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an introduced 5 yanro ago, in early 1972 at the roquest of the 'Dapartuurbel Heads. They had said that Personal Secretaries from Shorthand-Audio Typlate wore usually weak is comprehension though they were very good on taking ikan short hand. when their shorthand van re-prednoad, it contained many inaccuracy which was due to comprehension. The test was not a complicated one. The third proposal raised by the Staff Side was to reserve Personal Seoretɛry posta exalusively for súvɛnecment by Shortband-Audio Typista, - That was done as be mationed in the past 6 or 7 years. There had been no ono recruited from outside and they proposed to contimo in this wợy and he also mentioned earlier that 52 Shorthand Audio Typists were fully.
vare qualified technically. If those girls' confidential reports reflected their suitability, they ware marely waiting for any future vennales. It was not intended to olenga this policy but direct entry would be made not as a norwal bat ca exceptional field in the details of punt. The fourth proposal van to fill all Supervisor of Typing Services vacances by Shorthand-kudio Typista inly which was not possible because the Uffi del Side had agreed with Staff homociations that Senior Typists and Parscual Secretaries should have access to that post. He would like to say that in the first exercine that we hold for 19 pouta of Supervisor of Typing Services, 18 of which ware already filled (the remaining cza to be filled on 2nd August)- and 16 out of those 18 ware filled by Shorthand-Audio Typists (two NETO Personal Secretaries who were formerly Shortland-Audio Typists). The fifth prepoved› won måvancement from Shorthand-áudio Typista to Supervisor of Typing Services should be without any technicalltests (1.0, shorthand and typing tents). Eo test i The sixth proposal as to advancement from Shorthand-krāto Typšoto to Gupzzvánor, of Typing Services should be by seniority we not accepted. That was not applied to service eido." në MUS afraid that in the Ghorthand-Audio Typist grade, they should have utåckxi to the Government ---
comment policy onooming promotion – by mrit. The 7th propozal wan how sullo allowanoo van computod. Es could not do more than referring to the letter dated 5th January 1577, Paragraph 4 (b)(111) which mủa this particular point bart they could briefly bring it out up-to-date, firstly, the Official Side had to establish that the audio work was more complex than the atmographio wrk that they were doing, Secondly, thay bad to investigate to cure that the work ins nouatgying the officer concerned a- greater part of the day. (moo those two fnotura had bom established, then they would give an allowance on täst bio. Just to sɩ up, he could quote the case of Typist who operated telex machines in the Immigration Bepertaait. Tho Civil Service Branch went to the Immigration Department and checked the opertion and found that it was more complicated than the typewriter and that *the girl who see doing it for a large part of the day and so they gave her
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4. Pe Mp3 V. M said sho would like to amor the points raised by Wr. Linthemite just now. Firstly, the Official Siñe thought that the standard of Shorthand-Audio Fypista mns not as high as could be but she asiond in that case why did the forking Party on the fætracturing of the Goorotarial Clase may acted to change the requirement of 5 vubjectu to 3 subjects which should be noro epocified (Chiness, Inglish & Methamation) in the rearuitmart. Also, if the Official Sido meid it was a vaste of standard but why they had raised the shorthand speed from 70 sqm to 80 wym and typing speed from 40 wpm to 50 sym. The official Side had redand the technical ukills for shorthand indio cista, boraver, they lovered the minimum point of salary from 8920 to 1855. In so doing, the official Site
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