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Tech/Engineering - Human Resources / employee classification | | Japanese term or phrase: リリーフマン | Or リリーフ担当。
This is taken from the same accident report. As far as I can see, this is a factory worker who is assigned a duty that is not his usual one temporarily when another section becomes too busy and needs more workers.
A "relief worker" will not work because it sounds like a worker for a disaster relief. He is not a "temporary worker" because he is employed full time and usually doing something else. I though about "supply worker" like supply teacher, but it sounds like I am inviting a misunderstanding.
What is the well-accepted expression? |
|  Yuki OkadaKudoZ activityQuestions: 95 (none open) ( 2 closed without grading) Answers: 786
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| | temporary cover staff | Explanation:
The company I have worked for in the past used to use this phrase for someone who temporarily relieves a worker from his/her duty.
Example: The temporary cover staff covers machine operator's duty when he/she needs to go to the toilet or needs to go home for sickness etc.
I don't know whether this would apply to your case.
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-06-03 15:21:02 GMT)
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[Temporary cover staff] was also used for someone who helped another department to give maternity/sickness cover or to reinforce the manpower. |
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sideo
Local time: 04:05
| Grading comment Thank you everyone. I am using "cover worker" in my document. It seems that a worker filling in for someone else is a Japanese practice and not common in the English speaking world.
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