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A stevedore , dockworker , docker , dock laborer , wharfie , wharf rat , lumper , and/or longshoreman is a waterfront manual laborer who is involved in loading and unloading ships .
The word stevedore originated in Portugal or Spain , and entered the English language through its use by sailors . It started as a phonetic spelling of estivador ( Portuguese ) or estibador ( Catalan and Spanish ), meaning a man who loads ships and stows cargo , which was the original meaning of stevedore (though there is a secondary meaning of "a man who stuffs" in Spanish); compare Latin stīpāre meaning to stuff , as in to fill with stuffing . In the United Kingdom , men who load and unload ships are usua
Find out how to become a stevedore and what you’ll do in this job. For more information visit careers.govt.nz.