Changes to Canonical Occupations May 17th
Added
Beef Cattle Farm Worker, 62420: “Performs a variety of tasks in the breeding and raising of beef cattle” (Cowboy links here)
Budgeting and Accounting Manager, 21950: “Plans, organises and controls, within powers delegated to him, the financial operations of an industrial, commercial or other organisation and participates in formulating the financial policy of the organisation.” (Financier links here)
Clerical or Related Worker, Specialisation Unknown, 3000. (Gas Company Employee links here)
Cloth Weaver (Hand), 75430: “Weaves fabric on hand-operated loom.” [Cloth Maker links here]
Coil Winder (Hand or Machine), 85345: “Winds wire onto bobbins or cores by machine (8-53.40) or hand (8-53.50) to make electrical coils”
Commercial Traveller or Manufacturer's Agent, Specialisation Unknown, 43200
Cotton Weaver (Hand or Machine), 75432 (from HISCO pdf)
Crusher, Grinder or Mixer, Specialisation Unknown, 74100 [Colour mixer links here]
Metal Moulder or Coremaker, Specialisation Unknown, 72500
Motorised Farm Equipment Operator, 62820: “Operates and services one or more types of motorised farm machinery or equipment”
Other Crane and Hoist Operators, 97390 (from HISCO pdf)
Other Loggers, 63190: “This group includes loggers not elsewhere classified, for example those who are occupied mainly in operating wood-harvesting machines to fell, branch, cross-cut or bark trees to perform other logging operations; loading logs into chutes, or stacking them preparatory to transport out of forest; shaping rough wooden products from logs, such as railway ties and telephone poles, near felling sites; examining logs and grading them according to quality or measuring them to determine their volume of marketable timber.”
Other Painters, Construction, 93190: “This group includes construction painters not elsewhere classified, for example those who paint imitation building exteriors or interiors and similar pieces of stage and film sets; specialise in a particular type of finish such as graining or marbling; prepare surfaces for painting; paint ships= woodwork and interior fittings; paint railway coaches and wagons” [Coach Painter links here]
Parquetry Worker, 95475: “Installs and repairs parquet flooring” (Floor Layer links here as well as to Paviour)
Still or Reactor Operator, Specialisation Unknown, 74400 (distiller links here [Chemical Processing related])
Changed
Changed Compositor/Typesetter 92120 to Hand Compositor, 92120 as per HISCO: “Sets type by hand for printing”
Changed Constable and Gaoler, 58240 to Private Police Guard, 58240 as per HISCO: “Polices property or parts of establishments, such as industrial plants, banks or museums to prevent theft, violence, infractions of rules or other irregularities, and may make arrests.” [Railway policeman links here]
Changed Insurance Collector, 31040 to Customs officers, 31040 as per HISCO: “Checks persons, vehicles and goods for legal import allowances. May collect duty and impose penalties for contravention of customs regulations.”
Changed Weaver, 75490 to Other Weavers and Related Workers, 75490 as per HISCO: “This group includes weavers and related workers not elsewhere classified, for example those who perform auxiliary operations in weaving processes.”
Changed Spinner, 75220 to Spinner, Thread and Yarn, 75220 as per HISCO: “Operates machines to spin thread and yarn from roving on to spindles or other output packages” (Cotton Spinner links here)
Changed Sawmill Labourer to Other Sawyer, Plywood Makers and Related Wood-Processing Workers, 73290 as per HISCO: “This group includes sawyers, plywood makers and related wood-processing workers not elsewhere classified, for example those who are mainly occupied in peeling bark from logs preparatory to sawing or veneer-cutting; operating power saws to cut logs into specified barrel stave lengths; operating banks of circular saws to cut out defective sections of boards (trimming); or operating edge-gluing machines to join veneer strips into sheets” [Cork maker links here]
Saving in case needed later
Other Power-Generating Machinery Operators, 96190: “This group includes other power-generating machinery operators not elsewhere classified, for example those who assist power-generating plant operators in power stations; control feeder switchboards in power substations; operate power-generating plant servicing an individual or other establishment.”
Notes
Use Forestry Worker, 63230 instead of Forester, 63000 as Forester is not in HISCO.
Changed Pavlour, 95160 to Paviour, 95160 (typo)
I'm having difficulty finding a definition for “Firesmith”. It's not in HISCO, and google searches just return numerous results for Donald Firesmith followed by stories about people named Smith being fired or being involved in fires. Record is for George Wesley Seaman. Is it possible this is incorrect transcription? Moved to illegible category.
Axeman. Definition: “A person who works with an ax”. Dictionary.com: “a man who wields an axe, esp to cut down trees” (Wood/Lumber related?)
Use Logger, 63110 or Other Loggers, 63190 instead of Lumberman, 63116 which isn't in HISCO. Possible Lumberman also means Working Proprietor (Wholesale or Retail) ??
Cowpuncher = Cowboy which links to Beef Cattle Farm Worker
“Creosotes are a category of carbonaceous chemicals formed by the distillation of various tars, and by pyrolysis of plant-derived material, such as wood or fossil fuel.” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creosote) [Linking Creosoting Expert to Still or Reactor Operator, Specialisation Unknown]
Interesting People
Montagu Allan enlisted at the age of 55. According to his CGWP he survived the war but lost a son and two daughters during the war. (His two daughters in the sinking of the Lusitania).
Bugler Reuben Rosenfield enlisted at age 10 on March 2 1916 (and listed his birth date as April 24th 1905). 4'6. He was discharged for being underage on March 11 1916.
According to his CGWP profile Private John William Boucher was the oldest soldier in the CEF. He enlisted at the age if 78 in 1915, although his attestation papers list his DOB as 1867 not 1836. Notes suggest that he was also a veteran of the American Civil War. Although his attestation papers give his apparent age as 48 when he was declared fit for Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force following a medical examination in January of 1917, a proceedings of medical board document from December 1917 list Boucher's age as 73. He was recommended for discharge in February 1918 with his “Present disease or disability” listed as overage and myalgia. The document notes that Boucher identified himself as being 73 years old and having having aching pains in knees, difficult walking as well as pains in both knee joints, his back and his right hand.