types:
excavator
a workman who excavates for foundations of buildings or for quarrying
fuller
a workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living
gas fitter
a workman who installs and repairs gas fixtures and appliances
heaver
a workman who heaves freight or bulk goods (especially at a dockyard)
lacer
a workman who laces shoes or footballs or books (during binding)
lather
a workman who puts up laths
Luddite
one of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed laborsaving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment
mover
workman employed by a moving company
roundsman
a workman employed to make rounds (to deliver goods or make inspections or so on)
scratcher
a workman who uses a tool for scratching
shearer
a workman who uses shears to cut leather or metal or textiles
sponger
a workman employed to collect sponges
stamper
a workman whose job is to form or cut out by applying a mold or die (either by hand or by operating a stamping machine)
utility man
a workman expected to serve in any capacity when called on
wetter
a workman who wets the work in a manufacturing process
bracero
a Mexican laborer who worked in the United States on farms and railroads in order to ease labor shortages during World War II
cleaner
someone whose job involves tidying and removing dirt or filth
gravedigger
a person who earns a living by digging graves
porter
a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
remover
someone who works for a company that moves furniture
sawyer
one who is employed to saw wood
sprayer
a worker who applies spray to a surface
stacker
a laborer who builds up a stack or pile
steeplejack
someone who builds or maintains very tall structures
fireman,
stoker
a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)
woodcutter
cuts down trees and chops wood as a job
wrecker
someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job
yardman
a laborer hired to do outdoor work (such as mowing lawns)