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<blockquote data-quote="iloadthetruck" data-source="post: 59064"><p><em>So by "easier" they mean it is easier mentally, but really the job will become harder physically, right?</em> </p><p> </p><p>A preloader will usually load 3-5 cars. Since most PAS implementations include relooping, their current loop could be shrunk or expanded requiring additional cars for them to be productive. So, instead of loading a whole loop, the loader may even load cars from totally separate loops. </p><p> </p><p><em>I have been told once PAS is established in a center anyone can load the package cars with no knowledge.</em> </p><p> </p><p>This may sound like a disadvantage, but remember when your loader was on vacation and his replacement couldn't get wrapped up until 9:30? Not a problem. Your loader wants to move to a different position in the sort? No biggie. Staffing is more flexible. </p><p> </p><p><em>So in PAS centers does this mean the preloader position is stripped of it's classification of a "skilled" position?</em> </p><p> </p><p>Yes and no. In my center the pre-PAS preloaders are grandfathered and still paid at the skilled rate. New hires are paid at the non-skilled. But also, the sorter positions become unskilled as do the SPA (scan-print-apply) positions. </p><p> </p><p><em>If the answer to question two is yes, has the company successfully take the additional dollar per hour wage rate for "skilled" position jobs away from existing preloaders?</em> </p><p> </p><p>The answer to this question, at least in my building, is no. I believe it is contractually impossible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="iloadthetruck, post: 59064"] [i]So by "easier" they mean it is easier mentally, but really the job will become harder physically, right?[/i] A preloader will usually load 3-5 cars. Since most PAS implementations include relooping, their current loop could be shrunk or expanded requiring additional cars for them to be productive. So, instead of loading a whole loop, the loader may even load cars from totally separate loops. [i]I have been told once PAS is established in a center anyone can load the package cars with no knowledge.[/i] This may sound like a disadvantage, but remember when your loader was on vacation and his replacement couldn't get wrapped up until 9:30? Not a problem. Your loader wants to move to a different position in the sort? No biggie. Staffing is more flexible. [i]So in PAS centers does this mean the preloader position is stripped of it's classification of a "skilled" position?[/i] Yes and no. In my center the pre-PAS preloaders are grandfathered and still paid at the skilled rate. New hires are paid at the non-skilled. But also, the sorter positions become unskilled as do the SPA (scan-print-apply) positions. [i]If the answer to question two is yes, has the company successfully take the additional dollar per hour wage rate for "skilled" position jobs away from existing preloaders?[/i] The answer to this question, at least in my building, is no. I believe it is contractually impossible. [/QUOTE]
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