Scouting, Volume 68, Number 6, November-December 1980 Page: 58
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BY JUNESTEFANELLI
Workers in practically all occupations
and professions rely on tools, instruments,
or equipment in their workaday routines.
Tools may be basic or exceedingly com-
plex, from hammers and chisels to mind-
boggling computers.
Ready to test your knowledge of tools?
Try matching the appropriate workers
with the tools of the their trade. Correct
answers and scoring are at the end.
1. oftentimes derive their calcula-
tions by using a slide rule.
Electroplaters Engineers
Musicians Dairy workers
2. The dibble is a timesaving de-
vice.
urban planner's tilesetter's
gardener's cosmetologist's
3. Every is familiar with the junc-
tion box.
electrician librarian
optometrist landscape architect
4. Beakers and graduates are used daily
by ."
mail carriers florists
chemists mathematicians
5. No experienced would be with-
out a pneumatic lift.
florist auto mechanic
baker dentist
6. Pitons are priority items for all
astronomers farmers
chiropractors mountain climbers
7. A always includes washers in his
battery of equipment.
plumber waiter
jockey statistician
8. The cherry picker is an essential piece
of equipment, and the pride of every
in the department.
policeman electrician
social worker fireman
9 . often use densitometers to
speed their job assignments.
Truckers Veterinarians
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Photographers Seamstresses
10. A would be at a loss without a
loupe.
stone mason carpenter
jeweler pipefitter
11. Though he uses them very little now-
adays, the mortar and pestle are the
trademarks for the
pharmacist dietitian
locksmith oculist
12. French curves are one of the many
tools of the
compositor forester
highway designer draftsman
13. have occasional need for an
auger.
Carpenters Credit managers
Nurses Bank tellers
14. A transit is a tool reserved primarily
for
real estate agents school counselors
surveyors therapists
15. A usually includes a supply of
putty in his equipment box.
glazier golf pro
upholsterer train conductor
16. Various sized forceps are the working
tools of the
surgeon organist
bartender interior decorator
17. The peavey is a decided aid to the
welder
orderly
prefer the anvil and
teacher
lumberjack
18. Old-time
bellows.
shoemakers caretakers
lawyers blacksmiths
19. The inclinometer is carefully studied
by the
sea captain roofer
botanist football player
20. An accomplished wouldn't be
without a whisk.
furrier
bookbinder
chef
21. The trowel is an
essential tool for
oceanographer
biologists
bricklayers
cashiers
22. If the altimeter
isn't in good work-
ing condition, the
should can-
cel the assignment,
musician
steel worker
builder
airline pilot
23. Recordings from seismographs, inter-
preted by , provide critical in-
formation.
psychiatrists politicians
entomologists geophysicists
24. The polygraph is an adjunct to the
equipment.
meteorologist's geologist's
commercial policeman's
artist's
ANSWERS: (1) Engineers (2) gardener's
(dibble: a pointed gardening implement
used to make holes in the soil) (3) elec-
trician (junction box; box used to connect
or branch electrical circuits without mak-
ing permanent splices) (4) chemists (5)
auto mechanic (6) mountain climbers
(piton: metal spike fitted at one end with
an eye or ring through which to pass a
rope) (7) plumber (washer: rubber disc to
prevent leakage) (S) fireman (cherry
picker: fire truck with expanding ladder)
(9) Photographers (densitometer: in-
strument which measures density of a
negative) (10) jeweler (loupe: small mag-
nifying glass set in an eye-piece) (11)
pharmacist (mortar—receptacle in which
substances are crushed or ground and
pestle—club-shaped hand tool used to
crush or grind) (12) draftsman (French
curve: a tracing tool) (13) Carpenters
(auger: a tool for boring) (14) surveyors
(transit: instrument that measures hor-
izontal and vertical angles) (15) glazier
(16) surgeon (17) lumberjack (peavey: a
wooden lever with a metal point and
hinged hook near the end to handle logs)
(18) blacksmiths (19) sea captain (inclin-
ometer: instrument for showing angle of
ship's deck relative to the horizon) (20)
chef (whisk: metal implement for mixing)
(21) bricklayers (trowel: flat-bladed hand
tool for leveling, spreading, or shaping
cement or mortar (22) airline pilot (al-
timeter: determines elevation) (23) geo-
physicists (seismograph: automatical-
ly detects and records intensity, di-
rection, and duration of any move-
ment of the ground, especially of an
earthquake) (24) policeman's
(polygraph: records changes in
such physiological processes as
heartbeat, blood pressure, and
respiration and is sometimes used
in lie detection).
SCORING: Allow one point
for each correct answer. 20-24:
Great. Apply for a job as a voca-
tional counselor. 15-19: Not bad.
You're tuned in to the working scene.
15-and under: Weak. You're in a job rut.
Explore the options. ■
November/December 1980 Scouting
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