A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921.
ORDER XX.—WORKERS IN MIXED OR UNDEFINED MATERIALS (not elsewhere enumerated)
Sub-order 4.—Other Workers
682.—Surgical or Dental Instrument Makers
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- blunt worker
- makes forceps, stethoscopes, pincers, and other dental or surgical instruments which have not a cutting edge; hardens and tempers bar of steel and shapes it; sometimes also forges it, but may receive it ready cut to proper length; machines instrument by turning, cutting, drilling, screwing, tapping, grinding, and fits and finishes it with files and other hand tools, if necessary; passes to polisher (238) q.v. for polishing; assembles parts and screws them together to form complete instruments.
- dental instrument maker, hospital instrument maker, surgical instrument maker
- general terms for any worker engaged in making dental or surgical instruments, e.g. blunt worker, surgical cutler (228) q.v.
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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. 