providing an unusual amount of power, durability, etc.:
heavy-duty machinery; heavy-duty shoes. very important, impressive,
or serious: heavy-duty involvement; heavy-duty questions.
Light equipment means hand-held tools and
construction equipment, such as line trimmers,
handsaws, wheelbarrows, and post-hole diggers.
Light duty is less demanding work, physically and/or mentally
An example would be answering phones instead
of stocking shelves.
noun. plural lights. Britannica Dictionary definition of LIGHT.
1. [noncount] : the form of energy that makes it possible to see things
the brightness produced by the sun, by fire, by a lamp, etc.
Light is defined as the electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths
between 380 and 750 nm which is visible to the human eye.
Light is a source of illumination, whether a natural one (like the sun)
or an artificial one (like your lamp). Like light itself, the word
can take a lot of different forms — it can be a noun, an adjective,
or a verb, and it can mean "bright" or "not heavy".
RTW programs include temporary light-, limited- and
modified-duty assignments. Light duty typically involves
excusing an employee from performing certain tasks that
he or she would normally perform. Limited duty may reduce
the number of hours that someone normally works in a day.
Light duty cleaners perform some or all of the following duties:
Sweep, mop, wash, wax and polish floors. Dust furniture and
vacuum carpeting and area rugs, draperies and upholstered furniture.
Make beds, change sheets and distribute clean towels and toiletries