Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995) Notices Bargaining Council for the Building Industry North and West Boland Extension of Collective Agreement to non-parties 4. Definitions

 

Any term or expression used in this Agreement which is defined in the Labour Relations Act, No.66 of 1995, shall have the same meaning as in that Act and any reference to an Act shall include any amendment of such Act; further; unless the context otherwise indicates—

 

"Act"

means the Labour Relations Act, No. 66 of 1995;

 

"application"

means an application in writing on a form specified by the Council;

 

"apprentice"

means a person who is registered under a contract of apprenticeship in terms of the Manpower Training Act, 1981;

 

"approve" or "approval"

means written approval;

 

"Area A"

means the Langeberg local municipality - which includes: Robertson, McGregor, Montagu, Ashton, Bonnievale;

Breede Valley local municipality - which includes: Worcester, Rawsonville, De Dooms, Touws River,

Witzenberg local municipality - which includes: Tulbagh, Wolseley, Ceres, Prince Alfred Hamlet;

Swellendam local municipality - which includes: Swellendam, Buffelsjagsrivier, Suurbraak, Barrydale, Infanta, Malgas;

 

"Area B"

means the Saldanha Bay local municipality - which includes: Port-Owen, St Helena Bay, Stompneus Bay, Paternoster, Vredenburg, Saldanha Bay, Langebaan, Hopefield;

Magisterial District Moorreesburg

Bergrivier local municipality - which includes: Piketberg, Veldrif, Aurora, Porterville, Redelinghuys, Eendekuil, Dwarskersbos;

 

"Area C"

means Laingsburg local municipality - which includes: Laingsburg, Matjiesfontein;

Prince Albert local municipality - which includes: Prince Albert, Leeu-Gamka, Klaarstroom, Merweville;

Matzikama local municipality - which includes: Goring Bay, Strandfontein, Ebenhaeser, Lutzville, Koekeneap, Vredendal, Vanrhynsdorp, Klawer, Trawal, Papendorp;

Cederberg local municipality - which includes: Clanwilliam, Graafwater, Lamberts Bay, Elands Bay, Citrusdal, Wuppertal:

 

"Area D"

means Cape Agulhas local municipality - which includes: Napier, Agulhas, Struis Bay, Protem, Klipdale, Arniston/Waenhuiskrans, Bredasdorp, Elim;

Theewaterskloof local municipality - which includes: Genadendal, Greyton, Grabouw, Villierdorp, Botrivier, Riversonderend and Caledon.

 

"Artisan (Painter, Carpet and Floor layer, Water proofer and Crane operator)"

means any person who is registered as such in terms of clause 7(4) of this Agreement and who is permitted to perform skilled work as defined.

 

"Artisan in all other trades"

means any person who is registered as such in terms of clause 7(4)(b) of this Agreement and who is permitted to perform skilled work as defined.

 

"block"

means a walling unit, the face dimensions of which exceed either 300 mm in length or 150 mm in height;

 

"blocklayer"

means any person over the age of 15 years who is registered with the Council in terms of clause 7(3)(iv)(ab) of this Agreement, who has been issued with the appropriate registration card by the Council, and who is engaged in the laying of blocks as defined in this Agreement, on any type of construction, or the laying of paving slabs, precast concrete channels and kerbs, but who shall not be permitted to lay bricks of any size or type, except where these are required for bonding purposes;

 

"builder's hoist"

means an appliance used in connection with building work for raising or lowering material by means of a platform, skip, cage or other receptacle on a fixed guide or guides;

 

