Appendix Eleven - The Royal Ordinance Factory

The Royal Ordnance Factory

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Bridgend South Wales

Appendix 11 Bridgend ROF Job Designations and Employee Numbers

No.	Position	Sex	Number	Comments

1	Superintendent	Male	1	Factory Manager Bridgend ROF
2	Assistant Super	Male	1	Head of Factory Management
3	Snr Medical Officer	Male	1	Head of Medical Services
4	Head of Engineering	Male	1
5	Publicity Team	M/F	5	Works publicity team
6	Principle Clerk	Male	1	Head of Amin
7	Senior Wages Clerk	Male	1	Head of Wages Department
8	Work Taker	Male	1	Ministry of Supply co-ordinator
9	Accounts Manager	Male	1	Head of Accounts Department
10	Purchasing Manager	Male	1	Head of Purchasing
11	Registry Manger	Male	1	Labour Manager
12	Stores Manager	Male	1	Purchasing Manager
13	Manager West	Male	1	Mr Renolds
14	Manager East	Male	1	Mr Schofield
15	Site Foreman	Male	3	Shift - Initiators & Dets
16	Site Foreman	Male	3	Shift - TIP
17	Site Foreman	Male	3	Shift - HE
18	Site Foreman	Male	3	Shift - Primers
19	Site Foreman	Male	3	Shift - Brackla
20	Site Foreman	Male	3	Shift - Cordite
21	Site Foreman	Male	3	Shift - B - East
22	Site Foreman	Male	3	Shift - Engineering
23	Overlookers	M/F	900	One per workshop per shift
24	Electricians	Male	30
25	Mechanical Fitters	Male	60
26	Pipe Fitters	Male	50
27	Toolmakers	Male	20
28	Carpenters	Male	50 - 60
29	Instrument Mechs	Male	Four	Instrumentation/Electronic
30	Site Doctors	M/F	Four	Shift and Day Rotor
31	Nursing Sister	Female	One	Head of Nursing Staff
32	Nurses	Female	21	Shift
33	Nursing Orderlies	M/F	21	Shift
34	Ambulance Drivers	Male	4	Shift and Day Rotor
35	Fire Chief	Male	1	Manager of Fire Fighting Crews
36	Firemen	Male	18	Shift
37	Site Services Manager	Male	1	Head of Water/Gas/Electricity Services
38	Boiler Room Foreman	Male	3	Shift
39	Boiler Room Stokers	Male	12	Shift
40	Power Station Foreman	Male	Six	Shift one for each of the 2 stations
41	Power Station Operators	Male	12	2 per shift for each electrical generator
42	Marshalling Yard Gang	Male	9	3 per shift
43	Vehicle Drivers	Male	40	Bus Drivers/Fire Engine Drivers/Ambulance Drivers - multiple role job.
44	Wages Clerks	Female	100
45	Goods Inwards Clerks	F/M	40
46	Despatch Clerks	F/M	40
47	Typists	Female	60
48	Secretaries	Female	10
49	Progress Clerks	F/M	200	Shift & Days
50	Production Planners	Male	10
51	Personnel Foreman	Male	1
52	Labour Office Staff	F/M	20
53	Accounts Clerks	F/M	80
54	Telephonists	Female	12	Shifts & Days
55	Security Staff	M/F	60
56	ROF Police Force	Male	10
57	Army Liaison Officer	Male	1	Not on ROF Books
58	Naval Liaison Officer	Male	1	Not on ROF Books
59	RAF Liaison Officer	Male	1	Not on ROF Books
60	Chemists	Male	5
61	Special Projects Engineers	Male	10
62	Ordnance Experts	Male	10
63	Goods Inwards Foreman	Male	One	Ordnance
64	Goods Inwards Foreman	Male	One	Consumables
65	Storeman	M/F	40 - 50	Shifts and Day jobs
66	Canteen Manager	Male	1
67	Cooks	M/F	30
68	Canteen Staff	M/F	120
69	Observers	Male	9	Air observer Corp
70	Munitions machinists	Female	4500	Various munitions
71	Magazine Keepers	M/F	270	Control of Explosives
72	Detonator Assemblers	M/F	8000	Detonators & Initiators
73	Fuze Assemblers	M/F	8000	Fuzes & Primers
74	Bomb Fillers	M/F	4000	Phosphorus & Smoke
75	Cordite Workers	M/F	7000	Gun-Cotton & Charges
76	Dilley Men	Male	300	Munitions movers
77	ROF Train Drivers	Male	8	Shunters ~ Brackla & Waterton
78	ROF Train Firemen	Male	8	Shunters ~ Brackla & Waterton
79	Laundry Foreman	Female	1
80	Laundry Leading Hands	Female	2
81	Laundry Workers	Female	10
82	Site Cleaners	M/F	150	Toilets, Ablutions, Roadways etc.

The above list has been compiled from various sources (some unsubstantiated), however, in the absence of a detailed breakdown of the various job titles it represents a view of the labour structure within the Bridgend Arsenal. Most of the numbers have been estimated from public records office documents. Author.

J.D.V. Ludlow

Bridgend

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