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CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION REPORT
Sessional Papers of the Province of British Columbia
British Columbia. Legislative Assembly
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PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Civil Service Commission Thirty-eighth Annual Report JANUARY 1st TO DECEMBER 31st 1956 VICTORIA, B.C. Printed by Don McDiarmid, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty 1957 To His Honour Frank Mackenzie Ross, C.M.G., M.C., LL.D., Lieutenant-Governor oj the Province of British Columbia. May it please Your Honour: The undersigned respectfully submits the Report of the Civil Service Commission, Province of British Columbia, from January 1st to December 31st, 1956. WESLEY D. BLACK, Provincial Secretary. Victoria, B.C., January, 1957. The Honourable Wesley D. Black, Provincial Secretary, Province of British Columbia. Sir,—In conformity with the provisions of section 7 of the " Civil Service Act" (chapter 51, " Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1948,"), I have the honour to submit herewith the Report of the proceedings and work of the Civil Service Commission from January 1st to December 31st, 1956. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, H. M. MORRISON, Chairman, Civil Service Commission. Victoria, B.C., January, 1957. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION Chairman: Hugh M. Morrison. Member: J. V. Fisher. Administrative Assistant: A. Partridge. PERSONNEL STAFF Victoria Chief Personnel Officer: R. L. W. Ritchie. Classification Officer: A. G. Richardson. Personnel Officer: Miss J. Meryl Campbell. Personnel Officer: D. J. Slader. Personnel Technician: R. D. Higgins. Vancouver Personnel Officer: S. B. Williscroft. Essondale Personnel Officer: G. L. Tomalty. Clerical Staff Miss W. E. Brown. Mrs. S. M. Burns. Miss E. L. Christie. Miss P. D. Clarke. Miss M. E. Clegg. Miss V. M. Dixon. Miss V. Evan. Mrs. R. M. Frankling. Miss M. E. Jackson. Mrs. G. Knott. Mrs. M. M. Lester. Miss J. McCuaig. Mrs. E. A. B. Mayne. Mrs. A. M. Robertson. Mrs. P. Russell. Mrs. V. E. Turpin. Vancouver Office Mrs. M. M. Young. Miss D. H. Thomson. Essondale Office Mrs. W. G. Matheson. GG 6 BRITISH COLUMBIA HIGHLIGHTS DURING 1956 1,786 persons were appointed to permanent positions. 923 persons were appointed to casual or temporary positions. 2,637 persons terminated their services. There was a 28.45-per-cent turnover of staff. There was a 6-per-cent average increase in Civil Service salaries. 361 Civil Servants gained promotion through open competition with other employees and with candidates from outside the Service. 117 supervisors took supervisory training courses. Thirty senior employees started on a three-year Civil Service-University executive development training plan. Merit promotion based on written examination and work performance was formalized in the nursing ranks of the Mental Health Services. There was a 20-per-cent increase in the number of positions reviewed for purposes of checking salary classifications. Average sick-leave taken was practically the same as last year. There were no formal grievances. The Premier and Executive Council paid honour to employees with over twenty-five years of continuous service. Organization and work procedures were still being studied and savings were being made along with increased efficiency. .?._ . ... •■:.••■•::;::•.•. CONTENTS Report of the Civil Service Commission. Report of the Chief Personnel Officer.... Report of the Classification Officer Report of the Personnel Officer, Vancouver. Report of the Personnel Officer, Essondale... Appendix—Statistics. Page . 9 . 16 19 . 22 . 23 25 Report of the Civil Service Commission Pursuant to Section 7 of the "Civil Service Act," from January 1st to December 31st, 1956 The year 1956 was another year similar to preceding ones in the general post-war pattern, characterized by the Province's expanding economic activity. This activity was reflected to even greater intensity than heretofore in respect to the duties of the Civil Service Commission and its staff. Recruitment efforts were intensified in a growing competitive market to meet increasing departmental demands; implementation of revised salaries was effected along with an increased burden of position evaluations; progress was made in departmental organization studies; supervisory training was continued (regrettably on a lessened scale); and a new administrative management training scheme was launched in co-operation with the University of British Columbia. SIZE AND COMPOSITION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE The expanding activities of Government were again reflected in a continued upward trend of Civil Service enrolment. On December 31st, 1955, the total number of probationary and permanent Civil Servants was 8,138 {see Appendix, Table 3, Annual Report, 1955); the corresponding number at December 31st, 1956, was 8,398 {see Appendix, Table 3) an increase of 260. The gross total (including temporary employees) at the end of 1955 was 8,893; the corresponding number at the end of 1956 was 9,270 {see Appendix, Tables 3 and 4), an increase of 377. The natural-resources and construction services—namely, forests, lands, land registry, highways, and public works—accounted for 283 of this 377 increase in personnel. AMENDMENTS TO CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS Only minor and routine amendments to the regulations were authorized. Because of a change of position classification title of "Senior Clerk—Grade 2" to " Principal Clerk," a corresponding change was effected by Order in Council No. 688/ 56 in the Overtime Regulations. Order in Council No. 2634/56 provided that the hours of general attendance of school-teachers in the Civil Service shall be within the normal ten-month period of the public-school year, as the yearly salaries for such teachers are now on the ten-month basis, and the vacation-leave is to be taken within this ten-month-period. APPOINTMENTS During the year 2,709 appointments were made {see Appendix, Table 2), as compared with 2,626 appointments made during 1955, an increase of 83 or 3.1 per cent. The number of permanent appointments to permanent positions amounted to 1,786; the remainder, 923, were appointments to casual or temporary positions. Because some vacancies create many promotional opportunities, the increase in the number of requisitions processed in connection with these appointments was substantially greater. As reported by the Chief Personnel Officer, the number of requisitions rose 69 per cent, from 2,626 in 1955 to 4,404 in 1956. SEPARATIONS The number of separations of all types from the Civil Service was 2,637, which is an increase of 249 or 10.4 per cent over the 2,388 for 1955. Using a formula of— GG 10 BRITISH COLUMBIA Number of separations X 100 Total enrolment, including casual employees, at end of calendar year as a measure of the degree of staff turnover, the turnover for 1956 was— 2,637 X100 = 28.45. 9,270 For comparison purposes this formula is applied to similar figures for post-war years, as follows:— Year Total Separations Enrolment1 Turnover Rate 1949 1,255 1,418 1,963 1,992 2,187 2,529 2,388 2,637 7,345 7,694 7,994 8,543 8,543 8,523 8,893 9,270 17.09 1950 1951 18.43 24.56 1952 23.32 1953 25.60 1954 . 29.67 1955 26.85 1956 .. ... .. .. 