"Building Industry"

means, without in any way limiting the ordinary meaning of the expression, the industry in which employers and their employees are associated for the purpose of erecting, completing, renovating, repairing, maintaining or altering buildings and structures and/or making articles for use in the erection, completion or alteration of buildings and structures, whether the work is performed, the material is prepared or the necessary articles are made on the site of the buildings or structures or elsewhere (provided that such manufacturing activities shall be limited to the specific manufacturing activities that are mentioned in the following trades or subdivisions thereof and shall further be limited to the carrying out of such activities by an employer who is associated with his employees for the purpose of erecting, completing, renovating, repairing, maintaining or altering buildings or structures, for use by him in the conducting of the aforesaid activities), and includes all work executed or carried out by persons therein who are engaged in the following activities or subdivisions thereof, including excavations and the preparation of sites for buildings as well as the demolition of buildings, unless such demolition was not carried out for the purpose of preparing the sites for building operations:

bricklaying, which includes concreting and the fixing of concrete blocks, slabs or plates and glass bricks, the tiling of walls and floors, pointing, paving, mosaic work, facing work in slate, in marble and in composition, drain laying, slating and roof tiling, bituminous work, asphalting and sheeting, and the erecting of prefabricated structures or garden walls and/or boundary walls with posts, slabs or any other materials;

concrete paving, which includes the laying of concrete on the ground between buildings, as well as concrete paths which are laid on the same site as a building, whether such paving forms an integral part of the structure or not;

french polishing, which includes polishing with a brush or pad and spraying with any composition;

joinery, which includes the manufacture of all articles of joinery, whether or not the fixing of the article in the building or structure is done by the person making or preparing the article used;

masonry, which includes stone cutting and building, also the cutting and building of ornamental stone work, concreting and the fixing or building of precast and/or artificial stone or marble paving, mosaic work, pointing, wall and floor tiling, operating stoneworking machinery, other than stone polishing machinery, and the sharpening of mason's tools, whether or not the fixing in the building or structure is done by the person making or preparing the article used;

metalwork, which includes the manufacture to specification for installation in specified buildings and the manufacture of stocks, the fixing of steel ceilings, metal windows, metal doors, builder's smithwork, metal frames, metal stairs and architectural metalwork, and the manufacture and/or fixing of drawn metalwork and sheet and extruded metal, whether or not the fixing in the building or structure is done by the person making or preparing the article used;

painting, which includes the process of signwriting and wall decorating, enamelling, graining, marbling, staining, varnishing, glazing, gliding, lining, stencilling, paper-hanging, spraying, wax-polishing, distempering, lime and colour washing and woodwork preservation, and which also

includes paint removal, scraping, the washing and cleaning of painted or distempered walls and the washing and cleaning of woodwork when such removal, scraping, washing and cleaning are preparatory to any of the said processes;

plastering, which includes modelling, granolithic and composition flooring, composition wall covering and polishing, precast or artificial stonework, wall and floor tiling and paving and mosaic work, including the application of asphaltic or bituminous mastics for the purpose of waterproofing on horizontal or vertical surfaces, whether or not the fixing in the building or structure is done by the person making or preparing the article used;

plumbing, which includes lead burning, gas fitting, sanitary and domestic engineering, drainlaying, caulking, ventilating, heating, hot and cold water fitting, fire-prevention equipment installation and the manufacture and fitting of all sheetmetal work, whether or not the fixing in the building or structure is done by the person making or preparing the article used;

shop, office and bank fitting, which includes manufacture to specification for installation in specified buildings and manufacture of stocks and/or fixing shop fronts, window enclosures, showcases, counters, screens and interior fittings and fixtures;

steel construction, which includes the fixing of all classes of steel or other metal columns, girders, steel joists, or metal in any other form that forms part of a building or structure;

The Building Industry North & West Boland shall exclude activities covered by the Metal and Engineering Industries Bargaining Council as defined in their registered scope of 12 November 1997,

woodworking, which includes carpentry, woodworking, the manufacture of fixtures to specification for installation in specified buildings and the manufacture of stocks, machining, turning, carving, the fixing of corrugated iron, asbestos tile shingling and other roof coverings, sound and acoustic material, cork and asbestos insulation, wood lathing, composition ceilings and wall covering, the plugging of walls, the covering of woodwork with metal, block and other flooring,

including wood, cork, and rubber, and the sandpapering thereof, cork carpeting and any class or kind of linoleum when fixed in any building or structure, and the application of asphaltic saturated felt or fabrics to floors and/or walls and/or roofs, whether or not the fixing in the building or structure is done by the person making or preparing the article used;

