CO129-547-10 Memorandum on revision of salaries 1-1-1934 - 31-12-1936 — Page 23

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PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL DEPARTMENTS.

Agriculture and Forestry.

Some differentiation between the initial salaries

of the Administrative service and of the professional

and technical services is considered to be necessary in

order to attract to the latter candidates of the desired

personality and educational attainment.

Fost-graduate

training and experience is also demanded before selections

for appointment are made. In the case of agricultural

officers this period extends for two years. On the old

scales the difference in the initial salaries is £80. A

similar difference under the revised scheme would allocate

an initial salary of £430 to the professional and

technical scale. The nearest incremental point to

this figure on the new standard incremental scale is

£425, which is accordingly suggested. From this point

increments are so arranged as to bring the scale into

accord with the Administrative scale in the fifth year.

The promotion bar is placed at £40 as

against £720 under the existing arrangements.

Searing

in mind the reduction in the pension constant and in

the initial rate of salary an increase in the point at

which the first promotion bar must be fixed is, as in the

case of Administrative Officers, regarded as appropriate,

and indeed as necessary, if the standard of recruitment

is to be maintained.

It is proposed to apply the new professional

and technical scale as it stands to agricultural and

forestry officers.