-
46
Civil Service Branch we have recommended in a number of instances that consideration should be given to re-titling the grades concerned so as to reflect their duties and responsibilities more accurately. In this connection we have noted that the terms "Semi-skilled Labourer" and "Labourer" are still used to designate grades falling within the current segments of Workman II and Workman I respectively. We consider this inappropriate and to be consistent with the spirit of our earlier recommendations in paragraph 5.19 of Report No. 2 we recommend the titles Workman I and Workman II should be substituted for Semi-skilled Labourer and Labourer.
6.19 Amah
2,449 posts
Amahs in the civil service can be broadly divided into two categories in terms of nature of work and job content.
The first category of staff provides a personal service to patients and to the handicapped in hospitals, clinics or rehabilitation centres of the Medical and Health Department and Social Welfare Department. It includes staff in ranks I, II and III of the grade. We have not found any significant functional differences between the three ranks and note that their duties and those of Hospital Orderlies are similar. We therefore recommend that these two grades be replaced by a new single-rank grade with an appropriate title reflecting their duties.
The second category is composed only of Amahs in rank III of the grade. These staff are employed in government schools, educational institutes and in the offices of a few government departments. Their duties are similar to those of Labourers in these or other departments. It is considered more appropriate to re-grade the Amah posts in this category as Labourer (to be retitled as Workman II) in order to standardise the ranking.
Our recommended pay scales which have regard to the differences in job content of the two categories of staff are as follows :
Existing
(First category)
Proposed
Amah III
WII 1
-
16) >
New Grade
(to include
Amah II
W I l
3)
Hospital
)
Orderly grade)
Amah I
W I 4
-
9)
MOD 5
-
10
(Second category)
Amah III
W II 1
16
Workman II
MOD 1 - 4
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.