28.45 1 Including casual employees at December 31st. An analysis of the Commission's separations statistics reveals that the rate for female personnel is approximately twice that of male personnel. This is what could be expected and is not dissimilar to what is occurring in business and industry. A fact, however, which is disturbing is the excessive turnover in respect to male junior clerical personnel. Of only seventy-seven male clerks, 25 years of age and under in the Service in the grades of Junior Clerk, Clerk 1, and Clerk 2, forty-four terminated their services during 1956. There were 301 female employees in the same grades in the same age category. It would appear that the female clerks are taking hold of these and higher clerical grades, a trend that is noticeable also in business, particularly banks and financial firms. The Commission has been operating for years a special clerical apprenticeship scheme, but its task, in the face of the great industrial competition for male personnel, has to date been difficult. The Chief Personnel Officer has compiled in his report a very illuminating analysis of staff turnover according to the occupational nature of the positions. As might be expected, the highest rates were in the positions where there is a high degree of occupational movement or female personnel. With a few exceptions, the separation rate in the technical and professional positions was not as large, but very likely substantially higher than normal. Turnover in such positions must be viewed critically, because many key positions are involved. There are indications, however, that turnover of female personnel in the technical and professional positions has significantly boosted this rate. According to the Chief Personnel Officer's calculations, the turnover rate in the four broad groupings are ranked as follows: Manual, 33 per cent; clerical, 32 per cent ; technical, 26 per cent; and professional-administrative, 18 per cent. The reasons for turnover remain relatively stable from year to year, with some increase in the number of employees leaving for other jobs. Table 8 in the Appendix indicates other reasons for staff separations. During the year forty-two employees were dismissed, and fifty-six had their probationary periods extended. In addition, two suffered suspensions without dismissal. The following tabulation indicates the extent of the disciplinary trend during the past six years, an indication that the Civil Service insists on competent personnel:— CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION REPORT GG 11 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 Number of Civil Servants whose probationary periods 43 12 66 68 8 53 49 11 64 61 10 54 59 4 56 Number of Civil Servants who were suspended from duty but not dismissed Number of Civil Servants who were dismissed 2 42 GENERAL ELIGIBILITY EXAMINATIONS As in previous years, generally assembled stenographic, clerical, and draughting examinations for the establishment of eligibility lists in the junior classifications were held as necessity dictated in Victoria. An addition to the usual list of junior examinations was one for Trainee Sanitary Inspector. A detailed list is given in the Chief Personnel Officer's report (page 16). A total of 992 candidates were examined. Of this number, 616 or 62 per cent qualified. The usual condition of it being impossible to maintain eligibility lists for a reasonable period of time pertained in the Vancouver and Essondale offices. Hence applicants were continuously examined upon individual or small grouping basis. In the Vancouver area 418 candidates were examined, of which 347 or 83 per cent qualified for appointment. A detailed list is given in the Personnel Officer's report on page 22. At Essondale forty- two appointments in the junior clerical and stenographic grades were made, being 68 per cent of the sixty-one who applied. The records of these centres during the past few years are as follows:— Percentage of Qualifications on General Eligibility Examinations for Initial Entrance to Junior Level Grades Centre 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 Per Cent Per Cent Per Cent Per Cent Per Cent Per Cent Per Cent Victoria 71 67 64 66 61 66 62 Vancouver ..... C1) 88 72 84 89 69 83 Essondale2 (3) (3) (3) (3) (3> 69 68 i No record. 2 Includes only steno-clerical grades and not other beginning institutional positions. 3 No centre. COMPETITIONS FOR PROMOTION The policy of maintaining a just balance between promotional opportunities to personnel within the Service and the prevention of Service "inbreeding" through competition from outside the Service has been rigidly followed. All vacancies are publicly advertised, as well as posted prominently on bulletin-boards throughout the Service. In this sense the competitions are truly open. The number of positions filled by such competitions was 100 per cent, of which 361 or 36 per cent were filled from within the Service and 646 or 64 per cent were filled from outside the Service. The large percentage of outside opportunities was largely due to the increased requirements involving specialist and professional personnel, and junior grade appointments in Interior Provincial centres where competitions for single positions are often held under the supervision of the Government Agents. A significant fact about the in-Service promotions is that 18.5 per cent of these promotions were made by transfer from one department to another. The Civil Service Commission is very pleased to point to this fact as it may indicate that extreme departmentalization does not exist in the Civil Service of British Columbia. J GG 12 BRITISH COLUMBIA Most of the promotional competitions in the Mental Health Services are in the nursing and clerical grades, and are generally supervised by the Commission's Personnel Officer stationed at Essondale. This official reports that there were 123 competitions held at his office, including local postings, for which there were 770 applicants, of which 429 were interviewed and 133 appointments were made. In respect to the eligibility list established by examination for appointments to Charge Psychiatric Nurse and Assistant Psychiatric Charge positions, there were forty-six appointments in 1956. IN-SERVICE TRAINING Normal in-service training courses of a specialized character peculiar to the departments concerned were conducted during the year by these departments. Training courses in the techniques of supervision, regrettably still on a reduced scale, were continued under the direction of Personnel Officer Miss J. Meryl Campbell. However, 117 key personnel (107 from the Lands Service and ten from the Municipal Affairs Department) were able to take advantage of the intensive five-lecture courses. Since the inauguration of these courses in 1950, more than 1,400 supervisors have been exposed to these courses Year 1950 1951. 1952. 1953. 1954 1955. 1956 Reference was made in last year's Annual Report to the fact that the Commission was in touch with the University of British Columbia, with the objective of securing the University's assistance in the establishment of an executive development training plan. With the approval in principle by the Government and the provision by the Legislature of the necessary funds, a training plan was organized, and the first classes were enrolled in September. Two meetings of the Commission with departmental heads and University authorities were held, from which were struck several standing committees on such matters as curricular content, on-job training, and contractual obligations. In broad outline it was determined that the training plan would extend over a three- year period, entailing the study of University courses taught by University professors, and a directed system of an on-the-job service on an interdepartmental basis. The academic subjects would be taught through the admixture of winter lectures, correspondence assignments, and a concentrated final two-week summer institute on the University campus. The plan calls for three such courses a year, as follows: — First year: (1) Introductory Economics. (2) Psychological Problems in Employment Situations. (3) Public Administration. Second Year: (1) Business Mathematics or Report and Precis Writing. (2) Introduction to Canadian Business Law. (3) Fundamentals of Accounting. Third year: (1) Business Mathematics or Report and Precis Writing. (2) Personnel Management or Statistics. (3) Public Finance. s, as follows: — ( Number of Supervisors Enrolled 101 132 317 287 405 108 117 Total 1,467 CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION REPORT GG 13 Two classes (one in Victoria and one in Vancouver) not exceeding thirty pupils in total were to be started each September. Postings inviting applications were posted throughout the Service. From 180 applicants, thirty were chosen, being a good distribution from the various departments of key personnel from middle and senior management. It is, of course, fully realized by all concerned that, with time, changes in curricular content and procedures will be necessary. By the end of the year the reports as to the likely success of the venture were, upon the whole, encouraging. The general aims of the plan are apparent; that is, that specialists must have a liberal background of understanding in order to successfully administer their duties in the light of general Government policy. As Robert T. Sheen, president of the Milton Roy Company writes, " the engineer's slide rule alone does not provide solutions to problems in administration."