Occupation given in 1911 census

[ChrisAllonby]

Hello, anyone care to offer an opinion on the occupation given here? It relates to a 17 year old boy.
Thanks,
Chris.

[Cas (stallc)]

Civil Servant  - Male (mail?) Learner. Post Office

Added - he was learning the ropes for postman maybe? Or maybe mail sorting..

Cas

[ChrisAllonby]

Civil Servant  - Male (mail?) Learner. Post Office

Added - he was learning the ropes for postman maybe?

Cas

Yes, I thought 'male learner', meaning a male learning a particular job, but I haven't been able to find any such occupation in various lists. Ancestry transcribe the record as 'Male Seaver'.

[AlanBoyd]

10 December 1914: The Cornish Telegraph

[Cas (stallc)]

I think there is a possibility that he spelt male but meant mail.. he was learning a job at the post office. 

Added - Alan cracked it.

[ChrisAllonby]

Perfect! Thanks Alan. Thanks Cas as well. Patrick became a 'Sorting Clerk and Telegraphist' prior to WWI. He was killed in action in India in 1917.

[AlanBoyd]

It was something that might be included in a CV:

INNES, CAMERON STAR – B. 1892; Imp.serv., male learner post office, 1908; seconded col. serv., 1921; war serv,. 1914-19; ent. Nigeria serv. as asst. survr., posts and tels., Mar, 1921; divnl. survr., Apr., 1933

The Dominions Office and Colonial Office List for 1935 by A J Harding and G E J Gent

[ChrisAllonby]

It was something that might be included in a CV:

INNES, CAMERON STAR – B. 1892; Imp.serv., male learner post office, 1908; seconded col. serv., 1921; war serv,. 1914-19; ent. Nigeria serv. as asst. survr., posts and tels., Mar, 1921; divnl. survr., Apr., 1933

The Dominions Office and Colonial Office List for 1935 by A J Harding and G E J Gent

Thanks again. I'll include that detail in my write-up.

[ShaunJ]

His appointment as a Male Learner in the Post Office would have been announced in The Gazette but as yet I haven't been able to find the announcement.