on the job

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on the job

A construction worker is on the job at a building site.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Actively engaged in paid work: Describes a person who is currently performing their duties at their place of employment or during their scheduled work hours.
    • In operation or at work: Can describe machinery, systems, or processes that are currently functioning or being used for their intended purpose.
Usage Examples
  • Adjective:
    • The new safety manager spent her first week on the job observing the factory floor.
    • With so many employees on the job, the project was completed ahead of schedule.
    • The security cameras are on the job 24 hours a day.
Advanced Usage
  • "to be on the job": To be actively working or fulfilling one's responsibilities.
    • As a nurse, you need to be fully focused when you're on the job.
  • "to learn on the job": To acquire skills or knowledge through direct experience while working, rather than through formal training.
    • He didn't have a degree in marketing; he learned everything on the job.
Variants and Related Words
  • On-the-job training (noun phrase): Training that is given to an employee at their workplace while they are doing the job.
    • The company provides extensive on-the-job training for all new hires.
Synonyms
  • Working: Engaged in work.
  • At work: Present and active in one's job.
  • On duty: Officially scheduled to be working (common for security, medical, or military personnel).
Related Phrases
  • Get on with the job: To start or continue doing the work that needs to be done.
    • Stop talking and get on with the job.
  • Do a good/bad job: To perform a task well or poorly.
    • The contractors did a very good job on the renovations.
Related Idioms
  • A hatchet job: A fierce verbal or written attack intended to severely criticize or damage someone's reputation.
    • The critic's review was a real hatchet job on the director's latest film.
  • Job lot: A mixed group of articles bought or sold together.
    • He bought a job lot of old tools at the auction.
on the job

A construction worker is on the job at a building site.

Adjective
  1. actively engaged in paid work
    • the working population
    • the ratio of working men to unemployed
    • a working mother
    • robots can be on the job day and night

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