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Metal Trades (General) Award
1. - AWARD STRUCTURE
1.1 - TITLE
This Award shall be known as the "Metal Trades (General) Award" as amended and consolidated and to the
extent shown in the First Schedule to this Award replaces the several awards and industrial agreements set forth
in that schedule and, with respect to construction work, replaces the several orders set out in the said schedule.
1.2 - ARRANGEMENT
1. AWARD STRUCTURE
1.1 Title
1.2 Arrangement
1.3 Area and Scope
1.4 Equal Opportunity
1.5 Division of Award
1.6 Definitions and Classification Structure 1.7 Award Modernisation
PART 1 – GENERAL
2. CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT
2.1 Contract of Service
2.2 Training
2.3 Redundancy
2.4 Introduction of Change
3. HOURS OF WORK
3.1 Hours
3.2 Overtime
3.3 Shift Work
4. RATES OF PAY
4.1 Minimum Adult Award Wage
4.2 Supported Wage System for Employees with Disabilities
4.3 Apprentices
4.4 Junior Employees
4.5 Part time Employment
4.6 Payment of Wages
4.7 Time and Wages Record
4.8 Wages and Supplementary Payments
4.9 Traineeships
5. ALLOWANCES AND FACILITIES
5.1 Higher Duties
5.2 Special Allowances and Facilities 5.3 Car Allowance
5.4 Fares and Travelling Time
5.5 Distant Work
5.6 Location Allowances
6. LEAVE
6.1 Annual Leave
6.2 Sick Leave
6.3 Long Service Leave
6.4 Bereavement Leave
6.5 Parental Leave
6.6 Carer's Leave
6.7 Public Holidays
7. DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURE
8. REGISTERED ORGANISATION
8.1 Right of Entry for Discussions with Employees
8.2 Right of Entry to Investigate Breaches
8.3 Posting of Award and Union Notices
8.4 Board of Reference
9. SUPERANNUATION
PART 2 – CONSTRUCTION WORK
10. GENERAL PROVISIONS
11. DEFINITION
12. CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT
12.1 Contract of Service
12.2 Apprentices
12.3 Redundancy
13. WAGES
14. HOURS
14.1 Rest Period
14.2 Shift Work
15. ALLOWANCES AND PROVISIONS
15.1 Special Allowances and Provisions
15.2 Allowance for Travelling and Employment in Construction Work
15.3 Distant Work 15.4 Special Provision – Western Power
16. LEAVE
16.1 Annual Leave Loading
17. STRUCTURAL EFFICIENCY
18. NAMED PARTIES
19. INDUSTRIES
Schedule 1 - Awards, Industrial Agreements and Orders Replaced
Appendix 1 - Old Classifications
Appendix 2 - Old Definitions
Appendix 3 - ABB Power Transmission Pty Ltd
Appendix 4 - Architectural Aluminium Fabrication Classification
1.3 - AREA AND SCOPE This Award relates to each industry mentioned in Clause 19 and applies to all employees employed in each such
industry in any calling mentioned in Clause 4.8 - Wages and Supplementary Payments of PART 1 - GENERAL
or Clause 13. - Wages of PART 2 - CONSTRUCTION WORK of this Award.
Exclusion to scope clause – Electrical Contracting Industry
This Award shall not apply to employees who are on-hired to electrical contracting companies or to employers
who are engaged in the electrical contracting industry as defined under the terms of the Electrical Contracting
Industry Award R 22 of 1978.
1.4 - EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
The provisions of this Award shall be interpreted and applied so as not to discriminate against an employee on
any ground on which discrimination in work is unlawful under the Equal Opportunity Act 1984.
1.5 - DIVISION OF AWARD
1.5.1 PART 1 – GENERAL applies to all employees covered by the Award.
1.5.2 PART 2 – CONSTRUCTION WORK applies to employees engaged on construction work defined in
Clause 1.6. – Definitions and Classification Structure of PART 1.
1.5.3 Where a provision of PART 2 conflicts with a provision of PART 1, the provision of PART 2 shall
prevail.
1.6 - DEFINITIONS AND CLASSIFICATION STRUCTURE
1.6.1 General:
"Apprentice" means an apprentice under the Industrial Training Act 1975.
"Cadet" means:
(1) an employee who is appointed by an employer bound by this Award solely for the purpose of
being trained for an administrative or supervisory position (not being a supervisory position to
which this Award applies) in the employer's business; and
(2) an employee who is a full-time student at a university, school of mines or technical college
and who is employed during vacations by an employer bound by this Award solely for the
purpose of giving the student practical experience necessary for the completion of the
employee's course of study.
"Casual Employee" means an employee engaged and paid as such.
"Construction work" means work on site in or in connection with:
(1) the construction of a large industrial undertaking or any large civil engineering project;
(2) the construction or erection of any multi-storey building; and
(3) the construction, erection or alteration of any other building; structure, or civil engineering
project which the employer and the union or unions concerned agree or, in the event of
disagreement, which the Board of Reference declares to be construction work for the purposes
of this Award.
"Junior Employee" means an employee under the age of 21 years who is not an apprentice or a cadet.
"Commission" means the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission.
"Registrar" means the Registrar of the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission.
"the Act" means the Industrial Relations Act 1979.
1.6.2 Classification Structure and Definitions:
(1) The following classifications and definitions have superseded the old task and craft based
definitions contained in Appendices 1 and 2 hereof. The following classifications specify skill
and training standards and broad areas of work. The definitions recognise the National Broad
Base, National Engineering Production Certificate and National Metal and Engineering
Curricula modules as recognised and accredited in Western Australia by Department of
Education and Training or its successor.
(2) Classifications are based on the progressive acquisition of modules of skill and/or training and
application of skills and form the career path which determines the pay rate structure.
(3) Reclassification shall be on the basis of skills obtained through accredited training.
(4) Appointment to any wage level in the classification structure is contingent upon such
additional work being available and required to be performed by the employer.
Wage Group Classification Title Minimum Training Requirement
*C 5 Advanced Engineering
Tradesperson - Level II
Advanced Certificate or 15
modules
*C 6 Advanced Engineering
Tradesperson - Level I
First Year of Advanced Certificate
of 12 Modules
C 7 Engineering Tradesperson
Special Class - Level II
Nine Modules
C 8 Engineering Tradesperson
Special Class - Level I
Six Modules
C 9 Engineering Tradesperson – Level II
Three Modules
C 10 Engineering Tradesperson -
Level I Engineering / Production
Employee
Trade Certificate or 24 Modules of
an Engineering / Production
Certificate
C 11 Engineering / Production
Employee - Level IV
16 Modules of an Engineering /
Production Certificate
C 12 Engineering / Production
Employee -
Level III
Eight Modules of an Engineering /
Production Certificate
C 13 Engineering / Production Employee -
Level II
In-house Training
C 14 Engineering / Production
Employee -
Level I
Up to 38 hours' induction training
* Refer to definitions re the training requirements.
1.6.3 Wage Group C14
(1) Engineering/Production Employee - Level I
(Relativity to C1O - 78%)
An Engineering/Production Employee - Level I is an employee who undertakes up to 38
hours' induction training which may include information on the enterprise, conditions of
employment, introduction to supervisors and fellow employees, training and career path
opportunities, plant lay-out, work and documentation procedures, occupational health and safety, equal employment opportunity and quality control/assurance.
(2) An employee at this level performs routine duties essentially of a manual nature and to the
level of his or her training:
(a) Performs general labouring and cleaning duties.
(b) Exercises minimal judgement.
(c) Works under direct supervision.
(d) Is undertaking structured training to enable him/her to perform work at Cl3 level.
1.6.4 Wage Group C13
(1) Engineering/Production Employee - Level II (Relativity to C1O - 82%)
An Engineering/Production Employee - Level II has completed up to three (3) months
structured training so as to enable the employee to perform work within the scope of this level.
(2) At this Level an employee performs work above and beyond the skills of an employee at C14
and to the level of the employee's training:
(a) Works under direct supervision, either individually or in a team environment.
(b) Understands and undertakes basic quality control/assurance procedures including the
ability to recognise basic quality deviations and faults.
(c) Understands and utilises basic statistical process control procedures.
(3) Indicative of the tasks which an employee at this Level may perform are the following:
(a) Repetitive work on automatic, semi-automatic or single purpose machines or
equipment.
(b) Assembles components using basic written, spoken and/or diagrammatic instructions
in an assembly environment.
(c) Basic soldering or butt and spot welding skills or cutting scrap with oxy-acetylene
blow pipe
(d) Uses selected hand tools,
(e) Cleans boilers.
(f) Maintains simple records.
(g) Uses hand trolleys and pallet trucks.
(h) Assists in the provision of on-the-job training in conjunction with tradespersons and
supervisor/trainers.
1.6.5 Wage Group C12
(1) Engineering/Production Employee - Level III
(Relativity to C1O - 87.4%)
An Engineering/Production Employee - Level III has completed an Engineering Production
Certificate I or equivalent training to enable him/her to perform work within the scope of this
Level.
(2) At this Level an employee performs work above and beyond the skills of an employee at C13 and to the level of his or her training -
(a) Is responsible for the quality of his or her own work, subject to routine supervision.
(b) Works under routine supervision, either individually or in a team environment.
(c) Exercises discretion within his or her level of skills and training.
(3) Indicative of the tasks which an employee at this Level may perform are the following:-
(a) Operates flexibly between assembly stations.
(b) Operates machinery and equipment which requires exercising skills and knowledge
beyond that of an employee at Level Cl3.
(c) Non-trade engineering skills.
(d) Basic tracing and sketching skills
(e) Receiving, despatching, distributing, sorting, checking, packing (other than repetitive
packing in a standard container or containers in which such goods are ordinarily
sold), documenting and the recording of goods, materials and components.
(f) Basic inventory control in the context of a production process.
(g) Basic keyboard skills.
(h) Advanced soldering techniques.
(i) Boiler attendant.
(j) Operation of mobile equipment including forklifts, hand trolleys, pallet trucks,
overhead cranes and winch operation.
(k) Ability to measure accurately.
(l) Assists one or more tradespersons.
(m) Welding which requires the exercise of knowledge and skills above Level C13.
(n) Assists in the provision of on-the-job training in conjunction with tradespersons and
supervisor/trainers.
1.6.6 Wage Group C11
(1) Engineering/Production Employee - Level IV
(Relativity to Cl0 - 92.4%)
An Engineering/Production Employee - Level IV has completed 16 Modules towards an
Engineering Production Certificate II or equivalent training so as to enable the employee to
perform work within the scope of this Level.
(2) At this Level an employee performs work above and beyond the skills of an employee at 012
and to the level of the employee's training:
(a) Works from complex instructions and procedures.
(b) Assists in the provision of on-the-job training to a limited degree.
(c) Co-ordinates work in a team environment or works individually under general
supervision.
(d) Is responsible for assuring the quality of his or her own work.
(3) Indicative of the tasks which an employee at this Level may perform are the following:
(a) Uses precision measuring instruments.
(b) Machine setting, loading and operation.
(c) Rigging (certificated).
(d) Inventory and store control, including -
(i) licensed operation of all appropriate materials handling equipment;
(ii) use of tools and equipment within the scope of (basic non-trades)
maintenance;
(iii) computer operation at a level higher than that of an employee at C12 Level.
(e) Intermediate keyboard skills.
(f) Basic engineering and fault-finding skills.
(g) Basic quality checks on the work of others.
(h) Is licensed and certified for forklift, engine driving and crane driving operations to a
level higher than C12.
(i) Has a knowledge of the employer's operations as it relates to production processes.
(j) Lubricates production machinery equipment.
(k) Assists in the provision of on-the-job training in conjunction with tradespersons and
supervisor/trainers.
1.6.7 Wage Group C10
(1) Engineering Tradesperson - Level I
An Engineering Tradesperson - Level I holds a Trade Certificate or Tradesperson's Rights
Certificate as an:
Engineering Tradesperson (Automotive) Level I; or
Engineering Tradesperson (Electrical/Electronic) - Level I; or
Engineering Tradesperson (Mechanical) - Level I; or
Engineering Tradesperson (Fabrication) - Level I, and
is able to exercise the skills and knowledge of that trade.
