maintenance staff

collocation in English

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maintenance
noun[U]
uk
/ˈmeɪn.tən.əns/us
/ˈmeɪn.tən.əns/
the work needed to keep a road, building, machine, etc. in ...
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staff
noun
uk
/stɑːf/us
/stæf/
the group of people who work for ...
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(Definition ofmaintenanceandstafffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Their relationship often emerged as a topic of conversation, whether it was with office workers, management, ormaintenancestaff.
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The healthy subjects were mostly hospital nursing andmaintenancestaffand university students.
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There were more than 200 employees, including health care workers, administrative, kitchen, cleaning, andmaintenancestaff.
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There is the training of crews, the training of themaintenancestaff, the provision of servicing facilities, of spares and of the appropriate centres.
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Then there is required some additional land for camps to accommodate themaintenancestaffand those in training.
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The whole of that valuable space and equipment is now standing idle except for amaintenancestaff.
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It is, in fact, the breaking up of an organisation of people who must be regarded as themaintenancestaffof our cultural capital.
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If you have a small, highly trained, fighting force, you will have to have a largermaintenancestaffbehind it.
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Over 400 buses are off the roads due to shortages of engineering andmaintenancestaff.
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Why has the number of works andmaintenancestaffincreased at a time when their workload has not noticeably grown?
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Will each section of the system have its ownmaintenancestaffor shall we have a central organisation responsible for faults and repairs?
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This figure excludes salary costs formaintenancestaff.
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Of those 550 new jobs, 200 are train crews, 20 aremaintenancestaffand 150 are trained catering staff.
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This is in addition to routine or day-to-day maintenance (including redecoration and repairs) undertaken by both directly employedmaintenancestaffand private contractors.
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This year there was industrial action by aircraft and catering loaders, and most recently of course by engineeringmaintenancestaff.
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Ancillary workers including cooks, cleaners, porters andmaintenancestaffsuch as electricians are essential to the successful running of every hospital.
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Permanent employment at a centre is likely to be small and to consist of a nucleus of management andmaintenancestaff.
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Is he going to take some steps to see that we do get an efficientmaintenancestaff?
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There are no women guards ormaintenancestaff.
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The latest figures show that the staff today numbers 582, of whom some 250 aremaintenancestaff.
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