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 3.—Makers of Stationery, Cardboard boxes and Other Workers in Paper

554.—Cardboard Box Makers

barrel maker: makes cylindrical barrels and lids of cardboard by attaching sheets of cardboard to circular wooden ends with glue and tacks or rivets.
box hand, box maker (fixture boxes) ; coverer: turns up, to form box side, pieces of cardboard already cut to shape and creased; pastes on thin fabric or paper strips to secure corners; cuts up paper or cloth for lining and covering, pastes it and rubs down firmly; cuts felt or baize and glues along bottom of fixture boxes; cf. box maker (479) and (688).
box maker, cardboard box maker: general terms for any workers engaged in making cardboard boxes by hand or by machine, or partly by hand and partly by machine; operations differ according to type of box made and methods and machines employed; includes scorer (552), stamper (552), carton maker, skillet maker, cutter (558), finisher (558), layer-on (558), slitter (558).
box and slide machine attendant: attends automatic machine which cuts and folds cardboard and paper, and pastes together to make sliding boxes, e.g., cigarette cartons; supplies hopper feed with material by hand; removes boxes as made.
carton maker: as for box maker.
container maker (electric lamps): a box maker q.v. who makes cartons for packing electric lamps for despatch.
coverer (fixture boxes): see box hand fixture boxes) ; cf. coverer (559).
flange box maker: receives box made by box maker q.v. and glues round edges of top and sometimes of bottom, or passes it into glueing machine; lays a piece of cardboard on glued surface so that it projects as a flange beyond edge all round and presses it firmly; passes to coverer (559).
skillet maker: a cardboard box maker q.v. who makes skillets or cardboard boxes with plain ends which are to be covered with printed wrappers.
strawboard box maker: a box maker q.v. who makes boxes of strawboard, a kind of coarse thick cardboard.

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.