(2) An Engineering Tradesperson - Level I works above and beyond an employee at C11 and to
the level of the employee's training:
(a) Understands and applies quality control techniques.
(b) Exercises good interpersonal and communications skills.
(c) Exercises keyboard skills at a level higher than C11.
(d) Exercises discretion within the scope of this grade.
(e) Performs work under limited supervision, either individually or in a team
environment.
(f) Operates all lifting equipment incidental to the employee's work.
(g) Performs non-trade tasks incidental to the employee's work.
(h) Performs work which, while primarily involving the skills of the employee's trade, is
incidental or peripheral to the primary task and facilitates the completion of the whole task. Such incidental or peripheral work would not require additional formal technical
training.
(i) Is able to inspect products and/or materials for conformity with established
operational standards.
1.6.8 Production Systems Employee
(1) A Production Systems employee, while still being primarily engaged in
engineering/production work, applies the skills acquired through the successful completion of
an Engineering/Production Certificate Level III in the production, distribution or stores
functions according to the needs of the enterprise.
(2) A Production Systems employee works above and beyond an employee at C11 and to the level
of the employee's training:
(a) Understands and applies quality control techniques.
(b) Exercises good interpersonal communications skills.
(c) Exercises discretion within the scope of this grade.
(d) Exercises keyboard skills at a level higher than C11.
(e) Performs work under general supervision, either individually or in a team
environment.
(f) Is able to inspect products and/or materials for conformity with established
operational standards.
(3) Indicative of the tasks which an employee at this Level may perform are as follows:
(a) Approves and passes first off samples and maintains quality of product.
(b) Works from production drawings, prints or plans.
(c) Operates, sets up and adjusts all production machinery in a plant, including
production process welding to the extent of training.
(d) Can perform a range of engineering maintenance function including:
(i) removal of equipment fastenings, including use of destructive cutting
equipment;
(ii) lubrication of production equipment;
(iii) running adjustments to production equipment.
(e) Operates all lifting equipment.
(f) Basic production scheduling and materials handling within the scope of the
production process or directly related functions within raw materials/finished goods
locations in conjunction with technicians.
(g) Understands and applies computer techniques relating to production process
operations.
(h) First class engine driver's certificate.
(i) Has high level stores and inventory responsibilities beyond the requirements of an
employee at C11.
(j) Assists in the provision of on-the-job training in conjunction with tradespersons and
trainers.
(k) Has a sound knowledge of the employer's operations as it relates to the production
process.
1.6.9 Wage Group C9
(1) Engineering Tradesperson - Level II
(Relativity to C10 - 105%)
An Engineering Tradesperson - Level II is an:
Engineering Tradesperson (Automotive) - Level II; or
Engineering Tradesperson (Electrical/Electronic) - Level II; or
Engineering Tradesperson (Mechanical) - Level II; or
Engineering Tradesperson (Fabrication) - Level II,
who has completed the following training requirement, including appropriate on-the-job
training:
three appropriate modules in addition to the training requirements of C10 Level;
and, where practical, the modules should be identified in the Enterprise Training Programme.
(2) An Engineering Tradesperson - Level II works above and beyond a Tradesperson at C10 and
to the level of the employee's training:
(a) Exercises the skills attained through satisfactory completion of the training prescribed
for this classification.
(b) Exercises discretion within the scope of this grade.
(c) Works under general supervision, either individually or in a team environment.
(d) Understands and implements quality control techniques.
(e) Provides trade guidance and assistance as part of a work team.
(f) Exercises trade skills relevant to specific requirements of the enterprise at a level
higher than Engineering Tradesperson - Level I.
(3) Tasks which an employee at this Level may perform are subject to the employee having the
appropriate Trade and Post Trade Training to enable the particular tasks to be performed.
1.6.10 Wage Group C8
(1) Engineering Tradesperson Special Class - Level I
(Relativity to C10 - 110%)
An Engineering Tradesperson Special Class - Level I means an:
Engineering Tradesperson Special Class (Automotive) - Level I; or
Engineering Tradesperson Special Class (Electrical/Electronic) - Level I; or
Engineering Tradesperson Special Class (Mechanical) - Level I, or
Engineering Tradesperson Special Class (Fabrication) - Level I;
who has completed the following training requirements including appropriate on-the-job
training:
six appropriate modules in addition to the training requirements of C10 Level;
and, where practical, the modules should be identified in the Enterprise Training Programme.
(2) An Engineering Tradesperson Special Class - Level I works above and beyond a Tradesperson
at C9 and to the level of the employee's training:
(a) Exercises the skills attained through satisfactory completion of the training prescribed
for this classification.
(b) Provides trade guidance and assistance as part of a work team.
(c) Assists in the provision of training in conjunction with supervisors and trainers.
(d) Understands and implements quality control techniques.
(e) Works under limited supervision, either individually or in a team environment.
(3) The following tasks are indicative of what an employee at this level may perform, subject to
the employee having the appropriate Trade and Post Trade Training to enable the particular
tasks to be performed:
(a) Exercises high precision trade skills using various materials and/or specialised
techniques.
(b) Performs operations on a CAD/CAM (Computer Aided Drafting/Computing Aided
Manufacturing) terminal in the performance of routine modifications to NC/CNC
(Numerical Control/Computer Numeric Control) programmes.
(c) Installs, repairs, maintains, tests, modifies, commissions and/or fault-finds complex machinery and equipment which utilises hydraulic and/or pneumatic principles and,
in the course of such work, reads and understands hydraulic and pneumatic circuitry
which controls fluid power systems.
(d) Works on complex or intricate circuitry which involves examining, diagnosing and
modifying systems comprising inter-connected circuits.
1.6.11 Wage Group C7
(1) Engineering Tradesperson Special Class - Level II
(Relativity to C10 - 115%)
An Engineering Tradesperson Special Class - Level II means an:
Engineering Tradesperson Special Class (Automotive) - Level II; or
Engineering Tradesperson Special Class (Electrical/Electronic) - Level II; or
Engineering Tradesperson Special Class (Mechanical) - Level II; or
Engineering Tradesperson Special Class (Fabrication) - Level II,
who has completed the following training requirement, including appropriate on-the-job
training:
three appropriate modules which are qualitatively higher than, and in addition to, the
training requirements of C 8 Level;
and, where practical, the modules should be identified in the Enterprise Training Programme.
(2) An Engineering Tradesperson Special Class - Level II works above and beyond a
Tradesperson at C8 and to the level of the employee's training:
(a) Exercises the skills attained through satisfactory completion of the training prescribed
for this classification.
(b) Is able to provide trade guidance and assistance as part of a work team.
(c) Provides training in conjunction with supervisors and trainers.
(d) Understands and implements quality control techniques.
(e) Works under limited supervision, either individually or in a team environment.
(3) The following tasks are indicative of what an employee at this Level may perform, subject to
the employee having the appropriate Trade and Post Trade Training to enable the particular
tasks to be performed:
(a) Works on machines or equipment which utilise complex mechanical, hydraulic
and/or pneumatic circuitry and controls, or a combination thereof.
(b) Works on machinery or equipment which utilises complex electrical/electronic
circuitry and controls.
(c) Works on instruments which make up a complex control system which utilises some
combination of electrical, electronic, mechanical or fluid power principles.
(d) Applies advanced computer numerical control techniques in machining or cutting or
welding or fabrication.
(e) Exercises intermediate CAD/CAM skills in the performance of routine modifications
to programmes.
(f) Works on complex or intricate interconnected electrical circuits at a Level above C8.
(g) Works on complex radio/communication equipment.
1.6.12 Wage Group C6
* The Advanced Certificates and Associate Diplomas noted in this definition do not equate to
existing TAFE qualifications of the same name and possession of such qualifications does not
of itself justify classification of an employee at this level.
(1) Advanced Engineering Tradesperson - Level I (Relativity to ClQ - 125%)
An Advanced Engineering Tradesperson Level I means an:
Advanced Engineering Tradesperson (Automotive) - Level I; or
Advanced Engineering Tradesperson (Electrical/Electronic) - Level I; or
Advanced Engineering Tradesperson (Mechanical) - Level I; or
Advanced Engineering Tradesperson (Fabrication) - Level I;
who has completed, (including appropriate on-the-job training):
12 modules of an Advanced Certificate; or
12 modules of an Associate Diploma; or
equivalent accredited training,
and, where practical, the modules should be identified in the Enterprise Training Programme.
(2) An Advanced Engineering Tradesperson - Level I works above and beyond a Tradesperson at
C7 and to the level of the employee's training:
(a) Undertakes quality control and work organisation at a Level higher than C7.
(b) Provides trade guidance and assistance as part of a work team.
(c) Assists in the training of employees in conjunction with supervisors/trainers.
(d) Performs maintenance planning and predictive maintenance work other than in
technical fields.
(e) Works under limited supervision, either individually or in a team environment.
(f) Prepares reports of a technical nature on specific tasks or assignments as directed.
(g) Exercises broad discretion within the scope of this Level.
(3) The following are indicative of tasks which an employee at this Level may perform, subject to
the employee having the appropriate Trade and Post Trade Training to enable the particular
tasks to be performed:
(a) Work on combinations of machines or equipment which utilises complex electronic,
mechanical and fluid power principles.
(b) Work on instruments which make up a complex control system that utilise some
combination of electrical, electronic, mechanical, fluid power principles and
electronic circuitry containing complex analogue and/or digital control systems
utilising integrated circuitry.
(c) Application of computer integrated manufacturing techniques involving a higher
level of computer operating and programming skills than for Level C7.
(d) Work on various forms of machinery and equipment which are electronically
controlled by complex digital and/or analogue control systems using integrated
circuitry.
1.6.13 Wage Group C5
* The Advanced Certificates and Associate Diplomas noted in this definition do not equate to
existing TAFE qualifications of the same name and possession of such qualifications does not
of itself justify classification of an employee at this level.
(1) Advanced Engineering Tradesperson - Level II
(Relativity to C10 - 130%)
An Advanced Engineering Tradesperson - Level II means an:
Advanced Engineering Tradesperson (Automotive) - Level II; or
Advanced Engineering Tradesperson (Electrical/Electronic) Level II; or
Advanced Engineering Tradesperson (Mechanical) - Level II or
Advanced Engineering Tradesperson (Fabrication) - Level II,
who has completed (including appropriate on-the-job training) -
an Advanced Certificate; or
15 modules of an Associate Diploma; or
equivalent accredited training,
and, where practical, the modules should be identified in the Enterprise Training Programme.
(2) An Advanced Engineering Tradesperson - Level II works above and beyond a Tradesperson at
C6 and to the level of the employee's training:
(a) Provides technical guidance or advice within the scope of this level.
(b) Prepares reports of a technical nature on specific tasks or assignments as directed, or
within the scope of discretion at this level.
(c) Has an over-all knowledge and understanding of the operating principle of the
systems and equipment on which the Tradesperson is required to carry out the task.
(d) Assists in the provision of on-the-job training in conjunction with supervisors and
trainers.
(3) The following are indicative of the tasks an employee at this level may perform, subject to the
employee having the appropriate Trade and Post Trade Training to enable the particular tasks
to be performed:
(a) Through a systems approach is able to exercise high level diagnostic skills on
complex forms of machinery, equipment and instruments which utilise some
combination of electrical, electronic, mechanical or fluid power principles.
(b) Sets up, commissions, maintains and operates sophisticated maintenance, production
and test equipment and/or systems involving the application of computer operating
skills at a higher level than C6.
(c) Works on various forms of machinery and equipment electronically controlled by
complex digital and/or analogue control systems using integrated circuitry.
(d) Works on complex electronics or instruments or communications equipment or
control systems which utilise electronic principles and electronic circuitry containing complex analogue and/or digital control systems using integrated circuitry.
1.7 - AWARD MODERNISATION
1.7.1 The parties are committed to modernising the terms of the Award so that it provides more flexible
working arrangements, improves the quality of working life, enhances skills and job satisfaction and
assists positively in the restructuring process.