 

"building worker Category 4",

means an employee who has duly approved and registered with the Council in terms of clause 7(3)(i) and issued with the appropriate registration card, and who may perform only those facets of skilled work for which he is registered as indicated on the registration card issued to him, and includes operators of floor sanding machines and operators of stone and terrazzo polishers;

 

"building worker Category 3",

means an employee who has been duly approved and registered with the Council in terms of clause 7(3)(H) and issued with the appropriate registration card, and who may perform only those facets of skilled work for which he is registered as indicated on the registration card issued to him, and includes joinery assemblers and joinery machine operators;

 

"building worker Category 2",

means an employee who has been duly approved and registered with the Council in terms of clause 7(3)(iii) and issued with the appropriate registration card, and who may perform only those facets of skilled work for which he is registered as indicated on the registration card issued to him, and includes blocklayers, glaziers, fork lift drivers and front - end loader operators;

 

"building worker Category 1",

means an employee who has been duly approved and registered with the Council in terms of clause 7(3)(iv) and issued with the appropriate registration card, and who may perform only those facets of skilled work for which he is registered as indicated on the registration card issued to him, and includes artisans, carpet and floorlayers, artisan waterproofers, ceiling and partition erectors and crane operators;

 

"carpet layer",

means an employee who is registered as such with the Council and who is engaged in one or more of the following activities: the laying and/or fixing and/or stretching of all types of carpeting and carpet wall covering, including the supervision of employees engaged in carpet fitting and the fitting of carpet wall coverings and general workers;

 

"ceiling and/or partition erector",

means an employee who is registered as such with the Council and who is engaged in one or more of the following activities: Setting out, levelling and plumbing, cutting and fitting all metal components, cutting and fitting all ceiling boards and partition panels, fitting doors and locks, cutting and fitting glass, including the supervision of ceiling and partition workers and general workers;

 

"cleaner",

means an employee engaged on any one more of the following activities: Cleaning and for washing premises, doors, windows, equipment, tools, machinery, furniture, vehicles, tanks, containers or other articles, including polishing floors, furniture or vehicles, brushing carpets, removing excess waste materials and other cleaning activities incidental to the aforegoing;

 

"Council",

means the Building Bargaining Council North and West Boland, registered in terms of section 29 of the Act,

 

"driver ",

means an employee who is engaged in driving a motor vehicle, and for the purposes of this definition "driving a motor vehicle" includes all periods of driving and any time spent by the driver on work connected with the vehicle or the load and all periods during which he is obliged to remain on duty in readiness to drive;

 

"employer ",

means any person whatsoever, including a person acting as a labour broker or temporary employment service, who employs or provides work for any person and remunerates or expressly or tacitly undertakes to remunerate him or who permits any person whatsoever in any manner to assist him in the carrying on or conducting of his business, and "employ" and "employment" have corresponding meanings;

 

"floor layer ",

means an employee who is registered as such with the Council and who is engaged in one or more of the following activities: Laying and fixing floors of wood, mosaic, composition rubber or any other similar material, but excluding carpeting, fixing all types of floor and wall coverings in tile or sheet form, including resilient flooring, linoleum, inlaid linoleum, malthoid, asphalt tiles or asphalt-based materials, cork, rubber, vinyl and plastic compositions (but excluding carpeting), the supervision of employment engaged in floor laying or the fixing of floor and wall coverings;

 

"Former Agreement",

means the Agreement published under Government Notice No. R. 1011 of 26 October 2007, as amended, extended or reenacted;

 

"A Foreman"

shall be an eligible employee if his duties include the following: if he performs the work of an artisan, and is partly employed in a supervisory capacity, maintains discipline and if he is held responsible for the efficiency and production on site.