* The Commission wishes through you, Sir, to record its appreciation of the understanding support it has received from the Government and the Legislature in respect to this plan, and also to you for your courtesy and inspiration in addressing the opening conference of departmental heads with the Commission. THE VANCOUVER OFFICE The Commission's Personnel Officer stationed in Vancouver continued his usual functions of recruiting personnel for the offices, establishments, and institutions in Greater Vancouver and New Westminster, exclusive of the Mental Health Services; of assisting the Classification Officer in assessing positions and studying staff organizations; and in general carrying on effective and useful liaison work between the Commission and the various departments of Government and their local staffs. These services were extended, as in the past, to non-Civil Service agencies, particularly the Gaol Service and the Toll Highways and Bridges Authority. In all, the number of appointments made through this office amounted to 846, being 134 over the total for 1955. A summary is given in Table 15 of the Appendix. Reports where submitted on the evaluation of forty-eight positions, and important organizational studies were reported upon in the Old-age Assistance Board and the Game Commission, while assistance was continued in the studies being made in the Mental Health Services. THE ESSONDALE OFFICE The Commission's Personnel Officer stationed at the Provincial Mental Hospital at Essondale continued his functions, serving the Mental Health Services on parallel lines to the Vancouver Office. This office reports that there were 929 appointments made, an increase of 310 over the previous year {see Table 16, Appendix). A system of examination for the purpose of building an eligibility list for promotions of psychiatric nurses to positions of Charge and Deputy Charge Nurses was established and put into operation. The photograph reproduced is a picture of one of these examinations. The Personnel Officer, in his report, gives a few figures about the examinations (pages 23 and 24). The usefulness of this office placed in a local situation is indicated by the liaison which is afforded; in short, a good example of controlled decentralization. CLASSIFICATION AND SALARY PLAN The Classification Officer, in his report, indicates that 1956 was another intensively active year for his division. Some assistance was afforded in the addition of a technician to the division. Even with the extra task of implementing a major revision in the Civil Service pay structure, and also similar advice and service to the non-Civil Service estab- * " Industry and Government Co-operate in Management Development," Good Government, November-December, 1956, page 59. GG 14 BRITISH COLUMBIA lishments, there was a 21-per-cent increase in the number of classification reviews— 803, as against 659 reviews in 1955 {see Table 17, Appendix). The increase in the percentage of downward and rejected reclassifications appears to the Classification Officer to indicate a degree of irresponsibility in connection with some departmental recommendations. The work of conducting surveys of prevailing salary of like occupations in business, industry, and other public authorities continued at an even greater pace than in former years. In addition to the main annual survey conducted for the Commission by the Bureau of Economics and Statistics covering firms with over 100 employees throughout the Province, there are fifty-two individual occupational surveys listed by the Classification Officer in his report {see pages 19 and 20). This substantiates his statement that " during the year salary surveys were made for every position where comparisons outside the Civil Service could be made." The remarks of the Classification Officer about the trend of the various professions to have qualifications for positions raised constantly upwards, if valid, would appear to be rather unrealistic in these times of increasing shortages of professional workers. This is a problem that needs to be watched very carefully in order to ensure that professional workers are making full use of their qualifications and talents. DEPARTMENTAL ESTABLISHMENTS The system of staff establishment control, sometimes involving organization and work procedure studies, was continued. During the year there were 531 positions added to establishment and 134 deleted, being a net gain of 397 positions, many of which were required to staff the North Lawn Building at Essondale and the Mental Health Centre in Burnaby. Requests for sixty-three additional positions were not approved following investigation, and thus a saving of approximately $130,000 per annum may be claimed. Except for a few branches in two departments, all survey checks of staff have been completed. Reports on two or more departments are being studied by the departments concerned. All other reports have been studied by this Commission and have been submitted. In most cases, whenever possible, action has been taken, with resultant efficiency and sometimes, through improved organization, staff decreases have been effected. In December the Commission submitted a progress report, summarizing progress to that month. SICK AND SPECIAL LEAVE A total of 51,4681$ days' sick-leave was granted during the year October 1st, 1955, to September 30th, 1956—43,771 days with pay and 7,697^ days without pay {see Table 5, Appendix), an average of 5.6 days. This is a slight increase over the average for the previous twelve months—5.5. Not included in the above totals is sick-leave granted under the Workmen's Compensation Board and under the Department of Veterans' Affairs section of the Sick-leave Regulations. The average number of days' sick-leave per employee during recent years is shown hereunder. For comparison purposes these will be found interesting:— ear Ended Sept. 30 1950 Average per Employee 5.3 Year Ended Sept. 30 1954 Average per Employee 6.6 1951 6.2 1955 5.5 1952 6.0 1956 5.6 1953 6.4 The average daily salary during the year October 1st, 1955, to September 30th, 1956, was $12.87, so that the cost of sick-leave granted with pay during the twelve-month period was $563,333. In the majority of instances the sick-leave was of short duration, requiring no payment for relief assistance. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION REPORT GG 15 Three employees are on leave of absence for the purpose of serving with units of the armed forces, under the provisions of the regulations governing enlistment of Provincial Government employees in the forces of the Crown, and during the year thirty- four employees were granted special leave for the purpose of training with Reserve units of Her Majesty's Forces or to permit them to take further qualifying courses with the forces. One employee is serving with the Military Component, Canadian delegation, and two are serving with United Nations Organizations. Forty-one employees were granted leave of absence for varying periods for the purpose of further training and study, some with assistance provided, as in previous years, from Federal Health Grant funds. The Employees' Health Service in Victoria has completed its second calendar year, in that year extending its services in some 3,300 cases, an increase of some 800 over that of 1955. A full report of the activity of that health service is included in the annual report of the Health Branch, Department of Health and Welfare. GRIEVANCES For the fifth consecutive year it is with pleasure that the Commission is able to report that no formal grievances where heard. This does not mean that there were no grievances. It does mean that the continuous process of personnel counselling and administration was functioning satisfactorily. In this process the Commission itself met once with representatives of the Government Employees' Association to examine a point of representation. