Erectorista de túneles

English translation: erector operator

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Spanish term or phrase:erectorista de túneles
English translation:erector operator
Entered by: Charles Davis

10:40 Dec 19, 2016
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Construction / Civil Engineering /
Spanish term or phrase: Erectorista de túneles
Job description related to tunnel excavation/drilling. I cannot find an equivalent UK English term for it. Thank you for your help.
Robert Dunn
United States
Local time: 00:53
erector operator
Explanation:
Precious few references on the Internet, and I can only find one that explains what it means:

"Jose Antonio bautista Moreno
montador de anillos en tuneles(erectorista)"
https://www.xing.com/profile/JoseAntonio_bautistaMoreno

There is a figure in tunnel construction known as a ring builder, but there's also an erector operator, and I think it must be the latter. It seems that ring building comes into the purview of an erector operator anyway; they seem to be the same job:

Here are a couple of UK examples:

"MAHENDRA ALEX GC (DILIP)
TUNNEL TBM JOBS TUNNEL EXPERIENCES
Southampton, United Kingdom
Construction
[...]
Erector operator
Working as a senior Erector Operator,helping TBM operator ,Grouting,TBM maintenance,dismantling work progress system,utter safety look forward ring builder and build 7.2 diagram tunneling segment ring build 10 minutes on safely all worker and hazard prevention TBM job"
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahendra-alex-gc-dilip-484b7b52

"Ring builder/Erector operator
Ferrovial Heathrow T5c
January 2010 – November 2010 (11 months)Heathrow baggage tunnel T5c-T3
Erector driver on Dosco tunneling machine,5.5 diameter tunnel,Stripout of tunnel,"
https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-pritchard-83475659
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Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 06:53
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4 +3erector operator
Charles Davis
3 +1Erector operator
Toby Wakely
3 +1tunnel builders
Wendy Streitparth
3tunnelling experts
Ellen Kraus
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Thomas Walker

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tunnelling experts


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www.global-tunnelling-experts.com/for.../vacancies.html
Global Tunnelling Experts can provide you with job offers from different construction companies around the world. That means that we can continuously provide ...

Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 06:53
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
erector operator


Explanation:
Precious few references on the Internet, and I can only find one that explains what it means:

"Jose Antonio bautista Moreno
montador de anillos en tuneles(erectorista)"
https://www.xing.com/profile/JoseAntonio_bautistaMoreno

There is a figure in tunnel construction known as a ring builder, but there's also an erector operator, and I think it must be the latter. It seems that ring building comes into the purview of an erector operator anyway; they seem to be the same job:

Here are a couple of UK examples:

"MAHENDRA ALEX GC (DILIP)
TUNNEL TBM JOBS TUNNEL EXPERIENCES
Southampton, United Kingdom
Construction
[...]
Erector operator
Working as a senior Erector Operator,helping TBM operator ,Grouting,TBM maintenance,dismantling work progress system,utter safety look forward ring builder and build 7.2 diagram tunneling segment ring build 10 minutes on safely all worker and hazard prevention TBM job"
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahendra-alex-gc-dilip-484b7b52

"Ring builder/Erector operator
Ferrovial Heathrow T5c
January 2010 – November 2010 (11 months)Heathrow baggage tunnel T5c-T3
Erector driver on Dosco tunneling machine,5.5 diameter tunnel,Stripout of tunnel,"
https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-pritchard-83475659

Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 06:53
Native speaker of: English
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agree  Kenny Barclay
40 mins
  -> Thanks, Kenny!

agree  philgoddard
4 hrs
  -> Thanks, Phil

agree  Thomas Walker: I think "erectorista" = operador de erector de segmento
1 day 6 hrs
  -> I think that's right. Thanks, Tom :)
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Erector operator


Explanation:
According to my research there is a piece of equipment used for boring tunnels called an "erector" in the link they speak of operators for the erector.


    Reference: http://www.herrenknecht.com/en/innovation/research-developme...
Toby Wakely
Spain
Local time: 06:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Thomas Walker: I think "erectorista" = operador de erector de segmento
1 day 6 hrs
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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
tunnel builders


Explanation:
Depends whether you mean the people who actually do the dirty work or not.

Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 06:53
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  psicutrinius
0 min

neutral  Charles Davis: There are many jobs in tunnel building; an erectorista doesn't do all of them. He/she is a specialist, operating a machine called an erector which installs the segments that form the tunnel rings.
4 mins
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Reference comments


1 day 7 hrs
Reference

Reference information:
Here's a link to a bilingual fact sheet on tunnel boring, from Los Angeles, which has a number of useful English terms & Spanish equivalents


    Reference: http://media.metro.net/projects_studies/eastside/images/ee_f...
Thomas Walker
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 55
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