Mostly inland waterway jobs

These focus on lakes, rivers and canals:

Wheeryman: in charge of small, light rowing boats
Ferryman: owned, operated or worked for a ferry [small barge] that carried passengers and cargo across rivers
Waterman: worked on river boats
Navigator: canal digger
Lock keeper: overseer of canal locks
Lighterman: operated a large flat-bottomed barge used to load or unload ships unable to dock due to shallow water
Hoyman: carried goods and passengers by water
Boatman: worked on or repaired river and canal boats
Rigger: worked with rigging on sailing vessels

More maritime jobs

Here are a few more occupations for waterlovers:

Engineer: [1] designed ships; [2] maintained engines
Pilot: navigated ships/boats on waterways
Boatswain: officer in charge of sails and rigging
Lodeman: ship or boat pilot
Master mariner: commander of ship
Ship master: owner or commander of ship
Steersman: helmsman on ship
Ballast heaver: loaded ballast into empty holds of ships
Bargeman, Barkman: worked on, owned or operated a barge
Wharfinger: owned or managed wharf

Jobs on the Waterways

Working on the Rivers, Lakes, Oceans and Seas:

Anchor smith: made anchors
Armourer: made metal plates for sides of ships
Caulker: made boats watertight by caulking seams
Jack: young sailor
Landsman: inexperienced sailor
Shipwright: carpenter skilled in building and designing ships, boats
Boarding officer: inspected ships before they entered port
Chanty man: led singing on board ship
Stevedore: overseer or laborer involved with the loading and unloading of cargo of merchant vessels
Longshoreman: worked on the waterfront loading and unloading ships

Wagons Ho!

Next up, the wagon-carriage industry:

Wainwright: built, repaired wagons
Wagoner: drove wagons or carts
Step Boy: helped passengers in and out of carriages, coaches
Hostler / Ostler: stableman or groom
Muleskinner / Muleteer: mule driver
Horse coper: horse dealer or breeder
Horse capper: dealer in worthless horses
Henchman: horseman, groom
Hackney man: rented horses, carriages
Hack driver: driver of a taxi, carriage for hire
Cartwright: made carts, wagons
Cart wheeler: made wheels for carts, wagons
Carter: wagoner, stable headman
Cabbie: driver of small horse drawn passenger vehicle
Axel tree maker: made axels for wagons, carriages and carts
Drayman: drove low flatbed wagon without sides [primarily became brewery wagons]
Teamster: driver of wagons hauling cargo
Bullwacker: oxen driver
Chaise maker: made wicker carts
Coachman: coach driver

Metalworking II

Ten more jobs in the business:

Whit cooper: made tin barrels
Turner: worked with a lathe
Spallier: tin works laborer
Smelter: worker in a smelter melting down ores
Iron monger: dealer in iron or hardware
Ironmaster: owner or manager of an iron foundry
Brass founder: cast brass
Boiler plater: made rolled iron plate for making boilers for steam engines
Boilermaker: attends Purdue University [just kidding!] -worked with metal in an industrial setting
Bellows maker: made bellows for a blacksmith

Metalworking I

Many of our ancestors were smiths of one kind or another. Here are a few examples:

Smith: worked with metal
Blacksmith, Vulcan, Forger, Farrier: made and repaired items made of metal, generally iron
Tinsmith, Brightsmith: worked with tin
Ironsmith, Ferrier: worked with iron
Goldsmith, Redsmith, Orfever: worked with gold; goldsmith also dealt in gold items
Coppersmith, Greensmith: worked with copper, latten
Silversmith: worked with silver
Whitesmith: maker of tin utensils; primarily dairy utensils
Pan Smith: made pans
Anvil smith: made anvils
Bell founder: cast bells

Keeping them down on the farm

Here are farm-related occupations:

Acre man, Ackerman, Earer, Malender, Husbandman, Plowman, Tillman, Planter, Granger: farmer
Yeoman: farmer who owns his own land
Agriculturalist: involved with land cultivation or animal husbandry
Tobacconist: tobacco farmer
Curer: cured tobacco
Sharecropper: farmed someone else's land and split the crop with the owner
Gelder: castrated farm animals
Cowherd: cow keeper or tender
Drover: driver of sheep or cattle
Topsman: foreman or head cattle driver
Shearer: cut wool from sheep
Wool grower: sheep farmer
Gatward: goat keeper
Gooseherd: herder of gesse
Hoggard: pig drover
Swineherder: pig keeper
Pinder: caught and confined stray animals