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
253.—Plumbers' Labourers
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- lead burner's helper
- assists lead burner (242) q.v., cuts lead sheet with shears, hammer and chisel; holds up work; generally fetches and carries material and tools; is usually an apprenticed chemical plumber (242) q.v.
- plumber's labourer, plumber's mate
- assists plumber (252) q.v.; carries tools and heats them when necessary: fills blow lamp with spirit, lights and prepares it for use by plumber, must know different kinds of piping and names of pipes; gets material for gutters, etc., on to roofs.
- water fitter's mate
- assists water fitter (252) q.v.; holds tools, cuts and screws pipes, with hack saw, pipe cutting tool, stocks and dies.
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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. 