The following operations in the manufacture and/or assembly of commercial plain and /or lithographed metal containers and/or metal container parts from sheet metal of a gauge not exceeding 2,108mm excluding all managerial positions (for example, shift foremen, shift managers, line leaders, controllers and all other salaried staff) and further excluding the manufacture of such containers and/or parts and/or components by any person for the packaging of his own products and/or goods and/or merchandise.
RATE A
| 3. | Lithography (metal decorating). |
| 4. | Die and/or jig and/or tool and/or gauge making and/or repairing. |
| 5. | Electrical maintenance and/or installations and/or repair work. |
| 7. | Fitting (including machining) in the mechanical maintenance of machinery and/or equipment. |
| 8. | Machine tool setting up and/or tool setting. |
| 9. | Mechanical fitting including running adjustments and maintenance in the operation of in-line bottle crown closure manufacturing lining machines. |
| 10. | Millwrighting (electromechanical). |
| 11. | Carpentry and/or joinery (excluding the preparation of packaging and rough crating). |
| 12. | Universal milling and/or universal grinding and/or universal machining. |
| 13. | Electronics mechanicians work. |
| 14. | Grinding in the maintenance and/or repair and/or restoration and/or refurbishing of used dies. |
RATE AA (n.e.s.)
| 1. | Buffing and/or polishing of used drawing dies to establish possible re-sizing potential only (excluding any machining) including receiving of re-sized dies, checking, measuring, gauging, recording and storing. |
RATE B
| 1. | Operating and/or attending de-ionizing baths and/or affluent plants including adding and/or regulating deposition of additives, drawing and laboratory testing of samples and recording and advising results and completing documentation. |
| 2. | Sectional supervisor of lower rated employees. |
RATE C
| 1. | Tabulator and/or venting and/or peaking and/or high metal exposure testing of products including sleeve counting on pre-calibrated special purpose machines and/or equipment including recording and documenting data. |
| 2. | Inspection and/or testing of products during the production process including checking with adjustable measuring instruments and recording of data. |
| 3. | Setting up of production machinery and/or equipment (excluding machine tool setting up and/or tool setting). |
| 4. | Operating and/or attending a varnish and/or lacquer roller coat drying machine / oven including removing and/or replacing and/or adjusting and/or setting of rollers and regulating rate of flow including recording data. |
| 5. | Setting (n.e.s.) excluding machine tool setting up and/or tool setting of dies and/or fixtures and/or stops and/or jigs and/or guides and/or trips on production machines. |
RATE D
| 1. | Automatic welding where the welding head is automatically fed and the speed of the weld automatically controlled. |
| 2. | Press operating (n.e.s.) excluding setting. |
RATE DD
| 1. | Positioning and/or bolting down of die sets in pre-located positive guides on presses of capacity up to 50 tons prior to setting by a Rate C setter. |
| 2. | Repetition operation of a semi-automatic plate edge grinding machine where the operator is not required to grind to marks and/or sizes (excluding setting up). |
| 3. | Welding and/or brazing to fixtures or parts so located as to obviate the need for a fixture (weld length not to exceed 55mm and material thickness not to exceed 1,208mm). |
| 4. | Repetition operation and/or attending a semi-automatic special purpose scrap sorting palletizing machine where the manual operations are limited to loading, starting, attending, visual checking and manual removal of defective products, positioning of layer pads, strapping, scanning, affixing labels, lowering production and completing documentation. |
RATE DDD
| 1. | Operating and/or feeding and/or off loading of material from fixed air and/or hydraulically operated stacking units preparatory to and/or after varnish and/or lacquer coating. |
RATE E
| 1. | Palletizer (works under supervision). Operates material handling equipment to move finished products from production machines. Checks carton quantities and seals cartons. Stacks cartons on pallets. Operates stretch-film wrapping machine and/or strapping finished products by special purpose pre-set strapping machine (excluding setting up). |
