quit/drag Up

wearing new work boots

code for checking out that hot chick on jobsite

no use complaining, just get it done

payday

- - - -

4" square box

lay off slip (blue) and final two paychecks

traveler who only travels to the two locals adjacent to his home local

useless electrician who knows somebody

telephone/cable worker

journeyman from the union hall on a 26 week work ticket

4 inch octagon box

4 11/16" square box

mason term for either a 3 peice or 5 piece crick level

4 11/16" metal box

hopefully working only 8 hours on Saturday when scheduled for 10 or 12

supervisor entering work area

9/16 wrench

apprentice carpenter ("don't know shit!")

A Waist Of Skin (heard by miners and ironworkers)

when your ajoining signal maintainer steals your overtime

truck driver

roll of duct tape

when a worker makes a huge deal out of nothing

6 or 8 inch level

anti seeze

when you just can't see your ass getting to work

leveling device used while bending offsets in conduit on a large table or cyclone type bender

grey haired apprentice

imaginary aerosol can that you send greenhands after

toilet seat cover

term used for unindentured (helper) whose name you don't remember

loop in the wire your trying to pull

piece of wood with a hole on top of a solid piece to keep scaffold from scratching the floor

what tinknockers call c clamps

anti shorts for mc cable

HVAC/R's

gossip

spart-bart

person didn't do an apprenticeship

non union labor that does what every the boss tell him to do = a company man

working out of town while continuing to resign at your own local

hard hat stickers

shelving used to store fasteners/consumables

a meal or platter served to a suckass, usually from the foreman

1-1/2 drive impact gun used by millwrights

temporary pipe coupling

wood shop

Brothers Against Travelling Suckasses

back door mother f**ker - one who bought their card without serving an apprenticeship

tie-off point that is portable and affixes to a steel beam

roofing mastic

electrician's flat screw driver that is used for everything (chisel, pry bar, etc.)

4-8-or 20lbs. sledge hammer

what iron workers call carpenters

broke, busted, no money until next paycheck

big f-ing Hammer

big f-ing hammer drill

big f***ing rock

big f**king round thing (Nuclear Reactor Containment Building)

conductor/trainman who opens the angle cock between the cars too quickly causing the locomotive to go in to an emergency brake application.

sawzall

large individual with no strength

a foreman (or higher up) who stands around or tries to hide and watches you work

tangle of tie wire, usually an attempt at an awkward tie by an apprentice

someone that shows up when all the hard work is done

chain block aka chain fall

when the load lifting block in your rigging or your crane is as high or as far as it can travel together

porta-potty, honey bucket, shitter

20# beater

portapotty

brother of apprenticeship

fictional item that you send cub drywall hanger to go find when he cuts the sheet too short again

badly done cable fitting leaving wire braid hanging out bottom of fitting

everything will be okay

to borrow someone else's tools

"Bend Over...Here It Comes Again!"(When the company screws you or when the union comes back from the bargaining table with a shitty contract.)

someone who works during spring & fall outages in the powerhouse boilers

prima-donna; a boiler dog who wants preferential treatment

ironworker

conduit that has been wasted

someone who doesn't go through an apprenticeship

work out of town

traveler

sideboom operator

shitty bricklayer

$$ from scrapped copper

person who travels with directional drilling crews

foreman

when someone misses work because of a hangover

dog leg in conduit offset

lubricant for grooved pipe fittings and gaskets

never-seez tread lube

reflective safety vest

hard hat

hardhat

hard hat

bricklayer

brown wide brim hardhat

shoppie/foreman that does not stand for the CBA

torpedo level

bulldozer operator's ability to run grade

any type of level (usually a torpedo level)

torpedo level or other larger levels

front endloader operator

something to tell your apprentice to get you (WARNING: smart ones just might come back with a 5 gallon mud bucket filled with 2 hole conduit straps! LOL)