A Foreman however will not be an eligible employee if his duties are as follow: Always supervising his co-workers on multiple sites, maintaining discipline and if he is held responsible for efficiency and production on site.

If the employer provides an equal or better benefit for pension, sick and holiday fund to his foreman, it will not be necessary to purchase the Council's benefit. Benefits must be given to an eligible employee.

Only one foreman is allowed per building site. A subcontractor can however appoint one foreman for every ten employees on his building site.

 

"general worker (beginner)"

means an employee who is been registered for the first time, who shall be promoted to a Labourer after one year and shall perform the same duties as a general worker.

 

"Labourer"

means an employee who has been registered for a year, who shall be promoted to a general worker after a year, who shall perform the same duties as a general worker.

 

"Prefabricated Concrete wall Labourer"

means an employee, who shall perform the same duties as a general worker with the erecting of prefabricated concrete wall.

 

"general worker"

means an employee who is engaged in any one or more of the following operations:

Attending to the fire and cleaning up;

cutting damp course and placing in position;

mixing asphalt macadam; dumping and placing material at laying site; rolling with hand rollers;

mixing mastic asphalt in pots and rubbing up laid mastic until cold;

applying key coat preparatory to application of finishing coat of mastic asphalt on all vertical and inclined surfaces;

bitumastic treatment to all surfaces.

Cutting toothings and indents for bonding brickwork;

filling in joints between joint of brick and concrete beam;

grouting joints in bricks and tile floors and cleaning off;

laying blocks in the construction of concrete floors and concrete roofs;

laying blocks not bedded in mortar or mastics;

laying loose tiles on surfaces without bedding;

placing into position uprights, slabs and similar walling components, where no plumbing is required;

grouting in joints in walling and paving;

operating a carborundum or tungsten saw or similar equipment;

applying any liquid reviver to brickwork, slash) or similar equipment;

applying tar or similar products to all surfaces;

cutting brick or similar material;

cutting damp course and placing into position;

jointing and pointing brickwork;

priming surfaces with bitumastic or waterproofing solutions;

washing down bricks;

Assisting carpet layers and carpet fitters in all carpet laying operations;

mixing, applying and spreading adhesives preparatory to the fitting of all types of carpeting;

straightcutting;

using rollers or other appliances for the purpose of bedding down carpeting after setting, laying or fitting;

Assembling and handling metal components;

drilling holes;

erection of scaffolding;

fitting all forms of hold-down clips to ceiling panels;

fixing steel spring clips to aluminium covering strips;

fixing supports to ceiling panels;

glueing and applying vinyl sheeting to partition panels;

laying fibreglass;

placing veneered or plain or vyanide/vynalast-cladded panels of chipboard, gypsum or asbestos-cement manufacture in position and pressing the holding cover strips in position;

using pop rivetters and specialised ceiling and/or partition tools;

Floating concrete;

laying, levelling and screeding concrete and operating a concrete vibrator, under supervision;

mixing concrete by hand;

operating a concrete or mortar mixer or any similar machine;

shovelling materials into or removing them from mortar or concrete mixing machine;

sieving sand and mixing mortar or concrete by hand with shovels;

Assisting flooring artisans and floor layers in all floor-laying operations;

mixing, applying and spreading adhesives preparatory to the setting out of floor blocks, tiles, sheeting and similar materials;

straightcutting;

using rollers or other appliances for the purpose of bedding down flooring materials after setting or laying;