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS In June the Honourable the Premier and Executive Council recognized long service of Government employees by presenting each employee with twenty-five years or more of continuous service with a testimonial certificate {see frontispiece). Such certificates were presented and the employees with the longest service in each department represented such department at a testimonial luncheon graciously extended by the Premier and his colleagues. The Chairman of the Commission, in September, paid official visits to Prince Rupert, Terrace, Smithers, Burns Lake, and Prince George. The main purpose of the visit was to inquire into recruiting problems and housing difficulties reported in this booming area of the Province. Resulting from this visit, a survey team of inquiry was dispatched to make more detailed investigations. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Once more the Commission wishes to express its appreciation of the co-operation given by the various departments of Government and by the Federal and various Provincial Civil Service Commissions. In this respect particular reference should be made to the Government Agents of the Department of Finance, who readily, cheerfully, and faithfully assisted with recruitment in their respective centres. It also wishes to express to you, as Provincial Secretary, its keen appreciation of your continual goodwill and wise understanding. To each member of its technical and clerical staffs, the Commission wishes again to express its keen appreciation for continuous and loyal support. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. H. M. Morrison, Chairman. J. V. Fisher, Member. GG 16 BRITISH COLUMBIA REPORT OF THE CHIEF PERSONNEL OFFICER R. L. W. Ritchie, B.A. 1. RECRUITMENT The following table shows the nature and number of competitions in 1956:— Number Per Cent Number of positions filled by open competition 1,007 100 Filled by promotion within Service 361 36 Filled by appointment outside Service 646 64 Of in-service promotions, 18.5 per cent were made by transfer from one department to another. During the year the task of recruiting persons with certain technical and specialized qualifications has become acute with the general shortage of such persons. It has been found necessary to extend the scope of advertising considerably in this regard, notably through professional journals and newspapers throughout Canada. This has resulted in a substantial increase in advertising costs over previous years. The volume of recruiting generally has increased considerably over previous years. In 1955 the total number of requisitions processed was 2,626; in 1956 there were 4,404, an increase of nearly 69 per cent. The fact that a greater proportion of positions were filled by outside appointments is due largely to the increased requirements involving specialist and professional personnel. 2. EXAMINATIONS Written examinations for eligibility lists in Victoria were held as follows:— Classification Number Examined Number Qualified Per Cent Qualified Typists. Junior Clerks Clerks—Grade 1 Clerk-Stenographers—Grade 1_ Clerk-Stenographers—Grade 2. Junior Draughtsmen Draughtsmen—Grade 1 Draughtsmen—Grade 2 Mapping Assistant—Grade 3..... Senior Draughtsmen Sanitary Inspector (trainee) Totals 338 255 149 53 65 53 15 22 5 1 36 164 165 119 36 52 44 3 7 4 1 21 41 65 80 68 80 83 20 32 80 100 58 99. 616 62 3. TRAINING Supervisory training courses were administered in 1956 under the direction of Miss J. M. Campbell, as follows:— Department and Branch Number Attending Municipal Affairs, Victoria 10 Lands Service, Victoria 107 The Chief Personnel Officer is working closely in liaison with Professor D. C. Corbett, of the University of British Columbia, with respect to the organization and administration of the executive development training programme undertaken by the Civil Service Commission in conjunction with the University. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION REPORT GG 17 4. STAFF TURNOVER The following is an analysis of staff separations recorded for the past five years:— Per Cent 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 14 17 14 7 19 10 19 9 17 12 8 18 7 29 8 18 12 8 19 4 1 30 9 19 13 7 25 4 1 22 7 22 14 111 health _ .... 9 To accept other employment 36 4 Enlisted in Her Majesty's Forces 1 7 Totals 100 100 100 100 100 It is interesting to note that the reasons for separating are relatively stable from year to year, with the exception of those who leave to accept other employment, the number of which has risen considerably over the past two years. This increase is partly due to better reporting of separations, there being comparatively few " unknown " cases in 1956. However, it is apparent that during these years of industrial activity and high employment more employees are inclined to leave the Civil Service for other jobs. The following is a distribution by classification of all separations in 1956. Figures in parentheses show the percentage of separations relative to the number employed in each category:— Clerical General 386 (26) Business-machine operators 61 (39) Stenographic 436 (40) Storekeepers 8 (13) Total Manual Animal care Cleaning service Culinary service Equipment maintenance and operation Housekeeping service Maintenance services and trades Personal services 891 (32) 17 (74) 127 (26) 119 (40) 23 (13) 13 (20) 47 (18) 3(14) Total 449 (33) GG 18 BRITISH COLUMBIA Professional and Administrative Accounting and auditing Administrative Agriculture Economics and statistics Education Engineering Laboratory services Legal Library Total Technical Accounting, auditing, and assessing Agricultural Draughting, surveying, and photography Engineering Instructional Investigational and inspectional Marine services Marine services Medical and nursing Occupational therapy Total 0 (0) 1 (1) 6 (6) 0 (0) 7 (4) 36(10) 10 (20) 1 (5) 5(24) 26 (20) 128 (31) 9 (82) Medical and dental Nursing Nutrition and dietetics Sociological and psychological 88 (31) Survey 0 (0) Research 3 (8) 320(18) 14(11) 3(11) 55 (23) 22 (7) 39 (33) 37 (8) 23 (42) 9(14) 633 (36) 22 (58) 857 (26) Over-all turnover, 27 per cent. In commenting on the foregoing, it appears that the greatest relative number of separations occur in the " Clerical " and " Manual " classifications. In the former group, stenographers have the highest turnover rate. This is generally to be expected, since the demand for such persons is in excess of the supply, and the Civil Service is required to compete for this service with all types of private employers who are able in some instances to offer very attractive salaries. In the " Manual" group the highest turnover occurs in the " animal care " and " culinary service " groups (cattle stockmen, cooks, kitchen helpers, scullery maids, etc.), which is traditionally an area of transient labour. It is interesting to note that the turnover amongst professional staffs is relatively small (18 per cent, compared to the over-all rate of 27 per cent). The highest rate occurred amongst dieticians, nine of a total staff of eleven leaving during the year. In the " Technical" group the highest turnover rate is shown by hospital staffs (occupational therapists, laboratory technicians, psychiatric nurses, nurses' aides, etc.). CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION REPORT GG 19 REPORT OF THE CLASSIFICATION OFFICER A. G. Richardson, M.A. CLASSIFICATION AND JOB EVALUATION During the first three months of 1956 the Classification Division was occupied mainly in preparing for and implementing a major revision of the Civil Service pay structure. This, along with the determining of appropriate wage levels for non-Civil Service employees in the outside services of the Forest Service, Department of Highways, Liquor Control Board, and Gaol Service, occupied the staff to the extent that classification studies were held in