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luciaC
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 Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 9:30 pm Post subject: Questions |
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It is responsible for labor issues such as worker safety, child labor, overtime pay and job training, amoung others.
What does amoung others mean?
skilled trades often require highter skills, such as the ability to do math and read blueprints.
What do skilled trades and blueprint mean?
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pavilion
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| Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 9:53 pm Post subject: Re: Questions |
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| luciaC wrote: |
It is responsible for labor issues such as worker safety, child labor, overtime pay and job training, amoung others.
What does amoung others mean? |
It means that there are more issues other than the ones listed. It's like a synonym for "etcetra".
| luciaC wrote: |
skilled trades often require highter skills, such as the ability to do math and read blueprints.
What do skilled trades and blueprint mean? |
"Skilled trades" are jobs that require expertise in a certain field, such as an electritician. A "blueprint" , in this case, is referring to a detailed, technical drawing about a building, a part, ect. |
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