IBEW logo

spud wrench

tinsnips for cutting heavy guage metal

screws

scrap copper

one handed cable cutters

failed a job site weld test

UPS driver

used by tinners to fasten standing seam roof panels

someone who did not go through the apprenticeship and bought their union book

tiny bit off its mark

truck that sucks shit out of the portopotty

another name for sheetrock tapers

drywall

useless guy who thinks he knows it all and is the best

railroad conductor

safety professional

carpenter

carpenter trying to do electrical work

something extremely good

small nail puller

Lineman

lineman

concrete workers aka alcoholics

channel lock pliers

someone who bought their card and did not serve an apprenticeship-usually a hack and always a suckass

electrician installing conduit in block wall

clear, magnified welding lense (for old farts)

large pipe slipped over the handle of a wrench used for leverage on a stubborn pipe or bolt.

aka rat

wife smiling at you on payday

zip tie

v-shaped hand dolly for moving pipe

pickle fork shaped pry bar used to hold rebar in place until tied

scaffold connector, system to tube

clanging of spud wrenches when an ironhead walks

Walmart

6010 welding rod

group of workers who don't do much of anything at work, leave early, talk all day.

master electrician who works on a job that doesn't recognize/pay extra for the credentials

when the next job starts

concrete worker/ finisher

a type of nail

copper pipe workers

small pneumatic chisel

dude who looks bad ass but inside he's just a weiner

that there ain't no pipefitter, he a counterfitter!

adjustable, quick release C-clamps, usually means a pair

hot chick that works in the trades - gets the crane to move

general contractor's trailer/office

crescent wrench being used as a hammer

term for worker that slips off every time you try to get him to work

ironworker whos always complaining

new apprentice "Completely Useless Bastard"

good looking woman hanging around

throwing ass gaskets, toilet paper and other debris into the shitter to avoid smurf kisses

Brother Ironworker

cigarette

installer of network cabling

not energized, no electricity flowing

achieving a high level of accuracy in measurement

when your pack of cigarettes get smashed

a equipment greaser

Dispatcher

slow walking your foreman

diagonal cutting pliers

"Do I look like I give a f**k?"

woman that's a "10"

lunch pail

excavator, usually the stick holder

a broom

pipeline worker

mechanical trench digger

glob of metal hanging of a pipeweld

toilet paper put down on front of toilet seat so your junk dont touch anything nasty

wrap it up for the day

turn to the left or right in an offset in electrical conduit

when one of the two bends in an offset are not in line with each other

hand made brackets tacked to pipe to align a joint to be welded

channel locks

scaffold frame connector

lunch bucket

a person who works in someone else's local, but is still on another local's books.

sledge hammer with a cut down handle usually used for laying rail In a tunnel

quitting a union job

bag of personal tools to take home when quitting

quit or ask to get closer to home or a better job

the first snow of the year

sweat

wanting to quit a job.

blueprints

reflective safety vest

so young you barely made it out of the old mans loins..

Take a crap

HVAC duct installer

wormy worker who chastises others for standing up to the man

open ended pipe welded to a piping system solely as a support

blocks of wood

temporary support

a single tube repair in a boiler

payday

what you yell out when the safety man is approaching

cheater pipe

anti short bushing used in installation of flexible metal conduit.

bathroom exhaust fan

kisser of the bosses ass

scrap copper

scrape material $$$

telecom tech

one foot extention cord

oxy-acetylene torch

second most dangerous person on a job next to a first year appretice thinks he/she knows EVERYTHING

channel lock pliers - tongue and groove pliers

millwright doing fitters work

ten four acknowledgement

operator who trys doing finisher laborer and teamster work

work boots made in USA showing the American flag on them

steamfitter

lineman electrician

imaginary object, flex doesn't need a bender, thus the name flex

fictional item that you send a greenhorn A&P mechanic on a mission to find

hypocrite journeyman who acts like one of the guys until he makes foreman than he's a company man

flatbed trailer

f*#ing lazy union bastards

f*#ing Magic (when you fixed an electrical problem but you don't know what you did or how you did it!)

the f-ing new guy

F**king New Guy

sweat

knee pads

condition of acting like a boss when you are not

two door front opening job box

foreman

foreman

another word for grad-all

f-ing out of towners

found on train

common 4" x 4" junction box

electrical toner

sheetrock square

apprentice electrician who forgets to ground himself first day

f-ing ratty organized guy

formerly a rat organized guy

two light emergency pack

any type of adapter to connect two different items together.

