Contractor - Ukeoikou

…Outside-company workers are often found in the shipbuilding, steel, and chemical industries, and are divided into skilled workers in the main work department, workers in the repair and maintenance department, and unskilled workers in the transportation and miscellaneous department. Outside-company workers can also be classified into contract workers who work under the site supervisor of the subcontracting company, and rented workers who work together with regular workers under the site supervisor of the parent company. Regular workers acquire company-specific skills through internal promotion, while the skills of outside workers are not very company-specific. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "contractors" is listed below.

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…社外工は造船業，鉄鋼業，化学工業などに多くみられ，本体作業部門の熟練労働者，修理･保全部門の労働者，運搬･雑役部門の単純労働者に分けられる。また社外工は，請負企業の現場監督者のもとに作業する請負工と，親企業の現場監督者のもとで本工とともに作業する貸工とに分類することができる。本工は内部昇進により企業特殊的な熟練を獲得するのに対し，社外工の熟練は企業特殊性をあまりもたない。…

※「請負工」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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