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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

Main Collective Agreement

Part 2

4. Technical Schedules

Schedule D

Division D/3

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

Section (b): Plastics operations

 

RATE G

1. Assisting chemical compounding of plastic materials and the application of such compounds.
2. Automatic machine operating.
3. Mass-measuring and issuing of scrap and/or raw plastic materials, including pigments to predetermined quantities.
4. Operating plastic production machine (n.e.s.) (including injection or compression or transfer or blow moulding, vacuum coating, vacuum forming, extrusion, casting, calendering and/or H F Heat sealing machines), including machine running adjustments when necessitated by the manufacturing process.
5. Operating plastic scrap grinding machine.
6. Removing and/or replacing dies and/or moulds and/or tools under instruction of a Rate C setter.
7. Trimming plastic components and/or parts by hand and/or by power tools.

 

RATE H

1. Buffing and/or finishing and/or polishing of plastic parts and/or components by hand and/or by power tools.
2. Operating plastic materials mixing and/or blending machine.
3. Cleaning by hand, including removal of flash.
4. Colour filling embossed or impressed plastic mouldings.