| 2. | Operating stretch-film wrapping machine. |
| 3. | Requisitioning, receiving, recording and positioning of materials, consumables, parts and/or components at work stations including completing documentation. |
RATE F
| 1. | Spoilage recorder including completion of documentation. |
| 2. | Drop testing of finished products under supervision of a Rate AA to D employee. |
| 3. | On-Line process inspection using pre-calibrated fixed non-adjustable go and/or no go gauges. |
| 4. | Operating power driven guillotine to stops (excluding setting up). |
| 5. | Mixing of ink to specified programmes and checking of stock. |
RATE G
| 1. | Repetition operation and/or attending of a pre-set fully automatic magazine fed bottle crown closure machine where the manual operations are limited to switching on the machine, pre-heating, starting and stopping the machine. |
| 2. | Assembling of pre-manufactured components from stock requiring no fitting and/or adjusting but including deburring. |
| 3. | Beading and/or seaming and/or grooving and/or trimming and/or curling and/or wiring and/or dishing and/or flanging and/or locking double side top and bottom. |
| 4. | Carton maker (works under supervision) including visual checks on carton quality. |
| 5. | Leak testing of finished products other than by pressure testing. |
| 6. | Loading of rolled sheet coils onto uncoiler or de-reeler and setting release lever under supervision of a Rate A to D employee. |
| 7. | Operating pre-curling sealant dispensing machine where the manual operations are limited to starting, loading and stopping the machine (excluding setting up). |
| 8. | Repetition application of flow-in gasket insulating material by machine. |
| 9. | Repetition bending and/or forming and/or expanding by machine to jigs and/or dies and/or stops and/or length gauges (excluding press-brake and excluding setting up). |
| 10. | Repetition blanking and/or piercing by press using guides and/or jigs and/or stops and/or dies (excluding press-brake). |
| 11. | Repetition butt and/or spot and/or flash and/or seam and/or projection and/or resistance and/or percussion welding by machine. |
| 12. | Repetition corrugating of bodies to dies (excluding setting of dies). |
| 13. | Repetition cutting and/or slitting and/or shearing to stops and/or jigs and/or length gauges and/or fixtures and/or marks (excluding power driven guillotines and excluding setting up). |
| 14. | Repetition machine punching and/or slotting and/or notching and/or embossing and/or necking and/or quad-necking and/or drawing to dies and/or jigs and/or guides and/or stops (excluding press-brake). |
| 15. | Repetition roller bending and/or roller forming and/or re-rolling. |
| 16. | Repetition swaging to pre-set dies. |
| 17. | Touching up with paint and/or prime coating. |
| 18. | Visual inspection of parts and/or components on line in process. |
| 19. | Mass measuring of raw material to pre-determined limits. |
| 20. | Operating box stapling machine. |
| 21. | Assisting in removing and/or replacing of dies and/or press tools (excluding setting up) under instruction of a Rate C setter. |
| 22. | Repetition hydraulic testing and/or testing by air (excluding setting up of testing equipment). |
| 23. | Repetition operation and/or attending a special purpose strapping machine where the manual operations are limited to loading, setting machine in motion, stopping and/or unloading the machine. |
| 24. | Connecting of pipes and/or hoses, selecting valve positions and pumping of compound into holding tanks. |
RATE H
| 1. | Dressing and/or deburring by hand and/or by grinding and/or by portable power tools. |
| 2. | Operating bundle turning machine where the manual operations are limited to starting and stopping the machine. |
| 3. | Packing and/or hand wrapping and/or hand strapping and/or hand stapling and placing of finished goods onto pallets for dispatch. |
| 4. | Preparing and/or stamping and/or affixing of product labels and/or nameplates. |
| 5. | Spraying of enamel and/or paint. |
| 6. | Application of anti-corrosive and/or anti-fouling and/or protective coatings. |
| 7. | Oiling and/or greasing. |
| 9. | Scrap collecting, binning and removal by hand drawn trolley jacks. |
| 10. | Cleaning of used printers plates by hand using a solvent. |
| 11. | Metal cleaning by acid and/or by degreasing and/or by pickling and/or by rinsing and/or by fluxing. |