1.7.2 The parties commit themselves to the following principles as part of the structural efficiency process
and have agreed to participate in a testing process in accordance with the provisions of this clause -
(1) Acceptance in principle that the new award skill level definitions will be more suitable for the
needs of the industry, sometimes more broadly based, in other matters more truly reflective of
the different skill levels of the tasks now performed, but which shall incorporate the ability for
an employee to perform a wider range of duties where appropriate.
(2) The parties will create a genuine career path for employees which allows advancement based
on industry accreditation and access to training.
(3) Co-operation in the transition from the old structure to the new structure in an orderly manner
without creating false expectations or disputation.
PART 1 - GENERAL
2. - CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT
2.1 - CONTRACT OF SERVICE
2.1.1 (1) A contract of service to which PART 1 - GENERAL of this Award applies may be terminated
in accordance with the provisions of this clause and not otherwise but this subclause does not
operate so as to prevent any party to a contract from giving a greater period of notice than is
hereinafter prescribed, nor to affect an employer's right to dismiss an employee without notice
for serious misconduct, and an employee so dismissed shall be paid for the time worked up to
the time of dismissal only.
(2) For the purposes of 2.1.1(1), the definition of "serious misconduct" is misconduct, including
conduct as defined by regulation 12.10 of Division 4 of Part 12 of Chapter 2 of the Workplace
Relations Regulations 2006, of such a nature that it would be unreasonable to require the
employer to continue the employment of the employee concerned during the required period of notice.
(3) Subject to the provisions of this clause, a party to a contract of service may, on any day give to
the other party the appropriate period of notice of termination of the contract prescribed in
2.1.2 and the contract terminates when that period expires.
2.1.2 Notice of Termination by Employer
(1) In order to terminate the employment of an employee the employer shall give the employee
the following notice:
PERIOD OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE WITH
THE EMPLOYER
PERIOD OF NOTICE
Not more than 1 year At least 1 week
More than 1 year but less than 3 years At least 2 weeks
More than 3 years but less than 5 years At least 3 weeks
More than 5 years At least 4 weeks
(2) An employee who at the time of being given notice is over 45 years of age and who at the date
of termination has completed two years' continuous service with the employer, shall be
entitled to one week's notice in addition to the notice prescribed in 2.1.2(1).
(3) Payment in lieu of the notice prescribed in 2.1.2(1) and 2.1.2(2) shall be made if the
appropriate notice period is not given. Provided that employment may be terminated by part
of the period of notice specified and part payment in lieu thereof.
(4) In calculating any payment in lieu of notice the employer shall pay the employee an amount
that is equal to, or exceeds, the total of all amounts that, if the employee's employment had
continued until the end of the required notice period, the employer would have become liable
to pay to the employee because of the employment continuing during that period. That total
must be worked out on the basis of:
(a) the employee's ordinary hours of work (even if they are not standard hours); and
(b) the amounts ordinarily payable to the employee in respect of those hours, including
for example, allowances, loadings and penalties; and
(c) any other amounts payable under the employee's contract of employment.
(5) The period of notice in this subclause shall not apply in the case of probationary employees
where the duration of the probation is three months or for a longer period and is reasonable
having regard to the nature and the circumstances of the employment, apprentices, trainees
engaged under a traineeship agreement or an approved traineeship, employees engaged for a
specific period of time or for a specific task or tasks, or short-term casual employees.
(6) For the purposes of this clause a "short-term casual employee" refers to any casual employee,
other than a casual employee with at least twelve (12) months regular and systematic
employment who would, but for the decision to terminate his or her employment, have a
reasonable expectation of continuing employment.
(7) For the purpose of this clause continuity of service shall be calculated in accordance with
regulation 12.11 of Division 4 of Part 12 of Chapter 2 of the Workplace Relations Regulations
2006.
(8) In order to terminate the employment of a short-term casual employee the employer shall give
the employee one hour's notice, or one hour's wages in lieu of notice.
(9) The provisions of this subclause shall not apply in any case where the employee's contract of
service is changed from PART 1 - GENERAL to PART 2 – CONSTRUCTION WORK, of
this Award.
(10) An employee is not entitled to notice under this clause where the termination of employment
occurs because of succession, assignment or transmission of the business of the employer to
another person and the requirements of regulation 12.13(1)(a) and (b) of Division 4 of Part 12
of Chapter 2 of the Workplace Relations Regulations 2006 are met.
2.1.3 Notice of Termination by Employee
(1) The notice of termination required to be given by an employee shall be the same as that
required of an employer, save and except that there shall be no additional notice based on the
age of the employee concerned, and the required period of notice to be given by any casual
employee (whether or not a short-term casual employee) shall be one hour.
(2) If an employee fails to give the required notice or having given, or been given, such notice
leaves before the notice expires, the employee forfeits the entitlement to any moneys owing to
the employee under this Award except to the extent that those moneys exceed the ordinary
wages for the required period of notice.
2.1.4 Time Off During Notice Period
(1) During the period of notice of termination given by the employer an employee shall be
allowed up to one day's time off without loss of pay during each week of notice for the
purpose of seeking other employment. The time off shall be taken at times that are convenient
to the employee after consultation with the employer.
(2) If an employee has been allowed paid leave for more than one day during the notice period for
the purpose of seeking other employment, the employee shall, at the request of the employer,
be required to produce proof of attendance at an interview or he or she shall not receive
payment for the time absent. For this purpose a statutory declaration will be sufficient.
2.1.5 Statement of Employment
The employer shall, upon receipt of a request from an employee whose employment has been
terminated, provide to the employee a written statement specifying the period of employment and the
classification or the type of work performed by the employee.
2.1.6 Absence From Duty
The employer shall be under no obligation to pay for any day not worked upon which the employee is
required to present for duty, except when such absence is due to paid leave to which the employee is
entitled under the provisions of this Award.
2.1.7 Standing Down of Employees
(1) (a) The employer is entitled to deduct payment for any day or part of a day on which an
employee (including an apprentice) cannot be usefully employed because of
industrial action by any of the unions party to this Award, or by any other association
or union.
(b) If an employee is required to attend for work on any day but because of failure or
shortage of electric power work is not provided, such employee shall be entitled to
two hours' pay and further, where any employee commences work he or she shall be
provided with four hours' employment or be paid for four hours' work.
(2) The provisions of 2.1.7(1) also apply where the employee cannot be usefully employed
through any cause which the employer could not reasonably have prevented but only if, and to the extent that, the employer and the union or unions concerned so agree or, in the event of
disagreement, the Board of Reference so determines.
(3) Where the stoppage of work has resulted from a breakdown of the employer's machinery the
Board of Reference, in determining a dispute under 2.1.7(2), shall have regard for the duration
of the stoppage and the endeavours made by the employer to repair the breakdown.
2.2 - TRAINING
2.2.1 The parties to this Award recognise that in order to increase efficiency, productivity and international
competitiveness of industry, a greater commitment to training and skill development is required.
Accordingly, the parties commit themselves to:
(1) developing a more highly skilled and flexible workforce;
(2) providing employees with career opportunities through appropriate training to acquire additional skills; and
(3) removing barriers to the utilisation of skills acquired.
2.2.2 Following proper consultation in accordance with 4.8.8 in Clause 4.8 - Wages and Supplementary
Payments, or through the establishment of a training committee, an employer shall develop a training
programme consistent with:
(1) the current and future skill needs of the enterprise;
(2) the size, structure and nature of the operations of the enterprise;
(3) the need to develop vocational skills relevant to the enterprise and the metal and engineering
industry through courses conducted by accredited educational institutions and providers.
2.2.3 Where it is agreed that a training committee be established, such training committee shall be
constituted by equal numbers of employer and employee representatives and have a charter which
clearly states its role and responsibilities, for example -
(1) formulation of a training programme and availability of training courses and career
opportunities to employees;
(2) dissemination of information on the training programme and availability of training courses
and career opportunities to employees;
(3) the recommending of individual employees for training and reclassification;
(4) monitoring and advising management and employees regarding the ongoing effectiveness of
the training.
2.2.4 (1) Where, as a result of consultation in accordance with 4.8.8 of Clause 4.8 - Wages and
Supplementary Payments or through a training committee and/or with the employee
concerned, it is agreed that additional training in accordance with the programme developed
pursuant to 2.2.2 should be undertaken by an employee, that training may be undertaken either
on or off the job and if the training is undertaken during ordinary working hours, the employee
concerned shall not suffer any loss of pay. The employer shall not unreasonably withhold
such paid training leave.
(2) Any costs associated with standard fees for prescribed courses and prescribed textbooks
(excluding those textbooks which are available in the employer's technical library) incurred
with the undertaking of training shall be reimbursed by the employer upon production of
evidence of such expenditure. Provided that reimbursement shall be on an annual basis,
subject to the presentation of reports of satisfactory progress.
(3) Travel costs incurred by an employee undertaking training in accordance with this clause,
which exceed those normally incurred in travelling to and from work, shall be reimbursed by
the employer.
2.2.5 Subclauses 2.2.2, 2.2.3 and 2.2.4 shall operate as interim provisions and shall be reviewed after nine
months' operation. In the meantime, the parties shall monitor the effectiveness of those interim
provisions in encouraging the attainment of the objectives detailed in 2.2.1. In this connection, the
unions reserve the right to press for the mandatory prescription of a minimum number of training hours
per annum, without loss of pay, for an employee undertaking training to meet the needs of an
individual enterprise and the metal and engineering industry.
2.2.6 Any disputes arising in relation to 2.2.2 and 2.2.3 shall be subject to the provisions of Clause 7. -
Dispute Resolution Procedure of this Award.
2.3 - REDUNDANCY
2.3.1 Discussions Before Terminations
Where an employer has made a definite decision that the employer no longer wishes the job the
employee has been doing done by anyone and this is not due to the ordinary and customary turnover of
labour and that decision may lead to termination of employment, the employer shall hold discussions
with the employees directly affected and with their union or unions in the manner required by Clause
2.4 – Introduction of Change.
2.3.2 Transfer to Lower Paid Duties
Where an employee is transferred to lower paid duties for reasons set out in 2.3.1 the employee shall be
entitled to the same period of notice of transfer as the employee would have been entitled to had the
employment been terminated, and the employer may at the employer's option, make payment in lieu
thereof of an amount equal to the difference between the former ordinary weekly rate of wage and the
new lower ordinary weekly rate of wage for the number of weeks of notice still owing.
2.3.3 Severance Pay
(1) In addition to the period of notice prescribed in 2.1.2(1) in Clause 2.1 - Contract of Service, of
this Award, for ordinary termination, and subject to further order of the Commission, an
employee whose employment is terminated for reasons set out in 2.3.1 shall be entitled to the following amount of severance pay in respect of a continuous period of service: Provided that
the entitlement of any employee whose employment terminates on or before 1 February 2006
shall not exceed 8 weeks’ pay.
PERIOD OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE SEVERANCE PAY
Less than 1 year Nil
1 year and less than 2 years 4 weeks' pay
2 years and less than 3 years 6 weeks' pay
3 years and less than 4 years 7 weeks' pay
4 years and less than 5 years 8 weeks' pay
5 years and less than 6 years 10 weeks' pay
6 years and less than 7 years 11 weeks' pay
7 years and less than 8 years 13 weeks' pay
8 years and less than 9 years 14 weeks' pay
9 years and less than 10 years 16 weeks' pay
10 years and over 12 weeks' pay
"Weeks' Pay" means the ordinary weekly rate of wage for the employee concerned.
Provided that the severance payments shall not exceed the amount which the employee would
have earned if employment with the employer had proceeded to the employee's normal
retirement date.
(2) For the purpose of this clause continuity of service shall not be broken on account of -
(a) any interruption or termination of the employment by the employer if such
interruption or termination has been made merely with the intention of avoiding
obligations hereunder in respect of leave of absence;
(b) any absence from work on account of paid leave or on account of leave lawfully
granted by the employer; or
(c) any absence with reasonable cause, proof whereof shall be upon the employee;
Provided that in the calculation of continuous service under this subclause any time in respect
of which an employee is absent from work except time for which an employee is entitled to
claim paid leave shall not count as time worked.
