Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)

Notices

Bargaining Council for the Metal and Engineering Industries

Main Collective Agreement

Part 2

4. Technical Schedules

Schedule D

Division D/2

Wage Rates Applicable to Operations Scheduled in Division D/2 are prescribed in Clause 3(a) of Part II of this agreement
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RATE AA

1.Forge welding of chains and/or links and/or rings and/or attachments.
2.Manufacture of links and/or rings and/or hooks and/or attachments by hand and/or under power hammer without using any pre-set dies.
3.Supervising and/or setting up of fully automatic chain forming and/or chain welding machines, including operations incidental thereto.

 

RATE B

1.Setting up of fully automatic twisting and/or multislide forming and/or straightening and/or knotted chain and/or calibrating and/or stamping and/or weld trimming machines, including operations incidental thereto.
2.Setting up of semi-automatic hot and/or cold link bending and/or shaping and/or link studding and/or stretching and/or gauging machines, including operations incidental thereto.
3.Setting up of semi-automatic butt and/or flash and/or projection and/or spot welding machines, including operations incidental thereto.

 

RATE C

1.Supervising inspection and/or testing of chain and/or chain attachments.
2.Supervising and/or presetting and/or adjusting endothermic generators and/or heat-treatment furnaces and/or link heaters.

 

RATE D

1.Welding of chain links and/or rings and/or attachments on manually operated arc and/or shielded arc and/or atomic hydrogen welding machines.

 

RATE F

1.Feeding automatic grinding machine for batch production work, including gauging by fixed gauges and/or comparator gauges, but excluding setting up.

 

RATE G

1.Operating fully automatic twisting and/or multislide forming and/or chain link bending and/or chain link welding and/or knotted chain and/or wire chain and/or gauging and/or calibrating and/or straightening machines.
2.Repetition production drilling to jigs.
3.Assembling of grip trips and/or chain components and/or attachments, including the finishing by pneumatic tools (n.e.s.).
4.Repetition threading and/or tapping of chain components and/or attachments.
5.Routine testing and/or visual inspection of chain and/or attachments.

 

RATE H

1.Operating automatic flash trimming machines.
2.Operating resistance bar heater.
3.Operating and/or feeding links and/or rings and/or attachments and/or blanks to pre-set hand operated and/or semi-automatic studding and/or forming and/or butt and/or flash and/or projection and/or spot welding machines.
4.Operating upsetting machines.
5.Power pressing where the work is operated upon with pre-set dies (other than setting of dies).
6.Repetition cutting-off to stops with friction and/or power saw and/or band saw and/or bar cropping and/or shearing machine and/or power press.
7.Repetition sawing of rings and/or attachments by hand and/or power saw and/or band saw, using jigs and/or pre-set dies.
8.Stretching and/or gauging of chain and/or attachments in semi-automatic machines to predetermined stops and/or length gauges.
9.Stripping and/or punching drop forgings and/or drop stampings and/or pressings and/or attachments by machine, using dies.
10.Operating link opening and/or closing machine.
11.Assembling of chain and/or chain attachments.
12.Hand mending of chain links and/or rings and/or hooks and/or attachments to jigs.
13.Marking of chains and/or attachments and/or of packing materials under supervision of Rate AA to D employee.
14.Attending tumblers and/or vibrators and/or coppering plant.
15.Operating pointing and/or wire welding and/or wire drawing machines under supervision of Rate AA to D employee.
16.Packing and/or reeling and/or loading of chains and/or attachments.
17.Preparing and/or assembling packing materials.