Given a curve over $\mathbb{P}^1$ how can I determine the monodromy around a ramification point?

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Given a smooth curve of the form $$ f(y) - g(x) $$ over $\mathbb{A}^1_x$ with a smooth compactification $C \to \mathbb{P}^1$, how can I determine the monodromy of the points of the fibers? Are there any general tools which will allow me to do this?