(3) Service by the employee with a business which has been transmitted from one employer to
another and the employee’s service has been deemed continuous in accordance with section 6
of the Long Service Leave Act 1958 shall also constitute continuous service for the purpose of
this clause.
2.3.4 Employee Leaving During Notice
An employee whose employment is to be terminated for reasons set out in 2.3.1 may terminate
employment during the period of notice and, if so, shall be entitled to the same benefits and payments
under this clause had the employee remained with the employer until the expiry of such notice.
Provided that in such circumstances the employee shall not be entitled to payment in lieu of notice.
2.3.5 Alternative Employment
An employer, in a particular redundancy case, may make application to the Commission to have the
general severance pay prescription varied if the employer obtains acceptable alternative employment
for an employee.
2.3.6 Time Off During Notice Period
(1) During the period of notice of termination of employment given by an employer, an employee
whose employment is to be terminated for reasons set out in 2.3.1 that employee shall for the
purpose of seeking other employment shall be entitled to be absent from work during each
week of notice up to a maximum of eight ordinary hours without deduction of pay. The eight
hours need not be consecutive.
(2) If the employee has been allowed paid leave for more than one day during the notice period
for the purpose of seeking other employment, the employee shall, at the request of the
employer, be required to produce proof of attendance at an interview or the employee shall not
receive payment for the time absent. The employee is required to provide to the employer
evidence that would satisfy a reasonable person of the entitlement.
2.3.7 Notice to CentreLink
Where a decision has been made to terminate employees in the circumstances outlined in 2.3.1, the
employer shall notify CentreLink or its successor thereof as soon as possible giving relevant information including the number and categories of the employees likely to be affected and the period
over which the terminations are intended to be carried out.
2.3.8 Superannuation Benefits
(1) Subject to further order of the Commission where an employee, who is terminated receives a
benefit from a superannuation scheme, the employee shall only receive under 2.3.3 the
difference between the severance pay specified in that subclause and the amount of the
superannuation benefit the employee receives which is attributable to employer contributions
only.
(2) If the superannuation benefit is greater than the amount due under 2.3.3 then the employee
shall receive no payment under that subclause.
(3) Provided that benefits arising directly or indirectly from contributions made by an employer in
accordance with an award, agreement or order made or registered under the Act shall not be
taken into account unless the Commission so orders in a particular case.
2.3.9 Employees With Less Than One (1) Year's Service
Except for clause 2.3.1, this clause shall not apply to employees with less than one year's continuous
service and the general obligation on employers should be no more than to comply with Clause 2.4 –
Introduction of Change and to give relevant employees an indication of the impending redundancy at
the first reasonable opportunity and to take such steps as may be reasonable to facilitate the obtaining
by the employees of suitable alternative employment.
2.3.10 Employees Exempted
This clause shall not apply where employment is terminated as a consequence of conduct that justifies
instant dismissal including malingering, inefficiency or neglect of duty or in the case of casual
employees, apprentices or employees engaged for a specific period of time or for a specified task or
tasks.
2.3.11 Employers Exempted
Subject to an order of the Commission, in a particular redundancy case, this clause shall not apply to
employers who employ less than fifteen (15) employees.
2.3.12 Incapacity to Pay
An employer, in a particular redundancy case may make application to the Commission to have the
general severance pay prescription varied on the basis of the employer's incapacity to pay.
2.3.13 Dispute Settling Procedure
Any dispute under these provisions shall be referred to the Commission.
2.4 - INTRODUCTION OF CHANGE
2.4.1 Employer's Duty to Notify
(1) Where an employer has made a definite decision to introduce major changes in production,
programme, organisation, structure or technology that are likely to have "significant effects"
on employees, the employer shall notify the employees who may be affected by the proposed
changes and their union or unions.
(2) "Significant effects" include termination of employment, major changes in the composition,
operation or size of the employer's workforce or in the skills required; the elimination or
diminution of job opportunities, promotion opportunities or job tenure; the alteration of hours
of work; the need for retraining or transfer of employees to other work or locations and the
restructuring of jobs.
2.4.2 Employer's Duty to Discuss Change
(1) The employer shall discuss with the employees affected and their union or unions, the
introduction of the changes referred to in 2.4.1, among other things, the effects the changes are
likely to have on employees, measures to avoid or minimise effects of such changes on
employees and shall give prompt consideration to matters raised by the employees and/or their
unions in relation to the changes.
(2) The discussion shall commence as soon as is reasonably practicable after a definite decision
has been made by the employer to make the changes referred to in 2.4.1.
(3) For the purpose of such discussion, the employer shall provide in writing to the employees
concerned and their union or unions, all relevant information about the changes including the
nature of the changes proposed; the expected effects of the changes on employees and other
matters likely to affect employees provided that any employer shall not be required to disclose
information the disclosure of which may seriously harm the employer’s business undertaking
or the employer’s interest in the carrying on, or disposition, of the business undertaking.
3. - HOURS OF WORK
3.1 - HOURS
3.1.1 (1) The provisions of this subclause apply to all employees other than those engaged on
continuous shift work.
(2) Subject to the provisions of 3.1.3 and 3.1.4 the ordinary hours of the work shall be an average
of 38 per week to be worked on one of the following bases.
(a) 38 hours within a work cycle not exceeding seven (7) consecutive days; or
(b) 76 hours within a work cycle not exceeding fourteen (14) consecutive days; or
(c) 114 hours within a work cycle not exceeding twenty-one (21) consecutive days; or
(d) 152 hours within a work cycle not exceeding twenty-eight (28) consecutive days; or
(e) where the ordinary hours being worked each day are in accordance with 3.1.1(5)(b), any other
work cycle during which a weekly average of 38 ordinary hours are worked; or
(f) for the purposes of 3.1.3(6) any other work cycle during which a weekly average of 38
ordinary hours are worked as may be agreed in accordance with 3.1.3(6).
(3) The ordinary hours of work may be worked on any or all days of the week, Monday to Friday
inclusive, and except in the case of shift employees, shall be worked between the hours of 6.00
a.m. and 6.00 p.m. Provided that the provisions of this subclause may be altered by agreement
between the employer and the majority of employees in the plant, section or sections
concerned.
(4) Where the first night shift in any week commences on Monday night, the night shift
commencing on Friday and finishing not later than 8.00 a.m. on Saturday of that week, shall
be deemed to have been worked in ordinary working hours.
(5) The ordinary hours of work prescribed herein shall not exceed ten (10) any day. Provided that
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(a) in any arrangement of ordinary working hours where the ordinary working hours are
to exceed eight on any day, the arrangement of hours shall be subject to agreement
between the employer and the majority of employees in the plant, section or sections
concerned; and
(b) by arrangement between the employer and the majority of employees in the plant,
section or sections concerned, ordinary hours, not exceeding twelve (12) on any day,
may be worked subject to:-
(i) the employer and the employees concerned being guided by the Occupational Health and Safety provisions of the ACTU Code of Conduct
on 12 Hour Shifts (as exhibited in the Commission on 11 April 1990);
(ii) proper health monitoring procedures being introduced;
(iii) suitable roster arrangements being made; and
(iv) proper supervision being provided.
(c) Subject to the provisions of 3.1.1(5)(a) and 3.1.1(5)(b), twelve (12) hour shifts may
be worked provided the employer has given the relevant union or unions concerned
notice in writing that such shifts are to be worked.
(6) The ordinary hours of work shall be consecutive except for a meal interval which shall not
exceed one hour, and -
(a) An employee shall not be compelled to work for more than five (5) hours without a
meal interval except where an alternative arrangement is entered into as a result of
discussions.
(b) By arrangement between an employer and the majority of employees in the plant,
section or sections concerned, an employee or employees may be required to work in
excess of five (5) hours, but not more than six (6), at ordinary rates of pay without a
meal break.
(c) The time of taking a scheduled meal break or rest break by one or more employees
may be altered by the employer if it is necessary to do so in order to meet a
requirement for continuity of operations.
(d) An employer may stagger the time of taking a meal or rest break to meet operational
requirements.
(e) When an employee is required for duty during the employee's usual meal interval and
the meal interval is thereby postponed for more than half an hour, the employee shall
be paid at overtime rates until the employee gets the meal interval.
(7) (a) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, a rest period of seven (7) minutes from
the time of ceasing to the time of resumption of work shall be allowed each morning.
(b) The rest period shall be counted as time off duty without deduction of pay and shall
be arranged at a time and in a manner to suit the convenience of the employer.
(c) Refreshments may be taken by employees during the rest period but the period of seven (7) minutes shall not be exceeded under any circumstances.
(d) An employer who satisfies the Commission that any employee has breached any
condition expressed or implied in this paragraph may be exempted from liability to
allow the rest period.
(e) In an establishment in which the majority of employees are not subject to this Award,
the provisions of this paragraph do not apply but any employee to whom this Award
applies shall be entitled to the rest period, if any, which may be allowed to the
aforesaid majority.
(8) (a) In an establishment in which the majority of employees are not subject to this Award,
the ordinary working hours of an employee who is employed on maintenance work
may be worked from Monday to Saturday noon, inclusive, but only if
(i) the employee is paid at the rate of time and one quarter for ordinary hours
worked on Saturdays up to 12 noon;
(ii) the ordinary hours of the aforesaid majority may include work on Saturdays;
and
(iii) the business of that establishment is carried on on Saturdays.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Award contained elsewhere than in this
paragraph, when New Year's Day, Anzac Day, Christmas Day or Boxing Day falls on
a Saturday an employee who does not work on that Saturday is nevertheless entitled
to be paid for each of the two weeks preceding that Saturday the ordinary weekly
wage and the starting and/or finishing time on any day or days in those two weeks
may be varied by the employer so that the ordinary hours usually worked by an
employee between Monday and Friday (both inclusive) may be increased in each of
those weeks by the ordinary hours usually worked by that employee on Saturday.
This paragraph does not apply to a casual employee.
(9) In the week commencing on the Monday immediately preceding Good Friday, the ordinary
working hours of any employee employed by an employer who is bound by an Award
applying to Shop Assistants in the area in which the business is carried on, shall be increased
on each of the days Monday to Thursday inclusive by 1/5th
of the ordinary hours usually
worked by that employee on the Saturday following Good Friday.
3.1.2 (1) The provisions of this subclause apply only to employees engaged on continuous shift work.
(2) Subject to the provisions of 3.1.3 the ordinary hours of continuous shift employees shall
average 38 per week (inclusive of crib time) and shall not exceed 152 hours in twenty-eight
(28) consecutive days.
Provided that, where the employer and the majority of the employees concerned agree, a roster
system may operate on the basis that the weekly average of 38 ordinary hours is achieved over
a period which exceeds twenty-eight (28) consecutive days.
(3) The ordinary hours of work prescribed herein shall not exceed ten (10) on any day. Provided
that -
(a) in any arrangement of ordinary working hours where the ordinary working hours are
to exceed eight (8) on any day, the arrangement of hours shall be subject to
agreement between the employer and the majority of employees in the plant, section
or sections concerned; and
(b) by agreement between the employer and the majority of employees in the plant,
section or sections concerned, ordinary hours, not exceeding twelve (12) on any day, may be worked subject to -
(i) the employer and the employees concerned being guided by the
Occupational Health and Safety provisions of the ACTU Code of Conduct
on 12 Hour Shifts (as exhibited in the Commission on 11 April 1990);
(ii) proper health monitoring procedures being introduced;
(iii) suitable roster arrangements being made; and
(iv) proper supervision being provided.
(c) Subject to the provisions of 3.1.2(3)(a) and 3.1.2(3)(b), twelve (12) hour shifts may
be worked provided the employer has given the relevant union or unions concerned
notice in writing that such shifts are to be worked.
3.1.3 (1) Except as provided in 3.1.3(3) the method of implementation of the 38 hour week may be any one of the following:
(a) by employees working less than eight (8) ordinary hours each day; or
(b) by employees working less than eight (8) ordinary hours on one (1) or more days
each week; or
(c) by fixing one (1) day of ordinary working hours on which all employees will be off
duty during a particular work cycle; or
(d) by rostering employees off duty on various days of the week during a particular work
cycle so that each employee has one day of ordinary working hours off duty during
that cycle; or
(e) except in the case of continuous shift employees where the ordinary hours of work
are worked within an arrangement as provided in 3.1.3(1)(c) or 3.1.3(1)(d), any day
off duty shall be arranged so that it does not coincide with a holiday prescribed in
6.7.1 of Clause 6.7 - Public Holidays of this Award.
