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collective agreement

        
        
        
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Wages (Central Region)

"Certificates" shall mean a CGSB Certificate in any of the following:

Aircraft Structures
Magnetic Particle (Tech II – M.P.)
Liquid Penetrant (Tech II – L.P.)
CWB Certification (Tech II)
Other Level I or Level II

 
Hourly Rates Effective
May 1/06 May 1/07 May 1/08
 
Level II Technician
(Technician II - Radiography, Ultrasonics or Eddy Current)
 - with 3 certificates $33.81 $34.95 $36.15
 - less than 3 certificates   31.88   32.94   34.06
 
Level I Technician
(Technician I - Radiography, Ultrasonics or Eddy Current)
 - with 2 certificates   27.62   28.52   29.46
 - less than 2 certificates   25.95   26.78   27.66
 - Level II Magnetic Particle and Penetrant (both)   25.95   26.78   27.66
 
Trainee
 - with 1 certificate or AECB Operator/CEDO   22.01   22.68   23.39
 - no certificates   16.82   17.28   17.78
 
For QCCC Members only:
 CWB Level III   31.48   32.53   33.64
 CWB Level II   25.95   26.78   27.66
 CWB Level I   22.01   22.68   23.39

 

No member shall have a reduction in rate as a result of the implementation of these rates.

Unchargeable Time Rate
– eighty percent (80%) of the rate to which the employee would otherwise be entitled except that the unchargeable rate for Trainee with no certificates shall be the regular rate. 

In no event shall a Trainee (Certified Exposure Device Operator) be permitted to perform radiography without supervision of either a Technician I or II who is employed by the contractor, at the work location unless he is being paid at the Level I rate while doing the work. 

Persons performing probing on Eddy Current work shall be classified as Trainees and are within the scope of this Agreement. 

"Crawler Technician" is defined as a person who is operating and performing full maintenance on a crawler.


Premium for Record Keeping

On each project where an employee is assigned the responsibility of directing a crew of six (6) employees or more and keeping records of their hours of work he shall be paid a premium of two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) per hour over his regular rate subject to the following:

(a) Supervisors are to be appointed by management.

(b) No minimum or maximum numbers of technicians are required on a job site to necessitate the appointment.

(c) "Level II technicians" are responsible for technical performance on a project in the same manner as previously without being appointed as supervisors. The responsibility to interpret film for other technicians on a site does not necessarily mean that a supervisor's rate applies.


Isolation Pay

Hourly rates of wages for employees covered by this Agreement when employed north of 60 degrees latitude shall be One Dollar and Fifty Cents ($1.50) per hour higher than those provided in Article X.


Working outside of Canada

For jobs outside of Canada, the Employer shall provide, to the employee, all terms and conditions of employment. The written agreement shall be signed by both the Employer and the employee. A copy of the agreement shall be provided to the employee. A copy of the agreement shall be provided, upon request, to the QCCC Representative. Any breech, of that written agreement, shall be subject to Article 18 – Grievance Procedure and Arbitration.


Working in Radiation Area

On work contracted from an employer whose employees receive the following premiums, employees working in a radiation area and in plastic suits or replacement material of the fully enveloping type with an independent air supply, will receive the following: Effective May 1, 2006: $ 15.00 per day plus any increase negotiated by the other employer. A day for the purpose of this article shall be defined as any period up to twelve (12) hours.
 
  

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