f***king the dog - screwing over the boss

"when something can't be fixed its F-ed Up Beyond All Repair"

f**kin' junior journeyman

blueprints or a resemblance to some sort of plan

f*#k you idiot

job foreman

lunch truck

lockable box used to store company and/or personal tools

worm that has worked for only one contractor ever

union member who rants on-and-on about union politics and rules

the roach coach

cutting torch

truck driver

2 x 3 device box

to get some ass into what you are doing

watch while I f#*k this up!

failing drug test

usually means general foreman; in this case it means general f#%k stick

so you can see when you have your head up your ass

Lineman

screw gun

welder who thinks he is the best

premadonna welder; usually a pipefitter

usually a pipefitter - 'cause they're that good

shovel

no good for anything but fetching

channel locks

rungs of a ladder on the side of a freight car or locomotive.

larger multi conductor feeder cable

beater screwdriver

mechanic only good at greasing shit

when nothing on a job seems to go right

early for lunch, knocking off

person that is inexperienced

wew to the trades

what railroad conductors and engineers call their luggage/equipment bags

railroad conductor

line groundsman

short piece of pipe used for measuring

food truck

food truck guy that comes at break and lunch

pipe trade term for the measurement of how far a pipe penetrates the fitting "Are you sure you added the guzinta when calling out that measurement?"

non-union travelling tradesmen

some one who thinks he's good at his trade, but IS NOT

way of pointing out a good looking woman without being obvious

foreman that's always on your case - for no reason

HVAC technician

low voltage/communications technician

slow, no skills, off the list worker; usually rides the list until big jobs come up

workers who work exclusively out of the union hall

good union member (opposite of a shoppie)

new apprenticeship ironworker who gets the break orders

sheetmetal worker with no finesse

leather gloves

gloves

tough, mean, hard to get along with

lag bolt

bar

poorly tied knot that can only be untied using a hatchet

A campaign of hate against a small crew with perks

being a certified welder in the ironworkers local

type of gang box with an upper door that is supported above your head

blow torch

when someone is bitchin about the cold and needs to start working with the tools

energizing equipment

step ladder/extension ladder

large pneumatic chisel

imaginary tool you send your greenhand after

job johnnie

hand tool for bending conduit

hitting a wedge or bull pin hard and fast

yelled at someone who is love tapping a wedge or bull pin/drift pin, when they should be hitting it with all they've got.

overweight operator

excavator operator

boss in area

what you yell when safety man or customer rep is driving up onto job site

locomotive engineer

pipeline payday

porta potty

person who cleans port-a-potties

welding tent

southern boomer

flyable porta potty

water tight conduit

PVC conduit bender

box built with lightbulbs used to heat meals over several hours

warns track workers that a train is coming

electrician who is only good at residential work

someone that is always talking to the big bosses

pipe cutting/beveling tool

jelly filled underground cable - usually copper or fiber telecom

ID IOT (test to see if your foreman knows what he's doing)

non-contact voltage tester

a bucket

journeyman that did not go through the apprentice program

ironworker; a term normally used by tinknockers

8" Thorogood soft toe wedge style work boots

rodbuster

ironworker

carpenter wannabe ironworker

insulator

junior journeyman ...someone with less than three years in the field as a journeyman

trouble on a job that is gonna seriously screw up the progress

Just A F**king Apprentice

just another fing apprentice

undefined amount or quantity that everyone knows how much it is

idiot

apprentice in training

just enough experience to pass

jelly filled splicing connector for telecom cable pairs

knee pads

needle gun

village (jobsite) idiot

to screw up something or somthing being fabricated wrong

used for leverage to lift and move heavy equipment

electrical current

hydraulic crane

someone who bypasses the referral system and goes in front of other members

apprentice

rodbuster pliers and dikes

lineman's pliers

impact drill

wrench made to be hit with a hammer

knife

little red thing (anti-short) for mc cable

someone spendig more time appearing busy, than doing actual work

laborer who thinks they're an operator

laborer that's related to the company that just drives around the yard all day while we're all in the ditch

person who thinks he is an electrician, carpenter, plumber, iron worker or tin knocker

laborer

refrigeration technician

insulator

sheetmetal worker who covers large storage tanks

laborer who does carpenters work

when the boss/shop buys lunch for the crew = layoff's are coming.

