"radiator repairer"
(grade 5 employee) (Chapters I & V) means an employee mainly or exclusively engaged in one or more of the following operations:
| 1. | Operating pre-set crimping or forming machines; |
| 2. | cutting waterway and fin metal strips to set lengths; |
| 3. | manipulating return-folding machines; |
| 4. | framing core sections by means of press into required sizes; |
| 6. | dipping cores into acid baths and solder vats; |
| 7. | sweating water vessels to cores; |
| 8. | sweating side walls to cores; |
| 9. | sweating tubes and tube plates; |
| 10. | making filler necks to jigs; |
| 11. | dismantling radiators; |
| 12. | soldering, silver soldering, brazing and gas welding. |
"reconditioning establishment"
means an establishment registered as such by the Council in terms of Chapter V of Division C of this Agreement;
"Region EC"
means those areas defined as `Area Eastern Cape’.
"Region KZN"
means the areas defined as ‘Area KwaZulu-Natal’.
"Region FS & NC"
means those areas defined as `Area Free State & Northern Cape’.
"Region HVLD"
means those areas defined as 'Area Highveld'.
"Region NR"
means those areas defined as `Area Northern Region'.
"Region WP"
means those areas defined as 'Area Western Cape’.
"Regional Council"
means a committee appointed as such by the Council in terms of its Constitution.
"relief employee"
means an employee who is temporarily employed—
| 1. | for a period of not more than 42 calendar days in any period of six months for the purposes of carrying out the duties of an employee who is absent from work, or to provide additional labour during peak holiday seasons; or |
| 2. | for a period of not more than six months in any year for the purposes of carrying out the duties of an employee who is on maternity leave, extended sick leave, educational leave or skills development courses or, with consent obtained administratively from the Council, is absent with the permission of the employer. |
"repair shop assistant"
(grade 5 employee) (Chapter I) means an employee in any establishment in the workshop of which at least one journeyman is actively engaged on journeyman's work who, under the supervision of such journeyman, mainly or exclusively—
| 1. | removes parts or units from motor vehicles, tractors, agricultural machinery and equipment and ancillary equipment and/or attachments thereof; |
| 2. | replaces, without making final electrical connections except where these are the clip-on or plug-in type: |
| • | brake drums, except where the drum and hub are one complete unit; |
| • | cables, excluding electrical cables; |
| • | cooling systems, excluding air-conditioning; |
| • | cylinder heads, without torquing; |
| • | drive shafts, excluding front-wheel drive; |
| • | flywheel covers, detachable; |
| • | fuel pumps, excluding injection pumps; |
| • | oil filters or strainers and the cleaning thereof; |
| • | panels - exterior or interior, and fittings, other than where welded; |
| • | clutch and pressure plates; |
| • | radios, CD players and tape recorders, excluding the final electrical connections; |
| • | springs, leaf, front and rear; |
| • | window winders - manual; |
| 3. | removes and/or, without the use of hand tools, repositions and hand tightens rear axle housing assemblies; |
| 4. | sets clocks to correct time; |
| 5. | fits safety belts to vehicles where anchor points exist; |
| 6. | fits and adjusts fan belts where no measuring devices or instruments are necessary; |
| 7. | in relation to any vehicle, repairs body leaks by filling, and engine differential and gearbox leaks by tightening; |
| 8. | balances wheels with any machine made to balance wheels; |
| 9. | in relation to any vehicle— |
| (a) | checks and reports on the operation of: |
| (i) | All electrical consumer points; |
| (ii) | front seat adjusters; |
| (iii) | direction indicators; |
| (v) | door and window handles; |
| (vi) | doors, locks and keys; |
| (vii) | windscreen wipers and washers: |
Provided that any defects reported by a repair shop assistant shall not be rectified by an employee, other than an artisan, PR artisan or apprentice;
| (b) | checks, adjusts and, if necessary, replaces: |
| (i) | Choke, bonnet, starter, hand throttle and heater, vent and cooling system cables; |
| (ii) | hose connections for water leaks; |
| (iii) | all electrical connections for tightness; |
| (v) | direction indicators, door and window handles; |
| (vi) | doors, door rubbers, locks and keys; |
| (vii) | generator and alternator belts for correct tension; |
| (viii) | windscreen wipers and washers; |
| (ix) | drills holes to templates; |
| 10. | in a workshop engaged exclusively in motorcycle and/or scooter repairs, assembles and/or strips units, other than engines, electrical fittings, telescopic forks, hydraulic shock absorbers and controls; |
| 11. | dismantles or strips down components, but shall exclude: |
| (a) | Differentials, gearboxes, complete engines, power steering, components controlled by computerisation, control devices on front-wheel drives (trans-axles): |
Provided that the performance of any of the operations enumerated in this definition shall not be construed as permitting the performance of any artisan's work incidental to such operations.
[Note - The number of repair shop assistants that may be employed in any one establishment is governed by the ratio provisions of Clause 3 of Chapter I, Division C].
"repetition work"
means work performed by an employee constantly engaged on one or more repetitive processes.