(2) In the absence of an agreement at plant level, the procedure for resolving special, anomalous
or extraordinary problems shall be as follows:
(a) Consultation shall take place within the particular establishment concerned.
(b) If it is unable to be resolved at establishment level, the matter shall be referred to the
State Secretary of the union concerned or Assistant Secretary, at which level a
conference of the parties shall be convened without delay.
(c) In the absence of agreement either party may refer the matter to the Commission.
(3) Different methods of implementation of a 38 hour week may apply to various groups or
sections of employees in the plant or establishment concerned.
(4) Notice of Days off Duty.
Except as provided in 3.1.3(5) and 3.1.3(6) in cases where, by virtue of the arrangement of
ordinary hours an employee, in accordance with 3.1.3(1)(c) and 3.1.3(1)(d), is entitled to a day
off duty during the work cycle, then such employee shall be advised by the employer at least
four (4) weeks in advance of the day to be taken off duty provided that a lesser period of
notice may be agreed by the employer and the majority of employees in the plant or section or
sections concerned.
(5) (a) An employer, with the agreement of the majority of employees concerned, may
substitute the day an employee is to take off in accordance with 3.1.3(1)(c) and
3.1.3(1)(d), for another day in the case of a breakdown in machinery or a failure or
shortage of electric power or to meet the requirements of the business in the event of
rush orders or some other emergency situation.
(b) An employer and employee may by agreement substitute the day the employee is to
take off for another day.
(6) Flexibility in relation to rostered days off.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this clause, where the hours of work of an
establishment, plant or section are organised in accordance with 3.1.3(1)(c) and 3.1.3(1)(d) an
employer, the union or unions concerned and the majority of employees in the establishment,
plant, section or sections concerned may agree to accrue up to a maximum of five (5) rostered
days off in special circumstances such as where there are regular and substantial fluctuations in production requirements in any year.
Where such agreement has been reached the accrued rostered days off must be taken within
twelve (12) months from the date of agreement and each twelve (12) months thereafter.
It is understood between the parties that the involvement of the union or unions concerned
would be necessary in cases where it or they have members in the plants concerned and not in
non-union establishments.
3.2 - OVERTIME
3.2.1 (1) The provisions of this subclause apply to all employees other than those engaged on
continuous shift work.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this subclause, all work done beyond the ordinary working hours
on any day, Monday to Friday, inclusive, shall be paid for at the rate of time and one half for
the first two hours and double time thereafter.
For the purposes of this subclause, ordinary hours shall mean the hours of work fixed in an
establishment in accordance with Clause 3.1 - Hours.
(3) (a) Work done on Saturdays after 12.00 noon or on Sundays shall be paid for at the rate of double time.
(b) Work done on any day prescribed as a holiday under this Award shall be paid for at
the rate of double time and a half.
(4) Work done on Saturdays prior to 12.00 noon shall be paid for at the rate of time and one half
for the first two hours and double time thereafter but this paragraph does not apply in a case to
which 3.1.1(4) or 3.1.1(8) of Clause 3.1 - Hours applies.
(5) In computing overtime each day shall stand alone but when an employee works overtime
which continues beyond midnight on any day, the time worked after midnight shall be deemed
to be part of the previous day's work for the purposes of this subclause.
3.2.2 (1) The provisions of this subclause apply only to employees engaged on continuous shift work.
(2) Subject to the provisions of 3.2.2(3) all time worked in excess of or outside the ordinary
working hours, or on a shift other than a rostered shift, shall be paid for at the rate of double
time, except where an employee is called upon to work a sixth shift in not more than one week in any four weeks, when the employee shall be paid for such shift at time and a half for the
first four hours and double time thereafter.
For the purposes of this subclause, ordinary hours shall mean the hours of work fixed in an
establishment in accordance with 3.1.3 and 3.1.4 of Clause 3.1 - Hours.
(3) Time worked in excess of the ordinary working hours shall be paid for at ordinary rates -
(a) if it is due to private arrangements between the employees themselves; or
(b) if it does not exceed two hours and is due to a relieving employee not coming on duty
at the proper time; or
(c) if it is for the purpose of effecting the customary rotation of shifts.
3.2.3 (1) The provisions of this subclause apply to all employees.
(2) Except in the case of shifts to which Clause 14.2 - Shift Work of PART 2 - CONSTRUCTION
WORK of this Award applies overtime on shift work shall be based on the rate payable for
shift work.
(3) (a) When overtime work is necessary it shall, wherever reasonably practicable, be so
arranged that an employee has at least ten (10) consecutive hours off duty between
the work of successive days.
(b) An employee (other than a casual employee) who works so much overtime between
the termination of the employee's ordinary work on one day and the commencement
of the employee's ordinary work on the next day that the employee has not had at
least ten (10) consecutive hours off duty between those times shall, subject to this
paragraph, be released after completion of such overtime until the employee has had
ten (10) consecutive hours off duty without loss of pay for ordinary working time
occurring during such absence.
(c) If, on instructions of the employer, such an employee resumes or continues work
without having had such ten consecutive hours off duty, the employee shall be paid at
double rates until released from duty and shall then be entitled to be absent for such
period of ten (10) consecutive hours off duty without loss of pay for ordinary
working time occurring during such absence.
(d) Where an employee (other than a casual employee or an employee engaged on
continuous shift work) is called into work on a Sunday or holiday prescribed under
this Award preceding an ordinary working day, the employee shall, wherever reasonably practicable, be given ten consecutive hours off duty before the employee's
usual starting time on the next day. If this is not practicable, then the provisions of
3.2.3(3)(b) and 3.2.3(3)(c) shall apply, the necessary changes having been made.
(e) The provisions of this paragraph shall apply in the case of shift employees who rotate
from one shift to another, as if eight (8) hours were substituted for ten hours when
overtime is worked -
(i) for the purpose of changing shift rosters; or
(ii) where a shift employee does not report for duty; or
(iii) where a shift is worked by arrangement between the employees themselves.
(f) Overtime worked as a result of a recall shall not be regarded as overtime for the
purpose of this paragraph when the actual time worked is less than three hours on
such recall or on each of such recalls.
(4) When an employee is recalled to work after leaving the job:
(a) the employee shall be paid for at least three (3) hours at overtime rates;
(b) time reasonably spent in getting to and from work shall be counted as time worked.
(5) When an employee is instructed by the employer to hold in readiness at the employee's place
of residence or other agreed place of residence for a call to work after ordinary hours, the
employee shall be paid at ordinary rates for the time the employee so holds in readiness.
(6) Subject to the provisions of 3.2.3(7), an employee required to work overtime for more than
two (2) hours shall be supplied with a meal by the employer or be paid $13.15 for a meal and,
if owing to the amount of overtime worked, a second or subsequent meal is required, the
employee shall be supplied with each such meal by the employer or be paid $8.95 for each
meal so required.
(7) The provisions of 3.2.3(6) do not apply:
(a) in respect of any period of overtime for which the employee has been notified of the
requirement on the previous day or earlier.
(b) to any employee who lives in the locality in which the place of work is situated in
respect of any meal for which the employee can reasonably go home.
(8) If an employee to whom 3.2.3(7)(a) applies has, as a consequence of the notification referred
to in that paragraph, provided a meal or meals and is not required to work overtime or is
required to work less overtime than the period notified, the employee shall be paid, for each
meal provided and not required, the appropriate amount prescribed in 3.2.3(6).
(9) (a) An employer may require any employee to work reasonable overtime at overtime
rates and such employee shall work overtime in accordance with such requirements.
(b) An employee may refuse to work overtime in circumstances where the working of
such overtime would result in the employee working hours which are unreasonable
having regard to:
(i) any risk to employee health and safety;
(ii) the employee's personal circumstances including any family responsibilities;
(iii) the needs of the workplace or enterprise;
(iv) the notice (if any) given by the employer of the overtime and by the
employee of his or her intention to refuse it; and
(v) any other relevant matter.
(c) The assignment of overtime by an employer to an employee shall be based on
specific work requirements and the practice of "one in, all in" overtime shall not
apply.
(d) No union or association party to this Award, or employee or employees covered by this Award, shall in any way, whether directly or indirectly, be a party to or
concerned in any ban, limitation, or restriction upon the working of overtime in
accordance with the requirements of this subclause.
3.2.4 The provisions of this clause do not operate so as to require payment of more than double time rates, or
double time and a half on a holiday prescribed under this Award, for any work except and to the extent
that the provisions of Clause 5.2 - Special Allowances and Facilities of this Award apply to that work.
3.3 - SHIFT WORK
3.3.1 The provisions of this clause apply to shift work whether continuous or otherwise.
3.3.2 An employer may work the establishment on shifts but before doing so shall give notice of the
intention to the union or unions concerned and of the intended starting and finishing times of ordinary
working hours of the respective shifts.
3.3.3 (1) Where any particular process is carried out on shifts other than day shift, and less than five (5)
consecutive afternoon or five (5) consecutive night shifts are worked on that process, then
employees employed on such afternoon or night shifts shall be paid at overtime rates.
Provided that where the ordinary hours of work normally worked in an establishment are
worked on less than five days then the provision of 3.3.3(1) shall be as if that number of
consecutive shifts were substituted for five (5) consecutive shifts.
(2) The sequence of work shall not be deemed to be broken under the preceding paragraph by reason of the
fact that work on the process is not carried out on a Saturday or Sunday or any other day that the
employer observes a shut down for the purpose of allowing a 38 hour week or on any holiday.
3.3.4 Where a shift commences at or after 11.00 p.m. on any day, the whole of that shift shall be deemed, for
the purposes of this Award, to have been worked on the following day.
3.3.5 A shift employee when on afternoon or night shift shall be paid, for such fifteen per cent (15%) more
than the employee's ordinary rate prescribed by this Award.
3.3.6 (1) All work performed on a rostered shift, when the major portion of such shift falls on a
Saturday, Sunday or a holiday, shall be paid for as follows -
Saturday - at the rate of time and one half.
Sunday - at the rate of time and three quarters.
Holidays - at the rate of double time.
(2) These rates shall be paid in lieu of the shift allowances prescribed in 3.3.5.
(3) Provided that the provisions of this subclause may be altered by agreement between the
employer and the majority of employees in the plant, section or sections concerned where they
have reached agreement to vary the ordinary hours of work under Clause 3.1 - Hours of this
Award.
3.3.7 A continuous shift employee who is not required to work on a holiday which falls on the employee's rostered day off shall be allowed a day's leave with pay to be added to annual leave or taken at some
other time if the employee so agrees.
4. - RATES OF PAY
4.1- MINIMUM ADULT AWARD WAGE
4.1.1 No employee aged 21 or more shall be paid less than the minimum adult award wage unless otherwise
provided by this clause.
4.1.2 The minimum adult award wage for full-time employees aged 21 or more is $692.90 per week payable
on and from the commencement of the first pay period on or after 1 July 2016.
4.1.3 The minimum adult award wage is deemed to include all State Wage order adjustments from State
Wage Case Decisions.
4.1.4 Unless otherwise provided in this clause adults employed as casuals, part-time employees or piece
workers or employees who are remunerated wholly on the basis of payment by result shall not be paid
less than pro rata the minimum adult award wage according to the hours worked.
4.1.5 Employees under the age of 21 shall be paid no less than the wage determined by applying the
percentage prescribed in the junior rates provision in this award to the minimum adult award wage.
4.1.6 The minimum adult award wage shall not apply to apprentices, employees engaged on traineeships or
Jobskill placements or employed under the Commonwealth Government Supported Wage System or to
other categories of employees who by prescription are paid less than the minimum award rate, provided
that no employee shall be paid less than any applicable minimum rate of pay prescribed by the
Minimum Conditions of Employment Act 1993.
4.1.7 Liberty to apply is reserved in relation to any special category of employees not included here or
otherwise in relation to the application of the minimum adult award wage.
