Capitonista

English translation: mover, remover, removals operative, removals assistant...

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Spanish term or phrase:Capitonista
English translation:mover, remover, removals operative, removals assistant...
Entered by: Kathy M

17:09 Jul 7, 2020
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Transport / Transportation / Shipping
Spanish term or phrase: Capitonista
I would like to know if there is a specific word in English for "capitonista".
Capitonista: Es el empleado capaz de realizar una mudanza, embalar y preparar, armar y desarmar, subir y bajar muebles, cuadros, ropas, pianos, cajas de caudales, maquinaria y toda clase de objetos análogos; cargar capitonés, contenedores, etc., en domicilio, estación, puerto, almacén; instalar adecuadamente los aparatos necesarios para estas cargas y descargas, pudiendo asimismo sustituir al Jefe de Equipo cuando el caso lo requiera.
Kathy M
United Kingdom
mover, remover, removals operative, removals assistant...
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philgoddard
United States
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4 +1mover, remover, removals operative, removals assistant...
philgoddard
3rigger
Jessica Noyes


  

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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
capitonista
mover, remover, removals operative, removals assistant...


Explanation:
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philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 62

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agree  neilmac: I suppose "removal man/men" will be non-PC these days...
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rigger


Explanation:
I rate this definition at medium, because the trade of "rigger" might be a bit too specialized for your text. A rigger *could* move smaller things like furniture and pianos, but normally riggers disassemble, move, and reassemble, larger items like machinery.

Here's a definition from definitions.net. "A rigger is a person or company that specializes in the lifting and moving of extremely large or heavy objects. The term comes from the days of sailing ships, where a rigger was a person who worked with rigging, that is, ropes for hoisting the sails. Sailors could put their rope skills to work in lifting and hauling, in an era before mechanical haulage and cranes; ropes, pulleys and muscle power was all that was available to move anything. In time riggers and rigging became a trade in itself giving rise to the modern usage, with its roots all but forgotten. Riggers tend to be highly specialized to moving jobs that cannot be accomplished by ordinary means and use equipment expressly designed for moving and lifting objects weighing hundreds of thousands or even millions of pounds or kilograms in places where ordinary material handling equipment cannot go. Because of the highly-specialized nature of the work riggers do, it is one of the few remaining occupations that can only be learned by apprenticeship. Riggers must work together as a cohesive team, and there must be an environment of trust among riggers because of the potentially dangerous nature of rigging."

Example sentence(s):
  • We hired a mover to pack up and transport the stuff in the office, but when it came to the boilers, we needed a rigger.

    https://www.aamachinery.com/machine-movers-riggers-what-do-they-do/
Jessica Noyes
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