Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995) Notices Motor Industry Bargaining Council  (MIBCO) Main Collective Agreement Division A : Provisions Applicable to all Establishments in the Industry Clause 2 : Scope of Application and Definitions 2.2 Definitions Definitions (G)

 

"general operative"

(grade 2 employee) (Chapter II) means, in relation to a vehicle body building establishment, an employee who may in addition to the duties enumerated in the definition of "General Worker" also perform any of the following duties:

Applying and/or wiping on metals and/or materials;

applying ready mixed paint to equipment, fixtures or plant which is not for sale;

assembling articles and/or components where no fitting is required;

assisting a journeyman or an apprentice of not less than one year"s experience in the installation and/or stapling into position of electric cables for interior lighting or fittings, or assisting with the fixing of self-aligning dies in the setting of machines;

baring wires and fixing cable ends;

cutting fibreglass parts to patterns or templets;

cutting or shearing metal or other materials with a hack or circular saw or friction cutter to stops or jigs or to markings on materials made by a journeyman, apprentice with not more than four years to serve, or an operative, grade CV;

bending and/or forming with special-purpose machines, jigs or templets - by hand or machine - but not setting up of machine;

dipping in enamels and/or paint;

drilling, other than precision work;

fitting glass by means of self-sealing sections;

inserting and/or tightening and/or loosening body-holding-down bolts and/or seat-fixing bolts;

making parts from pre-mixed plastic materials and fibreglass in preformed moulds;

marking off;

pressing and/or notching to stops, jigs, dies or templets-by hand or machine - but excluding the setting of jigs or dies;

punching by hand or machine to pre-set stops, marks, jigs or to templets under the supervision of a journeyman or an apprentice of not less than one year"s experience;

rivet striking;

rough cutting of materials with any power or hand-operated cutting device, excluding a power guillotine, after the materials have been marked out by a journeyman, apprentice with not more than four years to serve, or an operative, grade CV;

screwing and/or tapping by means of screwing or tapping machines or attachments;

spot or resistance welding on subassembly work with components in special-purpose jigs or fixtures;

threading of bolts or tapping of holes or nuts by hand;

using pre-set oxy-acetylene for rough cutting;

 

"general worker"

(grade 2 employee) (Chapters I, III, IV & V) means:

Accepting written orders in return for goods delivered outside the employer"s premises;

accompanying a traveller on his journey and assisting in driving and in packing, unpacking and displaying of samples;

affixing printed or ready addressed labels on to bottles, boxes, bales or other packages;

applying adhesives, belt dressing, deadener materials or anti-corrosive coatings (excluding primer, surfaces and finishing coats), putty, sealing compounds for purposes of dust-proofing and/or water-proofing;

applying and removing sash clamps, G-clamps, toggle clamps and battery hold-down clamps;

assembling and/or repairing motor-assisted pedal cycles and pedal-assisted motor cycles;

assembling, packing and mass-measuring goods in accordance with instructions and/or packing slips;

assisting on delivery vans;

attending to boilers;

attending to the parking of vehicles;

carrying goods;

cementing tyres;

checking and/or recording identification marks on goods;

cleaning and placing diesel pumps on workbenches for repair;

cleaning by hand, brush, machine or pickling, or degreasing;

cleaning moulds;

closing or opening bales, boxes or other packages;

collecting spares on employer"s requisition;

compounding in connection with the painting of motor vehicles;

conveying on foot, by bicycle, tricycle, or hand-propelled vehicle, goods, letters or messages;

cooking of rations;

counting and recording the result;

cutting tyres;

digging and/or removing the soil for foundations, drains and trenches;

dismantling scrap motor vehicles, other than the stripping of engines;

emptying containers;

extracting battery cells for inspection;

filing of body filling, solder, welding and old paint from parts under repair and adjacent parts, solder or welding on new parts and of sheet metal which has been panel beaten;

filing and sorting of standard printed forms into alphabetical, numerical, date, colour or commodity order;

firing and loading ovens and furnaces and removing refuse from furnaces;

fitting and/or removing curing tubes and/or sectional bags to and from tyres and placing tyres in moulds thereafter;

fitting and/or removing registration number plates to and from vehicles;

franking mail matter;

gardening;

greasing and oiling machinery, including lathes and overhead shafting, while stationary;

handling moneys;

holding parts, materials and/or tools and placing parts and materials into position under the supervision of an employee in a higher wage group;

issuing materials previously recorded by storekeepers;

issuing and/or receiving tools and/or equipment to and from tool room and maintaining a record thereof;

issuing goods from workshop store to workshop personnel and recording same;

issuing parking tickets;

loading and unloading vehicles;

making crates;

marking and/or stencilling packages and/or parts with brush or spraygun or rubber stamps;

masking;

mass-measuring and recording the result;

mixing, by hand or machine, materials, including concrete and mortar, but excluding colour blending and fibre glass constituents;

moving and/or stacking and/or unpacking goods;

operating goods lifts and letter copying or duplicating machines;

operating a passenger lift;

painting buildings, fences, plant and equipment for maintenance purposes only;

painting, by brush and/or gun, axles, brake drums, brake shoes, chassis and undersides of vehicle bodies and of trailers;