All work preparatory to the application of Kenitex or similar materials;

applying solution to cement tiles on roofs, using a block brush;

assisting skilled employees in grain filling preparatory to polishing wood surfaces with fabric;

cleaning down teak or other hard woods by using solvent steel wools;

cleaning glass after glazing;

cleaning completed frames in preparation for puttying;

kneading putty to correct consistency;

painting joints and backs of stone with waterproofing compound;

painting or spraying asphaltic and/or other composition sheeting and roofs with bituminous-based aluminium paint;

preparing roofs, including scraping and wirebrushing, prior to painting;

preservative;

use of abrasives of all kinds by hand, including rubbing compounds on preparatory work in painting and spraying;

washing down new galvanized surfaces prior to painting and treating new galvanized surfaces with blow lamp, or paint solvent or oxidizing agents;

applying limewash and cement wash to MI surfaces;

applying decorative bitumastic to pipes;

applying chemical adhesive to corrugated iron roofs by means of a paint brush;

applying carbolineum;

applying paint to roofs;

applying anti-corrosive paints to structural steel work and tanking;

knotting or painting railheads on ceiling;

painting unpainted steel girders with a primer paint;

sanpapering between coats;

stopping or puttying woodwork, walls and ceilings;

applying black putty for glazing and cleaning off excess tags therefrom;

sandblasting, pickling or otherwise preparing structural surfaces prior to coasting or applying protective coatings to such surfaces by brush or spray;

Bending and/or body-forming metal by machine;

coupling steel windows and door frames, under supervision;

drilling or punching and tapping metal by power or hand machines;

fixing lugs to steel windows and door frames;

operating a power-driven grinding machine on metal;

filling by hand;

Bagging down walls and ceiling;

filling moulds with a facing mixture or concrete mixture, using a shovel;

rubbing the face with a piece of sacking;

laying and levelling concrete, operating a concrete vibrator, and assisting in screeding;

raking out brick joints and preparing surfaces for plastering;

setting up moulds, and stripping casings and castings;

stopping joints of moulds with plaster of Paris by hand or with the use of a piece tin, under supervision;

tamping the filling in moulds;

cement-washing all surfaces;

operating a rotating solid disc-type machine for screeding cement or granolithic floors when such machine is used preparatory to further finishing;

slushing surfaces preparatory to plastering;

Assisting skilled employees in placing steel props and fixing to bearers and adjusting to heights;

cutting roofing tiles with tile handrutting machine;

cutting scaffold poles and props;

erecting scaffolding under supervision;

fixing asphalt sheeting to sides of steel and wood frames;

fixing hoop iron, steel or wire stiffeners to strengthen shuttering;

hoisting shuttering and placing in position, but not fixing;

stripping shuttering;

tying roof tiles with wire;

wedging up wood props;

fixing terracotta and cement roofing tiles;

fixing decking plates;

dismantling and/or re-assembling, excluding lining up, preconstructed buildings or structures under supervision;

applying solution to cement tiles or roofs, using a block brush;

fixing cork and other insulating materials;

Application of sealer coats to joinery;

assisting skilled employees in the application of glue to tenons or wood surfaces prior to clamping or pressing;

glueing and/or fixing facings to panels or frames in factory/workshop;

operating automatic or manual presses;

placing and fixing in position egg-crating, fillets or acoustic material in recesses formed by frames, in factory/workshop;

cleaning mortices;

fixing steel spring clips to aluminium cover strips;

Binding or tying with wire steel reinforcing materials and cutting, bending, assembling, erecting and fixing such materials;

erecting steel formwork and columns, excluding lining up, plumbing and levelling;

hosting steel and laying in position;

sorting, selecting, assembling, elementary tying in securing restressing cables or reinforcement,

Cutting, screwing, bending and threading of piping and steel rods by hand under supervision, excluding copper;

caulking of joints in drains;

manually digging trenches, holes, etc;

Attending swing saws, assisting in setting stone and fixing saw blades for the purpose of the operation of swing saws and polishing machinery and/or working grindstone machinery;

grouting in joint and filling backs of stonework after fixing;

operating swing saws, stone polishing machinery and compressors for stonework;

painting joints and backs of stone with waterproofing compound;

working jack-hammers or using hammer and punch for splitting stone or drilling dowel holes;

operating a dunter, including a hand dunter, turning lathe, circular saws (in respect of monumental work), stone-polishing machinery, including hand polishing equipment, letter-cutting machines, swing-and4rame saws, under supervision;

sharpening tools;

