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suggestion, and have had the opportunity of examining the Director of Fire Services' proposals for the restructuring of the grade.

The Director of Fire Services has proposed that a new rank of Assistant Superintendent should be created at the third tier of the grade, with a consequential upgrading of the Superintendent and Assistant Chief Ambulance Officer ranks. However, in our opinion, the justification for these proposals is largely dependent on the implementation of the departmental plans for the expansion and reorganisation of the Ambulance Command. We shall therefore review the position when these plans have been accepted by Government. In the meantime we recommend no change.

Existing

Ambulance Officer

DPS (0) 6

18

Senior Ambulance Officer

Superintendent (Ambulance)

Assistant Chief Ambulance Officer

DPS (0) 19

23

DPS (0) 24

29

DPS (0) 30 33

9.6 Assistant Inspector of Mines (11.10)

1 post

We asked that consideration be given to merging this one-post grade with the Survey Officer (Land) grade as the duties and entry requirements of the two grades appear similar. An examination of the duties and responsibilities of the grade has shown that although survey duties form part of the work performed by the Assistant Inspector of Mines, the other duties of the grade include inspection of quarries and mines, assisting in the examination of applicants for mine blasting certificates and investigation of accidents which are outside the scope of the normal duties of a Survey Officer (Land). The suggested merging is, therefore, inappropriate but the examination has shown that the duties of the Assistant Inspector of Mines (MPS 16 - 29) could be undertaken by staff of the Explosives Officer grade at the Explosives Officer II (MPS 17 - 24) level and we recommend that the one-post grade be replaced by a post in the Explosives Officer II rank.

9.7 Census and Survey Officer (12.24)

177 posts

This was one of a number of grades involved in the collection and analysis of statistical data which we undertook to examine to see to what extent, if any, the grades might be merged. We find that the duties of this