CAUT

Hi All,

Employees throughout the University of Wisconsin are undergoing a restructuring of job descriptions and titles.  This is intended to help with consistency with other public and private sector positions.  It's time in the process for administration to seek input from us piano technicians at UW--Madison on a number of aspects of the new job descriptions and titles.  (yeah!)

Can we get some input from CAUT members--especially those with one or more full time employee at an institution?

How many full time technicians are FLSA exempt status?  How many are part time exempt?

Of course, there is the minimum experience and RPT requirements for our positions.  How many institutions have additional expectations of a post-high school degree for their technicians?

Thanks for your comments on these.

If you prefer, you can send an email privately to baoliliu@wisc.edu or mkultsch@wisc.edu

reference:

Instrument Repair and Restoration Technician	Arts	Arts	-
Job Summary Performs special and periodic tuning of concert, studio and practice room instruments. Performs inspections to determine tuning, repair, and other maintenance needs. Tests, adjusts, and replaces mechanisms and parts. Responsible for preparing and maintaining maintenance and inventory records. Job Responsibilities Repairs, regulates, tunes, and maintains musical instruments Engages outside vendors for repairs when necessary Assesses instrument inventory and ensures that parts are available for repairs May train and/or supervise student workers Education H.S. Diploma - Preferred Minimum FLSA Status Non-Exempt

Mark Ultsch,
Baoli Liu,
UW--Madison Piano Shop
Mead Witter School of Music