Assisting skilled employees or higher-graded workers wherever necessary, but not performing such higher-graded work;

baling waste or scrap metal by hand or machine;

carrying mortar, bricks, stone, concrete or other materials;

cutting, drilling, chasing and plugging in brick and concrete;

breaking, chipping, compacting, loosening or ramming earth, concrete, rock, sand, soil, stone or other materials by means of a power-driven hand-held tool or device such as earth-hammer, paving breaker, rockdrill or scrabbler;

oiling and greasing machinery;

removing stains and cement on stone, artificial stone, slate, terracotta or similar surfaces with carborundum blocks or rubbing machines;

scrubbing down and cleaning, using steel wire brushes or scrubbing brushes;

cladding roofs with grass;

gauging sand, stone and cement;

cutting up scrap metal by hand;

repetitive cutting of rough materials on site with power tools;

cooking or otherwise preparing or serving meals;

delivering or collecting messages, letters, parcels or goods on foot or by means of a bicycle, tricycle or hand-propelled vehicle;

making, maintaining or drawing fires or removing ashes, refuse or waste;

making or serving tea or similar beverages;

cutting down, uprooting, removing or destroying trees or vegetation;

manually demolishing or breaking up buildings, walls or other structures;

manually hauling, pulling or pushing wheelbarrows, trolleys or other vehicles;

opening and closing valves or cocks, including control valves or cocks for pumps removing, emptying, cleaning or replacing sanitary pails or cleaning sewerage pipes or points;

performing any other work of an unskilled nature not elsewhere specified or apportioned to any other class or grade of employee, but excluding the activities included in the definition of "cleaner";

 

"glazier"

means an employee who is engaged in the final fitting and fixing of glass into frames, and who is registered with the Council as such and who has been issued with a registration card;

 

"guard"

means an employee who is engaged in patrolling premises and guarding property where building work is being performed;

 

"Industry"

means the Budding Industry;

 

"labour-only contract"

means a contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding in terms of which an employer undertakes to do the work for which he is to be paid only for the provision of his own labour and/or that of his employees, If any, and where such employer is not responsible for the payments to manufacturers or merchants who in the ordinary course of their business supply material to the Building Industry, for all the material to be used in the execution of such work;

 

"labour-only contractor"

means a contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding in terms of which an employer undertakes to do the work for which he is to be paid only for the provision of his own labour and/or that of his employees, if any, and where such employer is not responsible for the payment to manufacturers or merchants who in the ordinary course of their business supply material to the Building Industry, for all the material to be used in the execution of such work, and include the concept of any group of employees being shifted in an organized manner from one building site to another irrespective of whether or not they are working far an owner builder as defined;

 

"learner building worker Category 4, 3, 2 or 1"

means an employee who has been

duly approved and registered with the council in terms of clause 7(2) and issued with the appropriate registration card and who may perform skilled work for an employer who has entered into an employment agreement with the Council in terms of clause 7(2), in any of the skilled trades designated in terms of the Manpower Training Act, 1981, and in the trades of blocklayer, carpet layer, ceiling and/or partition erector, floor layer, glazier, roofer and waterproofer;

 

"member"

for the purposes of the Benefit Funds, means any person who contributes to Benefit Funds controlled by the Council, in order to obtain a benefit under the rules for himself or for his dependants in accordance with the rules, who has submitted the duly completed application for membership to the Council and who has been accepted as a member of the Fund;

 

"overtime"

means all time worked outside or in excess of the ordinary hours of work specified in clause 9(1);

 

"piece-work"

means any system of work under which the minimum wage to which an employee is entitled is calculated solely on the quantity or output of work done irrespective of the time spent on such work;

 

"probationary learner building worker"

means a person other than a minor who is registered with the Council as a probationary learner building worker in terms of clause 7(2) and who has been issued with the appropriate registration card by the Council, valid for a maximum of 28 consecutive working days, and who is engaged in the service of an employer who has entered into an employment agreement with the Council in terms of clause 7(2);

