banksman
noun [ C ] uk/ˈbæŋks.mən/ us/ˈbæŋks.mən/ banksmen
UK (US spotter)工地机械监督员（主要负责确保车辆和重型机械的正确和安全使用）
someone who works on a building site (= an area of land where something is being built) whose job is to make sure that vehicles and heavy machinery are used correctly and safely
We had to have a banksman for the crane. 我们得找一名工地机械监督员来负责起重机。
矿坑口监督员（主要负责监管运送出入矿井的工人、煤炭等的工具）
someone who works at the top of a shaft (= tunnel) or pit (= hole) at a mine (= a place where coal or another mineral is dug out of the ground) and is in charge of the device that is used to move workers, coal, etc. up and down
My grandfather was a banksman, in charge of the cage at the mine pithead. 我的祖父是一名矿坑口监督员，负责管理矿坑口的罐笼。
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- The inquiry found that the demolition site was not secured and there was no banksman on the site.
- The images show men at work: planners, drillers, diggers, drivers, and banksmen.
- The banksman is in charge of loading or unloading the cage, drawing full tubs from the cages and replacing them with empty ones.