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How many permanent staff,
temporary campaign staff and different jobs are there?
Each sugar factory has a permanent staff of between 50 and
300, depending on its size. There are between 20 and 35 temporary
campaign staff. The workforce is made up of skilled workers
and specialists in the following areas: mechanic, electrician,
measuring and control engineer, chemical laboratory assistant,
trader, process engineer, chemist, sugar technologist,
etc. |
Are the staff working at
control station terminals experts?
Outside the campaign, plant operators are mainly concerned with
plant maintenance and with implementing investment projects
associated with their plant. Their precise knowledge of the
plant at their factory is supplemented by a knowledge of process
engineering. |
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What do the staff do after
the campaign?
Industrial staff are mainly occupied in maintaining the plant
and implementing investment projects. |
How many people used to
work in a sugar factory in former times?
In the 1950s and 1960s, a sugar works had between 400 and 1,000
staff. |
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Are apprentices trained?
There is a wide range of training places at Südzucker
works: in clerical occupations or as an electrician, measurement
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control engineer or mechanic. Apprentices account for over
10 % of the staff, which means that Südzucker is well
above the German average in this respect. |
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How many apprentices are
taken on by Südzucker after training?
Südzucker offers jobs to as many trainees as possible after
their training. Experience has shown that skilled workers who
have been trained by Südzucker also have excellent opportunities
on the free labour market, because of the high quality of their
training. |
Are the staff represented
by a trade union?
Staff are represented by the Gewerkschaft Nahrung-Genuss-Gaststätten
(NGG) (Food, Beverages and Catering Workers'
Union).
Südzucker is governed by means of co-determination, and
staff representatives occupy half of the positions on the
supervisory
board. |
Does the sugar industry
have its own collective wages and salaries agreement?
The collectively agreed pay of staff is mainly based on collective
agreements with the Food, Beverages and Catering Workers’
Union (NGG). |
How is shift work organised?
There are a number of different shift arrangements at Südzucker,
from 3-shift and 4-shift arrangements during the sugar beet
campaign to 5-shift arrangements in all-year production segments. |
Do staff work flexitime?
Yes. |
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