Maintenance Classifications - Entry & Training Clause Samples

Maintenance Classifications - Entry & Training. A - Entry into the Maintenance job classifications will be either by assignment, provided the employee is agreeable to such assignment, or by hiring from outside. The following criteria, among others, may be used in the selection of Maintenance personnel. 1. Results from a Company-designated test battery to measure maintenance aptitude, interest and other skills and characteristics. 2. Physically able to perform all types of plant maintenance work. 3. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and able to perform high work. 4. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and able to continually work overtime and emergency call-in or call-back work subject to applicable law. 5. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and able to take formal trade school courses as selected by management and to take such courses on a continuing basis during the training period. 6. Must have shown good job proficiency, had a good attendance record and have been a productive employee in previous jobs performed in the plant. B - Employees in Maintenance Training Grade B must advance through the training grades into the Skilled Trade A classification or be disqualified. Time spent in each training grade will be approximately as follows: Training Grade B -- 18 Months An employee with obvious maintenance skills may be advanced at a faster rate. Advancement through the training grades will be based on management's judgment of the employee's maintenance skills and job performance. An employee who is not progressing satisfactory to the Skilled Trade A classification may be kept in any grade for longer than the above-listed time, or he may be disqualified. An employee who is disqualified within 12 months of entering his training will, if possible, return to his previous job classification. An employee disqualified after 12 months in training will be transferred to the Sweeper job classification provided his plant seniority is sufficient.