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Thanks to Sommerfeldt and everyone else your the more or less constructive input. I didn't get an answer from the client on this one (not direct) so I just reviewed the discussion and also discovered that there's something called a "hose assembly technician" and have thrown that in for good measure. 3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer
...in that you don't, for some reason, think that "slangemontør" is a real occupation.
There are job descriptions out there, companies are looking for "slangemontører", it's used as a job title, and if you've ever looked at anything hydraulic, you should know that you can't change hoses, repair or mend them yourself - you need a "slangemontør". Which leads me to believe that you actually need training to become one.
"You cannot train to be a slangemontør" is obviously wrong. Maybe let this one go, and accept it's a job title?
I feel I have failed in getting my point across...
15:59 Feb 25, 2011
In my Front Office Manager days at SAS Hotel Scandinavia in Oslo (Radisson Blu these days), we had a function called folio typist. The function was performed by a receptionist, albeit the lowliest newhire of them all. The folio typist would type out guest folios by reading info from registration cards. The folio typist would distribute three guest control slips to front office, PBX and room rack. We never advertised for folio typists, nor did we ever hire one in this position as such. We hired receptionists, who carried out this function. Their other duties included greeting arriving guests, assigning rooms, answering questions galore, and looking presentable. Many of the more presentable went on to careers as air hostesses. Nowhere on their CV would you find 'folio typist'. Like hose fitter, folio typist isn't a job, unless there's a qualifier that makes it special. Laser folio typist, offshore folio typist, underwater folio typist, sub-zero folio typist, all specialised enough to be jobs. There just isn't a hose fitter job out there that doesn't have a qualifier, most of them being hydraulic. You cannot train to be a slangemontør, so how can it be a job title? Just wondering....
And said when I grow up, I want to be a hose fitter, I'd yank her from kindergarten in a minute. No disrespect intended to all of you diploma-carrying hose fitters out there. Probably a good thing I never had kids.
Hydraulic hose fitter is probably a job title. As is Assembly Technician. My point is simply that slangemontør/hose fitter is not; at best, it's a function. Look, if you like, at the two referenced positions of slangemontør offered by Tess. One is definitely a workshop figure, while the other is basically a sales clerk with a keen interest in fittings. Add hydraulics to the equation, and it's a profession. Without, it, no cigar. Where does one apply to get educated as a hose fitter? Where do hose fitting college graduates apply for jobs as a hose fitter?
you are looking for a job title here? Pipe (or rather hose) fitter seems very specialised. It seems reasonable that a person performing this task would be a mechanic, technician, or even a plumber. My guess would be that 'the person who fits/connects/installs the hoses' would be better than inventing what is probably not a job title anyway.
Pipe fitter (or pipefitter - both seem to be used) seems reasonable if you read the job description for slangemontører and the Wiki description of a pipe fitter. Was initially going to suggest a hydraulic hose fitter, but competency in this area seems to be part of the job description for a pipe fitter.
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Assembly Technician
Explanation: An Assembly Technician, or Assembly Testing Technician is a pretty wide description, but it should fit.
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Sommerfeldt Local time: 12:30 Native speaker of: Norwegian, English PRO pts in category: 3
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Thanks to Sommerfeldt and everyone else your the more or less constructive input. I didn't get an answer from the client on this one (not direct) so I just reviewed the discussion and also discovered that there's something called a "hose assembly technician" and have thrown that in for good measure.
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Asker: Thanks, Sommerfeldt, I'll offer the client this option and "(hydraulic) hose fitter" as an alternative.
Explanation: I still think you are confusing a list of specialised roles or functions with a list of job titles. Hose fitter isn't a job title, or even a job - it's a tiny part of a much broader profession. If I am replacing the bulb in your front left indicator, am I then the "Front Left Indicator Replacement Engineer", or an auto mechanic? My suggestion therefore goes towards the likely competence of a person assigned with this task.
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But hey, if it's the function you're looking for, your original suggestion can't be all bad. Pipe fitters and hose fitters may well attend the same academy, with similar curriculae, for all I know...
Per Bergvall Local time: 12:30 Native speaker of: Norwegian PRO pts in category: 49
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Asker: "Well, if that's the case someone better tell these companies looking for "hydraulic hose fitters" that they're not going to get much response.... http://www.google.com/search?hl=no&rls=com.microsoft:nb:{referrer:source%3F}&rlz=1I7ACAW_noNO401NO401&noj=1&q=%22hose++fitter%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq= :-)
Explanation: Sounds as if this guy once worked as a hose technician/fitter, and now works in a store.
In any case, a hose technician or fitter is a trade and job title.
Explanation: Definitely an official job title, at least in Canada. I knew someone employed as a pipefitter in Toronto years ago. Earned lots of "bucks" doing this (maybe because it is so specialized -- or what some would consider monotonous and limited in scope). While it seemed he didn't need lengthy training or a very high education to do this job, it was a job nonetheless.
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Job Title Pipefitter Journeyman (DSU) Req # 9670 Location... Experienced - Steamfitter/Pipefitter. Syncrude Canada Ltd. - Fort McMurray, AB
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