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skipsbefalarbeid

English translation: ship's officer work

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Norwegian term or phrase:skipsbefalarbeid
English translation:ship's officer work
Entered by: Helen Johnson

08:40 Feb 12, 2009
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Norwegian term or phrase: skipsbefalarbeid
Skipsbefalarbeid
Another of the jobs listed concerning occupational injury frequency, under transport and communications.
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Helen Johnson
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:46
ship's officer work
Explanation:
As Per rightly notes, "befal" is not limited to the merchant marine fleet. An example of usage by the Norwegian military is at http://www.mil.no/hv/shv/start/Kommandoen/ : "Høsten 1996 startet det første kurset opp på KNM Harald Haarfagre med 25 elever. Hensikten med (Utskrevet befalskurs for Sjøheimevernet) er å skaffe økt tilgang på skipsbefal til fartøyer og hurtigbåter."

(It may be that the Norwegian military is not involved in the particular work injury scheme at issue here.)
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Charles Ek
United States
Local time: 14:46
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Summary of answers provided
4merchant marine officer's work
Sven Petersson
4 -1ship's officer work
Charles Ek


  

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52 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
merchant marine officer's work


Explanation:
:o)

Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 21:46
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Per Bergvall: Why merchant marine in particular? When 'befal' is closely associated with Navy command structures?
2 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
ship's officer work


Explanation:
As Per rightly notes, "befal" is not limited to the merchant marine fleet. An example of usage by the Norwegian military is at http://www.mil.no/hv/shv/start/Kommandoen/ : "Høsten 1996 startet det første kurset opp på KNM Harald Haarfagre med 25 elever. Hensikten med (Utskrevet befalskurs for Sjøheimevernet) er å skaffe økt tilgang på skipsbefal til fartøyer og hurtigbåter."

(It may be that the Norwegian military is not involved in the particular work injury scheme at issue here.)

Example sentence(s):
  • "The captain of the dredger which collided with the Marchioness is still working as a ship's officer despite questions about his conduct dogging him for a decade."

    Reference: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/captain-st...
Charles Ek
United States
Local time: 14:46
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Sven Petersson: Defence officers are not classified under "transport and communications"!
22 mins
  -> Hence my parenthetical comment above. The U.K. Office for Nat'l Statistics identifies "ship's officer" as related to their "Ship and hovercraft officers" http://www.statistics.gov.uk/methods_quality/ns_sec/download... at pp.134-35
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