A blue-collar worker is a working class employee who performs manual or technical labour, such as in a factory or in technical maintenance "trades," and earns an hourly wage, in contrast to a white-collar worker, who does non-manual work generally at a desk, earning a montly salary. Their jobs may require some specialized training or apprenticeship but don't require a college/university degree. Some distinctive elements of blue-collar worker are:  -  the lesser requirements for formal academic education.  -  training is often learned on the job while working.    -  The boss of such workers is usually called a foreman     whose duty is to assign and monitor the work of his subordinates.    -  Commonly the foreman is a manual worker himself or a "wing foreman"     who in turn is subordinate to a higher boss. Examples of blue collar workers:  -  Agricultural Workers  -  Assemble Manufactured Goods  -  Car Washers  -  Contstruction / Building and Construction trades  -  Gas station Attendants  -  Garderners  -  Garbage Collectors  -  Janitorial Workers  -  Load Trucks  -  Maids  -  Maintenance  -  Mechanical Work « Back to Home page