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RESERVED OCCUPAT I ONS
ListsA,B,C and D
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a
Occupations required for production or transport
of munitions supplied by Ministry of Munitions
e.g.foundry workers,shipwrights,metal machinists,
electricians, sheet metal workers,iron and
steel rolling mills.
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b
Coalmining -Workers below ground.
Workers above ground e.g.colliery fitters and
mechanics, pump men.
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c
AgriculturalWorkers. Certain occupations in Mining etc.
Railway servants employed in the manipulation of traffic
and in the maintenance of the lines and rolling stock.
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d
Supplementary list of occupations of cardinal importance for
the maintenance of some other branches of Trade and Industry
e.g.newspaper printing,jute trade,lino production,china and
earthenware production, condensed milk factories,paint and
varnish makers,port and dock workers.
Also known as essential services,these occupations are considered important enough
to a country that those serving in such occupations are exempt from military service.
from volunteering to conscription
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