abeyance. The estimated cost of the approved increases in salaries amounted to $1,700,000. During the remaining nine months of 1956, classification reviews continued, along with a concentrated wage and salary survey programme. Mr. R. D. Higgins was added to the staff in September to provide assistance in the latter. Table 17 in the Appendix indicates the number of classification reviews conducted in 1956, with comparative figures for the preceding five years. It indicates a 21-per-cent increase in the number of reviews over both 1955 and 1954. This is a sizeable increase considering that in the main the reviews were concentrated into nine months of the year. On a proportional basis the percentage of individual reviews resulting in downward classification and no change in classification increased considerably, which indicates that departments and employees were attempting to use the methods of classification and job evaluation to increase salaries of individuals which they considered to be low. This tendency was particularly noticeable in the case of senior positions, where some of the recommendations received had the earmarks of being irresponsible since, if approved, they would have disrupted proper salary relationships, not only in the Service, but within the particular department. During the year, salary surveys were made for every position where comparisons outside the Civil Service could be made. The main survey of clerical and related positions was conducted by the Bureau of Economics and Statistics and included all firms in the Lower Mainland area employing more than 100 employees together with municipalities, all firms in the Victoria area employing more than fifty employees including the municipalities, and this year was broadened to include employees in the northern and central areas of the Province. Eighty per cent of employers returned questionnaires. The survey included Clerks, Accountants, Typists, Stenographers, Book-keepers, Business-machine Operators, Switchboard Operators, Janitors, Civil Engineers, Draughtsmen, Architects, Stationary Engineers, Labourers, Truck-drivers, Mechanics, Carpenters, and Heavy- equipment Operators. In addition, separate salary surveys were conducted by the Division as follows:— (1) Agriculturists. (2) Bacteriologists. (3) Bakers. (4) Barbers. (5) Building Service Workers. (6) Butchers. (7) Conciliation Officers. (8) Cooks. (9) Dentists. (10) Dental Technicians. (11) Dieticians. (12) Electroencephalograph Technicians. (13) Engineers-in-training. GG 20 BRITISH COLUMBIA (14) Ferry crews. (15) Farm staffs. (16) Fire-fighters. (17) Foresters-in-training. (18) Gardeners. (19) Hairdressers. (20) Industrial Relations Officers (21) Industrial Therapists. (22) Kitchen Helpers (male). (23) Kitchen Maids. (24) Laundry staffs. (25) Launch crews. (26) Librarians. (27) Meat-cutters. (28) Mechanics. (29) Nurses' Aides. (30) Nurses—Psychiatric. (31) Nurses—Public Health. (32) Nurses—Staff. (33) Occupational Therapists. (34) Orderlies. (35) Personnel Officers. (36) Pharmacists. (37) Psychiatrists. (38) Projectionists. (39) Psychiatric Aides. (40) Psychologists. (41) Rangers. (42) Research Assistants. (43) Right-of-way Agents. (44) Shoemakers. (45) Social Workers. (46) Stockmen. (47) Stationary Engineers. (48) Tailors. (49) Teachers. (50) Waitresses. (51) Ward Assistants. (52) X-ray Technicians. One problem of classification was particularly evident during the year which concerned the determination of appropriate qualifications for positions, particularly professional positions. There is a distinct tendency among professional workers to strive to have qualifications raised higher and higher, producing a shortage of so-called qualified workers and higher and higher salaries. The Classification Division considers that it is responsible to the Civil Service Commission, which in turn is responsible to the Government and the people, to guard against specifying high qualifications for positions which may not be entirely needed. The Division also conducted several reviews of classification in organizations which are not included in the Civil Service, such as the Liquor Control Board, Gaol Service, Game Commission, Official Administrator's Office, and the Civil Defence organization. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION REPORT GG 21 ESTABLISHMENTS The Division continued a system of establishment control whereby all requisitions for appointment were checked for both classification and need. These studies are time consuming and in some instances involve a determination of the value of a proposed additional service. In other instances organizational studies and work method studies are required in order to determine whether or not changes could be made to obviate the necessity to increase staff. The staff of the Division could quite easily be occupied full time on these types of reviews. Table 19 of the Appendix indicates the additions to and deletions from each departmental establishment. There are 531 additions to establishments and 134 deletions, a net gain of 397 positions during the year. The majority of these positions were required to staff the North Lawn Building at Essondale and the Mental Health Centre in Burnaby. There were requests for sixty-three additional positions, which were not approved following investigation. The cost in salaries of these positions would have amounted to approximately $130,000 per annum. GG 22 BRITISH COLUMBIA REPORT OF PERSONNEL OFFICER, VANCOUVER S. B. WlLLISCROFT, B.COMM. During 1956 the work of this office comprised the recruitment and placement of personnel, the assessment of positions for classification purposes, the conduct of staff and organizational surveys, the investigation of grievances, and the maintenance of liaison with local Government officials on matters relating to personnel practices. Recruiting and placement activities toward the end of 1956 differed somewhat to that carried out in previous years as this office became actively engaged in rendering assistance in this field to Government agencies whose staff are not subject to the " Civil Service Act." These agencies include the Gaol Service and the Toll Highways and Bridges Authority, and while the actual number of recruits obtained for those was small during 1956, it is anticipated that a great activity will result from the opening of the new penal institutions and toll-bridges. In all a total of 846 recruitments were made during the past year to fill a wide variety of manual, clerical, technical, and professional positions. This number is an increase of 134 over the total of 1955. A summary is given in Table 15 of the Appendix, showing the distribution of these appointments by position classification. During 1956 all candidates for clerical and stenographic positions were subjected to qualifying examinations. A summary of the examinations given is contained in the following table:— Passed Failed Junior Clerk 47 7 Clerk—Grade 1 119 28 Clerk-Typist—Grade 1 and 2 69 25 Clerk-Stenographers 112 11 Totals 347 71 Grand total, 418. Extreme difficulty was experienced in obtaining suitable recruits for employment in many of the classifications requiring technical skills, but through the medium of advertising and selective examinations satisfactory results were obtained. The shortage of trained stenographers continued through 1956, and it is anticipated that there will be little change in this situation during the current year due to intense local competition. During 1956 the office assisted the Classification Officer by investigating forty- eight positions relative to position specifications and organizational requirements. In addition, organizational studies were carried out in the Old-age Assistance Board, were continued in the Provincial Mental Health Services, and are being continued in repect to the organization of the Game Commission. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION REPORT GG 23 REPORT OF PERSONNEL OFFICER, ESSONDALE G. L. Tomalty, B.A., M.P.A. The purpose of the Essondale office was maintained in 1956 in carrying out the recruitment and placement of personnel, classifications, and organizational surveys, with the dominant activity being recruitment. There were 929 appointments made in 1956, an increase of 310 from the previous year. These appointments were made in 119 classifications {see Table 16, Appendix). A percentage of this increase resulted from additional staff requirements for the Tubercular Building at Essondale and new staff for the opening of the Mental Health Centre in Burnaby Civil Servants at Provincial Mental Hospital, Essondale, writing one of the Civil Service examinations for placement on eligibility list, from which promotions to positions of Deputy Charge and Charge Psychiatric Nurse are made. A year has passed since the eligibility list came into effect for promotion of the nursing staff to Assistant Charge and Charge Psychiatric nursing positions throughout the Mental Health Services. From all indications this method of promotion has proved satisfactory. There was considerable time required to accustom the staff to this new promotional method, but the recent eligibility examination held in December of this year more than indicated acceptance to this change, as 196 members of the nursing staff wrote the examination out of a total of 199 who applied. With the expansion of last year and the small number of female psychiatric nurses who applied for the promotional examination at that time, the eligibility list for Assistant Charge positions became exhausted. The current list for the coming year has not been finalized, but it would appear with the number applying that more than sufficient qualified applicants are available for the Assistant Charge female eligibility list. There were forty-six appointments made in 1956 to Charge Psychiatric Nurse and Assistant Charge positions, male and female, made from the eligibility list. The time GG 24 BRITISH COLUMBIA saved by all concerned is quite apparent in filling these positions from the eligibility list compared to the previous panel method of interviewing numerous applicants. There were 123 competitions held at this office this year, including local postings, for which 770 applicants applied, 429 were interviewed, and 133 appointments were made. During the year nineteen requests for reclassification by the Classification Officer were carried out, besides investigations into organizational requirements. During the year the local branch of the Government Employees' Association invited the Personnel Officer to a special meeting of the Essondale branch to answer questions that would clarify any aspect of the role of the Civil Service Commission office at Essondale. In order to assist in the recruitment of staff for the Mental Health Services and the Public Works Department at Essondale, a very close liaison has resulted with the National Employment office in New Westminster, in particular their graduate-student programme. The Personnel Officer also has carried out speaking engagements with various organizations in the Greater Vancouver area in order to promote good relations and also help in recruiting. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION REPORT GG 25 APPENDIX STATISTICS Table 1.—Enrolments in the Civil Service from 1933 to 1956 (as at December 31st, since 1946) Year Enrolment Year Enrolment 1933-34 1,424 Apr. 1, 1945, to Dec. 31, 1946 4,664 1014-35 ... 1.484 1947 5.425 1935-36 . 1,541 1948 6,417 1936-3 7 1,607 1937-38 1,718 1949 1950 1951 1952 7,345 7,694 1938-39 1,889 1939-40 1,941 1940-41 1,951 7,994 8,543 1953 8,543 1941-42 1,851 1942-43 1,822 1943_44 2,018 1954 1955 1956 7,9451 8,1382 8,3983 1944-45 2,159 the Civil Service Commission mber 3 1st, 1956 i Exclusive of 578 casual employees. 2 Exclusive of 755 casual employees. 3 Exclusive of 872 casual employees. Table 2.—Appointments Made by from 1933 to Dece Year Probationary Casual Permanent Total 1933-34 1934-35 1935-36.. 1936-37 ........ 1,230 984 1,191 1,417 1,193 1,149 1,264 170 248 258 279 297 328 342 356 352 474 491 547 2,058 2,048 2,041 507 441 600 673 473 533 1,030 923 98 85 78 104 185 133 146 121 88 173 184 155 1,245 815 867 370 290 339 378 390 438 332 1,786 268 333 336 383 1937 38 482 1938-39 1939 40 461 488 1940-41 477 1941-42 1942-43 440 647 1943-44 675 1944-45 - _ April 1st, 1945, to December 31st, 1946 1947 1948 1949 _ 1950 . 1951 702 3,303 2,863 2,908 2,107 1,715 2,130 2,468 2,056 2,120 2,626 2,709 1952 1953 . 1954 1955- 1956.. Note.—From 1945 to 1948, probationary appointments are included in the " Casual " c 1956, probationary appointments are counted as permanent, and are not counted again olumn. From and including ;vhen officially confirmed as GG 26 BRITISH COLUMBIA Table 3.—Number of Civil Servants Enrolled in Departments of Government as at December 3 1st, 1956, according to Appointment and Sex Department Permanent and Probationary Male Female Total Premier's Office . Agriculture.. Attorney-General. Education _ Finance. Fisheries Health Labour Lands Mines Municipal Affairs Provincial Secretary.. Public Utilities Highways Railways.. Trade and Industry _ Public Works... _ Hospital Insurance . Welfare Forests Totals . 119 303 141 421 3 344 47 264 56 13 1,135 26 384 5 46 475 96 162 624 4,664 2 52 242 217 282 2 807 41 37 21 5 1,149 33 122 2 32 34 109 347 198 3,734 2 171 545 353 703 5 1,151 88 301 77 18 2,284 59 506 7 78 509 205 509 822 8,398 Table 4.—Number of Casual Employees Enrolled in Departments of Government as at December 3 1st, 1956, according to Sex Department Casual Male Female Total 2 15 9 20 48 11 3 91 51 2 103 4 14 42 5 67 33 35 109 4 6 54 36 11 8 21 68 7 82 42 55 Health 157 15 9 145 Public Utilities . _ . 87 2 114 12 Welfare 35 110 Totals 415 457 872 CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION REPORT GG 27 ft z a z « > o O Ph O CO H Z M s h a! ■< Ph H Q o H O z 3 3 o o u ^ oE \o m th rH SO O t- tN rH rH rH OMTl>00\O»hmH>0WHOSlSlNO30\ qott-tooo^OHMOoooONrioqiN 0) Ho u rt s OOOOOO MOOOOOO'—OOOOOO « O H rt w OE irOhW^Tt>inHinv£)«3O«vC00C0(Sr)O ^^\dn^6r>r^Tfmnni^vdvDmt*.'Hin, 1 !oooo 'do o'ooo" [ d d d d d d d I 0° Mg "K u C3 _, > 5g ! en th tn ft hinhnmN tN tN Tf m rn cn vo < J d th d d '' th d d d d d * *-< d d d o o d ! 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Cv! | 0 h GG 28 BRITISH COLUMBIA Table 6.—Number of Civil Servants Appointed to Departments of Government from January 1st to December 31st, 1956, according to Nature of Appointment and Sex Department Permanent and Probationary Male Female Total 8 39 10 59 58 4 41 6 220 2 27 10 31 10 23 27 17 87 66 84 1 263 21 13 5 2 361 10 49 12 6 32 116 66 25 126 76 143 1 Health 321 25 54 11 2 581 Public Utilities _ 12 76 22 Public Works .. 37 42 139 93 Totals 575 1.211 I 1.7R6 Table 7.- -Number of Casual Employees Appointed to Departments of Government from January 1st to December 31st, 1956, according to Sex Department Male Female Total Agriculture — - - 1 16 9 10 1 50 15 4 119 1 30 1 90 2 24 22 6 62 39 51 127 2 5 4 65 7 46 1 13 12 26 62 7 78 Education — 48 61 1 Health 177 2 20 8 184 8 76 2 Public Works . 103 14 50 84 Totals 395 528 923 CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION REPORT GG 29 Table 8.—Number of Separations in 1956 according to Department of Government Department Superan- uated Resigned Died Dismissed Finished Transferred O.S. Cancelled 1 6 2 8 1 4 3 12 1 7 5 1 6 26 133 84 156 1 452 21 62 11 1 725 17 114 1 23 54 48 153 146 4 1 4 1 3 1 3 4 14 9 2 4 2 4 5 12 45 16 2 28 1 6 46 6 13 1 13 5 15 8 2 7 1 1 10 1 4 Education 1 2 Fisheries Health 9 Mines 1 Provincial Secretary Public Utilities 12 1 3 2 1 1 Welfare Forests 5 3 Totals 57 2,228 14 42 222 28 46 Table 9.—Number of Civil Servants and Casual Employees Appointed to Departments of Government from January 1st to December 31st, 1956, according to Certain Age Intervals as at December 31st, 1956. Interval Appointed during 1956 Male Female Total 113 148 144 132 125 104 87 74 52 17 25 3 469 394 245 185 172 149 87 56 31 16 1 5 582 542 26 to 30 ,, .. - - 389 31 to 35 „ 317 36 to 40 „ .. 297 41 to 45 „ — 253 46 to 50 „ _ 174 51 to 55 „ 130 56 to 60 „ 83 61 to 64 „ 33 26 8 Totals 1,024 1,810 2,834 301 1 528 829 GG 30 BRITISH COLUMBIA Table 10.