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6.20 Animal House Attendant

13 posts

This is a departmental grade in the Medical and Health Department. Having regard to the duties of the grade which involve the caring, feeding and cleaning of laboratory animals, and to our broadbanding principle, we recommend that the pay scale should be as follows :

Proposed

Existing

Animal House Attendant

A 4 10

MOD 11 17

6.21

Artisan

4,822 posts

Artisans are employed in 18 departments on a wide variety of duties which require dexterity and appropriate skills. These duties range from the installation, operation and servicing of mechanical and electrical equipment, supervision of subordinate staff, to rendering supporting services to medical personnel. It has been represented to us that generally no functional difference exists between Artisan I and Artisan II ranks. We accept this and propose that the two ranks should be combined and paid from a single pay scale in the appropriate group.

We

There are also ranks currently paid on the same scales as Artisans who perform skilled work at a similar level, and where the distinction is one of title only. recommend that these ranks be merged with the Artisan grade and paid from the same scale. These include the Chargeman/Artisan, Carpenter I and II, Electrician, Fitter, Plantman I and II, and Workshop Assistant grades. We also recommend that Painter I and II should be merged with the Artisan grade.

Departmental titles e.g. Artisan (Fitter), Artisan (Electrician), may be used to reflect the operational requirements of departments. In this regard, we also suggest that Artisans in the Cargo Handling Unit and the Pollution Control Unit of the Marine Department be given new departmental titles so as to reflect their duties more

accurately.

Existing

Artisan II

A 1

-

7) )

Artisan

Artisan I

A 4

10)

Proposed

MOD 11

17

6.22 Barber

12 posts

Barbers are employed in the Medical and Health Department. We consider that the work of this grade is generally comparable to that of Workman I and have raised