OPERATIVE GRADING. 3.1 Building engineering services Operatives covered by this Agreement shall be graded Level A, B, C, D or E in accordance with the grade definitions given below.
3.2 Overall, the core purpose of the grading structure in this Agreement is to provide high levels of competence and achieve the efficiencies that are possible through the deployment of a modern integrated building engineering services team.
3.3 A key development as far as the grading structure of this Agreement is concerned is the introduction at the top of the grading structure of a cross-services Building Engineering Services Supervisor, who will be able competently to undertake the supervision of a group of the direct and non-direct workforce and who has an understanding of each of the building engineering services trades. To ensure that this grade holder is utilised productively and efficiently, employers will ensure Supervisors have appropriate levels of experience and receive appropriate levels of managerial guidance and the necessary training.
3.4 Once existing employees have been assimilated into the grade structure of this Agreement on the basis of the arrangements at paragraph 3.15, Employers shall assume responsibility for the grading of the Operatives they employ, taking account of the broad grading definitions given below. The grade structure described below sets out a clear progression path that will enable suitably qualified Operatives to progress through the grades of the Agreement, subject to possessing the relevant competences and the Employer’s workload requirements. To this end, Operatives will be encouraged through the performance review procedures operated by their Employer (see paragraph 2.20 above) to undertake self-development and undergo paid training as appropriate.
3.5 Any disagreement between an Operative and his Employer as to the appropriate grading of an individual Operative may be referred, in the first instance, to the Employer’s in-house individual grievance procedure and, if it cannot be resolved through that process, the matter may be referred to a Grading Sub-Committee of the Joint Building Engineering Services Forum. 3.6 A Building Engineering Services Supervisor: • Must have had at least three years’ experience of working as an Advanced Craftsman (Grade B), have completed the SSSTS course (or equivalent) and be capable of taking a higher level of responsibility than that required of an Advanced Craftsman (Grade B) for: - day-to-day supervision and control ...