Chico sealing compound

"It's all good!" (Leave it right where it is.)

worthless apprentice

second plus generation union member

railroad worker term who is a useless worker

useless worker

let a tack weld cool before releasing the steel

heavy equipment operator advice to other trades trying to run equipment

heavy equipment operator

union organizer (ouch!)

sheet metal worker

9" side cutting pliers

Sent an apprentice to get a bucket of liquid wheels while your in the middle of moving switch gear

jig saw

exaggerated term for when your on the road working and hating it

lazy, worthless individual

person who does nothing all day

what you send your apprentice to grab - it can take a very long time

7018 welding wire (low hydrogen)

electrician

journeyman ironworker

person that is useless and lazy on a project.

your partners foot when used to hold something down or in place until you can tie it or weld it.

guy that walks around with a cup of coffee and does nothing all day

Respirator

back door electrician that did not go through the apprenticeship

an apprentice - all trades

railroad worker term of a worker who sits on their ass

hands so strong they're as good as channellocks

shovel

metatarsal boots

newbie ironworker's first on-the-job balancing act; looks drunk

tell your greenhorn apprentice to get one. He'll say "what's a matterdaddy?" Nothin sonny.

name for person whose real name you've forgotten

leather tool apron

using your hands to beat on something rather than a hammer

millwright

many millwrights

unskilled millwright

pipefitter service guys

welder

linemans Hooks

millwright's honing stone

scrap copper

a friction jack used in fencing and in the automotive collision repair trade

pipe Dope

liquid nails adhesive

putty used to seal electrical pipe/fittings

payday: gotta pay this mother f**ker and that mother f**ker

grease or lubricating oil

new apprenticeship that has all the newest "cool" tools

train car designated for removing muck, or earth from a mine or tunnel

shovel

laborers on a concrete crew

pipefitter fab bench

drywall finisher who is fixing extremely crooked section

carpenters and laborers on a footing crew

shovel

someone that walks around the job carrying his coffee mug around not doing shit

cheater pipe

man with no backbone, does whatever the company wants; company man

flexible non metallic tubing

foreman that came in backdoor

Newly organized brother

Newly organized worm

jobsite security metal detector

carpenter; a term normally used by ironworkers

inside wireman

needle gun

Anti-Sieze

to overtighten bolts, able clamps, screws, etc.

no f**king good

what you say to pipefitter with an IQ of 60

9 inch lineman's pliers

short piece of conduit (24" or less)

a small level device used by electricians to bend offsets correctly

newly organized brother

toilette paper

leaving early; catching a ride on the "noon balloon".

to get paid double time to work through lunch

going out for lunch and not coming back

the end of a wire pushed through conduit

lunch box

an all stop condition at a nuclear power plant when plans change or project put on hold

nuke plant outage worker

travelling the nuclear plant shut-down curcuit

ironworker

jobsite goofball

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Old Dirty Basterd

operating engineer

grey haired and outta their time since way-back-when

kisses ass to keep the job

large hydraulic conduit bender

only thinks of himself

operating engineer (newbie)

"On The Money" measurement; perfect

finished your apprenticeship

when a power plant goes out of service for maintenance, or(nuke)refueling

shutup and stick it up your butt and pack sand around it

cordeless impact driver

Pb blaster

label for a sorry-ass worker who gets paid for full time but only works part time

grooved pipe lube

leather gloves

junction box on a motor where the leads are

plumber

hammer

6-12 inches away "we are just a peter length short"

pure f**king magic

pine-handle operator

something you send your first year apprentice to look for - knowing it will never be found

port-o-potty on a no-phone allowed job

porta potty

on-site suck up

the guy who always borrows money for the lunch truck

large gauge wire cutter or lopper

teriyaki chicken stick off the roach coach

pile driver

person who gets misc. for welders

well-meaning but useless co-worker

what carpenter's call ironworkers

SMWIA union dues receipt

thread lube/sealing compound (Gasoila)

bad pipelayer

lubricant used to pulled wire through conduit

imaginary object that you make the 1st year appr. spend 8 hours looking for on his first day on the job.

