The U.S. Department of Labor publishes the Dictionary of Occupational Titles.
The following are
job titles officially recognized by the United States Government. * acid blower * adobe-ball mixer *
aging-department supervisor * air tucker * anchor-tack puller * animal impersonator * apron
scratcher (a job for retired ballplayers working in kitchens?) * assembler for puller-over, hand *
automatic-lump-making-machine tender * backside grinder * ball-warper tender *
banana-ripening-room supervisor (I wonder if it's as exciting as it sounds) *
banding-and-cellophane-wrapping-machine-operator helper * band shover * baseball-glove stuffer
(Cal Ripken, for example) * base-wad operator-adjuster (base-wad sounds like a derogatory term)
* bead flipper * beam doffer * bean dumper * bed laster (which all of us guys think we are) * beet
flumer * blind hooker (but a good listener) * blow-off worker * blow-up operator * bonbon-cream
warmer * boner (it's not just a job, it's an adventure) * bosom presser (see above) * bottom
cementer * bottom pounder * brain picker * breaker-off * breeding technician (again, all of us
guys) * bucket chucker * buggy pusher (after you quit being a breeding technician) * bung dropper
* bung grader * bung-gut tier * bunghole borer * bung remover * bung sewer * butt maker * butt
presser * buzzle buffer * cake wringer (probably converts layer cakes to pancakes) *
candy-bar-core inspector * can pusher (as in "get your can outta here") * carbon-rod inserter *
carcass assembler * car whacker * cat hooker * cheese cutter (um, yeah) * chicken dresser *
chick sexer * chin-strap cutter (pretty specialized) * choke reamer * clay puddler *
clicking-machine operator * cloth doffer (five times fast) * collar feller (like a priest, maybe) *
concrete-vibrator operator * container-maker-filler-packer operator * cookee * cracker-fanner
operator * cradle placer * cripple cutter * dag coater * date puller * debeader * debeaker *
debubblizer * denture waxer * devil tender * die tripper (Beatles song with a Cockney accent) *
dinker * dinkey operator * dip guider * dish-cloth inspector * dobby-loom chain-pegger * dog
bather * dolly pusher * domer * door closer * doorshaker * dopster * double-bottom driver *
double-lay-winder-and-paraffin-unit operator * dowel-inserting-machine operator * down filler *
drawer-in, dobby loom * drill doctor * drip pumper * drop clipper * dross skimmer *
drying-unit-felting-machine-operator helper * dukey rider * ear-flap binder * Easter bunny (actually
listed in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles) * egg smeller * eight-section blower * electric-bath
attendant * end finder, twisting department * end packer * ends-down checker *
end-touching-machine operator * experimental-rocket-sled mechanic * facing baster *
fagoting-machine operator * feather boner * fig-bar-machine operator * filler wiper * finger waver
* fish flipper * fish-liver sorter * fish straightener * flatcar whacker * flitch hanger * flocculator
operator * fold skiver * forepart reducer * fountain-pen turner * frickertron checker * frit burner *
fur beater * fur plucker * grizzly worker * groover * ground layer * gum puller * gut puller * hacker
* hairspring vibrator * hand folder * hand shaker * hardener helper * head doffer * heddle cleaner
* heel wheeler * helminthologist * hob grinder * hoer * hogshead hooper * hoosier pole hand *
hose builder * hose handler * human projectile * impregnation operator * inner-layer scrubber
tender * iron erector * jacket changer * jagger * jawbone breaker * jeeper operator * jet wiper *
jig fitter * jollier * kettle chipper * kiss mixer * knee bolter * knobber * knocker-off * knock-up
assembler * laborer, shaft sinking * lag screwer * last putter-away * leaf-sucker operator *
leak-gang supevisor * leg skinner * lingo cleaner * lip-and-gate builder * loom blower * lumper *
mandrel puller * manual hardener * maturity checker * molder offbearer * molder, toilet products *
moshgiach * moss picker * mother tester * mounter, hand * muck boss * mud-jack nozzle worker
* mutton puncher * muff winder * mud trucker * napper * nib adjuster * nicker * nipper *
nipple-machine operator * nock applier * nub-card tender * nut grinder * nutter-up * odd bundle
worker * out-and-out cigar maker, hand * packer, foamed-in-place * pail bailer * Panama-hat
smearer * pan shover * pantyhose-crotch-closing-machine operator * paradi tender *
peeled-potato inspector * pepper pickler * pheresis specialist * phonograph-needle-tip maker *
pickle pumper * pie bottomer * pirn winder * plastic ball buffer * plastic-eye technician *
plate-put-in worker * plisse-machine operator helper * plugger * powder gilder * powder monkey
* powder nipper * power-nut-runner operator * press bucker * probe test equipment technician *
prune washer * public improvement inspector * puddler * pugger helper * puller-through *
pull-through hooker * pulp piler * pumper, head * put-in-beat adjuster * putter-in * quarter doper
* quilt stuffer * quirk sander * rabbit breeder (sounds easy to me) * rabble-furnace tender * rag
baler * rand butter * rapier-insertion loom fixer * raw-cheese worker * reamer * rebeamer *
rebut-machine tail offbearer * redeye gunner * red-mud thickener operator * reject opener * relish
blender * remittance-on-farm-rental-and-soil-conservation auditor * repeat chief * reroll tender *
resaw feeder * restrike hammer operator * retort forker * rib bender * rib-stiffener and heel-dipper
* riffler tender * ripening-room hand * rivet bucker * roadability-machine operator * road-hogger
operator * room boss * round boner * rubber-flap cutter * rubber-off * ruching-machine operator
* ruffling hemmer, automatic * rug scratcher * rump sawyer * russian rubber (personal services) *
sack keeper * sagger former * sagger soak * salesperson, flying squad * salt-bellies overhauler *
sand hog * save-all operator * scagliola mechanic * scarfer * screwdown operator * scudding
inspector * scutcher tender * sea-foam-kiss maker
