---
entity_slug: journeymen
entity_type: Element
vsm_system: S1
type_rationale: Journeymen are independent workmen who exist as a distinct category
  of wage-labourers, representing persistent agents in the production system rather
  than processes or abstract principles.
vsm_rationale: Journeymen perform the primary productive work of transforming materials
  using the master craftsmen's surplus stock, making them core operational agents
  in the productive activities that constitute S1.
classified_at: '2026-02-23T11:10:29.086408'
---

# Classification: Journeymen

## Entity Type

Element

## VSM System

S1

## Type Rationale

Journeymen are independent workmen who exist as a distinct category of wage-labourers, representing persistent agents in the production system rather than processes or abstract principles.

## VSM Rationale

Journeymen perform the primary productive work of transforming materials using the master craftsmen's surplus stock, making them core operational agents in the productive activities that constitute S1.