pipefitter

know it all pipefitter

pipefitter know it all

the invert or bottom of the tunnel

brown wide brim hard hat (a 'bridge' hat)

drug test

pain in the ass

problems on a PLA (project labor agreement) job

plumber that comes a jobsite to do fitter work

level

torpedo level

set straight in his thinking, in tune with reality

plumber

pocket level/torpedo level

jack hammer

make shitty work look good

duct sealant

spud wrench

callout for everyone to check out the hot chick on job

getingt fired

knee pads

fictional item that you send a greenhorn A&P mechanic to go look for

laborers shoveling/moving concrete

quit/drag Up

retire

pucker up mother f**ker and kiss my ass

channellock pliers - 440s 460s 480s, etc.

apprentice ironworker

apprentice

new apprentice

young apprentice

short piece of pipe

medium voltage cable insulation

management or safety people

hammer

acts like a foreman to keep guys working, also a suckass

foreman (responsible for pushing the men to get the work done)

worker who stands around doing nothing

worthless labor that's only a quarter of a good one

someone left in charge when the Foreman has to leave early or is going to take a few days off

scrap copper wire

large gauge wire cutters/loppers

1) n: same as pusher 2) v: to forcibly push a job forward, often wrecklessly

to be in a hurry and rush things, which usually leads to errors and mistakes

shop rocket/suck pump

non-union on union jobsite

non-union contractor

another name for wal-mart

Ironworkers

transmission lineman highline worker

someone who wont shut up

impact wrench

work that's done shitty; looks like crap; no craftsmanship, as if a non union RAT did it

a wrap for large pipe

red Insert for MC wire

downhilling a pipe weld with 5P welding rod

someone angered to the point that production is severely slowed

a pair of Red Wing boots

refrigeration mechanic

painter

someone knowledgeable in too many trades; forgets trades' lingo; forgets what color hard hat to wear to the job

separate tinsnips - one cuts to the right and the other to the left

working a full week.

messed up bend on a piece of tubing that gets thrown in the river to hide the evidence

coffee/lunch truck

food truck

working out of town in another local, or a traveler

type of feeder cable, typically used in industrial applications

PVC coated rigid conduit

cement mason

drywall installer

retired on duty

experienced ironworker or rodbuster foreman

welder that insists on saving half used welding rods

pliers to tie rebar

someone who is trying to weld but it aint happening

ironworker who works in the rebar trade

HVAC installer term for duct tape

time to go, end of work for the day

"run off mother f**ker"

weld inspector

romex

residential upgrade

new guy who kisses up to foreman/contractor

to operate heavy equipment proficently, safely and productively

person who rushes through a job right for the unemployment line/union hall. ("No running allowed"-is my motto)

apprentice

plant safety man that is just a wholeless suckhole

stumble around guy [they dont accomplish anything]

crybaby apprentice

knee pads

tunnel worker

person who loafs around for full 8 hour shift

hangover shits

sawzall

union worker who crosses a picket line

non-union worker on a union job

acomplished scaffold erector

Carpenter

a case of the red ass

getting laid off out of turn (usually after calling out a shoppie or a suckass for being a worm)

communications worker (aka sparky)

what all trades call carpenters

what all carpenters call all the other trades

worker that stands around with his/her arms crossed looking at everybody else working

when someone attaches cables to rope to be pulled in conduit

where we eat lunch and get dressed

millwright

taper that makes carpenters shitty drywall look perfect

aircraft covered in bird feces

porta-potty

Plumber

plumber

another term for the sewage ejector in a building

porta potty in the summer sun

when a device or other object has stopped working

toilet paper

apprentice

painters who hang sheetrock.

job gone bad

pipeline access road

person who sucks up to the Man

temporary detour around pipeline right-of-way

ramset gun

a steady Eddie, the guy whos been with the shop so long hes never seen the hall

someone who works in the fab shop that could make it in the field

a person who busts there ass for the shop and gets jobs done quickly (a hero more or less)

person who tries to make the contractor money so they continue to get work

shop steward

union worker who works for the same contractor all the time

knee pads

lineman's pliers

type of electronically controlled conduit bender

8 lb sledge hammer

"say it with a check!"