—Civil Service and Casual Employees Enrolment according to Certain Age Intervals, as at December 31st, 1956 Interval Civil Service and Casual Employees Male Female Total 103 301 555 802 761 778 572 516 388 239 44 20 561 768 550 518 543 543 338 161 143 35 6 25 664 1,069 76 to 30 „ 1,105 31 to 35 „ 1,320 36 to 40 „ 1,304 41 to 45 „ 1,321 46 to 50 „ _ . . 910 51 to 55 „ 677 56 to 60 „ .. .. 531 61 to 64 „ 274 50 45 5,079 4,191 9,270 Table 11.—Salary Statistics (Median salary, $250 per month; average salary, $276 per month.) Basic lonthly Salary $50-$100 Number of Employees 9 Percentage of Employees 0.09708 101- 150 520 5.60949 151- 200 1,500 16.18123 201- 250 2,769 29.87055 251- 300 1,739 18.75943 301- 350 1,035 11.16504 351- 400 667 7.19525 401- 450 363 3.91586 451- 500 244 2.63214 501- 550 . 134 1.44552 551- 600 ... 77 0.83063 601- 650 95 1.02481 651- 700 29 0.32283 701- 750 . - 52 0.56094 751- 800 21 0.22653 801- 850 .. 1 0.01078 851- 900 7 0.07551 901 8 0.08629 Totals 9,270 100.00991 Table 12.—Basic Monthly Salary Commitment according to Classification Groups, as at December 31st, 1956 Group Administrative (AD) Clerical (CL) Manual (ML) Executive (EX) Professional (PR) — Technical (TE) Number of Employees ___ 119 ... 2,911 ___ 1,323 16 ... 1,654 ... 3,247 Totals.. 9,270 Total Amount of Basic Salary Involved $53,263 630,560 311,063 14,400 653,338 897,084 $2,559,708 CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION REPORT GG 31 Table 13.—Number of Male Veterans Appointed during the Period January 1st, 1956, to December 31st, 1956 Veterans 274 Total males appointed 970 Percentage of veterans 28.25 Table 14.—Total Number of Male Veterans in Provincial Civil Service Veterans Total male employees .. Percentage of veterans 2,764 5,079 54.42 Table 15.—Distribution of Appointments by Position Classification Initiated and Tabulated in the Vancouver Office 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. Assistant Director, School Radio Broadcasts Audit Accountant Administrative Assistant Bacteriologist Barber 1 1 1 15 1 Building Service Worker 50 3 87 62 16 21 6 Carpenter Clerk—Grade 1 .... Clerk—Grade 2 ... Clerk—Grade 3 ..... Clerk, Junior Clerk, Senior Clerk-Stenographer- Clerk-Typist Cook Deck-hand Dentist Deputy Fire Marshal Dietician -Grades 1 and 2.. 112 69 2 4 1 1 2 Draughtsman, Electrical 2 Draughtsman, Senior Electrical 4 Driver 1 Driver's Examiner 16 Engineer, Ferry 3 Engineer, Stationary 12 3 1 1 6 4 6 3 Examiner of Titles, Senior Ferry Captain Forester Assistant Gardener Industrial Relations Officer Inspector, Boiler Inspector, Credit Unions Inspector, Dairy Barns 1 Inspector, Electrical 8 Inspector, Fire Marshal Inspector, Gas Inspector, Industrial Transport Inspector, Pipe-lines Instructor, Handicrafts Instructor, Resident, Jericho Hill School Instructor, Travelling Unit Kitchen Helper (Male) 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. Laboratory Technician Labourer Laundress Maid Mate-Purser Mechanical Maintenance Foreman Mechanic Mechanic, Business Machines Nurse's Aide Nurse, R.N. 18 2 2 29 1 1 2 1 52 31 Occupational Therapist 3 Oiler 3 Operator, Office Equipment 12 Operator, Mobile X-ray Unit 2 Operator, Radio 1 Operator, Switchboard 3 Orderly 26 Outfits-maker and Glassware Cleaner.. 3 Painter 8 Physiotherapist Pharmacist Purser 2 2 1 Physician, Resident 7 Senior Scaler 11 Scaling Supervisor 2 Scaling Dispatcher 2 Secretarial Stenographer 3 Stenographer, Legal Social Worker—Grade 1 Social Worker—Grade 2 Stockman Stockman, Animal 2 2 1 6 4 Supervisor, Girls' Industrial School ... 8 Supervisor, Jericho Hill School 4 Teacher Toll Collector __. Toll Sergeant Towmotor Operator Utility Man Waitress Ward Assistant Watchman t X-ray Assistant X-ray Technician 1 5 1 1 1 3 24 7 1 1 GG 32 BRITISH COLUMBIA Table 16.—Distribution of Appointments by Position Classification Initiated and Tabulated in the Essondale Office 1 2. Bacteriologist—Grade 2 3. Baker—Grade 2 4. Barber—Grade 1 Bacteriologist—Grade 1 4 3 1 1 16 3 1 1 1 7 14 2 2 1 13 5. Building Service Worker—Grade 1 6. Building Service Worker—Grade 2 7. Building Service Worker—Grade 3 8. Building Service Worker—Grade 4 9. Business Manager (Chief Clerk) ____ 10. Carpenter 11. Clerk—Grade 1 12. Clerk—Grade 2 13. Clerk—Grade 3 14. Clerk, Junior 15. Clerk-Stenographer—Grade 1 16. Clerk-Stenographer- 17. Clerk-Stenographer- -Grade 2 16 -Grade 3 4 18. Clerk-Stenographer—Grade 4 2 19. Clerk-Typist 20. Clinical Director 21. Cook—Grade 1 22. Cook—Grade 2 23. Cook—Grade 3 24. Co-ordinator of Voluntary Workers 25. Dairyman, Head 26. Dairyman 13 1 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 6 1 2 4 1 1 5 2 1 1 1 13 1 1 1 2 1 1 46. Housekeeper (Home Supervisor) 13 27. Dental Assistant—Grade 2 28. Dietician 29. Dietician Administrator 30. Dining-room Steward 31. Driver 32. Driver, Bus 33. Driver-Mechanic 34. Driver, Truck 35. Electrician 36 37 38 Electrician's Helper Engineer, Assistant Chief Stationary . Engineer, Maintenance 39. Engineer, Stationary—Grade 2 40. Engineer, Stationary—Grade 4 41. Engineer, Stationary, Helper 42. Electroencephalograph Technician 43. Gardener—Grade 1 44. Gardener—Grade 3 45. Hairdresser 47. Housekeeper, New Vista 48. Industrial Therapist—Grade 1 _. 49. Industrial Therapist—Grade 2 50. Instructor, Handicrafts 51. Instructor, Nurses—Grade 1 52. Instructor, Nurses—Grade 3 53. Instructor, Recreational 54. Kitchen Helpers (Male) 55. Laundress—Grade 1 56. Laundress—Grade 2 8 57. Laundry Helper—Grade 1 6 2 5 1 20 1 1 2 54 1 58. Laundryman—Grade 1 59. Laundryman—Grade 2 60. Meat-cutter, Chief 61. Meat-cutter, Assistant Chief 62. Meat-cutter 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110. 111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. Meat-cutter's Helper 1 2 1 1 30 Medical Superintendent—Grade 2 Medical Superintendent—Grade 3 Music Therapist Nurse, Psychiatric (Male) Nurse, Psychiatric (Female) 112 Nurse, Psychiatric, Assistant Charge (Male) 13 Nurse, Psychiatric, Assistant Charge (Female) 20 Nurse, Psychiatric, Charge (Male).... Nurse, Psychiatric, Charge (Female) Nurse, Psychiatric, Dining-room (Male) Nurse, Psychiatric, Dining-room, Charge Nurse, Head Occupational Therapist, Supervisor Occupational Therapist—Grade 1 Occupational Therapist—Grade 2 Operator, Switchboard—Grade 2 Physiotherapist Psychiatric Aide (Male) Psychiatric Aide (Female) Psychologist, Clinical—Grade 1 Psychologist, Clinical—Grade 2 Psychologist, Clinical—Grade 3 Painter Painter, Foreman Pharmacy Student Plasterer and Tile-setter Plumber Plumber's Helper Public Health Nurse Resident Physician—Grade 2 Sculleryman Seamstress Social Worker—Grade 2 Social Worker—Grade 3 Social Worker—Grade 4 Speech Therapist Specialist in Psychiatry Stenographer—Grade 1 Stenographer—Grade 2 Senior Stenographer Staff Nurse—Grade 1 Staff Nurse—Grade 2 Stockman, Cattle Stores—Grade Stockman Stockman Stockman Stockman Stores—Grade Stores—Grade Stores—Grade Superintendent of Nurses—Grade 1 __ Superintendent of Nurses—Grade 2 ._ Superintendent of Nurses—Grade 3 __ Supervisor, Dairy Herd Upholsterer Upholsterer, Assistant Watchman Watchman-Driver X-ray Technician—Grade 2 1 4 1 7 10 6 9 128 147 3 5 2 24 1 1 2 3 1 4 9 1 2 4 1 7 1 9 1 17 1 14 1 2 1 1 6 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION REPORT GG 33 Table 17.—■ Classification Reviews by Department in 1956 with Comparative Figures for 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, and 1955 1 CO ll ba ° C_T_ ■— JEs! o Dob. Vi a o "> u ■as »!_. 1=3.2 Q on. "j. a s « or;, o '?'->£ u o _, PJB..S Upward Revisions of Positions Including Several Employees Downward Revisions of Positions Including Several Employees Reviews of Positions Including Several Employees Resulting in No Change Reviews of Positions Including a Number of Employees in Several Departments o H 12 41 31 83 2 36 77 9 60 5 25 71 7 1 62 3 1 57 9 3 1 4 2 3 1 1 2 1 8 2 1 17 1 25 11 11 1 13 2 13 12 19 3 6 1 14 2 2 1 8 ..._. 3 1 6 3 13 61 46 109 2 Health . ._ 53 90 13 Highways 79 8 41 Forests _ - 93 7 1 95 Public Utilities 6 Railways 1 68 10 Totals, 1956 _ Totals, 1955 __.__ 592 479 513 480 505 585 28 17 49 80 55 61 136 94 87 130 143 296 27 36 12 19 97 14 2 1 1 6 1 13 10 7 7 5 20 7 21 9 11 7 3 803 659 Totals, 1954 . 678 Totals, 1953 728 Totals, 1952 980 Totals, 1951 708 Table 18.