Common use of CHARACTER OF WORK Clause in Contracts

CHARACTER OF WORK. The work of all Marine Engineer Officers shall be under the direction of the Chief Engineer Officer. Except in an emergency, Marine Engineer Officers will be required to do only the work and perform only the duties normally expected of their rank, and shall not be required to perform any duties usually assigned to unlicensed crew members. It is agreed that Marine Engineer Officers will not be required to do nonoperational clerical or computer related duties during any portion of their watch when there is no other Engineer Officer in the engine room, except when the vessel is at anchor or not underway and circumstances affecting the safety of the ship will allow. Operational clerical and computer duties are those which are required by the Company as normal engineering They include, but are not limited to: Planned Maintenance Management, Inventory Management, Equipment Status Record Keeping and Work Hour Record Keeping. Marine Engineer Officers will not be requested or ordered to carry out painting, chipping, scraping, or any other form of cleaning. It is recognized that some Engineers may have special competency and skills beyond their normal qualifications, in particular relating to welding, burning or operation of a lathe, and, when a is called upon to do work of this nature, he will be paid at the rate of one (1) time the basic hourly rate in addition to the appropriate hourly rate at the time the work is performed. It is agreed, however, that use of a welding torch or lathe for simple operations not requiring special skill shall not be subject to this special payment. For greater clarity, the use of a welding torch for heating or the use of a lathe for operations not involving machining, cutting or boring shall not be considered to be work entitling employees to this special payment. To qualify for premium payment, the work in question must have prior approval of the Chief Engineer, When an Engineer Officer on regular watch is requested to perform work outside the engine room, he shall, while the work outside, be relieved by an Engineer Officer off duty, except when a ship is in port. In this case the Officer on watch can work outside of the engine room without a second Engineer being called out.

CHARACTER OF WORK. The work of all Marine Engineer Officers shall be under the direction of the Chief Engineer Officerofficer. Except in an emergency, Marine Engineer Officers will be required to do only the work and perform only the duties normally expected of their rank, and shall not be required to perform any duties usually assigned to unlicensed crew members. It is agreed that Marine Engineer Officers will not be required to do nonoperational non operational clerical or computer related duties during any portion of their normal watch when there is no other Engineer Officer in the engine room, except when the vessel is at anchor or not underway and circumstances affecting the safety of the ship will allow. Operational clerical and computer duties are those which are required by the Company as normal engineering functions. They include, but are not limited to: Planned Maintenance Management, Inventory Management, Equipment Status Record Keeping and Work Hour Record Keeping. Marine Engineer Officers will not be requested or ordered to carry out painting, chipping, scraping, or any other form of cleaning. It is recognized that some Engineers may have special competency and skills beyond their normal qualifications, in particular relating to welding, burning burning, or operation of a lathe, and, when a man is called upon to do work of this nature, he will be paid at the rate of one time (1) time the It)he basic hourly rate in addition to the appropriate hourly rate at the time the work is performed. It is agreed, however, that use of a welding torch or lathe for simple operations not requiring special skill shall not be subject to this special payment. For greater clarity, the use of a welding torch for heating or the use of a lathe for operations not involving machining, cutting or boring shall not be considered to be work entitling employees to this special payment. To qualify for premium payment, the work in question must have prior approval of the Chief Engineer, . When an a Marine Engineer Officer on regular watch is requested to perform work outside the engine room, he shall, while performing the work outside, be relieved by an a Marine Engineer Officer off duty, except when a ship is in portPort. In this case the Marine Engineer Officer on watch can work outside of the engine room without a second Marine Engineer Officer being called outout with the approval of the Chief Engineer.

CHARACTER OF WORK. The work of all Marine Engineer Officers shall be under the direction direc- tion of the Chief Engineer Officerofficer. Except in an emergency, Marine Engineer Officers will be required to do only the work and perform only the duties normally nor- mally expected of their rank, and shall not be required to perform per- form any duties usually assigned to unlicensed crew membersmem- bers. It is agreed that Marine Engineer Officers will not be required to do nonoperational non operational clerical or computer related duties during any portion of their normal watch when there is no other Engineer Officer in the engine room, except when the vessel is at anchor or not underway and circumstances affecting the safety of the ship will allow. Operational clerical and computer duties are those which are required by the Company as normal engineering functions. They include, but are not limited to: Planned Maintenance Management, Inventory Management, Equipment Status Record Keeping and Work Hour Record Keeping. Marine Engineer Officers will not be requested or ordered to carry out painting, chipping, scraping, or any other form of cleaning. It is recognized that some Engineers may have special competency competen- cy and skills beyond their normal qualifications, in particular relating relat- ing to welding, burning or operation of a lathe, and, when a man is called upon to do work of this nature, he will be paid at the rate of one (1) time the basic hourly rate in addition to the appropriate hourly rate at the time the work is performed. It is agreed, howeverhowev- er, that use of a welding torch or lathe for simple operations not requiring special skill shall not be subject to this special payment. For greater clarity, the use of a welding torch for heating or the use of a lathe for operations not involving machining, cutting or boring shall not be considered to be work entitling employees to this special payment. To qualify for premium payment, the work in question must have prior approval of the Chief Engineer, . When an Engineer Officer on regular watch is requested to perform per- form work outside the engine room, he shall, while performing the work outside, be relieved by an Engineer Officer off duty, except when a ship is in portPort. In this case the Officer on watch can work outside of the engine room without a second Engineer being called out. When Engineer Officers are recalled after being laid off from any particular vessel, except during periods of winter work or dry- docking, all Engineer Officers employed on that vessel shall be recalled within a reasonable time of each other but in no event more than ten days after the first Engineer Officer reports for work. The Chief Engineer and the Electrician will not usually perform any of the work normally performed by the Engineers. However, the Chief Engineer may supervise such work.