AN160142 – Gold Mining Engineering and Maintenance Award

SCHEDULE II - SUPERSEDED CLASSIFICATION STRUCTURE AND DEFINITIONS

(1) "Motor Mechanic" means an employee employed in fitting, turning, making, repairing, altering, assembling, or testing the metal parts of motor cars or any other motor vehicle.

The classification structure set out hereunder is that inserted into the Gold Mining Engineering and Maintenance Award by application No. 1948(B) of 1990 on the 20th of February 1992. The wage rates have been adjusted for the June 1991 State Wage Case Decision No. 704 of 1991.

			$
Engineering Employee Level 1 -
	Driller and/or Screwer		314.60
	Motor Attendant		314.60
Engineering Employee Level 2 -
	Drill Doctor		327.40
	Linesperson - Grade 2 - ie with less than
	three years' experience as a linesperson		345.00
	Pipe Fitter		329.00
Engineering Employee Level 3 -			363.20
	Blacksmith
	Coppersmith
	Electrical Fitter
	Electrical Installer
	Fitter
	Linesperson - Grade 1 - ie with not less than
	three years' experience as a linesperson
	Motor Mechanic
	Oxy-acetylene and Electrical Welder
	Turner and/or Machinist
Engineering Employee Level 4 -
	Boilermaker Marking Off		366.00
	Pattern Maker		374.30

The definitions contained in this schedule are those which were contained in the body of the Engineers (Gold Mining) Award (No. 26 of 1947) as amended and varied prior to amendment by Application No. 1948(B) of 1990 on the 20th of February 1992.

The classification definitions are retained as a point of reference for grading new and existing employees and shall be deleted by agreement of the parties at an appropriate time.

(2) "Patternmaker" means a tradesperson engaged in the making of patterns in wood.

(3) "Electrical Fitter" means a tradesperson employed in making, repairing, altering, assembling, testing winding or wiring electrical machines, instruments, meters or other apparatus, other than wires leading thereto, but an employee whose duty consists of placing electrodes in "neon" tubes sealed by the employee shall not be deemed for that reason to be an electrical fitter.

(4) "Electrical Installer" means an employee engaged in the installation of electric lighting, electric meters, bells, telephones or motors and apparatus used in connection therewith and includes an employee engaged in running, repairing or testing of conductors and used for lighting, heating or power purposes but does not include an employee who is a linesperson or a meter fixer.

(5) "Electrical Linesperson" means an employee engaged (with or without labourers assisting) in erecting poles for electrical wires, or erecting wires or cables on poles or over buildings, or tying it or them to insulators, or joining or insulating it or them or doing any work on electrical poles off the ground, but no linesperson shall be allowed to work off the ground on live wires without the assistance of a labourer.

(6) "Motor Attendant" means an employee engaged in stopping or starting motors, replacing motor fuses, oiling or cleaning motors, and who shall be engaged exclusively on such work.

(7) "Switchboard Attendant" means any employee attending to or in charge of any switchboard, or doing any work necessary for the working of the same other than repairs or additions.

(8) "Pipe Fitter" means any employee employed on pipe work but does not include an employee solely engaged in assembling, joining and fixing pipes. All work on live steam pipes shall be a tradesperson's work.

(9) "Drill Doctor" shall mean an employee, other than a tradesperson, engaged in assembling, renewing or putting together the parts of a rock drill as received from the maker and in servicing same when assembled, but does not include an employee engaged in any work in the nature of altering or repairing such parts, which is the work of a fitter.