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Tech/Engineering - Petroleum Eng/Sci / Seismic Survey | | Spanish term or phrase: Porta prisma - Ecuador | | This is a position within the category of "skilled labor" for a seismic survey in Colombia. |
|  guillenKudoZ activityQuestions: 653 ( 6 open) ( 6 without valid answers) ( 28 closed without grading) Answers: 74
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| | Surveying chainman | Explanation:
Esto es del tiempo de los teodolitos, antes del uso de Estaciones Totales, al que le ayudaba al Topografo, se le llamaba cadenero, pues utilizaba una cadena y en la actualidad se le llama asi al que lleva el prisma (cadenero) puedes usarlo ya que esta es la definición del puesto http://www.sccollege.edu/Departments/CareerEd/Apprenticeship... o tambien survey chainman
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Note added at 2 hrs (2011-11-17 02:25:16 GMT)
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Perdón, cadena le llamaban a la cinta metrica, en realidad es muchisimo más antiguo. El lenguaje se mantuvo en la profesión (me consta) pero viene de http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunter's_chain |
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Benjamin A Flores
Local time: 23:17
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Are you sure it is under the category of skilled labo(u)r?
Additional context would also be helpful!
See: http://www.scribd.com/doc/16429491/21Sistema-de-PrismasManua...
HTH!
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http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00094771/00351/8x?search=portaprisma&v...
Midiendo el área: El auxiliar en topografía, xxx, ayuda a medir un área usando ....coloca un portaprisma para calcular la distancia.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveying
IMO, that the word "surveyor" (using prisms) would suffice. I don't know that a specific surveying term exists where this technique is utilized.
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Guillen:
I am not sure that "Assistant" would work either. Why Asst.? Is there a reason? IMO, whether a "surveyor" is sufficient. The prisms refer to the instrumentation utilized. HTH!
|  Taña Dalglish
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Native speaker of:  English
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Asker: Unfortunately, there is no more information available. I think you are right. Probably "assistant surveyor" would be the equivalent.
Asker: "Assistant" because there is a category for "surveyor", to which this job seems to be subordinate.
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