A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921.
ORDER XVII.—BUILDERS, BRICKLAYERS, STONE AND SLATE WORKERS, CONTRACTORS
Sub-order 1.—Builders, Bricklayers, Stone and Slate Workers; Contractors
573.—Mason's Labourers
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- mason's assistant, mason's labourer, mason's tender
; mortar boy, mortar carrier, shed labourer, stone rubber
- assists mason to lift and dress stone; makes and carries mortar; does various kinds of unskilled work; looks after tools; sometimes specifically designated, e.g. monumental mason's labourer.
- mortar boy, or carrier
- see mason's assistant.
- rubble dresser
- prepares, i.e., breaks up with hammer or picks-out suitable pieces of "rubble," i.e., pieces of undressed stone used for filling in; usually done by mason's labourer (q.v.).
- sawyer's rubbing bed hand
; stone rubber
- a mason's labourer (q.v.) who rubs surface of sawn stone with a piece of harder stone, sand, and water to give it a smooth surface.
- shed labourer
- see mason's assistant.
- stone rubber
- (i) see mason's assistant;
- (ii) see sawyer's rubbing bed hand.
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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. 