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SCHEDULE D ~ GRADING AND DEFINITIONS
UPHOLSTERY
JOB CATEGORYLEVELDESCRIPTION
1.ARTISAN5 Employee who has served his apprenticeship and/or learnership and who has passed a qualifying trade test
in a trade designated or deemed to have been designated
under the manpower training act, 1981, or who holds a certificate of proficiency issued to him by the
registrar of manpower training and/or has completed a
contract of learnership as contemplated by the
Skills Development Act 97 of 1998.
2.LEARNERSHIP Employee serving under a written contract of learnership
registered under the provisions of the Skills Development
Act No. 97 of 1998. The level of remuneration shall be in
terms of Table A as contained within the Sectoral
Determination No. 5 : Learnership Government Notice 519
dated June 2001.
3.FOREMAN /5 Employee who is in charge of the employees in an SUPERVISOR establishment, who exercises control over such employees and who is responsible for the efficient
performance by them of their duties.
4.ASSISTANT4 Employee who, under the general supervision of a FOREMAN / foreman, performs any of the activities or duties of a ASSISTANT foreman and who may act for him during his absence. SUPERVISOR /
CHARGE HAND
5.MAINTENANCE3 An employee, other than a learner, who under the ARTISAN direction and supervision of an artisan, assists the latter
(LEARNER) in the performance of tasks which do not require the skill of or training as an artisan and who has completed
at least one year as a level 3 employee.
6.WELDER /3 An employee who is engaged in making minor repairs or adjustments to machinery or equipment, other than machinery or equipment directly used in the manufacture
of the products of an establishment, and who may effect
minor repairs or renovations to buildings, but who does
not do work normally performed by an artisan,
7.STORES CLERK /2
STOREMAN
JOB CATEGORYLEVELDESCRIPTION
8.FORK LIFT /3 An employee who is engaged in driving and who has a
TRACTOR / MOTOR valid drivers’ licence
VEHICLE DRIVER
9.MACHINE 2 Employee who attends, operates, starts, stops a power
MINDER AND driven machine, and who may feed or take off from such
FEEDER machine, but who does not set up or make adjustments to the machine. Employees used for the general duties relating to packing, gluing, stacking, wrapping and other general duties related to fitters other than pre-selected adjustments which form part of the operation of the machine.
10.CLERK 4 An employee who is engaged in writing, typing, filing and any other form of clerical work and includes a cashier, a despatch clerk and a telephone switchboard operator, but does not include any other class of employee elsewhere defined in this clause, notwithstanding the fact that the clerical work may form part of such employee’s work.
11.FACTORY CLERK 3 An employee who, under the supervision of a foreman, assistant foreman or a clerk, is engaged in general clerical duties.
12.WATCHMAN1 An employee who is engaged in one or more of the following activities :
1. Guarding or protecting premises, buildings, structures or fixed or movable property.
2. Patrolling premises, buildings, structures or fixed or movable property, OR
3. Handling dogs in their performance of any or all of the activities specified in (1) or (2) above.
13.ASSEMBLER 2 Employee who assembles sub-assemblies by using jigs GRADE II and clamps.
14.ASSEMBLY 3 Employee which is in charge of a number of assemblers SUPERVISOR and performs the assembling of operations as part of the team.
15.MACHINE 2 An employee who attends, operates, starts or stops a
OPERATOR power-driven machine and who sets up or makes adjustments to such machines.
JOB CATEGORY LEVELDESCRIPTION
16.MACHINE 3 Employee who sets up or makes adjustments or minor
SUPERVISOR repairs to more than one power-driven machine and who may, in addition, perform the duties of a machine operator or machine minder.
17.UPHOLSTERERS 1 Employee used for general duties relating to packing gluing, UNSKILLED sweeping, wrapping, stuffing of cushions with foam or fibre, attaching foam to frames with glue, making buttons and attaching them.
18.UPHOLSTERER2 Employees used to perform semi-skilled operations such as
SEMI-SKILLED operating a hand staple gun and tracker and can perform basic upholstery operations such as upholstery of seat
platforms, dining room chairs, upholstered headboards, springing of fully upholstered lounge suites,
19.UPHOLSTERERS 3 Employee who can perform the duties of 17 and 18,
SKILLED inclusive of applying covers to fully upholstered frames and the arm rest of show wood suites.
