The following operations, viz.:
RATE A
The Rate A operations of Schedule G of this Agreement shall apply.
RATE B
1. Sectional supervisor of lower rated employees.
RATE C
1. Setting up of machinery and/or equipment.
RATE DD
1. Scaling clerk
RATE E
| 1. | Receiving, locating, preparing and issuing materials, tools and/or stock from requisition lists, in tool and/or stock and/or material stores directly linked to the shopfloor and/or production processes, including: |
| - | Checking and recording of stock; and |
| - | Operation of materials handling equipment. |
| 2. | Materials handler and mixer (works under supervision.) Identifies and mixes material according to specified formulae. Granulates scrap material. Carries out colour changes. Assists with material stock counts. Utilises materials handling equipment. |
| 3. | Palletiser (works under supervision.) Operates materials handling equipment to move finished product from production machines. Checks carton quantities and seals cartons. Stacks cartons on pallets. Operates stretch-film wrapping machinery. Checks stock. |
RATE F
| 1. | Embossing machine operator (works under supervision.) Makes running adjustments. Performs minor maintenance and lubrication. Carries out simple quality checks. Completes production documentation. |
| 3. | Flexographic/gravure printing. |
| 4. | Photopolymer plate mounting. |
5. Printer’s assistant.
6. Ink technician.
7. Quality control inspector.
RATE G
| 1. | Baling machine operator. Works under supervision, operates one machine and makes running adjustments. Carries out simple quality checks. Completes production documentation. |
| 2. | Carton maker (works under supervision) including visual checks on carton quality. |
| 3. | Chemical compounding of plastic materials and the application of such compounds. |
| 4. | Laminating by hand in reinforced plastics manufacture and gel coating. |
| 5. | Mass measuring and issuing of scrap and/or raw materials, including pigments, to pre-determined quantities. |
| 6. | Operating closure-lining machine. |
| 7. | Operating compounding and/or sheeting and/or rolling mill. |
| 8. | Operating eyeletting machine. |
| 9. | Operating laminating machine. |
| 10. | Production machine operator. Operates plastic production machine including, machine running adjustments when necessitated by the manufacturing process, visual checking, assisting with mould changes and documentation. |
| 11. | Operating scrap grinding machine. |
| 12. | Removing and/or replacing dies and/or moulds and/or tools under instruction of a Rate C setter. |
| 13. | Repetition batch checking of plastic parts and/or components. |
| 14. | Repetition cutting by machine and/or machining of plastic materials (including reinforced fibres.) |
| 15. | Repetition marking and/or tracing to templets. |
| 16. | Seaming and/or jointing by hand and/or by machine. |
| 17. | Trimming by hand and/or by power tools. |
RATE H
| 1. | Buffing and/or finishing and/or polishing by hand and/or by power tools. |
| 2. | Marking of trademarks and/or symbols. |
| 3. | Operating coating head and/or glue spraying machine. |
| 4. | Operating fibreglass spray-up machine. |
| 5. | Operating guillotine, band saw and/or slitting machine (excluding setting up.) |
| 6. | Operating mixing and/or blending machine. |
| 8. | Operating title-blanking press. |
| 9. | Packer. Works under supervision. Does visual check on product. Packs product in specified quantities or by weight. Trims product if necessary. |
| 10. | Repetition drilling and/or tapping and/or thread clearing. |
| 11. | Assembling components and/or affixing with rivets and/or screws. |
| 13. | Cleaning by hand including removal of flash. |
| 14. | Coating by brush and/or by dipping and/or by spraying. |
| 15. | Colour filling embossed or impressed mouldings. |
| 16. | Inserting linings in enclosures. |
| 19. | Operating pelleting machine. |
| 20. | Operating tumbling barrel. |
| 21. | Vehicle driver assistant. |
| 23. | Chipper and/or recycling sorter. |
NOTE:
| (i) | Supervisors to be graded at least one level above the highest job grade which they supervise. |
| (ii) | The Schedule G vehicle driving grades apply to drivers falling under this Division. |
| (iii) | All managerial positions shall fall outside this technical schedule (eg. Shift foremen, shift managers etc.) |
| (iv) | A committee comprising employer and trade union representatives from the plastics sector has been appointed to: |
| (a) | Consider any interpretational issues or disputes arising from this technical schedule; |
| (b) | Make recommendations to the Metal and Engineering Industries Bargaining Council (MEIBC) on any exemptions received from plastics industry companies; and |
| (c) | Determine any demarcation issues which may arise between the MEIBC and the National Bargaining Council for the Chemical Industry.” |
