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

ORDER XVII.—BUILDERS, BRICKLAYERS, STONE AND SLATE WORKERS, CONTRACTORS

Sub-order 1.—Builders, Bricklayers, Stone and Slate Workers; Contractors

589.—Other Workers

bottom man: a steeplejack's improver, see (588), who assists and watches the top skilled men, thus gaining knowledge, experience and confidence.
frame scaffolder: erects frame scaffolding for new building by bolting together previously prepared steel tubes, timber, deals, scantlings, posts, etc.
plane house loader, plane house man: assists slate planer (or stone planer) (576 or 575) (q.v.) at planing machine; carries and moves about with levers and rollers, or travelling chains slabs of slate or stone, rope runner (building); a lad who fastens rope to trucks waiting to be moved or shunted on light tramway after filling or unloading on excavation work.
scraper (stone quarries and works): removes stone clippings from mason's banker or planing machine.
slater's labourer: assists slater (570) (q.v.) to sort slates; carries them in clumps up scaffolding to roof and lodges clumps slantwise against roof timbers conveniently to hand of slater; mixes mortar or cement for slater and assists him generally.
slate works labourer: general term for an unskilled worker who assists sawyers and machinists (576) (q.v.) in moving slate and assists generally in slate cutting and dressing mills; includes plane house loader, plane house man.
stone carrier (stone works): a stone works labourer (q.v.) who carries or assists in moving stone, by means of rollers, levers and chain lifting tackle.
stone weigher: weighs and records the weight of blocks of stone received in the stone cutting and dressing mills.
stone works labourer: as for slate works labourer.
tool boy, tool man: collects tools, and takes to forge for repair, e.g., picks.
winchman: turns handle of a hand winch to raise builder's material up to required level on scaffolding.

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.