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

ORDER XVI.—MAKERS OF AND WORKERS IN PAPER; PRINTERS, BOOKBINDERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, ETC.

Sub-order 1.—Makers of Paper, Pulp, Straw and Card Board

511.—Foremen and Overlookers

rag-house overlooker, rag-house overseer: supervises work of rag-cutters (519), rag dusters (519), rag sorters (964), and labourers employed in or about rag-house; is responsible for various qualities and quantities of rags used; assigns duties to workers under him and checks their time; engages and discharges rag-house workers; sometimes also, where rag-boiling is done in conjunction with cutting, sorting and dusting, supervises rag-boiling workers.

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.