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 4.—At Oil Wells and Brine Wells

079.—Pumpers and Labourers

pipeman, brine pipeman: maintains pipe lines conveying brine from wells to filter beds and reservoir in good condition; lays down new lines as required; usually also does work of pumper.
pumper, brine pumper: attends and drives pumping machinery which extracts brine from brine wells arid pumps it along pipe lines to filter beds or reservoir.
pumpman (oil wells): attends and drives pumping machinery conveying oil from bore hole by pipe lines to refining tanks; usually maintains pipe lines in good condition; cf. bailer (580).
shaftman, shaftsman, brine shafts- man: maintains shaft to salt beds in good repair; descends shaft to attend to brine pipes when necessary on account of choking subsidence, etc.; cf. wellman.
wellman (brine wells): is responsible for borehole and brine pipes leading to filter bed and reservoir, and also has charge of pumping machinery; supervises work of pipeman, pumper and shaftsman q.v. in large salt works or combines their functions in smaller salt works; may also operate drilling machinery to bore fresh boreholes or wells to salt beds; cf. driller (brine wells) (580).
wellman (oil wells), oil wellman: general terms for all workers at oil wells including those attending pipe lines, pumping machinery, refining tanks, etc.

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.