Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995) Notices Motor Industry Bargaining Council  (MIBCO) Main Collective Agreement Division A : Provisions Applicable to all Establishments in the Industry Clause 2 : Scope of Application and Definitions 2.2 Definitions Definitions (B)

 

"B/A journeyman"

(grade 7 employee) (Chapter I) means an employee over the age of 22 who is able to prove not less than three years" experience in a trade designated for the Motor Industry or, with the approval of the Regional Council concerned, experience in some other trade, and who under the supervision of a journeyman performs work in the designated trade in which he has had the experience or, with the approval of the Regional Council concerned, in some other trade related to the activities covered by the definition of Motor Industry in this Agreement or an employee who is able to prove to the satisfaction of the Regional Council concerned not less than three and a half years" experience as a repair shop assistant, body shop assistant, motor cycle mechanic"s assistant, auto electrician"s assistant or diesel pump room assistant with any employer in the Motor Industry as defined;

 

[Note - Regarding the proof required of three and a half years" experience a certificate of service shall be issued by the employer in which it is certified that the employee concerned had served either as a repair shop assistant, body shop assistant, motor cycle mechanic"s assistant, auto-electrician"s assistant or diesel pump room assistant, which certificate in turn shall be verified by the Regional Council concerned and the employee shall submit proof of having attended the proper course at a duly registered group training centre.]

 

"battery repairer"

(grade 3 employee) (Chapter I) means an employee employed in a battery reconditioning, repairing and/or servicing establishment and who mainly or exclusively diagnoses battery faults and/or repairs, dismantles, replates, reassembles and/or reinsulates batteries;

 

"battery reconditioning, repairing and servicing establishment"

means any establishment or part thereof, other than a battery manufacturing establishment, which is engaged in the diagnosing of battery faults, recharging and repairing of storage batteries, and reassembling of storage batteries and/or their component

parts;

 

"body shop assistant"

(grade 5 employee) (Chapter I)  means an employee who in any auto body repair shop where at least one journeyman of the type normally employed in this kind of workshop is actively engaged, under the supervision of such journeyman, mainly or exclusively—

Parts and units from motor vehicles, tractors, agricultural machinery and equipment and/or attachments thereof;

alternators;

bodies;

body badges, boot lids and tailgates;

body mouldings;

bonnets;

brake drums; except where the drum and hub are one complete unit;

bulbs;

bumpers;

cables, excluding electrical cables;

cable linkages;

cabs;

carburettors;

clutch cylinders;

clutch plates;

coil springs;

cooling systems, excluding air-conditioning;

cylinder heads, without torquing;

doors, excluding the final adjustments;

door handles;

drive shafts, excluding front-wheel drives;

engine assemblies;

engine mountings;

engine mud trays;

exhaust lines, where no modification is required;

exhaust systems;

floor boards;

floor covers;

flywheel covers, detachable;

fuel pipes;

fuel pumps, excluding injector pumps;

fuel tanks;

gearbox assemblies;

gearbox mountings;

glass, other than rear lights;

gravel pans;

grills;

handrail brackets;

headlinings;

heaters;

lamps;

manifolds;

mudguards;

non-electrical aerials;

non-electrical sunroofs;

oil strainers;

panels exterior or interior, and fittings other than where welded;

pressure plates;

propeller shafts;

radiators;

radiator plugs;

radios and tape recorders, excluding the final electrical connections;

rear body lights;

running boards;

seats;

self-starters;

shells;

shock absorbers;

springs, leaf, front and rear;

striker plates;

valances;

water hoses;

window frames;

window winders, manual;

Aerials;

complete front axle assemblies;

dashboard component parts;

doors;

exterior panels where welded on;

front-wheel suspensions;

glass;

springs, front coils or wishbone type;

steering assemblies;

sunroofs;

towbars and plug-in wiring units;

alarms;

dashboard component parts;

electric windows;

immobilisers;

locks;

plug-in wiring units;

radios;

self-locking units;

side glasses;

tow bars:

Provided that the performance of any of the operations enumerated in this definition shall not be construed as permitting the performance of any journeyman"s work incidental to such operation;

 

[Note - The number of body shop assistants that may be employed in any one establishment is governed by the ratio provisions of clause 3 of Chapter I, Division C];

 

"bookkeeper"

(Division B) means an employee exclusively responsible for preparing and maintaining books of accounts, i.e. cash books, ledgers and journals, and balancing same up to trial balance stage only;

 

"brake drum skimmer"

(grade 5 employee) (Chapter V) means an employee who mainly or exclusively machines brake drums and/or discs and/or flywheels and who uses measuring instruments and/or may set and adjust lathes for this purpose;