The following rules
shall govern the application and interpret the intent of job descriptions and
will be followed when job descriptions are revised or added:
1. The Determining Duties and Responsibilities
are those elements of the job which distinguish it from higher or lower-graded
work. Performance of Associated or
Incidental Duties and Responsibilities alone is not sufficient to determine a
classification. It is intended that such
associated or incidental duties shall not be distinguishing elements or
determinants of a level of difficulty but are stated either for descriptive
purposes or because they are integral and necessary parts of the job.
2. When an employee is temporarily assigned to
work falling in a higher labor grade than his/her regular job, he/she shall be
paid at the higher rate for each day or major fraction (more than one-half)
thereof that he/she remains so assigned.
This rule is not intended to permit regular assignment for less than a
major fraction of a day to a higher-graded job without payment for that job.
3. When paragraphs under Determining Duties and
Responsibilities are numbered 1, 2, 3, etc., each paragraph is considered an
alternative requirement.
4. An employee normally will perform some of the
work of higher-rated jobs and some of the work of lower-rated
jobs in the performance of his/her work assignment. The normal duties of any employee may
include:
a. Assistance to others, including demonstration
of work to be performed and explanation of work area procedures. This does not imply that the employee
providing the assistance is responsible for the quantity or quality of work of
the employee being assisted.
b. The use of proper hand and power tools and
special shop equipment required to facilitate the work assignment.
c. The submission of his/her completed work
assignment or any portion thereof to inspection.
d. The reporting of any job handicaps such as
errors in materials, assembly procedures, tools, etc., in accordance with shop
procedure outlined by supervisor.
5. Work assignments shall be in accordance with
established job descriptions. This shall
not restrict the right of the Company to alter work functions or to formulate
new job procedures and begin work thereon in accordance with Article 13 - Labor
Grades - Identification and Application Of.
The Company shall have the right to make work assignments and require
the employees to comply with such assignments.
This shall not prevent the employees and/or the
6. An employee is required to perform the work
operations and duties described in or appraised as being covered by his/her job
description with only a normal amount of guidance.
7. Webster's New International Dictionary, Third
Edition Unabridged, by G. & C. Merriam Company and the Glossary of Terms
and Phrases will be used to establish the meaning of words and phrases used in
the job description.