4.1.8 Subject to this clause the minimum adult award wage shall –
(1) Apply to all work in ordinary hours.
(2) Apply to the calculation of overtime and all other penalty rates, superannuation, payments
during any period of paid leave and for all purposes of this award.
4.1.9 Minimum Adult Award Wage
The rates of pay in this award include the minimum weekly wage for employees aged 21 or more
payable under the 2016 State Wage order decision. Any increase arising from the insertion of the
minimum wage will be offset against any equivalent amount in rates of pay received by employees
whose wages and conditions of employment are regulated by this award which are above the wage
rates prescribed in the award. Such above award payments include wages payable pursuant to
enterprise agreements, consent awards or award variations to give effect to enterprise agreements and
over award arrangements. Absorption which is contrary to the terms of an agreement is not required.
Increases under previous State Wage Case Principles or under the current Statement of Principles,
excepting those resulting from enterprise agreements, are not to be used to offset the minimum wage.
4.1.10 Adult Apprentices
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of this clause, an apprentice, 21 years of age or more, shall not
be paid less than $593.90 per week on and from the commencement of the first pay period on
or after 1 July 2016.
(2) The rate paid in the paragraph above to an apprentice 21 years of age or more is payable on
superannuation and during any period of paid leave prescribed by this award.
(3) Where in this award an additional rate is expressed as a percentage, fraction or multiple of the
ordinary rate of pay, it shall be calculated upon the rate prescribed in this award for the actual
year of apprenticeship.
(4) Nothing in this clause shall operate to reduce the rate of pay fixed by the award for an adult
apprentice in force immediately prior to 5 June 2003.
4.2 - SUPPORTED WAGE SYSTEM FOR EMPLOYEES WITH DISABILITIES
4.2.1 This clause defines the conditions which will apply to employees who because of the effects of a
disability are eligible for a supported wage under the terms of this Award. In the context of this clause,
the following definitions will apply:
(1) "Supported Wage System" means the Commonwealth Government system to promote
employment for people who cannot work at full Award wages because of a disability as documented in “Supported Wages System: Guidelines and Assessment Process”.
(2) "Accredited Assessor" means a person accredited by the management unit established by the
Commonwealth under the Supported Wage System to perform assessments of an individual’s
productive capacity within the Supported Wage System.
(3) "Disability Support Pension" means the Commonwealth pension scheme to provide income
security for persons with a disability as provided under the Social Security Act 1991 (Cth), as
amended from time to time, or any successor to that scheme.
(4) "Assessment instrument" means the form provided for under the Supported Wage System that
records the assessment of the productive capacity of the person to be employed under the
Supported Wage System.
4.2.2 Eligibility Criteria
Employees covered by this clause will be those who are unable to perform the range of duties to the competence level required within the class of work for which the employee is engaged under this
Award, because of the effects of a disability on their productive capacity and who meet the impairment
criteria for receipt of a Disability Support Pension. (The clause does not apply to any existing
employee who has a claim against the employer that is subject to the provisions of workers’
compensation legislation or any provision of this Award relating to the rehabilitation of employees who
are injured in the course of their current employment.)
The clause also does not apply to employers in respect of their facility, programme, undertaking,
services or the like which receives funding under the Disability Services Act 1993 and fulfils the dual
role of service provider and sheltered employer to people with disabilities who are in receipt of or are
eligible for a disability support pension, except with respect to an organisation which has received
recognition under section 10 or section 12A of the Act, or if a part has received recognition, that part.
4.2.3 Supported Wage Rates
Employees to whom this clause applies shall be paid the applicable percentage of the minimum rate of
pay prescribed by this Award for the class of work which the person is performing according to the
following schedule:
Assessed Capacity (subclause 4.2.4) % of Prescribed Award Rate 10%* 10%
20% 20%
30% 30%
40% 40%
50% 50% 60% 60%
70% 70%
80% 80%
90% 90%
(Provided that the minimum amount payable shall be not less than $64.00 per week).
* Where a person’s assessed capacity is 10%, he or she shall receive a high degree of assistance and
support.
4.2.4 Assessment of Capacity
For the purpose of establishing the percentage of the Award rate to be paid to an employee under this
Award, the productive capacity of the employee will be assessed in accordance with the Supported
Wage System and documented in an assessment instrument by either:
(1) The employer and the union in consultation with the employee or, if desired by any of these;
or
(2) The employer and an accredited Assessor from a panel agreed by the parties to the Award and
the employee.
4.2.5 Lodgement of Assessment Instrument
(1) All assessment instruments under the conditions of this clause, including the appropriate
percentage of the Award wage to be paid to the employee, shall be lodged by the employer
with the Registrar of the Commission.
(2) All assessment instruments shall be agreed and signed by the parties to the assessment,
provided that where a union which is party to the Award, is not a party to the assessment, it
shall be referred by the Registrar to the union by certified mail and shall take effect unless an
objection is notified to the Registrar within ten (10) working days.
4.2.6 Review of Assessment
The assessment of the applicable percentage should be subject to annual review or earlier on the basis
of a reasonable request for such a review. The process of review shall be in accordance with the
procedures for assessing capacity under the Supported Wage System.
4.2.7 Other Terms and Conditions of Employment
Where an assessment has been made, the applicable percentage shall apply to the wage rate only.
Employees covered by the provisions of the clause will be entitled to the same terms and conditions of
employment as all other employees covered by this Award paid on a pro-rata basis.
4.2.8 Workplace Adjustment
An employer wishing to employ a person under the provisions of this clause shall take reasonable steps
to make changes in the workplace to enhance the employee’s capacity to do the job. Changes may
involve re-design of job duties, working time arrangements and work organisation in consultation with
other employees in the area.
4.2.9 Trial Period
(1) In order for an adequate assessment of the employee’s capacity to be made, an employer may
employ a person under the provisions of this clause for a trial period not exceeding twelve
(12) weeks, except that in some cases additional work adjustment time (not exceeding four (4)
weeks) may be needed.
(2) During the trial period the assessment of capacity shall be undertaken and the proposed wage
rate for a continuing employment relationship shall be determined.
(3) The minimum amount payable to the employee during the trial period shall be no less than
$64.00 per week; or, in the case of paid rates award, the amount payable to the employee
during the trial period shall be $64.00 per week or such greater amount as is agreed from time
to time between the parties (taking into account the CentreLink income test free areas for
earnings) and inserted into this Award.
(4) Work trials should include induction or training as appropriate to the job being trialled.
(5) Where the employer and employee wish to establish a continuing employment relationship
following the completion of the trial period, a further contract of employment shall be entered
into based on the outcome of assessment under 4.2.4.
4.3 - APPRENTICES
4.3.1 Apprentices may be taken in the ratio of one apprentice for every two or fraction of two (the fraction
being not less than one) tradespersons and shall not be taken in excess of that ratio unless -
(1) the union or unions concerned so agree; or
(2) the Commission so determines.
4.4 - JUNIOR EMPLOYEES
Junior employees shall not be employed in any occupation to which apprentices may be taken pursuant to the
provisions of the Industrial Training Act 1975.
4.5 - PART TIME EMPLOYMENT 4.5.1 A part time employee may be engaged to work for a constant number of hours each week which having
regard to the various ways of arranging ordinary hours shall average less than 38 hours per week.
4.5.2 An employee so engaged shall be paid per hour one thirty-eighth (1/38th) of the weekly wage
prescribed for the classification in which the employee is engaged.
4.5.3 An employee engaged on a part time basis shall be entitled in respect of annual leave, public holidays,
sick leave, carer's leave and bereavement leave arising under this Award payment on a proportionate
basis calculated as follows:
(1) Annual Leave
Where a part time employee is entitled to a payment, either on termination or for the purpose
of annual leave or at a close down, then the payment of 2.923 hours' pay prescribed by
6.1.4(2) of Clause 6.1 - Annual Leave shall be in respect of each cumulative period of 38
ordinary hours worked during the qualifying period.
(2) Public Holidays
A part time employee shall be allowed the holidays prescribed by Clause 6.7 - Public Holidays
and Clause 6.1 - Annual Leave without deduction of pay in respect of each holiday which is
observed on a day ordinarily worked by the part time employee.
(3) Absence Through Sickness
Notwithstanding the provisions of 6.2.1(1) of Clause 6.2 - Sick Leave the accrual of 1.4615
hours pay for each completed week of service shall be calculated on the average number of
ordinary hours worked each week.
(4) Bereavement Leave
Where a part time employee would normally work on either or both of the two ordinary
working days' entitlement in accordance with Clause 6.4 - Bereavement Leave of this Award
the employee shall be entitled to be absent on bereavement leave on either or both of those
two working days without loss of pay for the day or days concerned.
(5) Overtime
A part time employee who works in excess of the hours fixed under the contract of
employment shall be paid overtime in accordance with Clause 3.2 - Overtime of this Award.
4.6 - PAYMENT OF WAGES
4.6.1 Each employee shall be paid the appropriate rate shown in Clause 4.8 - Wages and Supplementary
Payments of PART 1 - GENERAL or Clause 13. - Wages of PART 2 - CONSTRUCTION WORK of
this Award. Subject to 4.6.2 payment shall be pro rata where less than the full week is worked.
4.6.2 Wages shall be paid as follows:-
(1) Actual 38 ordinary hours
In the case of an employee who works 38 ordinary hours each week, wages shall be paid
weekly or fortnightly according to the actual ordinary hours worked each week or fortnight.
(2) Average of 38 ordinary hours
Subject to 4.6.3 and 4.6.4, in the case of an employee who works an average of 38 ordinary hours each week during a particular work cycle, wages shall be paid weekly or fortnightly
according to a weekly average of ordinary hours worked even though more or less than 38
ordinary hours may be worked in any particular week of the work cycle.
SPECIAL NOTE - Explanation of Averaging System
As provided in 4.6.2(2) an employee whose ordinary hours may be more or less than 38 in any
particular week of a work cycle, is to be paid the wage on the basis of an average of 38
ordinary hours so as to avoid fluctuating wage payments each week. An explanation of the
averaging system of paying wages is set out below:
(a) Clause 3.1 - Hours in 3.1.3(1)(c) and 3.1.3(1)(d) provides that in implementing a 38-
hour week the ordinary hours of an employee may be arranged so that the employee
is entitled to a day off, on a fixed day or rostered day basis, during each work cycle.
It is in these circumstances that the averaging system would apply.
(b) If the 38 hour week is to be implemented so as to give an employee a day off in each
work cycle this would be achieved if, during a work cycle of 28 consecutive days
(that is, over four consecutive weeks) the employee's ordinary hours were arranged
on the basis that for three of the four weeks the employee worked 40 ordinary hours
each week and in the fourth week worked 32 ordinary hours. That is, the employee
would work for 8 ordinary hours each day, Monday to Friday inclusive for three
weeks and 8 ordinary hours on four days only in the fourth week - a total of 19 days
during the work cycle.
(c) In such a case the averaging system applies and the weekly wage rates for ordinary
hours of work applicable to the employee shall be the average weekly wage rates set
out for the employee's classification in Clause 4.8 - Wages and Supplementary
Payments of PART 1 - GENERAL or Clause 13 - Wages of PART 2 -
CONSTRUCTION WORK of this Award, and shall be paid each week even though
more or less than 38 ordinary hours are worked that week.
In effect, under the averaging system, the employee accrues a "credit" each day the
employee works actual ordinary hours in excess of the daily average which would
otherwise be 7 hours 36 minutes. This "credit" is carried forward so that in the week
of the cycle that the employee works only four days, the actual pay would be for an
average of 38 ordinary hours even though, that week, the employee works a total of
32 ordinary hours.
Consequently, for each day an employee works 8 ordinary hours the employee
accrues a "credit" of 24 minutes (0.4 hours). The maximum "credit" the employee
may accrue under this system is 0.4 hours on 19 days; that is, a total of 7 hours 36 minutes.
(d) As provided in 4.6.3, an employee will not accrue a "credit" for each day the
employee is absent from duty other than on paid leave.
