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APPENDIX F - PAY DIFFERENTIALS
Section 1. Payment of Intermittent Equipment Operations Differential. Employees earning
less than the top rate of pay for Heavy Equipment Operator (full-time) and certified by the
Appointing Authority to operate the equipment shall receive the differential pay for a full one-half
(1/2) shift when they perform the work duties or operate the equipment for at least one (1) hour
during that one-half (1/2) shift.
Payment of the intermittent equipment operation differentials shall not apply to any loading
equipment when a truck operator, on an occasional basis, loads his/her own truck with ice control
material from a stockpile during ice control operations.
When new equipment is put into use, the differential rate for the new equipment shall be
established by the Employer based on comparability to equipment currently in Equipment Pay
Classifications I through IV.
Section 2. Intermittent Equipment Operations Differentials.
A. Equipment Pay Classification 1 ($0.55 per hour).
Compactor
Tandem trucks (in excess of 40,000 GVWR)
B. Equipment Pay Classification 2 ($0.95 per hour).
Fork-lifts (over 15 tons)
Four wheel drive loader (non-front wheel assist)
Hydro-hammer
Muskeg brush cutter
Posi-Track (with loader, brush cutter or dozer blade)
Power actuated auger (over 6 inches)
Power or motor grader (less than 70 hp)
Self-propelled rollers (3.5 to 7 tons operating weight)
Skidder
Slope mower (boom operated)
Steam boiler (requires second class "B" Steam engineers license)
Ten ton all wheel drive truck
Tracked Firefighting Equipment (greater than 7000 lbs. GVWR)
Track-type tractor (with power takeoff of 30 to 50 horsepower)
Tree mover (44" or greater)
Vacuum Truck Helper
C. Equipment Pay Classification 3 ($1.25 per hour).
Backhoe 30 horsepower or greater
Diesel locomotive
Distributor (1,000 gallon capacity or greater used in applying oils, asphalts, tars)
Drill rig, heavy duty
Electric Passenger Trolley (16 ton)
Full Circle Excavator
Gyro-Trac
Motor Grader (70 H.P. or greater-routine operations)
Pickup-type road sweeper (includes unimog sweeper)
Self-propelled rollers (7 tons and over)
Semi-Tractor Trailer Combination (in excess of 40,000 GVWR)
Snow Blower, Two Stage (Sno Go)
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