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

ORDER VIII.—WORKERS IN PRECIOUS METALS AND ELECTRO PLATE

Sub-order 1.—Workers in Precious Metals and Electro Plate

281.—Foremen and Overlookers

foreman plater: is in charge of process of plating metals by electro-deposition, i.e., covering of britannia metal, albata, white metal, etc., with a coating of gold, silver, nickel or copper; operates dynamos used in connection with plating vats or drums; .mixes solutions used in plating, or superintends their mixing; superintends work of platers (282), vat hands (299), finishers (285), polishers (285) q.v., and labourers employed in connection with plating processes; keeps time and output records of these workers; sometimes personally performs more difficult plating and/or gilding work; is generally a skilled plater (282) and/or gilder (282) q.v.

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.