A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921.

ORDER VII.—METAL WORKERS (NOT ELECTRO PLATE OR PRECIOUS METALS)

Sub-order 8.—Other Workers

234.—Galvanisers

coater (wire): a dipper q.v. who dips coils of wire in zinc spelter; cf. wire galvaniser.
dipper (galvanised sheet): supervises feeding of galvanising machine by. feeder (279) q.v.; regulates heating of pots; cleans pots (from time to time; may in small works himself feed sheets into machine.
dipper (hollow-ware, wire goods, etc.) ; tanker: takes metal article to be galvanised in tongs and immerses in a hath of zinc spelter; twists it about .to ensure equal coating; lifts out and shakes to remove excess of zinc; drops into bath of water.
galvaniser: (i) general term for any worker in galvanising works, including dipper, pickier (250), feeder (279) q.v.; sometimes specifically designated e.g. pipe galvaniser, tube galvaniser, wire galvaniser, wire netting galvaniser;; (ii) obsolete term for charge hand responsible for both pickling and galvanising shops.
tanker: see dipper (hollow-ware).

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.