The man in the foreground is the hod carrier preparing the plaster.
From the dailynews.com
Mr. Wilson quit the car lot to work as a hod carrier for Mr. Bogle.
From the post-gazette.com
It didn't seem unusual that a hod carrier would prize his books, his Greek classics and sweeping histories.
From the theatlantic.com
When a guy goes from hod-carrier to football hero to movie star, then you just have to doff your hat at him.
From the dailymail.co.uk
The theme of Bartlett's sermon is irresponsibility and he expresses it with the finesse of a hod carrier with a headache.
From the express.co.uk
My father worked as a hod carrier until he was seventy, a job that condemned him through all those years to being eternally strong and eternally exhausted.