ORDER XX.—WORKERS IN MIXED OR UNDEFINED MATERIALS (not elsewhere enumerated)

Sub-order 2.—Makers of Vehicles (see also under Metal Workers and Wood Workers)

652.—Repairers of Railway Wagons and Mine Trams and Tubs

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colliery corve mender or repairer, colliery tram mender or repairer, colliery tub mender or repairer, corver, corve repairer, hutch mender, hutch repairer, pit box mender, pit box repairer, tub mender, tub repairer

keeps hutches, trams, tubs or corves, used for moving coal at colliery, in repair; cuts bolts and rivets, with chisel or oxy-acetylene flame, and removes broken or bent wood and iron parts; makes, adapts and refits new parts, bolting and riveting as required, using hand tools.

wagon repairer, railway wagon repairer

(i) keeps railway wagons in repair by replacing broken parts of woodwork and bolting in new wood;

(ii) refits bent or broken steel or iron parts; cf. fitter (210), joiner (474).

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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.