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Salary Survey Completed;
Conclusions Available Soon
E n t ering the Salem Ci vil Se rvi ce of - -
fice these days one is aware that^j the
wheels of many projects are turning in
those I B
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t
a
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busy with a diversity of activities . . .
M E B B n S j and ^fB hhnenda^rns, -
examinations prepared and given, prep-'
aration of the employees handbook, per-
sonnel actions, interviews, arid applica
tions handled.
The salary survey of Oregon indus
try made by Civil Service employees
during the past summer has been com
pleted and ¡conclusions are being tabu-
this l ^ ^ ^ B M B w o press.
Recommendations will be made for
salary schedules based upon I the survey
and hearings will be set for sometime in
October.
Clerical examinations are being given
this month f o i K N n g | ^ Q 9 ^ ^ B |
Clerk-stenographers, Tabulating and
Key Punch Machine OperwW . jQ soon
as these clerical exams are completed,
the I useal and Ac counting exams will be
T h e |j|S ja w ill complete the of-
ficer personnel exams which cover 1/3
of state employees. Slightly over 3 / 5
of the entire state service will be cov-
ered by examination requirements with
the completion of office exams.
Turnover Declines
Personnel actions indicate tneMl-is
I noticeable decrease in employee tu rn
over within the state service. Applida-
^ B iO K e plentiful for most classifica
tions except stenographic, typing, other
clerical and accounting positions.
The employees handbook which has
been in preparation for some time is
expected to reach I the printer in i Sep/’-
tember. A» section on safety is being
added by the Industrial Accident Com-
f&UWon.
F lo w in g are listed the changes in
classification fend pay schedules made'
at the July 12 and August 6 meetings
of the y S w r v g Commission. At the
July meeting three new positions were
T r^ B fe r ta tW * Su ocr^ ^ - s ^ d ^ nd II
■sni
M æ ibSfew pervisor ( PUCt)^11
Paw schedul^^çfcere ~ .rj^^^d to ällow
pay increases for H
Weighmaster I, II and III (Highway 9
U tility Engineer III (PUC)
Scientific Instrument Technician
On August 6 three more positions
were added : I
Clerical Aide-u($êmporary, part time
or seasonal employggpp^
T raffic’ Manager (Liquor Commis
sion)
’‘ PsSbcB B ly Aide (Institutions)
Pay range revisions provided pay in-
creasesfor
^ ^ ^ B ra fU S afefy Inspector II (Board
of Aeronautics)
Bridge Superintendent^H ighw ay)
MedK M Social W ork Consultant
(Work with Crippled Children) I
The position of Freight T raffic A n
alyst in the Highway Department was
abolished.
The smallest state park in the United
States covers only 2 3 square feet along
U .^ |H ig h w ^ ^ j) iat Government Camp
on the slopes of Mt. Hood. It kyas set
aside to preserve a. monument erected
to the memory, of Sam Barlow,, who
built the m lt; road around Mt. Hood ;f or
covered wagons a century ago.
There are eleven high waterfalls
-within a 11-mile Aect ion of the Colum-
bia river highway, a short distance Mst
of Portland, Oregon, along U.S. Route
30. T hehighest of- th e Q is the Mult-
nomah rFffl^Bwhich tumbles 620^feet
over ^basaltic cliffs of ancienit volcanic
origin. I