Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995) Notices Bargaining Council for the Metal and Engineering Industries Extension of the Consolidated Main Collective Agreement to Non-parties (for the period 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2024) Part 2 4. Technical Schedules Schedule G Section (i): Radio, Television, Refrigeration and Related Equipment and Domestic Electrical Appliances Section (installation, repair and servicing)

 

The provisions of this section shall be applicable throughout the Provinces of the Transvaal and Natal to employers and employees engaged in the installation and/or repair and/or servicing of radios and/or refrigeration and/or domestic electrical appliances and/or television sets and/or monitors (excluding monitors that are primarily intended for use in accounting and/or business procedures) and/or video recorders and/or decoders, together with all components and/or equipment made for use in and with such equipment.

 

For the purpose of this section—

 

‘domestic appliance mechanic’s work’, ‘radio and television communications serviceman’s work’, ‘radiotrician’s work’, ‘refrigerator mechanic’s work’, and ‘radio and television repairer’s work’ mean one or more of the following classes of work:

Diagnosing of faults in, or directing or executing repairs or adjustments to, or servicing, erecting and/or installing or supervising the erection and/ or installation of, ranges, refrigerators and domestic electrical appliances, radio and/or wireless instruments, electrical sound reproducing apparatus, television sets and/or monitors and/or video recorders and/or decoders, and the carrying out of final tests or the supervision of such operations, but does not include connecting up to (or disconnecting from) existing outlets and/ or the erection of radio aerials or work done in connection with the manufacture of such appliances, apparatus and instruments;

 

‘domestic electrical appliance’ means any appliance designed to be used mainly for domestic household purposes, and operating by or using electricity.

 

Note: Notwithstanding the provisions of Part I, clause 19(4), of this Agreement, employees who are in possession of documentary proof that they have three or more year’s practical and theoretical experience in the radio and/or television mechanician field and/or similar such artisan activity shall, for the purposes of this Schedule, be entitled to apply for and obtain a certificate of recognition of artisan status from the Council as provided for under clause 19(4): Provided that should an employee be unable to support the application with documentary proof of practical and/or theoretical experience satisfactory to the Council, the employee shall be entitled to request an ATRAMI test by an establishment nominated by the Council. Upon successful completion of the test, the employee shall be issued with the certificate of recognition as provided for in clause 19(4).

 

RATE A

1.        Domestic appliance mechanic’s work.

2.        Radio and television communications serviceman’s work.

3.        Radio and television repairer’s work.

4.        Refrigerator mechanic’s work (commercial and industrial).

 

RATE AA

1.          Workshop assistant’s work.

 

RATE D

1.          Installation of aerial on user’s premises:

 

RATE DD

 

RATE DDD

The following operations, when performed in the workshops of an establishment in connection with the repair of heating and/or drying and/or personal care appliances of a load not exceeding 5 amperes except in the case of domestic heating appliances where the load does not exceed 15 amperes:

 

RATE F

 

RATE G

 

RATE H

 

For the purposes of this section—

‘workshop assistant’s work’ means routine stripping of radios and/or appliances, replacement of components taken from stock and fitting adjustments confined to working within predetermined limits, including acceptance testing, undertaken in the workshop.