2007-02-21 04:27:15 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Its a person that works at a particular trade. Like a plumber, carpenter or electrician. That is there trade, hence they are in the building trade. Therefore they are tradesmen.
2007-02-21 04:33:00 · answer #1 · answered by Silly Girl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A tradesman is a skilled manual worker in a particular trade or craft. Economically and socially, a tradesman's status is considered between a labourer and a professional, with a high degree of both practical and theoretical knowledge of their trade. In cultures where professional careers are highly prized there can be a shortage of skilled manual workers, leading to lucrative niche markets in the trades.
The training of a trade in European cultures has been a formal tradition for many centuries. A tradesman typically begins as an apprentice, working for and learning from a Master, and after a number of years is released from his master's service to become a Journeyman. After a Journeyman has proven himself to his trade's guild (most guilds are now known by different names), he may settle down as a Master and work for himself, eventually taking on his own apprentices.
Since the 20th Century, this process has been changed in many ways. A tradesman still begins as an apprentice, but the apprenticeship is carried out partly through working for a qualified tradesman and partly through an accredited trade school for a definite period of time (usually around 4 years), after which he/she is fully qualified. Starting one's own business is purely a financial matter, rather than being dependent on status. Few trades still make a distinction between a qualified tradesman and a master, although some still do.
A Jack of all trades is a colloquial term for someone who holds some degree of skill/qualification in more than one trade, but has not made a continuous career of any one. In many cases, a trade has been largely eliminated by social or technological change, and skilled workers have found employment in similar trades (e.g. typesetters have become mostly obsolete due to electronic printing).
2007-02-21 12:31:28 · answer #2 · answered by Fester Frump 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's a term used by the labor unions to describe their workers
It usually means an electrician--a carpenter--a drywall hanger
a painter- a bricklayer-a roofer-a plumbers
ect
2007-02-21 12:31:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
someone who practices a trade
2007-02-21 12:33:33 · answer #4 · answered by charles h 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a man who trades stuff
2007-02-21 12:30:24 · answer #5 · answered by Farty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