The following minimum wages shall be paid by an employer to each of the employees of the classes specified in the following wage schedules. No employee shall accept a wage lower than that specified for his/her class in such area.

The minimum weekly rates prescribed for operatives Grades 4 & 5 hereunder shall be increased by R5.57 per week from the date of implementation as determined by the Minister of Employment and Labour to 31 August 2025, if the employee at any time in the course of his duties sets and adjusts the machine(s) he operates.

The minimum weekly wage prescribed for an operative supervisor in the Schedule hereunder shall be increased by R11.13 per week from the date of implementation as determined by the Minister of Employment and Labour to 31 August 2025, if the employee at any time in the course of his duties checks the work of operative classes of workers and uses measuring instruments in the process.

'Experience', for the purposes of this clause, means the total period or periods of employment which an employee has had either with his present or any other employer in the particular occupation in which he is employed.

Apprenticeship and learnership minimum wages for the period from the date of implementation as determined by the Minister of Employment and Labour to 31 August 2023—

NOTE: Guaranteed wage increases: An employer shall pay his employees who are earning above the prescribed minimum wages at the time of publication of this Agreement, the guaranteed wage increases as set out in Division D of this Agreement.

Apprenticeship and learnership minimum wages from 01 September 2023 to 31 August 2024—

NOTE: Guaranteed wage increases: An employer shall pay his employees who are earning above the prescribed minimum wages at the time of publication of this Agreement, the guaranteed wage increases as set out in Division D of this Agreement.]

Apprenticeship and learnership minimum wages from 01 September 2024 to 31 August 2025—

NOTE: Guaranteed wage increases:A n employer shall pay his employees who are earning above the prescribed minimum wages at the time of publication of this Agreement, the guaranteed wage increases as set out in Division D of this Agreement.]