20.SEAMSTRESS 2 Employee who can operate a plane flat sewing machine,
SEMI-SKILLED walkingfoot and cushion closing machine.
21.SEAMSTRESS 3 Employees who can operate overlockers, filling machines, SKILLED taping machines, and can sew coat covers, for fully upholstered suites with superior skill and efficiency.
22.FURNITURE 3 Operations or process in covering any type of furniture UPHOLSTERY either in whole or in part, irrespective of the materials used and includes inter alia, cutting of all covers and loose covers, stitching and/or joining by hand or mechanical appliance, webbing which includes the positioning of webbing and substitutes (other than wooden or metal lather and cross bars) filling, cane weaving, buttoning, tacking, stapling, studding and padding, attaching of units to frames.
JOB CATEGORY LEVELDESCRIPTION
23.LABOURER 1 Employee who is engaged in any one or more of the following :
1. Assisting a machinist in handling materials before and after machining.
2. Attending a boiler, incinerator and or oven.
3. Attending to dust bags and / or cyclones of sanding machines.
4. Baling and dipping of upholstery springs.
5. Beating and / or teasing coir by hand.
6. Cleaning and sweeping of premises.
7. Cleaning machinery, plant and tools and utensils.
8. Cleaning and blowing down of equipment.
9. Cleaning metal rods.
10. Cutting metal rods, hinges, metal strips, wire hoops, iron, or all similar materials.
11. Delivery by manually propelled vehicles.
12. Delivery of letters and parcels.
13. Filling of cushions with substances of material other than spring interior and / or spring units by hand.
14. Gluing of sand paper disks.
15. Handling materials
16. Line washing
17. Loading an unloading of vehicles and / or kilns.
18. Making tea and beverages
19. Oiling, greasing, cleaning machinery and vehicles
20. Operating presses of any type.
21. Packing articles into cartons and / or cardboard containers and thereafter filling and closing containers.
22. Preparing, mass measuring and mixing glue, spreading glue by hand or machine, removing glue, washing and wiping glue, applying blue hardener by hand, brush or machine.
23. Pushing or pulling a vehicle or handcart.
24. Rivetting or making threads on iron bolts and rods.
25. Straitening and / or cutting hoop iron used for webbing.
26. Stripping second-hand upholstery and bedding.
27. Taping or veneers and attending veneer press.
28. The treatment of timber for preservation.
29. Unpacking, baling raw materials wrapping in paper or cardboard.
30. De-nibbing, sanding and hand sanding.
31. Laminating.
32. Any employee involved in the despatch of goods.
33. Filler.
MATTRESS AND BEDDING
JOB CATEGORY LEVELDESCRIPTION
1.ARTISAN5 Employee who has served his apprenticeship and/or learnership and who has passed a qualifying trade test in a trade designated or deemed to have been designated under the manpower training act, 1981, or who holds a certificate of proficiency issued to him by the
registrar of manpower training and/or has completed a
contract of learnership as contemplated by the Skills Development Act 97 of 1998.
2.LEARNERSHIP Employee serving under a written contract of learnership
registered under the provisions of the Skills Development
Act No. 97 of 1998. The level of remuneration shall be in
terms of Table A as contained within the Sectoral
Determination No. 5 : Learnership Government Notice 519
dated June 2001.
4.ASSISTANT4 Employee who, under the general supervision of a foreman
FOREMAN / performs any of the activities or duties of a foreman
ASSISTANT and who may act for him during his absence.
SUPERVISOR
CHARGE HAND
5.MAINTENANCE3 An employee, other than a learner, who under the
ARTISAN direction and supervision of an artisan, assists the latter in
the performance of tasks which do not require the skill of or training as an artisan, and who has completed at least one year as a level 3 employee.
.WELDER /3 An employee who is engaged in making minor repairs or
HANDYMAN adjustments to machinery or equipment, other than machinery or equipment directly used in the manufacture of the products of an establishment, and who may effect minor repairs or renovations to buildings but who does not do work normally performed by an artisan.
7.FORK LIFT / 3 An employee who is engaged in driving and who has aTRACTOR / valid driver’s licence
MOTOR VEHICLE .
DRIVER
JOB CATEGORY LEVELDESCRIPTION
8.MACHINE MINDER2 An employee who attends, operates, starts, stops a power-
AND FEEDER driven machine and who may feed or take off from such
machine, but who does not set up or make adjustments to
machine other than pre-selected adjustments which form
part of the operation of the machine.