 

"roofer"

means an employee who is an artisan who is responsible for the setting out of a roof from drawings or otherwise, who determines the positions of battens, slates, tiles, sheets and other roofing material, including shingles, thatch, etc., who may fix flashings, gutters and downpipes to roofs, who is in charge of and supervisors the work of others engaged in roof construction and who is paid wages not less than that prescribed in clause 10(1)(h)(1);

 

"rules"

means the rules determined by the Council from time to time in terms of this Agreement in respect of the administration of the Benefit Funds operated by the Council in terms of this Agreement;

 

"Secretary"

means the Secretary of the Council and includes any official nominated by the Council to act for the Secretary;

 

"skilled work"

means work of a skilled nature which is normally and customarily performed by a person who has served a contract of apprenticeship or a period of training in terms of the Manpower Training Act, 1981, in any of the trades designated in terms of the Act, including the work of a carpet layer, ceiling and/or partition erector, floor layer, waterproofer or roofer as defined, and furthermore, without in any way limiting the ordinary meaning of the expression "skilled work", includes the following activities:

Asphalting: Supervision of all asphalting operations;

bricklaying: Marking and setting out from plans; laying of preconstructed stone blocks, grille blacks, face and other bricks, glass bricks, capping and sill tiles, all brickwork corners, plumbing angles; tuck pointing and installation of prefabricated brick panel walls on site;

metal working: Marking and setting out; setting up and supervising machines; hand welding and brazing; drilling and tapping by hand; final filing and/or assembly; fixing of builders" smith and founder work, metal frames and stairs, and architectural metal work;

painting: Applying paint, varnish, texture coating, resin-bonded coating and other similar material to all surfaces; paperhanging and signwriting;

plastering: Modelling and model-making; mould-making; preparing preliminary ruling screed's; rendering materials to surfaces; granolithic work; screeds to floors to receive finished covering such as blocks and vinyl floors tiles, sheeting, etc;

plumbing and drainlaying: Marking out, setting out; final fixing of assembled piping and fixtures; soldering and brazing on site; supervising laying of pipes to falls;

shopfitting: All operations under shop joining, plus assembling and fixing of shopfronts, shop, office and bank fittings;

shop joinery: Marking and setting out; manufacturing, assembling, planning, finishing and fixing finished woodwork;

steel work: Supervision of bending, placing and fixing in position of steel reinforcement and steel construction materials;

stone and monumental masonry: Drawing, designing and setting out of letters and enrichments; cuffing and carving of letters by hand and pneumatic hammer, final surfacing and finishing, excluding polishing, of stone or substitute material by hand to size; setting up machines; setting stone on mortar bed; marking out; fixing of pre-cast or artificial stone or marble;

structural carpentry: Marking out, setting out, fabricating, levelling, plumbing, cutting, adjusting, securing, lining up and fixing materials;

tiling: Setting and fixing of tiles, mosaics, or other similar materials;

waterproofing: Supervision of waterproofing workers and general workers engaged on waterproofing or damp-proofing operations;

wood machining: Setting up machines; supervising machines;

 

"structure"

includes walls, boundary, garden and retaining walls and monuments;

 

"task work"

means any system of work under which the minimum quantity or output of work to be done in a specified time is fixed as a condition for the payment of the wage specified in clause 10(1);

 

"wage"

means that portion of remuneration payable in money to an employee in terms of clause 10(1) in respect of the ordinary hours laid down in clause 9(1): Provided that if an employer regularly pays an employee in respect of such ordinary hours of work an amount higher than that prescribed in clause 10(1) it shall mean such higher amount;

 

"working day"

means any day other than Saturday, Sunday, any public holiday or the annual leave period as prescribed in clause 9(6) of this Agreement in respect of which the ordinary hours of work laid down in clause 9(1) apply;

 

"working employer" or "partner"

means any employer or any partner who is an employer and who himself performs any work included in the definition of "Building Industry";

 

"working week"

means the customary pay week of an establishment.