AN140062 – Clay Products Industry Award - State 2003

PART 5 - WAGES AND WAGE RELATED MATTERS.  

5.1 DEFINITION OF CLASSIFICATIONS

5.1.1 Clay Products employee Level 1 - 81%

(a) Clay Products employee Level 1 means an employee in the first 3 months of employment within the Industry, working as a trainee or on probation. Progression to any other level shall be subject to:

(i) An attendance record which, in the opinion of the employer, is adequate.

(ii) Training in, and a sufficient understanding of, quality control/assurance concepts.

(iii) Continuous service with one employer for a period of 3 months.

(b) Employees at this level perform routine duties essentially of a manual nature. In accord with their experience and level of training, they:

(i) Perform general labouring and cleaning duties.

(ii) Exercise minimal judgement.

(iii) Work under direct supervision.

(iv) Undertake structured on-the-job training so as to enable them to progress to Level 2.

5.1.2 Clay Products employee Level 2 - 84%

(a) Clay Products employee Level 2 means an employee who has satisfactorily progressed from Level 1, who is able to perform work within the scope of Level 2, and who has been so appointed.

(b) Employees at this level perform manual work above and beyond the skills of employees at Level 1. In accord with their experience and level of training they:

(i) Work under direct supervision either individually or in a team environment.

(ii) Understand and undertake basic quality control/assurance procedures including the ability to recognise basic quality deviations/faults.

(iii) Understand and utilise basic statistical process control procedures.

(c) Indicative of the tasks which an employee at this level might perform are the following:

(i) hand-setting, dragging, dehacking, unloading, sorting, grading or packing of clay products;

(ii) application of surface treatments, rumbling, tumbling, rockfacing etc.;

(iii) operating manual strapping machine;

(iv) kiln care cleaning, greasing, or refurbishing;

(v) assisting one or more machine operators;

(vi) maintaining simple records;

(vii) assisting in the provision of on-the-job training in conjunction with trainers and supervisors.

5.1.3 Clay Products employee Level 3 - 87.4%

(a) Clay Products employee Level 3 means an employee with training and experience enabling the performance of work within the scope of this level and who has been appointed to this level.

(b) Employees at this level act as machine operators or perform specialist tasks. They require skills above and beyond employees at Level 2. In accord with their experience and training they:

(i) Are responsible for the quality of their own work and the operation of the machinery in their control, subject to routine supervision.

(ii) Work under routine supervision either individually or in a team environment.

(iii) Exercise discretion within their level of skill and training.

(c) Indicative of the tasks which an employee at this level might perform are the following:

(i) Operate a specific major item of clay product processing equipment such as an extruder, press, setting machine, dehacking/unloading machine or an automatic/ semi-automatic strapping line.

(ii) Operate clay preparation/processing equipment (i.e. mills, pans etc.).

(iii) Operate mobile equipment including forklifts (up to 2.5 tonne capacity), overhead cranes and winch equipment.

(iv) Assists one or more tradesmen.

(v) Receive, despatch, distribute, sort, check, document, record usage etc. of goods, materials and supplies.

(vi) Undertake basic inventory control in the context of the production process or preventative maintenance system.

(vii) Utilise basic keyboard skills.

(viii) Operate (i.e. serve as burner of) non-tunnel kilns or a single tunnel kiln.

(ix) Assist in the provision of on-the-job training in conjunction with trainers and supervisors.

5.1.4 Clay Products employee Level 4 - 92.4%

(a) Clay Products employee Level 4 means an employee with training and experience enabling the performance of work within the scope of this level and who has been appointed to this level.

(b) Employees at this level perform specialised complex or critical tasks, frequently requiring a degree of multiskilling and/or considerable experience and judgement. In accord with their experience and level of training they:

(i) Work from complex instructions and procedures.

(ii) Are responsible for assuring the quality of their own work.

(iii) Are able to inspect products and or materials for conformity with established operational standards.

(iv) Co-ordinate work in team environment or work individually under general supervision.

(c) Indicative of the tasks which an employee at this level might perform are the following:

(i) Operate (i.e. serve as burner of) more than one tunnel kiln;

(ii) Operate forklifts above 2.5 tonnes capacity;

(iii) Operate mobile plant and equipment (front end loaders etc.);

(iv) Operate clay winning equipment;

(v) Rebuild kiln-cars;

(vi) Serve as relief operator on a range of major items of clay product processing equipment;

(vii) Utilise intermediate keyboard skills;

(viii) Use precision measuring instruments;

(ix) Perform basic quality checks on the work of others;

(x) Assist in the provision of on-the-job training in conjunction with trainers and supervisors.