Sectoral Determinations > Sectoral Determination 2: Civil Engineering Sector, South Africa

(1)	[Sectoral determination 2, clause 3(1) deleted by clause 2 of Government Gazette 26049, Notice No. R. 201, dated 18 February 2004]

(2)	Minimum wages: The minimum wage which an employer, other than the Employer referred to in subclause 1, shall pay to employees covered by this determination, with effect from the date on which this determination comes into operation the following:

Table 1: Minimum wages for all employees in the Civil Engineering Sector

Grade	Current Rates	01/09/2012-31/08/2013
Task Grade 1/Patterson A1	R18.97	R20.50
Task Grade 2/Patterson A2	R19.07	R20.60
Task Grade 3/Patterson A3	R19.60	R21.17
Task Grade 4/Patterson B1	R20.27	R21.89
Task Grade 5/Patterson B2	R24.25	R26.19
Task Grade 6/Patterson B3	R27.54	R29.74
Task Grade 7/Patterson B4	R31.54	R34.06
Task Grade 8/Patterson B5	R35.36	R38.19
Task Grade 9/Patterson C1	R39.96	R43.16

[Sectoral Determination 2, Clause 3(2) ,Table 1, substituted by Notice No. R. 725 of 2012, Government Gazette 35658 dated 4th September 2012]

Table 2: Job Grading

Task Grade	Occupational group	Job Title
Task Grade 1/ Patterson A1	General Worker	General worker
Task Grade 2/ Patterson A2	Artisan Aid	Artisan Aid
	Construction Hand Grade IV	Structures Construction Hand; Premix Paving Checker; Steel Bending Machine Operator; Civil Construction Bricklayer Grade II
	Operator Grade V	Boom Scraper Operator
	Operator Grade V	Pedestrian Roller Operator
	Checker	Checker
	Chainman	Chainman
Task Grade 3/ Patterson A3	Construction Hand Grade III	Shutter hand Grade III
	Construction Hand Grade III	Concrete Hand Grade 11
	Operator Grade IV	Track Rig Operator (general); Bore Pile Operator; Drilling Supervisor
	Site Support	Junior Clerk
Task Grade 4/ Patterson B1	Construction Hand Grade II	Shutter hand Grade II; Reinforcing Hand Grade II; Concrete Hand Grade I; Fence Erector; Guard Rail Erector
	Operator Grade III	Concrete Mixer Operator; Continuous Flight Auger Operator; Batch Plant Operator; Concrete Dumper Operator; Concrete Pump Operator; Tower Crane Operator; General Premix Roller Operator; Milling Machine Operator; Paver Operator; Excavator Operator; Front End Loader Operator; TLB Operator; Dozer Operator; Grader Operator (general); Gunit Nozzle person
	Driver Grade II	Motorcycle Driver; Tractor Driver; Light Motor Vehicle Driver; Driver Operator; Heavy Duty Driver (rigid); Extra Heavy Duty Driver (rigid)
	Site Support	Material Tester
Task Grade 5/ Patterson B2	Construction Hand Grade 1	Shutter hand Grade 1; Piling Auger Machine Operator; Reinforcing Hand Grade I; Pipe layer Grade I; Kerb layer Grade i; Civil Construction Bricklayer Grade I
	Operator Grade II	Mobile Crane Operator; Screed Operator; Scraper Operator
	Driver Grade I	Heavy Duty Driver (articulated); Extra Heavy Duty Driver (articulated)
	Site Support	Assistant surveyor
Task Grade 6/ Patterson B3	Operator Grade I	Grader Operator (final level)
Task Grade 7/ Patterson B4		Supervisor Grade II; Plant Serviceman
Task Grade 8/ Patterson B5		Supervisor Grade I
Task Grade 9/ Patterson C1	Artisan	Diesel Mechanic, Fitter & Turner, Auto Electrician, Boilermaker, Welder.

[Sectoral Determination 2, clause 3(2), Table 2, inserted by clause 1 of Notice No. R. 133, GG 29635, dated 16 February 2007]

(3)	[Sectoral Determination 2, clause 3(3) deleted by clause 2 of Notice No. R. 133, GG 29635, dated 16 February 2007]

(4)	Year-end bonus: Subject to the provisions of this subclause, employers shall—

(a)	Pay an employee an annual bonus as follows:

(i)	December 2009: 17 working days’ pay;

(ii)	December 2010: 18 working days’ pay;

(iii)

December 2011: 19 working days’ pay; and

(iv)	December 2012: 20 working days’ pay.

[Sectoral Determination 2, clause 3(4)(a) replaced by clause 2 of Notice No. R. 872, GG 32525, dated 25 August 2009]

(b)	where agreements, substantive or otherwise, provide for bonuses in excess of that provided for in paragraph (a), such existing agreements shall prevail.

(c)	an employee shall not be entitled to the bonus amounts referred to in paragraph (a) unless he or she is employed by the employer in December of the year in which the bonus amount is to be paid and he or she has been continuously so employed for at least one full year.

(d)	an employee who is employed by the employer in December of the year in which a bonus amount is to be paid and who has been continuously so employed for at least 3 months, but for less than one full year, shall be entitled to a pro rata bonus payment.

(e)	an employee whose employment is terminated through no fault of his or her own, through retrenchment, retirement, disability or death, shall be entitled to a pro rata bonus payment.

(f)	no bonus payment shall be made to employees whose employment was terminated by reason of misconduct.

(g)	where an employee is absent for more than 10 working days in any one year, the bonus payment to which he or she is entitled shall be reduced by the proportion of total working days lost to total possible working days in a year.