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

ORDER XV.—WORKERS IN WOOD AND FURNITURE

Sub-order 1.—Workers in Wood

479.—Packing Case and Wooden Box Makers

botcher: see repairer.
box cooper: see repairer.
box maker, wooden box maker: general terms for any worker who performs any or all of the following processes, e.g., assembles pieces of timber, previously cut to required dimensions by sawyer (481) q.v.; nails or screws them together, either by band or by automatic nailing machine; trims edges with spoke shave; adds handles, fittings, hinges, etc.; sometimes also sandpapers and varnishes boxes, and puts in trays or compartments (if any).
box re-maker: see repairer.
case maker ; packing case maker: assembles boards, previously cut to required dimensions by sawyer (481) q.v., and nails them together to form packing cases; trims edges of boards with saw, and adds fittings, hoop iron binding, lids, metal corners, rope handles, hinges, etc., as required, using joiner's tools.
crate maker: assembles and nails together, by hand, planks or battens, previously cut to required dimensions by sawyer (481) q.v., to make crate; adds hoop iron and handles, if required.
packer (printer's rollers): a case maker q.v. who makes a specially shaped and fitted wooden case for the transport of printer's rollers; inserts roller in case and secures it.
packing case maker: see case maker.
repairer, box repairer, case repairer ; botcher, box cooper, box re-maker, tea chest cooper, tea cooper: removes old or damaged parts of boxes, cases, crates, tea chests, etc., and replaces with new timber; renews iron hooping, hinges, and other fittings; re-nails box or case and revarnishes if necessary.
tea chest cooper, tea cooper: see repairer.
tea chest maker: nails together, by hand, parts of tea chests, previously cut to required dimensions by other workers; adds hoop iron or metal corner strips or tin foil lining.

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.