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

ORDER IX.—ELECTRICAL APPARATUS MAKERS AND FITTERS (NOT ELSEWHERE ENUMERATED) AND ELECTRICIANS

Sub-order 1.—Electrical Apparatus Makers and Fitters (not elsewhere enumerated) and Electricians

310.—Telegraph and Telephone Mechanics (Installations and Repairs)

* Term officially obsolete. Classed by the Post Office Engineering Department as a skilled workman (311).

*circuitman: clears all faults on electric lighting and power circuits, including those used in supplying current to telegraph and telephone systems, by testing with a galvanometer, megger, or other instrument; renews defective cable or wire.
*faultsman, telephone: clears all faults on internal wiring or apparatus, by observation or by testing with a megger instrument or otherwise; renews faulty parts if necessary.
*fitter, electrical (G.P.O.): repairs heavy electrical machinery (generators, motors, etc.) by replacing worn or defective parts with new parts, using spanners, pliers, files, screwdrivers, etc.
*fitter, telephone (G.P.O.): instals all telephone apparatus, including subsidiary parts; also carries out internal cabling and wiring, using pliers, screwdriver, and other hand tools.
*mechanic (G.P.O.), telegraph mechanic, telephone mechanic: replaces broken or defective parts of telegraph or telephone apparatus with new parts, using screwdrivers, pliers, and other hand tools; repairs land adjusts such apparatus generally.

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.