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Table 3
Skill distribution of blue collar workers in Textiles, Garments, Plastics
Miscellaneous Metals and Electrics and Electronics Industries. (Third
Manpower Survey).
Textiles Garments Plastics
Metals Electr
Total Pilot
Skilled 18170
2170
3166
20 675
19676
63827
21
(13%)
Semi-
skilled
89944 124 274
17306
30.874
44904
327302
62
(688)
Unskilled 19362 282262
34704
6.050
2969
91847
17
(193)
Total
482976
100
(100)
The skill distribution of the Filot Survey respondents corresponds fairly
closely to the general skill distribution in the industries covered by
the Pilot Survey as Table 3 shows although the Pilot Survey did contain
a somewhat greater proportion of skilled workers.. II Employment Status, Payment Systems, Benefits and Allowances Received
Nearly half of the respondents had the status of permanent workers; the
remainder were fairly evenly split between long term casual and short
term casual. Over two thirds of the sample, however, were paid on a
monthly basis with most the remainder being paid on a fortnightly basis.
There were only 2 respondents paid on a daily basis and none on a weekly
basis; this is a much lower figure than one would expect bearing in mind
the job status distribution of the respondents. More respondents were
paid on a daily rate than on a piece rate system (58 compared to 41),
again fewer piece rate workers than one would expect on the basis of the
job status distribution.
The welfare benefits that the respondents received from their employers
are given in Table 4. There we can see that medical care was the rost
commonly received welfare benefit, being received in fact by over two.
thirds of the sample. Meals, transport and sick pay allowance were
received by over two fifths of the sample while a housing benefit of