imaginary tools that you send a first year looking for

equipment that comes as a package on a metal frame

hard hat

ironworker

hardhat

imaginary tool used to hang pipe (you send your apprentice to look for)

same thing as a pipe stretcher

electrician who does quality work, but its not pleasing to the eye

ironworker's tape measure

carpenter

slow/useless worker

knock out set

worthless worker who happens to have man boobs

short handled 10 lb sledgehammer

useless apprentice

someone who is faster then a snail and slower then a turtle

first time new equipment is heated up

cutting torch

porta potty

when the blue water in the porta-potty splashes your ass

situation normal all f**cked up

someone who complains the most about getting screwed

so f@#king good at what you do

plan on leaving at lunch/noon or sooner usually day before a holiday weekend

another name for a torpedo level

electrician

avionics technician

electrician running conduit

welder

electrician

hang up on a call in to take a new call

sprinklerfitter

black shit in sprinkler pipe

crushed or damaged

Canadian version of WD-40

Union worker who works for the same contractor all the time

ironworker - usually connector

stupid truck driver

greenhorn firefighter who when told to "hit the hydrant" jumps out of the truck and literally starts hitting the hydrant

C clamp vise grips

shop steward

shop steward that doesn't see anything wrong

Carpenter

operating engineer

young guy more worried about telling how many jobs he's been, showing off helmet stickers

electrode holder

to instigate

kiss-ass who lets the boss know who is taking too long of a break

organized member who didn't serve apprenticeship

a piece of pipe, wood, or conduit with markings on it used when making the same measurement over and over ex. Laying out hangers

wanna-a-be foreman; someone working with their tools who thinks they are the boss

person pretending to be a foreman but isn't

utility lineman

lineman

derogatory term used when boss says or does something arbitrary to mess up your workplace

union worker who never turns down overtime

shop rocket

blueprint (usually followed by FUBAR)

wireman that travels his entire career

top rated pipefitter journeyman

all other trades (says the IRONWORKER)

Scientific Wild Ass Guess

when your sweat/juice all runs down into your pants and underwear...that's having swamp ass

pipeline laborer

sledge hammer

hammer

project manager or general contractor (a suit)

plug used to prevent apprentices from dropping shit down boiler tubes being prepped

metatarsal boots

the person taping sheetrock joints

"Do you have any tape on you?"

porta-potty (UK version of blue lagoon)

carpenters doing weather protection

tele/data technician

telecommunictions/data worker

shmuck who shows up for work without the proper gear on

carpenter

apprentice

job foreman

anything that you don't know the name for

lineman on a pole

locomotive engineer

Locomotive Engineer

adjustible wrench

voltage tester

a person who's a traveller, trying to become a book-one member in a local that is not his home local

rookie electrician getting zapped multiple times

women foreman on the jobsite

"Take It Like A Man!" (Used after getting screwed by the company or the union.)

overtime

porta potty

sheetmetal worker

what Ironworkers call tinners

HVAC/R service guy

sheetmetal worker

sheet metal workers

sheet metal worker general foreman

sheet metal worker who insulates duct when work is slow

trade member that does the work of another trade and doesn't care

The only Mexican that can speak English that works as a translator for the jobsite.

crane operator

what you say to your tool buddy when your guys are jaggin with each other or worthless person

union president

foreman on the tower or lead help

finished your apprenticeship

top floor ironworker (anything over 20 floors)

when the ironworkers connect the last beam of a building

finishing a brick/block wall

gotta take a dump as soon as possible

I just shit on myself

railroad track department employee

laborer who won't leave the lull

an exstension cord

out of town workers - "travelers"

aviation radar technician

Greenlee 555 conduit bender

junk pile of trashed conduit that was bent wrong

madison hangers

Mathey Dearman hand crank pipe beveler

plumber/pipefitter

plumber

vent pipe in porta john

pipefitter/plumber

trade newbie

mobile cart used to pull spools of BX from

when two hardhats clunk together

no head room when lifting load

union draftsman/planner

hand truck

hammer

upside down asshole