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Table 3-5 CODE OCCUPATION CODE OCCUPATION 7122 Bricklayer, chimney 7124 Carpenter, wharf 7122 Bricklayer, construction 7124 Carpenter-joiner 7122 Bricklayer, firebrick 7124 Carpenters and joiners 7122 Bricklayer, furnace lining 7124 Fitter, shop 7122 Bricklayer, ingot mould lining 7124 Joiner 7122 Bricklayer, kiln 7124 Joiner, aircraft 7122 Bricklayer, oven 7124 Joiner, bench 7122 Bricklayers and stonemasons 7124 Joiner, construction 7122 Builder, chimney 7124 Joiner, ship 7122 Firebrick layer 7124 Maker, mast and spar/wood 7122 Paviour 7124 Shipwright, wood 7122 Stonemason, construction 7124 Shopfitter 7122 Stonemason, facings 7122 Stonemason, paving 9312 Construction and maintenance labourers: roads, dams and similar construction 7122 Tuckpointer 9312 Labourer, construction 7123 Caster, concrete products 9312 Labourer, construction/ roads 7123 Concrete mixer 9312 Labourer, construction/dams 7123 Concrete placers,etc 9312 Labourer, digging/ditch 7123 Finisher, cement 9312 Labourer, digging/grave 7123 Finisher, concrete 9312 Labourer, digging/trench 7123 Iron worker, concrete reinforcement 9312 Labourer, maintenance 7123 Mixer, concrete 9312 Labourer, maintenance/ dams 7123 Placer, concrete 9312 Labourer, maintenance/ roads 7123 Shutterer, concrete moulding 9312 Labourer, tube well 7123 Terrazzo worker 9312 Labourer, water well 9312 Land clearer 7124 Boatbuilder, wood 9312 Navvy 7124 Builder, barge/wooden 9312 Shoveller 7124 Carpenter 9312 Trackman, railway 7124 Carpenter, bench 9312 Trackwoman, railway 7124 Carpenter, bridge 7124 Carpenter, construction 9313 Building construction labourers 7124 Carpenter, first fixing 9313 Handyman 7124 Carpenter, maintenance 9313 Handyman, building maintenance 7124 Carpenter, mine 9313 Handywoman 7124 Carpenter, second fixing 9313 Handywoman, building maintenance 7124 Carpenter, ship's 9313 Hod carrier 7124 Carpenter, stage 9313 Labourer, construction, buildings 7124 Carpenter, theatre 9313 Labourer, demolition 9313 Stacker, building construction Table 3-6 Average hourly pay - rands per hour worked, 1997 values Job code Description West Cape East Cape Northern Cape Free State KwaZulu NatNorth West Gauteng Mpumalanga Northern ProSouth Africa Daily wage 3 7122 Bricklayer Average 1 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.2 6.4 2.6 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.7 34.6 St. dev. 2 4.2 4.7 3.0 2.1 13.4 2.2 4.6 2.7 3.0 6.1 7123 Concrete worker Average 1 1.5 2.3 1.4 1.6 9.4 3.6 5.6 2.2 3.2 29.7 St. dev. 2 0.4 3.1 2.7 4.2 3.0 7124 Carpenter Average 1 6.7 5.1 4.0 7.3 6.0 6.0 8.1 8.3 3.7 6.1 56.7 St. dev. 2 8.8 3.3 3.7 7.3 6.0 5.5 10.9 8.2 2.9 7.0 9312 Construction labour Average 1 4.6 4.6 3.5 6.3 6.0 5.8 6.2 5.7 4.1 5.2 48.4 St. dev. 2 4.6 4.2 3.8 5.8 6.1 8.4 5.4 6.8 3.7 5.6 9313 Construction semi-skilled Average 1 2.7 2.8 1.9 3.7 4.0 8.7 10.3 4.9 5.0 3.7 34.3 St. dev. 2 3.7 2.5 1.7 1.4 3.0 11.8 8.1 2.8 3.5 4.5 Notes: 1. Average hourly wage rate during the past seven days 2.. Standard deviation 3. Daily wage based on 9.25 hour day for average wage paid across South Africa, 1997 values Source: Stats SA: October Household Survery 1997 13
3.23 There are four possible reasons for these results: • A small sample. The number of respondents for each category were: bricklayers – 214, concrete workers – 17, carpenters – 91, labour – 241, and semi-skilled labour – 86. • A wide scatter in the data. This is evidenced by the very high standard deviations that are probably caused by the small sample of skilled workers. • Wages in the civil engineering industry being higher than house construction such that civil engineering labour does earn more house construction bricklayers. • The falling real wage for whites and coloureds is presumed to have a disproportional impact on skilled labour, contributing to extra deviations in the sample The 1996 Census 3.24 The recent general availability of the 1996 census allowed for a more reliable estimate of average wages by occupation type. Because of the very large sample – 40 million in theory but 13 million in the ‘labour’ portion of the community profile – we expect to capture a more accurate measure of salaries by occupation. 3.25 For the purposes of this investigation, the occupation categories of relevance are the five shown in Table 3.9 below – professionals, technicians and associated professionals, craft and related workers, plant and machine operators and assemblers, and elementary occupations. Of these categories ‘craft and related workers’ is made up of categories 7122 (bricklayers), 7123 (concrete workers) and 7124 (carpenters) while ‘elementary occupations’ consists of 9312 (construction labour) and 9312 (semi-skilled labour). The term ‘elementary occupations’ is used in the population census and is not a creation of this writer. National Estimates 3.26 In Table 3.9 we show the full country results of an examination of the occupational structure of the construction industry and average salaries. The first column of the table indicates the number of workers by occupation in the census sample. In theory this sample should represent the occupation profile of the industry. Some concern is expressed at the large number of ‘craft and related workers’ relative to ‘elementary occupations’. The first impression is that this is counter intuitive – construction labourers may have responded to the census questionnaire that they are, for example, bricklayers. This kind of response is a common problem with questionnaires. On the other hand Statistics SA has worked hard to avoid these kind of problems and it may be that the civil engineering part of the construction industry causes these results but that the results are correct in themselves. 3.27 Therefore treating the results with due caution, we are able to report that in 1996 the construction industry was made up of 486,000 workers. Of this 3% are professionals, 4% are technicians, 73% are craft workers, 4% are machine operators and 17% are in elementary occupations. 14
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Page 8: List of Abbreviations CBPWP GDP ILO
Page 12 and 13: Structure of the Report This report
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Page 31 and 32: Figure 3-8 Number of persons by inc
Page 33 and 34: 3.35 Estimates of average provincia
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Page 39 and 40: Summary 3.50 The construction indus
Page 41 and 42: A profile of income and expenditure
Page 43 and 44: Figure 4-1 Percentage of expenditur
Page 45 and 46: Table 4-3 Expenditure increases for
Page 47 and 48: Table 4-5 Expenditure increases for
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Page 53 and 54: Figure 5-1 Schematics of the Mechan
Page 55 and 56: slightly higher additional income a
Page 57 and 58: Table 5-9 Indirect job creation Num
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Page 69 and 70: Table 7-5 Capital cost amortisation
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References Bulmer-Thomas, V. (1982)
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practical feasibility alone, labour
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