Trade Terms
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
What is OSHA?
This job requires working with water and pipe.
What is a plumber?
This position oversees many parts of a construction project.
What is a contractor?
This equipment or clothing is designed to prevent or reduce injuries on the job.
What is PPE?
This job requires working with wire and ladders.
What is an electrician?
This person is the initiator of the project and usually finances the building endeavor.
What is Project Owner?
Before this invention in the 1960s, construction designs had to be drawn on paper by hand, using a tedious and time-consuming process.
What is CAD?
This person works with heating and air conditioning.
What is an HVAC Technician?
This person is hired to complete specific construction tasks.
What is a Subcontractor/Specialty contractor?
In this process, software reads computer files containing information to get virtual pictures of the construction of a facility before it is built.
What is BIM?
This job requires working with leads and electrodes.
What is a welder?
This person manages a team or crew of craft professionals assigned to work on a construction project.
What is a Crew Leader?
Like CAD and BIM, this takes what used to be paper drawings and information and allows users to visualize a structure before it is created.
What is VR?
This job requires working with heights, ladders, cable, and pulleys.
What is a crane operator?
This person manages day-to-day activities on a construction site.
What is a Site Superintendent?