—Number of Employees by Length of Service in Five-year Steps, as at December 31st, 1956 Interval Male Female Total 723 1,636 1,494 387 280 118 90 32 3 4 2 310 1,282 1,948 562 172 72 31 31 7 4 1 2,005 3,584 6 to 10 „ 2,056 11 to 15 „ 559 16 to 20 „ . 352 21 to 25 „ 149 26 to 30 „ 121 31 to 35 „ 39 36 to 40 „ 7 41 to 45 „ 5 46 to 50 „ 2 81 391 Totals 5,079 4,191 9,270 GG 34 BRITISH COLUMBIA Table 19.—Additions to and Deletions from Establishments Department of Agriculture Additions— 1 Inspector, Animal Brands. 5 Inspectors, Dairy Barns. 1 Agriculturist—Grade 2. 3 Agriculturist—Grade 3. 1 Inspector, Dairy Herd Improvement Association. 1 Laboratory Technician—Grade 3. 1 Inspector, Dairy—Grade 2. 1 Clerk-Stenographer—Grade 2. 1 Pathologist, Animal and Veterinary Inspector, Assistant. Department of Finance Additions— 1 Buyer—Grade 1. 2 Clerks—Grade 2. 5 Accountants, Audit—Grade 1. 1 Clerk, Junior. 1 Office Equipment Operator—Grade 1. 2 Clerks—Grade 1. 1 Government Agent—Grade 1. 1 Stockman—Grade 2. 1 Building Service Worker—Grade 1. 1 Building Service Worker—Grade 2. 2 Clerk-Stenographers—Grade 2. Department of Attorney-General Additions— 4 Examiners of Drivers. 1 Examiner of Titles, Senior. 1 Departmental Solicitor, Assistant. 1 Inspector, Assistant Chief, Credit Unions. 1 Superintendent of Insurance and Real Estate. 1 Registrar, Court—Grade 1. 1 Registrar, Land, Deputy—Grade 3. 1 Draughtsman—Grade 1. 4 Court Reporters—Grade 1. 6 Clerks—Grade 2. 1 Legal Stenographer. 1 Clerk-Stenographer—Grade 2. 1 Clerk-Stenographer—Grade 1. 1 Clerk-Typist—Grade 2. 3 Clerk-Typists—Grade 1. 1 Clerk, Junior. Deletions— 2 Clerks—Grade 2. 1 Registrar, Land, Deputy—Grade 4. Department of Education Additions— 4 Clerk-Typists—Grade 1. 7 Clerks, Junior. 1 Librarian, Branch. 2 Clerk-Stenographers—Grade 2. 1 Clerk—Grade 2. 1 Clerk—Grade 1. 1 Teacher—Grade 2. 1 Librarian—Grade 1. 1 Supervisor—Grade 2. 1 Supervisor—Grade 1. 3 Ward Assistants. Deletions— 2 Principals, Normal School. 2 Vice-Principals, Normal School. 20 Instructors, Normal School—Grade 3. 2 Instructors, Normal School—Grade 2. 1 Teacher—Grade 4. 2 Clerk-Stenographers—Grade 4. 1 Clerk-Stenographer—Grade 1. 1 Clerk—Grade 2. 1 Clerk, Junior. Department of Fisheries Additions— 1 Research Assistant—Grade 3. 1 Supervisor of Fisheries. Deletions— 1 Deputy Minister. 1 Inspector of Fisheries. Department of Health and Welfare Additions— 6 Supervisors—Grade 1. 1 Nurse, Staff—Grade 2. 16 Public Health Nurses—Grade 1. 1 Public Health Nurse—Grade 2. 1 Laboratory Technician—Grade 3. 4 Laboratory Technicians—Grade 2. 2 Bacteriologists—Grade 3. 1 Bacteriologist—Grade 2. 1 Bacteriologist—Grade 1. 8 Ward Assistants. 1 Pharmacist—Grade 2. 4 Social Workers—Grade 2. 5 Inspectors, Sanitary—Grade 2. 1 Research Assistant—Grade 2. 6 Building Service Workers—Grade 1. 6 Building Service Workers—Grade 2. 1 Building Service Worker—Grade 4. 4 Clerk-Stenographers—Grade 2. 4 Clerk-Typists—Grade 1. 4 Clerks—Grade 1. 1 Clerk—Grade 2. 1 Clerk—Grade 3. 1 Driver. 1 Stockman—Grade 4. 1 Nurse's Aide. Deletions— 1 Clerk—Grade 3. 1 Clerk-Stenographer—Grade 2. 1 Laboratory Technician—Grade 2. 1 X-ray Assistant. 1 Superintendent of Nurses—Grade 1. 1 Laundress—Grade 3. 2 Laundresses—Grade 2. 1 Laundress—Grade 1. 2 Dieticians. 15. Building Service Workers—Grade 1. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION REPORT GG 35 Table 19.—Additions to and Deletions from Establishments—Continued Department of Highways Additions— 2 Engineers, Design and Structural— Grade 2. 1 Clerk—Grade 1. 4 Clerk-Stenographers—Grade 2. 3 Clerk-Stenographers—Grade 3. 1 Engineering Assistant—Grade 1. 1 Engineer, Resident—Grade 2. 2 Right-of-way Agents—Grade 1. Deletions— 1 Deck-hand. 4 Foremen, Road Maintenance—Grade 3. 2 Foremen, Road Maintenance—Grade 1. 1 Power-grader Operator—Grade 2. 1 Stockman—Grade 4. 4 Mechanics—Grade 3. 1 Mechanic—Grade 4. 1 Mechanic—Grade 2. 1 Operator, Utility. 1 Operator, Reaction Ferries. 1 Tender, Bridge (Eburne). 1 Foreman, General. 1 Mate, Ferry—Grade 1. 1 Foreman, Road Maintenance—Grade 2. Department of Labour Additions— 1 Administrative Assistant—Grade 1. 1 Industrial Relations Officer—Grade 1. Department of Lands and Forests Additions— 1 Clerk, Chief. 1 Administrative Assistant—Grade 1. 1 Clerk—Grade 3. 3 Clerks—Grade 2. 6 Clerks—Grade 1. 2 Clerk-Stenographers—Grade 2. 3 Clerk-Stenographers—Grade 1. 1 Clerk-Typist—Grade 2. 3 Clerk-Typists—Grade 1. 1 Draughtsman, Senior. 2 Rangers, Forest—Grade 2. 4 Rangers, Forest—Grade 1. 2 Engineers, Assistant—Grade 2. 1 Engineer, Assistant—Grade 1. 1 Forester—Grade 1. 1 Forest Assistant—Grade 4. 4 Forest Assistants—Grade 3. 2 Forest Assistants—Grade 2. 4 Foresters-in-training. 2 Forester Assistants—Grade 2. 1 Investigator, Forest Products Accounting. 1 Mechanic—Grade 5. 19 Scalers. Deletions— 1 Clerk, Senior. 1 Clerk—Grade 2. Department of Mines Additions— 1 Technician, Petroleum. 1 Draughtsman, Junior. 1 Engineer, Petroleum—Grade 1. 1 Engineering Assistant—Grade 1. 1 Clerk-Stenographer—Grade 2. Department of the Provincial Secretary Additions— 1 Dietetics Administrator. 1 Dietetics Administrator, Assistant. 3 Dieticians—Grade 2. 10 Stockmen, Cattle. 2 Superintendents of Nurses—Grade 2. 1 Superintendent of Nurses—Grade 3. 3 Superintendents of Nurses—Grade 1. 5 Nurses, Psychiatric. 6 Nurses—Head. 14 Nurses, Staff—Grade 2. 11 Nurses, Staff—Grade 1. 3 Nurses, Psychiatric, Charge. 10 Nurses, Psychiatric, Assistant Charge. 26 Nurses, Psychiatric. 43 Psychiatric Aides. 1 Nurse, Psychiatric, Special. 1 Physiotherapist. 1 Social Worker—Grade 4. 24 Social Workers—Grade 3. 6 Occupational Therapists—Grade 1. 1 Occupational Therapist—Grade 2. 3 Laundry Helpers—Grade 2. 3 Laundry Helpers—Grade 1. 1 Laundress—Grade 1. 8 Laundresses—Grade 2. 1 Clinical Director. 4 Specialists in Psychiatry. 4 Physicians, Resident—Grade 2. 1 Superintendent, Medical—Grade 2. 1 Housekeeper, Hospital. 1 X-ray Technician—Grade 1. 1 Electroencephalograph Technician— Grade 2. 1 Bacteriologist—Grade 2. 1 Psychologist, Clinical—Grade 3. 1 Psychologist, Clinical—Grade 2. 2 Drivers, Truck (Institutions). 1 Hairdresser. 14 Kitchen Helpers. 2 Cooks—Grade 3. 2 Cooks—Grade 2. 6 Cooks—Grade 1. 1 Driver-Mechanic. 1 Building Service Worker—Grade 4. 2 Building Service Workers—Grade 2. 6 Building Service Workers—Grade 1. 1 Stockman—Grade 2. 1 Clerk, Chief. 1 Clerk, Senior. 4 Clerks—Grade 1. 1 Clerk—Grade 2. 1 Clerk, Junior. 1 Clerk-Stenographer—Grade 3. GG 36 BRITISH COLUMBIA Table 19.—Additions to and Deletions from Establishments—Continued Additions—Continued Deletions— 5 Clerk-Stenographers—Grade 2. 1 Building Service Worker—Grade 1. 1 Instructor, Handicrafts. 1 Operator, Switchboard—Grade 2. Deletions— Department of Railways 1 Dietician, Chief. 3 Milkers. Additions— 1 Instructor, Psychiatric Nursing (Male). 1 Administrative Assistant—Grade 1. 1 Nurse, Psychiatric, Chief—Grade 1. Deletions— 1 Nurse, Psychiatric, Supervisor. 1 Draughtsman—Grade 2. 2 Nurses, Psychiatric, Charge. 12 Nurses, Psychiatric, Assistant, Charge. 4 Superintendents of Nurses—Grade 1. Department of Trade and Industry 3 Nurses, Head. Additions— 1 Dietician—Grade 1. 1 Cook, Chief. 1 Field Representative. 1 Research Assistant—Grade 1. 1 Cook—Grade 5. 1 Cook—Grade 3. 1 Clerk-Typist—Grade 1. 1 Clerk—Grade 3. 1 Cook—Grade 2. 1 Cook—Grade 1. Deletions— Nil. 6 Kitchen Helpers. 2 Occupational Therapists—Grade 1. 2 Building Service Workers—Grade 1. 1 Intermediate Clerk—Grade 2. Positions Transferred from One Department to Another Public Utilities Commission Additions— Nil. Deletions— 1 Superintendent, Motor Carrier Branch, Deputy. Department of Public Works Additions— 1 Gardener—Grade 1. 2 Inspectors, Gas. 4 Inspectors, Electrical—Grade 1. 1 Carpenter. 3 Building Service Workers—Grade 1. 1 Inspector, Boiler. Transferred from Department of Health and Welfare to Department of Provincial Secretary— 1 Supervisor, Psychiatric Social Work. 2 Supervisors of Welfare—Grade 1. 9 Social Workers—Grade 4. 22 Social Workers—Grade 3. 9 Social Workers—Grade 2. Transferred from Department of Lands and Forests to Department of Agriculture— 1 Commissioner, Dyking. 1 Commissioner, Dyking, Deputy. 2 Clerks, Senior. 1 Clerk-Stenographer—Grade 2. 1 Inspector, Land Settlement Board. VICTORIA, B.C. 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