13:11
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

German,

English
PRO pts in category: 277

Grading comment

Thanks, Edith

17 hrs confidence:

building operative

Explanation:
'Baufachwerker' is a word theat cannot be found in the Duden.
If it is a skilled worker on civil engineering sites the German term should be 'Bauhandwerker' for which the translation according to Eichborn is 'building operative'

Wulf-Dieter Krüger
Thailand
Local time: 19:11
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 17