painting by brush front and rear bumpers, wheels of commercial vehicles or bus chassis;

polishing vehicles;

receiving money from customers and giving change;

rough water-proofing paint on canvas;

rough stuff to inside of vehicle bodies;

painting pallets;

polishing by hand or machine in connection with the painting of motor vehicles;

polishing moulds;

preparing food for cooking;

pre-treating metal by chemical process in panel-beating establishments;

recording and/or checking identification marks on goods and registration numbers of vehicles;

recording on bin cards;

recording items on a pre-printed check list to workshop;

removing clip-on body mouldings;

removing pitch from batteries;

repairing curing tubes and sectional bags;

repairing pallets;

rough cutting;

rubbing down of filling, primer and putty;

sand or shot blasting;

sandpapering;

screwing down moulds;

sealing batteries;

selecting and placing goods into bins;

smelting of shavings into ingot forms;

sorting goods and recording the result;

stirring materials;

stripping tyres;

teasing coir and horsehair;

trimming tyres;

truing spokewheels;

washing and polishing motor vehicles;

waxing moulds;

wrapping of goods;

writing of addresses copied from invoices or packing slips;

removing but not replacing—

alternators;

body badges;

body mouldings;

bonnets;

bulbs;

bumpers;

cables - excluding electrical cable levers;

doors;

door handles;

engine mud trays;

generators;

damaged glass;

gravel pans;

grills;

lamps;

oil filters or strainers and the cleaning thereof;

rear body lights;

running boards;

seats;

self starters;

shock absorbers, excluding struts;

striker plates;

sump nuts and bolts;

valve covers;

applying protective coating to engines, components or accessories mounted within the engine compartment and to floor mats, seat surfaces, luggage compartments or side-kick plates;

fitting loose seat covers when no alteration is required to them;

removing paint and preparing surface for repainting, excluding the application of lead filler;

mixing by hand or machine, materials, including concrete, mortar and fibre glass constituents, but excluding colour blending;

fitting, removing and/or replacing batteries, grease nipples, tyres, tubes, rims and road wheels;

inflating tyres and tubes;

lowering and/or raising motor vehicles by jack or hoist;

repairing punctures, including the fitting and reseating of tyre or inner tube valves;

 

"grade 1 employee"

means an employee who is employed in one or more of the following categories:

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forecourt attendant;

parking garage attendant

 

"grade 2 employee"

means an employee employed in one or more of the following categories:

Cashier

driver of motorcycle and scooter;

general operative;

general worker;

grade D employee;

vulcaniser"s operative, without wheelbalancing;

 

"grade 3 employee"

means an employee who is employed in one or more of the following categories:

Battery repairer;

chopper out;

driver of motor vehicles with a gross vehicle mass of up to 3 500 kg,

including forklifts and tractors;

new motor vehicle, motorcycle and tricycle assembler;

operative gearbox dismantler;

operative, grade 1;

operative, grade C;

scooter worker;

 

"grade 4 employee"

means an employee who is employed in one or more of the following categories:

Cutter;

operative exhaust fitter;

operative, grade 2;

operative, grade 3;

operative, grade AR;

operative, grade B;

operative, grade BR;

operative sunroof fitter;

operative upholsterer;

operative wheelbalancer;

pattern cutter maker;

supervisor, grade 3;

vulcaniser"s operative with wheelbalancing;

 

"grade 5 employee"

means an employee employed in one or more of the following categories:

Armature winder;

auto electrician"s assistant;

body shop assistant;

brake drum skimmer;

clutch cover assembly setter;

diesel pumproom assistant;

driver of motor vehicles with a gross vehicle mass of over 3 500 kg;

motorcycle mechanic"s assistant;

operative airconditioner fitter;

operative, grade 4;

operative, grade 5;

operative, grade BV;

operative, grade CR;

operative, grade CV;

operative, grade DV;

operative radio/alarm fitter;

operative supervisor;

quality controller;

radiator repairer;

repair shop assistant;

seaming machinist;

supervisor;

supervisor, grade 4;

towbar fitter (excluding electrical wiring)

 

"grade 6 employee"

means an employee who is employed in one or more of the following categories:

clutch and brake operative;

machine setter;

operative, grade A;

senior quality controller;

supervisor, grade 5;

wheel alignment worker;

 

"grade 7 employee"

means an employee who is employed in one or more of the following categories:

B/A journeyman;

exempted journeyman;

operative engine assembler;

suspension fitter;

towbar fitter (including electrical wiring)

 

"grade 8 employee"

means an employee who is employed in one or more of the following categories:

Journeyman;

service supply salesman

 

"grade D employee"

(grade 2 employee) (Chapter IV) means an employee employed in a registered automotive engineering establishment who in addition to any of the duties enumerated in the definition of "General Worker" in clause 2(2) of Division A is permitted to perform the following:

Lapping of valves by hand after the valve and seat have been machined by a journeyman or an operative grade A, B or C or by an apprentice or a trainee registered in terms of the Skills Development Act 1981;

painting of engines with protective paint;

mounting by securing and bolting engines and removing engines to and from dynamometers under supervision;