4.6.3 Absences from Duty
(1) An employee whose ordinary hours are arranged in accordance with 3.1.3(1)(c) or 3.1.3(1)(d)
of Clause 3.1 - Hours of this Award and who is paid wages in accordance with 4.6.2(1) and is
absent from duty (other than on paid leave) shall, for each day the employee is so absent, lose
average pay for that day calculated by dividing the employee's average weekly wage rate by 5.
An employee who is so absent from duty for part of a day shall lose average pay for each hour
the employee is absent by dividing the employee's average daily pay rate by 8.
(2) Provided when such an employee is absent from duty for a whole day the employee will not
accrue a "credit" because the employee would not have worked ordinary hours that day in excess of 7 hours 36 minutes for which the employee would otherwise have been paid.
Consequently, during the week of the work cycle the employee is to work less than 38
ordinary hours the employee will not be entitled to average pay for that week. In that week,
the average pay will be reduced by the amount of the "credit" the employee does not accrue
for each whole day during the work cycle the employee is absent.
The amount by which an employee's average weekly pay will be reduced when the employee
is absent from duty (other than on paid leave) is to be calculated as follows:
Total of "credits" not accrued during cycle
x
average weekly pay
38
Examples
1 Employee takes one day off without authorisation in first week of cycle
Week of Cycle Payment
1st week = average weekly pay less one day's pay (i.e. 1/5th
)
2nd & 3rd weeks = average weekly pay each week
4th Week = average pay less credit not accrued on day of absence
= average pay less 0.4 hours x (average weekly pay / 38)
2. Employee takes each of the 4 days off without authorisation in the 4th week.
Week of Cycle Payment
1st, 2nd & 3rd weeks = average pay each week
4th week = average pay less 4/5ths
of average pay for the four days absent less
total of credits not accrued that week
= 1/5th
average pay less 4 x 0.4 hours x (average weekly pay / 38)
= 1/5th average pay less 1.6 hours x (average weekly pay / 38)
4.6.4 Alternative Method of Payment
An alternative method of paying wages to that prescribed by 4.6.2 and 4.6.3 may be agreed between the
employer and the majority of the employees concerned.
4.6.5 Day Off Coinciding with Pay Day
In the event that an employee, by virtue of the arrangement of the employee's ordinary working hours,
is to take a day off duty on a day which coincides with pay day, such employee shall be paid no later
than the working day immediately following pay day. Provided that, where the employer is able to
make suitable arrangements, wages may be paid on the working day preceding pay day.
4.6.6 Payment by Cheque or Electronic Fund Transfer
Where an employee and the employer agree, the employee's wages may be paid by cheque or direct
transfer into the employee's bank (or other recognised financial institution) account. Notwithstanding
this provision, if the employer and the majority of employees agree, all employees may be paid their wages by cheque or direct transfer into an employee's bank (or other recognised financial institution)
account.
4.6.7 Termination of Employment
An employee who lawfully leaves the employment or is dismissed for reasons other than misconduct
shall be paid all monies due at the termination of service with the employer.
Provided that in the case of an employee whose ordinary hours are arranged in accordance with
3.1.3(1)(c) or 3.1.3(1)(d) of Clause 3.1 - Hours of this Award and who is paid average pay and who has
not taken the day off due to the employee during the work cycle in which the employment is
terminated, the wages due to that employee shall include a total of credits accrued during the work
cycle as detailed in the Special Note following 4.6.2(2).
Provided further, where the employee has taken a day off during the work cycle in which the
employment is terminated, the wages due to that employee shall be reduced by the total of credits
which have not accrued during the work cycle.
4.6.8 Details of Payments to be Given
Where an employee requests the employer to state in writing with respect to each week's wages the
amount of wages to which the employee is entitled, the amount of deductions made therefrom, the net
amount being paid, and the number of hours worked, the employer shall do so not less than two (2)
hours before the employee is paid.
4.6.9 Calculation of Hourly Rate
Except as provided in 4.6.3 the ordinary rate per hour shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate
weekly rate by 38.
4.7 - TIME AND WAGES RECORD
4.7.1 In this clause
"relevant person" means:
(1) the employee concerned;
(2) if the employee is a represented person, his or her representative;
(3) a person authorised in writing by the employee; and
(4) an officer referred to in section 93 of the Act authorised in writing by the Registrar.
4.7.2 An employer is to ensure that the employment records of the employer are kept
(1) by:
(a) making entries in the English language in or on a separate page of a bound or loose-
leaf book kept specifically for that purpose; or
(b) recording or storing the particulars required to be entered in the employment records by means of a mechanical, electronic or other device, but so that the particulars so
recorded or stored will remain in the form in which they were originally recorded or
stored and will be capable of being reproduced in written form in the English
language;
(2) with only one (1) employee's records appearing on any one page;
(3) so that the record for each pay period of each employee is identifiable; and
(4) in a manner that enables compliance with section 49D of the Act to be readily ascertained.
4.7.3 A person is not to alter employment records unless the alteration is annotated so as to identify:
(1) the nature of the alteration;
(2) the person making the alteration; and
(3) the date on which the alteration was made.
4.7.4 An employer must ensure that details are recorded of:
(1) the employee's name and, if the employee is under 21 years of age, his or her date of birth;
(2) any industrial instrument that applies;
(3) the date on which the employee commenced employment with the employer;
(4) for each day:
(a) the time at which the employee started and finished work;
(b) the period or periods for which the employee was paid; and
(c) details of work breaks including meal breaks;
(5) for each pay period:
(a) the employee’s designation;
(b) the gross and net amounts paid to the employee under the Award; and
(c) all deductions and the reasons for them;
(6) all leave taken by the employee, whether paid, partly paid or unpaid;
(7) the information necessary for the calculation of the entitlement to, and payment for long
service leave under the Long Service Leave Act 1958, the Construction Industry Portable Paid
Long Service Leave Act 1985 or the industrial instrument;
(8) any other information in respect of the employee required under the Award to be recorded;
and
(a) any information, not otherwise covered by this subsection, that is necessary to show
that the remuneration and benefits received by the employee comply with the Award.
4.7.5 The employer must ensure that:
(1) the employment records are kept in accordance with Regulation 4 of the Industrial Relations
(General) Regulations 1997;
(2) each entry in relation to long service leave is retained:
(a) during the employment of the employee; and
(b) for not less than seven (7) years after the employment terminates;
and
(3) each other entry is retained for not less than seven (7) years after it is made.
4.7.6 (1) An employer, on written request by a relevant person, must:
(a) produce to the person the employment records relating to an employee; and
(b) let the person inspect the employment records at the Company's office, or other
convenient place, during usual business hours.
(2) The duty placed on an employer by 4.7.6(1):
(a) continues so long as the records are required to be kept under 4.7.5.
(b) is not affected by the fact that the employee is no longer employed by the employer
or that the industrial instrument no longer applies to the employee;
(c) includes the further duties:
(i) to let the relevant person enter premises of the employer for the purpose of
inspecting the records; and
(ii) to let the relevant person take copies of or extracts from the records;
and
(d) must be complied with not later than:
(i) at the end of the next pay period after the request is received; or
(ii) the seventh day after the day on which the request was made to the
employer.
4.7.7 Nothing in this Award limits or otherwise affects the powers of an Industrial Inspector in relation to the inspection of employment records.
4.8 - WAGES AND SUPPLEMENTARY PAYMENTS
4.8.1 The minimum award rate payable weekly to adult employees (other than apprentices) classified under a
defined level specified in Clause 1.6 - Definitions and Classification Structure, shall be made up of a
base rate, plus a supplementary payment, and safety net adjustment, giving a total award rate as
follows:
(1) Wage Group Base Rate Per
Week $
Supplementary
Payment $
Arbitrated Safety
Net Adjustment $
Total Rate Per
Week $
Level C14 284.80 40.60 367.50 692.90
Level C13 299.50 42.60 368.40 710.50
Level C12 319.20 45.40 369.70 734.30
Level C11 337.40 48.10 370.90 756.40
Level C10 365.20 52.00 374.70 791.90 Level C 9 383.50 54.60 375.90 814.00
Level C 8 401.70 57.20 377.00 835.90
Level C 7 420.00 59.80 376.10 855.90
Level C 6 456.50 65.00 378.40 899.90
Level C 5 474.80 67.60 379.60 922.00
(2) Supplementary Payments
(a) Where an employee is in receipt of a rate of pay which exceeds the Total Rate Per
Week prescribed above, whether such payment is being made by virtue of any order,
industrial agreement or other agreement or arrangement, then such rate will be
deemed to be inclusive of the Supplementary Payment.
(b) Overtime, shift allowances, penalty rates, disability allowances, special rates, fares
and travelling time allowances and any other work related allowances prescribed by
this Award shall not be offset against Supplementary Payments.
(3) The rates of pay in this Award include arbitrated safety net adjustments available since
December 1993, under the Arbitrated Safety Net Adjustment Principle.
These arbitrated safety net adjustments may be offset against any equivalent amount in the
rate of pay received by employees since 1 November 1991 above the rate prescribed in the
Award, except where such absorption is contrary to the terms of an industrial agreement.
Increases in rates of pay otherwise made under the State Wage Case Principles, excepting
those resulting from enterprise agreements, are not to be used to offset arbitrated safety net
adjustments.
4.8.2 (1) Leading Hands:
In addition to the appropriate total wage prescribed in this clause, a leading hand shall be paid
per week –
$
(a) If placed in charge of not less than three
and not more than 10 other employees
31.20
(b) If placed in charge of more than 10 and
not more than 20 other employees
47.70
(c) If placed in charge of more than 20 other
employees
61.70
(2) Any tradesperson moulder employed in a foundry where no other jobbing moulder is
employed shall be paid at the rate prescribed for leading hands in charge of not less than three
and not more than ten (10) other workers.
4.8.3 Apprentices:
Wage per week expressed as a percentage of the Level C10 Engineering Tradesperson's rate which
includes a supplementary payment and arbitrated safety net adjustment.
Four Year Term %
First year 42
Second year 55
Three year 75
Fourth year 88
Three and a Half Year Term %
First six months 42
Next year 55
Next year 75
Final year 88
Three Year Term
First year 55
Second year 75
Third year 88
4.8.4 Junior Employees:
Under 16 years of age 40% of adult minimum wage
16 years of age 50% of adult minimum wage
17 years of age 60% of adult minimum wage
18 years of age 70% of adult minimum wage
Wage per week for 19 and 20 years of age is expressed as a percentage of Level C13 base rate which
includes a supplementary payment and arbitrated safety net adjustment.
%
19 years of age 78.5
20 years of age 93
4.8.5 A casual employee shall be paid 25 per cent of the ordinary rate in addition to the ordinary rate for the
calling in which he/she is employed.
4.8.6 Tool Allowance:
(1) Where an employer does not provide a tradesperson or an apprentice with the tools ordinarily
required by that tradesperson or apprentice in the performance of work as a tradesperson or as
an apprentice the employer shall pay a tool allowance of:
(a) $17.10 per week to such tradesperson; or
(b) in the case of an apprentice a percentage of $17.10 being the percentage which
appears against the year of apprenticeship in 4.8.3;
for the purpose of such tradesperson or apprentice supplying and maintaining tools ordinarily
required in the performance of work as a tradesperson or apprentice.
(2) Any tool allowance paid pursuant to 4.8.6(1) shall be included in, and form part of, the
ordinary weekly wage prescribed in this clause.
(3) An employer shall provide for the use of tradesmen or apprentices all necessary power tools,
special purpose tools and precision measuring instruments.
(4) A tradesman or apprentice shall replace or pay for any tool supplied by the employer if lost
through the employee's negligence.
4.8.7 An employee employed in rock quarries, limestone quarries or sand pits shall be paid an allowance of
$27.60 per week to compensate for dust and climatic conditions when working in the open and for
deficiencies in general amenities and facilities, but an employee so employed for not more than three
days shall be paid on a pro rata basis.
This subclause shall not apply to employees employed by Cockburn Cement Limited.
4.8.8 Structural Efficiency:
(1) Arising out of the decision of 8 September 1989 in the State Wage Case and in consideration
of the wage increases resulting from structural efficiency adjustments, employees are to
perform a wider range of duties which is incidental or peripheral to their main tasks or
functions.
