A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921.
ORDER XII.—TEXTILE WORKERS
Sub-order 1.—Textile Workers
355.—Foremen and Overlookers—Winding, Warping, Slashing, or Sizing; Silk Doubling
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- danter (slang)
- a woman overlooker q.v. in silk throwing department.
- doubler overlooker (silk)
- is in charge of silk doubling department; directs and controls silk doublers (371) q.v. and other operatives in that department.
- reelers' overlooker, reeling overlooker
- is in charge of department where yam is reeled into skeins; directs and controls operatives; repairs and adjusts reeling frames, and regulates speed of rollers.
- warping overlooker
- is in charge of warping room, including beam, mill and section warping; is responsible for condition and running of machinery, and for despatch of yarn after warping.
- winders' overlooker, winding overlooker
- an overlooker in charge of winding department, or of a section thereof; supervises winders (367), running of winding machines and weighing of full bobbins, cops, etc.; sometimes specifically designated, e.g., bobbin winders' overlooker, bottle winders' overlooker, cop winders' overlooker.
- winding master
- a winding overlooker q.v. in charge of entire winding department.
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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. 