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Småhusmontör

English translation: prefab house assembler

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Swedish term or phrase:Småhusmontör
English translation:prefab house assembler
Entered by: David Rumsey

21:27 Oct 13, 2016
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering
Swedish term or phrase: Småhusmontör
Småhusmontörer arbetar med att montera småhus av prefabricerade delar. Majoritet av småhusmontörer är anställda hos trähusfabrikanterna.

Pre-fab house builder?
David Rumsey
Canada
Local time: 19:44
prefab house assembler
Explanation:
Good question, here's an idea. Seems the in term for prefab is 'assembly' as in (https://www.irbnet.de/daten/iconda/CIB21368.pdf) kind of a heavy read but they differentiate between 'fabricator' and 'asembler'.

Found the one from Canad...look at no 9226 and 9227 (http://www30.hrsdc.gc.ca/NOC/English/NOC/2006/QuickSearch.as...

A third reference mentions 'master assembler'

Some ideas in any case...

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The third reference http://www.jetsongreen.com/2011/10/modern-methods-offsite-co...
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Deane Goltermann
Sweden
Local time: 04:44
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Summary of answers provided
2 +3prefab house assembler
Deane Goltermann
2pre-fab residential home builder
Charlesp


Discussion entries: 3





  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +3
prefab house assembler


Explanation:
Good question, here's an idea. Seems the in term for prefab is 'assembly' as in (https://www.irbnet.de/daten/iconda/CIB21368.pdf) kind of a heavy read but they differentiate between 'fabricator' and 'asembler'.

Found the one from Canad...look at no 9226 and 9227 (http://www30.hrsdc.gc.ca/NOC/English/NOC/2006/QuickSearch.as...

A third reference mentions 'master assembler'

Some ideas in any case...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2016-10-14 00:15:49 GMT)
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The third reference http://www.jetsongreen.com/2011/10/modern-methods-offsite-co...


    https://www.irbnet.de/daten/iconda/CIB21368.pdf
Deane Goltermann
Sweden
Local time: 04:44
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 513

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anna Herbst: Sounds good to me.
3 hrs
  -> Thanks Anna!
agree  Charlesp: I agree, but "assembler" seems a bit odd in this context, and the term only gets 4 google hits.
4 hrs
  -> Thanks Charles! I tried 'fitter' before figuring on my suggestion. This led me to other uses and connotations. There's more basis for 'assembly' as what is done, but the specific job title is a harder nut...
agree  JaneD: I think I might replace "assembler" with "construction worker" just to make it really clear that we're talking about an individual rather than a company.
12 hrs
  -> Thanks, Jane, but I'd say 'construction worker' is too general in this context...
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
pre-fab residential home builder


Explanation:
I would say that it means a pre-fab house builder in the sense that it is the construction worker and not the general contractor (or company selling the project (i.e. home).

Although the term does refer to an individual doing the work (and not a company), as it is one of byggnads 32 olika yrkesgrupper, I think that "builder" can also refer to an individual construction worker.

Otherwise, an alternative: "construction worker who works with pre-fab residential homes."


And I would say "residential home" rather than "house" as house implies a single family house, and a Småhus can be a multiple-family building (2 or even a bit more).

Charlesp
Sweden
Local time: 04:44
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 32
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