9.LABOURER1 Employee who performs all work undertaken in the manufacture of mattresses of all types but exclude the work
of an artisan, learner artisan or a bedding level 1 or level 2
employee.
10.CLERK4 An employee who is engaged in writing, typing, filing and
any other form of clerical work and includes a cashier,
storeman a despatch clerk and a telephone switchboard
operator, but does not include any other class of employee
elsewhere defined in this clause, notwithstanding the fact that the clerical work may form part of such employee’s work.
11.FACTORY CLERK3 An employee who under the supervision of a foreman,
assistant foreman or a clerk, is engaged in general clerical
duties.
12.WATCHMAN 1 An employee who is engaged in one or more of the following activities :
1. Guarding or protecting premises, buildings, structures or fixed or movable property.
2. Patrolling premises, buildings, structures or fixed or movable property, OR
3. Handling dogs in their performance of any or all of the activities specified in (1) or (2) above.
13.ASSEMBLER3 Employees who assemble sub-assemblies by using jigs and
GRADE 1 clamps.
14.ASSEMBLER4 Employee who assembles sub-assemblies by using jigs and
GRADE 11 clamps.
JOB CATEGORY LEVELDESCRIPTION
15.ASSEMBLY5 Employees who can perform the duties listed in 15 and 16
SKILLED above, including the use of hand tools such as a planer, hand panel saws, filing rasping, bolting and screwing.
16.MACHINE3 An employee who attends, operates, starts or stops a power-
OPERATOR driven machine and who sets up or makes adjustments to
such machine.
17.MACHINE2 Employee who sets up or makes adjustments or minor SUPERVISOR repairsto more than one power-driven machine and who may, in addition perform the duties of a machine operator or machine minder.
18.SEAMSTRESS2 Employee who can operate a plane flat sewing machine,
SEMI-SKILLED walking foot and cushion closing machine and can perform
the work of sewing and buttoning.
19.SEAMSTRESS3 Employee who can perform the duties listed in 18 as well as
SKILLED operate overlockers, filling machine, taping machines, and
can sew and perform the work of buttoning and has
completed at least 18 months in level 2.
PINE AND GENERAL
JOB CATEGORY LEVELDESCRIPTION
1.ARTISAN5 Employee who has served his apprenticeship and/or learnership and who has passed a qualifying trade test in a trade designated or deemed to have been designated under the manpower training act, 1981, or who holds a certificate of proficiency issued to him by the
registrar of manpower training and/or has completed a
contract of learnership as contemplated by the
Skills Development Act 97 of 1998.
2.LEARNERSHIP Employee serving under a written contract of learnership
registered under the provisions of the Skills Development
Act No. 97 of 1998. The level of remuneration shall be in
terms of Table A as contained within the Sectoral
Determination No. 5 : Learnership Government Notice 519
dated June 2001.
3.FOREMAN /5 Employee who is in charge of the employees in an
SUPERVISOR establishment, who exercises control over such employees
and who is responsible for the efficient performance by them of their duties.
4.ASSISTANT4 Employee who, under the general supervision of a foreman
FOREMAN / performs any of the activities or duties of a foreman andASSISTANT / whomay act for him during his absence.
SUPERVISOR /
CHARGE HAND
5.MAINTENANCE3 An employee, other than a learner, who under the
ARTISAN direction and supervision of an artisan, assists the latter in
(LEARNER) the performance of tasks which do not require the skill of or
training as an artisan and who has completed at least one
year as a grade III employee.
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6.WELDER /3 An employee who is engaged in making minor repairs or HANDYMAN adjustments to machinery or equipment, other than machinery or equipment directly used in the manufacture of the products of an establishment and who may effect minor repairs or renovations to buildings but who does not do work normally performed by an artisan.
JOB CATEGORY LEVELDESCRIPTION
7.FORK LIFT /3 An employee who is engaged in driving and who has a
TRACTOR / valid driver’s licence.
MOTOR VEHICLE
DRIVER
8.MACHINE 2 An employee who attends, operates, starts, stops a power-
MINDER AND driven machine and who may feed or take off from such
FEEDER machine, but who does not set up or make adjustments to
the machine other than pre-selected adjustments which form
part of the operation of the machine.
9.CLERK4 An employee who is engaged in writing, typing, filing and
any other form of clerical work and includes a cashier,
storeman a despatch clerk and a telephone switchboard
operator, but does not include any other class of employee
elsewhere defined in this clause, notwithstanding the fact that the clerical work may form part of such employee’s work.
