A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921.
ORDER III.—MINING AND QUARRYING OCCUPATIONS
Sub-order 1.—In Coal and Shale Mines
048.—Colliery Weighmen
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- billy check
- a check weigher (q.v.) who works at Billy Fairplay, a machine connected with screens which registers weight of small coal to be deducted from gross weight sent to bank by each getter.
- check weigher, check weighman, colliers' weigher, colliers' weighman
; justice man
- oversees in the interests of the colliers, in accordance with provisions of Section 13 of Coal Mines Act, 1887, weighing of coal (or shale), by weigher, in tubs; estimates amount of foreign matter or dirt in tub and sees that only authorised deductions are made; checks tare or weight of tub itself; makes records in his own weigh book again-t number and name of hewer and agrees weights with weigher (q.v.).
- colliery weigh house clerk
- (i) assists weigher (q v.) in recording weights;
- (ii) see weigher;
- (iii) see despatcher.
- despatcher
; colliery weigh house clerk, traffic machine man, truck weigher, wagon weighman, weigh clerk
- weighs railway wagons, trucks or carts of coal, etc., as they pass weighbridge, on leaving colliery sidings; reads dial of weighbridge and keeps record of gross weight, tare and number of each wagon; attaches tickets to wagons with destination written thereon.
- heap weighman
- see weigher.
- justice man
- see check weigher.
- machine man (weigher), machine weigher
- see weigher.
- master's weighman
- see weigher.
- traffic machine man
- see despatcher.
- truck weigher, wagon weighman
- see despatcher.
- weigh clerk
- see despatcher.
- weigher, weigher at pit bank, weighing machine man, weighman, weightman
; colliery weigh house clerk, heap weigh man, machine man (weigher), machine weigher, master's weighman
- weighs tubs of coal, etc., on weighing machine as they come up from pit. on behalf of colliery company; reads dial of weighing machine, estimates amount of dirt or foreign matter; checks with check weigher (q.v.); records name and number of hewer, gross weight, tare and weight of dirt, in company's books.
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From:
A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921,
Ministry of Labour, 1927. Digitised by Peter Christian, August, 2016. This text is in the Public Domain. 