Appendix 3/Attachment C
Manning Scale of Laboratory Technicians
1. The manning scale of Laboratory Technicians is based on the number of practical periods in the whole school in accordance with the number of operating classes and the type of syllabuses adopted and calculated as follows : -
No. of Lab. Technicians =
( No. of practical periods per week for the whole school ) / 54
* For schools operating 6-day or 7-day cycles, the number of practical periods per cycle needs to be converted into number per week by multiplying it with 5/X, where X represents the number of days per cycle.
2. The following rules will also apply in the above manning scale : -
(a) any fraction of a post of Laboratory Technician of half or above will be considered as one post;
(b) for a developing school where less than two Laboratory Technician posts are justified, any fraction derived will be considered as one post;
(c) the maximum number of Laboratory Technicians should not, in any case, be greater than the number of laboratories in the school.
3. In the calculation of the number of practical periods per week, the following standard numbers of practical periods for different types of syllabuses in each class are to be used : -
|
Level Subject |
S1 |
S2 |
S3 |
S4 |
S5 |
S6 ASL |
S6 AL |
S7 ASL |
S7 AL |
|
Integrated Science |
4 |
4 |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
General Science |
2 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Human Biology |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Biology |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
3 |
6 |
|
Chemistry |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
3 |
6 |
|
Physics |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
3 |
6 |
Where schools are assigning less than the standard numbers of practical periods per week to any class, the actual number should be used in working out the entitlement.
4.
(a) One of the Laboratory Technician posts provided will be ranked at Laboratory Technician I in a school where there are four or more laboratories and three or more Laboratory Technicians; and
(b) One Laboratory Technician I post will be provided at the initial stage for a developing school planned to have four or more laboratories and three or more Laboratory Technicians by the third year of its operation.
5. Where a school is operating Secondary 6 and 7 and has one or more demonstration rooms, one demonstration room only shall count as a laboratory for staffing purposes.
Grade/Rank Points on the Master Pay Scale
(n) Unqualified Teacher (UQT) 4
(o) Laboratory Technician I (LT I) 22 - 28
(p) Laboratory Technician II (LT II) 10 - 21 (with an efficiency bar at Point 17)
Salary Scale Points on the Training Pay Scale
(q) Laboratory Technician III (LT III) 4 - 6
Salary Scale Points on the Master Pay Scale
(r) Senior Laboratory Assistant 24 - 27
(s) Laboratory Assistant 1 - 4 and 12 - 23 (with a promotion bar at Point 4 and an efficiency bar at Point 17)
(Note : The Laboratory Assistant scales apply to persons appointed before 1 September 1972 and both Senior Laboratory Assistants and Laboratory Assistants are remunerated on a personal basis; and the Laboratory Technician scales apply to persons appointed thereafter.)