in electrical transmission work, that is poles and wires, the man on the ground who supplies parts to the man/men working up the pole is called a grunt
tell the grunt to send me up one ell one blanket (rubber blanket) and six lag bolts.
Originally used to define untrained general soldiers. Can be used to identify people in groups who blindly follow the loudest, or even the person standing higher than everyone. Fairly mindless and will believe almost anything that they're told.