Meaning & use
assembly line worker
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Meaning
nouncountable
A person whose job is to do one repeated task on a moving production line in a factory.
Grammar: Countable: one worker, two workers; often written without a hyphen as 'assembly line worker'.
Patterns
- work as an assembly line worker
- an assembly line worker at a factory
- assembly line workers on the night shift
He got a job as an assembly line worker at the car plant.
Assembly line workers fit the same part again and again as the vehicle moves past.
The factory hired 200 assembly line workers for the new shift.
Word forms
| plural | assembly line workers |
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Common combinations
- work as an assembly line worker
- She worked as an assembly line worker for six years before retraining.
- an assembly line worker at a plant
- My uncle is an assembly line worker at a plant that makes washing machines.
- skilled assembly line worker
- The company is looking for skilled assembly line workers who can spot faults quickly.
- assembly line worker jobs
- Assembly line worker jobs in the region have fallen since the factory automated.
Synonyms and how they differ
- factory worker
- A broader term for anyone employed in a factory, including cleaners and packers, not just people on the line.
- production worker
- More formal and slightly wider; it can cover machine operators who are not on a moving line.
- line operator
- Often used when the job is mainly watching and controlling a machine rather than assembling by hand.
Word family
- assembly line noun
- The moving system of machines and workers that a product passes along as it is built.
- assemble verb
- To put the parts of something together.
- assembly noun
- The act of putting parts together, or a group of people who meet.
Commonly confused: assembly line worker or assembler?
assembly line worker vs assembler
An assembler is the person or machine that puts parts together; an assembly line worker is specifically someone doing that job on a moving line.
Practice
Which sentence uses the term correctly?
Choose one answer.
'In a car factory' is the natural preposition for the place where someone works. 'Of a car factory' suggests possession, 'for build cars' is ungrammatical after 'for', and 'very hard' describes effort, not a job.
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