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

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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 D

Division D/22

Wage Rates Applicable to Operations Scheduled in Division D/22 are Prescribed in Clause 3(a) of Part II of this agreement

Section (c): Woodworking operations when performed conjointly with metal furniture manufacture

 

REFER TO TABLE OF WAGE RATES

 

1. Finishing and/or polishing and/or veneering of wood (n.e.s.).
2. Marking and/or setting out, including measuring (n.e.s.).
3. Operating a multiple drum sandpapering machine.
4. Sharpening woodworking tools (n.e.s.).
5. Wood machining in furniture making, including setting up and including the use of hand tools (n.e.s.).
6. Marking for boring machine only by means of pronged jigs.
7. Rubbing with an abrasive paste and/or abrasive liquid by machine and/or mechanical appliance.
8. Setting up and/or operating and/or performing any work with any one or more of the following machines:

(a)        Mortice machine;

(b)        boring machine;

(c) hinge recessing machine when used for the purpose of cutting recesses for locks and/or hinges;
(d) dowel inserting machine;
(e) single drum sandpapering machine;
(f) bobbin sandpapering machine;
(g) belt sandpapering machine;
(h) disc sandpapering machine;
(i) portable sandpapering machines other than those specified in No. 18 hereof.
9. Bending solid timber.
10. Filling in holes and/or crevices with substances other than plugs and/or slivers.
11. Making and/or pointing of dowels.
12. Painting and/or filling in of edges of laminated board and/or plywood.
13. Preparing sandpaper and affixing of same.
14. Removing doors and/or fittings from articles of furniture.
15. Reviving by hand only.
16. Rubbing with an abrasive paste and/or abrasive liquid by hand only, and expressly excluding the use of any machine and/or mechanical appliance.
17. Sandpapering by hand regardless of whether the article papered is stationary or rotating.
18. Setting up and/or operating any type of rotating and/or vibrating-reciprocating sandpapering machine with a papering surface of not more than 0,323 m².
19. Spreading flock on adhesive surface and/or applying adhesive for flock by hand.
20. Stripping polished surfaces.
21. Waxing, bleaching, staining and/or oiling by hand.
22. Dipping of solid timber into softening solution.
23. Knocking in dowels.
24. Marking out by templet.
25. Mixing and/or mass-measuring and/or preparing glue.
26. Operating and/or attending presses of any kind.
27. Setting up and/or operating dowel squeezing or tennon squashing machine.
28. Spreading glue.
29. Tapeless joining.
30. Taping and/or stapling and/or tacking veneers and/or plywood and/or hardboard into position for pressing.
31. Taping veneers.
32. Trimming away excess veneer after affixing of veneer.
33. Washing off and/or removing gum and/or tapes and/or paper.