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Over there mechanics do mechanical things like fixing cars.
Engineers fix things as well but less mechanical! Like central heating, electric, water,
plumbing. Plus engineers make things as in engineering factories.
But there again I know a sheet metal worker who works in an engineering factory, but
he is just called a sheet metal worker!
The other thing which confuses is me the word technician.
We use to have nursing assistants, vet assistants, paramedic assistants. But now they
are called nursing technicians, ambulance technicians, vet techs etc.
But... way way back a technician was someone who did something technical like
work in a lab or fix electrical components, or weld etc.
I work in the civil service I use to be an Administative Officer my job grade is still
classified as grade 3 AO on paper. But now we are referred to as case workers
or office staff. I think I prefer AO.
Its a bit like that person who collects all the supermarket shopping trolleys in the car
park, who was the trolley collector. Now they are called transport co-ordinators!
Or window cleaners who are called vision technicians. But I thought a technician
worked in a lab - see above.
Engineers fix things as well but less mechanical! Like central heating, electric, water,
plumbing. Plus engineers make things as in engineering factories.
But there again I know a sheet metal worker who works in an engineering factory, but
he is just called a sheet metal worker!
The other thing which confuses is me the word technician.
We use to have nursing assistants, vet assistants, paramedic assistants. But now they
are called nursing technicians, ambulance technicians, vet techs etc.
But... way way back a technician was someone who did something technical like
work in a lab or fix electrical components, or weld etc.
I work in the civil service I use to be an Administative Officer my job grade is still
classified as grade 3 AO on paper. But now we are referred to as case workers
or office staff. I think I prefer AO.
Its a bit like that person who collects all the supermarket shopping trolleys in the car
park, who was the trolley collector. Now they are called transport co-ordinators!
Or window cleaners who are called vision technicians. But I thought a technician
worked in a lab - see above.