How do you say field worker?

Question

How do you say field worker? I don't mean farmer, but rather those people who work out in the field doing things by hand.

Sorry if I was too vague, I mean as labourer on the field of a farm, i.e., someone employed by the farmer to plant or pick the crop by hand. - slmart, Feb 3, 2011

Answer 1

Trabajador campesino

Trabajador de campo

I wouldn´t use "Obrero" because this implies a learned skill, such as "Bricklayer" and even though picking strawberries requires some knowledge to do it well, it´s just not the same.

I was under the impression he specifically didn't mean "farmer" by the term "field worker." I was thinking like a phone repairman, plumber, electrician....a fellow out in the "field" of his expertise....but not one who is in an office all day. - webdunce, Feb 2, 2011

Fieldworker is used a lot in sciences. Like a marine biologist may go do some fieldwork by diving in a reef and observing behaviors, or an archeaologist may go to a dig. - webdunce, Feb 2, 2011

Answer 2

Slmart,

It's not entirely clear what you mean by "field worker." Could you give us some examples in English of what you mean by field worker.

Sorry if I was too vague, I mean as labourer on the field of a farm, i.e., someone employed by the farmer to plant or pick the crop by hand. - slmart, Feb 3, 2011

Answer 3

Julian is correct in his response,but not all field workers are campesinos. I would like to add: "trabajadores agrícolas" as a field worker.

In México, if you ask a " trabajador de la pisca" if he is a campesino, he will likely tell you: no, I am a "piscador"

One would hope that he'd say "Soy (un) pescador." - samdie, Feb 2, 2011

Trabajador campesino = Worker from anywhere working in the fields/country. Campesino trabajador = Someone from the country who works anywhere, in a city or the country - 005faa61, Feb 2, 2011