10.FACTORY CLERK3 An employee who, under the supervision of a foreman, assistant foremen or a clerk, is engaged in general clerical duties.
11.WATCHMAN1 An employee who is engaged in one or more of the following activities :
1. Guarding or protecting premises, buildings, structures or fixed or movable property.
2. Patrolling premises, buildings, structures or fixed or movable property, OR
3. Handling dogs in their performance of any or all of the activities specified in (1) or (2) above.
12.ASSEMBLY3 An employee who uses hand or mechanical tools to
GRADE I assemble cabinet carcases and perform similar operations.
JOB CATEGORY LEVELDESCRIPTION
13.ASSEMBLER2 Employee who assembles sub-assemblies by using jigs and
GRADE II clamps staple guns and brackets, assembly of drawers, attachment of hinges, locks and handles to doors using drills, screw drivers, assembly of mitred moulding, and mouldings.
14.ASSEMBLY3 Employees who can perform the duties listed in 13 and 14
SKILLED above, including fitting of drawers and doors and are skilled
in the use of hand tools such as planer, hand panel saws,
filing rasping, bolting and screwing.
15.ASSEMBLY2 Employee who is in charge of a number of assemblers and
SUPERVISOR perform the assembling operations as part of the team.
16.FITTERS1 Employees used for the general duties relating to packing,
UNSKILLED gluing, stacking, wrapping and other general duties related to fitters.
17.FITTER3 Employee who assembles various articles and is sufficiently
OPERATOR skilled to fit internal hanging doors, uses and air screw
driver and can screw into pre-positioned holes, fitting of
handles, knobs and mirrors.
18.FITTER3 Employee who assembles various articles and in general
GRADE II is able to fit sideboard tops and external hanging doors,
attachment of locks, hinges, escutcheons, and striker plates.
19.MACHINE3 An employee who attends, operates, starts or stops a power-
OPERATOR driven machine and who sets or makes adjustments to such machines.
20.MACHINE2 Employee who sets up or makes adjustments or minor
SUPERVISOR repairs to more than one power-driven machine and who
may, in addition, perform the duties of a machine operator or machine minder.
21.SPRAY PAINTER2 Employee who applies the final coat of enamel, paint
GRADE I premier or lacquer to articles by means of spray paint
machine or gun.
22.SPRAY PAINTER3 Employee who applies the final coat of enamel, paint
GRADE II premier or lacquer to articles by means of spray paint
machine or gun.
JOB CATEGORY LEVELDESCRIPTION
23.SETTERS /2 Employees who can set a wide range of machines, replace
MACHINIST cutter saws and set machines to specifications to execute an
operation to a pre-determined standard.
24.POLISHING2 Employees used for general duties related to pacing, gluing,
UNSKILLED sweeping, hand-sanding, staining, touch up, minor repairs
using stopping and glue, applying sealer by brush and any other duties related to polishing.
25.POLISHING3 Employees who can apply sealer coat by use of air spray
SEMI-SKILLED guns and operate flow coat machines (roller coaster machines)
26.POLISHING3 Employees who can apply duties listed in 24 and 25 above,
SKILLED inclusive of shading and final coat.
27.FURNITURE4 Operation or process by hand or mechanical appliance in POLISHING the production of a polished an / or finished surface by
means of shellac, paint duco, lacquer etc. stain or paste
which acts as an abrasive, and / or polisher, or both, or
similar substances, and shall include the graining and matching of colours on all types of furniture.
28.LABOURER1 Employee who is engaged in any one or more of the following :
1. Assisting a machinist in handling materials before and after machining.
2. Attending a boiler, incinerator and or oven.
3. Attending to dust bags and / or cyclones of sanding machines.
4. Baling and dipping of upholstery springs.
5. Beating and / or teasing coir by hand.
6. Cleaning and sweeping of premises.
7. Cleaning machinery, plant and tools and utensils.
8. Cleaning and blowing down of equipment.
9. Cleaning metal rods.
10. Cutting metal rods, hinges, metal strips, wire hoops, iron, or all similar materials.
11. Delivery by manually propelled vehicles.
12. Delivery of letters and parcels.
13. Filling of cushions with substances of material other
than spring interior and / or spring units by hand.
JOB CATEGORY LEVELDESCRIPTION