(2) The parties to this Award are committed to co-operating positively to increase the efficiency,
productivity and international competitiveness of the metal and engineering industry and to
enhance the career opportunities and job security of employees in the industry.
(3) At each plant or enterprise a consultative mechanism may be established by the employer, or
shall be established upon request by the employees or their relevant union or unions. The
consultative mechanism and procedure shall be appropriate to the size, structure and needs of
that plant or enterprise. Measures raised by the employer, employees or union or unions for consideration consistent with the objectives of 4.8.8(2) shall be processed through that
consultative mechanism and procedures.
(4) Measures raised for consideration consistent with 4.8.8(2) shall be related to implementation
of the new classification structure, the facilitative provisions contained in this Award and,
subject to Clause 2.2 - Training, matters concerning training and, subject to 4.8.8(5), any other
measures consistent with the objectives of 4.8.8(2).
(5) Without limiting the rights of either an employer or a union to arbitration, any other measure
designed to increase flexibility at the plant or enterprise and sought by any party shall be
notified to the Commission if the initiative varies an Award provision and by agreement of the
parties involved shall be subject to the following requirements:-
(a) the changes shall not affect provisions reflecting national standards recognised by the
Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission;
(b) the majority of employees affected by the change at the plant or enterprise must
genuinely agree to the change;
(c) no employee shall lose income as a result of the change;
(d) the relevant union or unions must be a party to the agreement;
(e) the relevant union or unions shall not unreasonably oppose any agreement;
(f) any agreement shall be subject to approval by the Western Australian Industrial
Relations Commission and, if approved, shall operate as a schedule to this Award or a
Section 41 Industrial Agreement and take precedence over any provision of this
Award to the extent of the inconsistency.
(6) Any disputes arising in relation to the implementation of 4.8.8(3) and 4.8.8(4) shall be subject
to the provisions of Clause 7. - Dispute Resolution Procedure, of this Award
4.9 - TRAINEESHIPS
4.9.1 Scope:
(1) This clause shall apply to persons:
(a) who are undertaking a Traineeship (as defined); and
(b) who are employed in an industry and in a classification covered by this Award.
(2) This clause does not apply to the Apprenticeship system.
4.9.2 Objectives:
(1) This clause facilitates a system of traineeships which provides approved training in
conjunction with employment in order to enhance the skill levels and future employment prospects of Trainees;
(2) This clause provides conditions of employment, including rates of pay, required to be
observed regarding persons employed under the Traineeship Scheme; and
(3) Existing full-time employees shall not be displaced from employment by a Trainee.
4.9.3 Definitions:
"Appropriate State Legislation" means the Industrial Training Act 1975, or any successor legislation.
"Approved Training" means training which is specified in the Trainee Plan which is part of the
Training Agreement registered with the State Training Authority. It includes training undertaken both
on and off the job, in a Traineeship and shall involve formal instruction both theoretical and practical,
and supervised practice in accordance with a Traineeship Scheme approved and accredited by the State
Training Authority.
"Traineeship" means a system of training which has been approved by the State Training Authority and
includes full time traineeships and part-time traineeships including school-based traineeships.
"Traineeship Agreement" means an agreement made subject to the terms of this Award between an
employer and the Trainee for a Traineeship and which is registered with the State Training Authority.
A traineeship agreement shall only operate when made in accordance with the relevant approved
Traineeship Scheme.
"Trainee Plan" means a programme of training which forms part of a Training Agreement registered
with the State Training Authority.
"Traineeship Scheme" means a scheme for employees employed in industries covered by this Award
and approved by the Training Authority after consultation and negotiation with the relevant union.
4.9.4 Training Conditions:
(1) The Trainee shall attend an approved training course or training programme prescribed in the
Traineeship Agreement, or as notified to the Trainee by the Training Authority in accredited
and relevant Traineeship Schemes.
(2) A Traineeship shall not commence until the Traineeship Agreement, made in accordance with
the Traineeship Scheme, has been signed by the employer and the trainee and lodged for
registration with the Training Authority, provided that if the Traineeship Agreement is not in a
standard format, a Traineeship shall not commence until the Traineeship Agreement has been
registered with the Training Authority. The employer shall permit the Trainee to attend the training course or programme provided for in the Traineeship Agreement and shall ensure the
Trainee receives the appropriate on the job training.
(3) The employer shall provide an appropriate level of supervision in accordance with the
Traineeship Agreement during the traineeship period.
(4) The overall training programme will be monitored by officers of the Training Authority and
training records or work books shall be provided, if required to be utilised as part of this
monitoring process.
4.9.5 Employment Conditions:
(1) A Trainee shall be engaged as a full-time employee for a maximum of one (1) year's duration,
except in respect of AQF III and AQF IV traineeships which may extend up to two (2) years
full time, provided that a Trainee shall be subject to a satisfactory probation period of one
month which may be reduced at the discretion of the employer. By agreement in writing, and
with the consent of the Training Authority, the relevant employer and the Trainee may vary the duration of the Traineeship and the extent of approved training provided that any
agreement to vary is in accordance with the relevant Traineeship Scheme. A part-time trainee
shall be engaged in accordance with the provisions of 4.9.6(5).
(2) (a) An employer shall not terminate the employment of a Trainee without firstly having
provided written notice of termination to the Trainee concerned and to the Training
Authority.
(b) An employer who decides not to continue the employment of a Trainee upon the
completion of the traineeship shall notify, in writing, the Training Authority of that
decision.
(3) The Trainee is permitted to be absent from work without loss of continuity of employment
and/or wages to attend the training in accordance with the Traineeship Agreement and the
Trainee will attend such training.
(4) Where the employment of a Trainee by an employer is continued after the completion of the
traineeship period, such traineeship period shall be counted as service for the purposes of this
Award.
(5) All other terms and conditions of this Award that are applicable to the Trainee or would be
applicable to the Trainee but for this clause shall apply unless specifically varied by this
clause.
(6) A Trainee who fails to either complete the Traineeship or who cannot for any reason be placed in full-time employment with the employer on successful completion of the Traineeship shall
not be entitled to any severance payment in accordance with Clause 2.1 - Contract of Service
and Clause 2.3 - Redundancy, of this Award.
(7) (a) Overtime and shift work shall not be worked by a Trainee except in circumstances
where the section in which the trainee is receiving on the job training is required to
work overtime, or the work of that section is normally carried out by shifts and there
is satisfactory provision for approved training.
(b) A Trainee shall not work overtime alone.
(c) The Trainee wage shall be the basis for the calculation of overtime and/or shift
penalty rates prescribed by this Award.
4.9.6 Wages:
(1) (a) The minimum rates of wages payable weekly to Trainees are as provided in 4.9.6(2),
4.9.6(4) and 4.9.6(5).
(b) These wage rates will only apply to Trainees while they are undertaking an approved
traineeship which includes approved training as defined in this clause.
(c) The wages prescribed by this clause do not apply to complete trade level training
which is covered by the apprenticeship system.
(2) Traineeships.
(a) Industry/Skill Level A:
Where the accredited training course and work performed are for the purpose of
generating skills which have been defined for work at Industry/Skill Level A.
Highest Year of Schooling Completed
HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOLING
School Leaver Year 10 Year 11 Year 12
$ $ $
205.00 (50%)*
239.00 (33%)
255.00 (33%)
284.00 (25%)
351.00
plus 1 year out of school 284.00 351.00 405.00
plus 2 years 351.00 405.00 474.00
plus 3 years 405.00 474.00 542.00
plus 4 years 474.00 542.00
plus 5 years/more 542.00
* Figures in brackets indicate the average proportion of time spent on
approved training to which the associated wage rate is applicable. Where
not specifically indicated, the average proportion of time spent in structured
training which has been taken into account in setting the rate is 20%.
(b) Industry/Skill Level B:
Where the accredited training course and work performed are for the purpose of
generating skills which have been defined for work at Industry/Skill Level B.
Highest Year of Schooling Completed
HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOLING
School Leaver Year 10 Year 11 Year 12
$ $ $
205.00 (50%)*
239.00 (33%)
255.00(33%)
284.00(25%)
342.00
plus 1 year out of school 284.00 342.00 390.00
plus 2 years 342.00 390.00 459.00
plus 3 years 390.00 459.00 524.00
plus 4 years 459.00 524.00
plus 5 years/more 524.00
* Figures in brackets indicate the average proportion of time spent on
approved training to which the associated wage rate is applicable. Where
not specifically indicated, the average proportion of time spent in structured
training which has been taken into account in setting the rate is 20%.
(c) Industry/Skill Level C:
Where the accredited training course and work performed are for the purpose of
generating skills which have been defined for work at Industry/Skill Level C.
Highest Year of Schooling Completed
HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOLING
School Leaver Year 10 Year 11 Year 12
$ $ $
205.00 (50%)*
239.00 (33%)
255.00 (33%)
284.00 (25%)
338.00
plus 1 year out of school 284.00 338.00 380.00
plus 2 years 338.00 380.00 426.00
plus 3 years 380.00 426.00 478.00
plus 4 years 426.00 478.00
plus 5 years/more 478.00
* Figures in brackets indicate the average proportion of time spent on approved
training to which the associated wage rate is applicable. Where not specifically
indicated, the average proportion of time spent in structured training which has been
taken into account in setting the rate is 20%.
(3) For the purposes of this subclause, "out of school" shall refer only to periods out of school
beyond Year 10, and shall be deemed to:
(a) include any period of schooling beyond Year 10 which was not part of nor
contributed to a completed year of schooling;
(b) include any period during which a Trainee repeats in whole or part a year of
schooling beyond Year 10; and
(c) not include any period during a calendar year in which a year of schooling is
completed.
(4) AQFIV Traineeships
Trainees undertaking an AGFIV traineeship shall receive the relevant weekly wage rate for
AQFIII trainees at Skill/Industry Levels A, B and C as applicable with the addition of 3.8% of
that wage rate.
(5) Part time and School Based Trainees
(a) This subclause shall apply to trainees who undertake a traineeship on a part time
basis, or as a School Based trainee, by working less than full time hours and by
undertaking the approved training at the same or lesser training time than a full time
trainee.
(b) School Based Trainees will receive the relevant wage rate at Skill/Industry Levels A,
B and C as applicable, as for School Leavers.
(c) The minimum weekly rate of pay for part time and school based trainees shall be
calculated by taking the full time rates expressed above multiplied by 1.25. This
minimum weekly rate of pay for part time and school based trainees is then divided by 38 in accordance with section 10 of the Minimum Conditions of Employment Act
1993 to produce a minimum hourly rate of pay.
(6) Completed Traineeship - Continued Junior Employment
Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Award, where a Trainee successfully
completes a Traineeship and is a junior person who is then employed by the same employer
performing work appropriate to the training received pursuant to the Traineeship Scheme, the
qualification outcome determined by the training programme shall be equated to an
appropriate level within the classification structure described in Clause 1.6 - Definitions and
Classification Structure, of this Award, and the wage rate relevant thereto as prescribed in
Clause 4.8 - Wages and Supplementary Payments, of this Award, shall be the level of wage to
which the prescribed age related percentage appropriate to the junior employee concerned,
will be applied to calculate the weekly rate of wage for such junior employee.
4.9.7 Industry/Skill Levels
The industry skill levels referred to in 4.9.6 are those described in General Order made by the Commission from time to time setting the minimum rates of pay for apprentices for the purposes of the
Minimum Conditions of Employment Act 1993 pursuant to section 50A of the Act.
5. - ALLOWANCES AND FACILITIES
5.1 - HIGHER DUTIES
An employee engaged on duties carrying a higher rate than the employee's ordinary classification shall be paid
the higher rate for the time the employee is so engaged but if so engaged for more than two hours of one day or
shift the employee shall be paid the higher rate for the whole day or shift.
Provided that these provisions shall not apply where an employee is performing duties for the sole purpose of
training in accordance with the enterprise training programme defined in Clause 2.2 - Training of this Award.
5.2 - SPECIAL ALLOWANCES AND FACILITIES
5.2.1 Height Money: An employee shall be paid an allowance of $2.80 for each day on which the employee
works at a height of 15.5 metres or more above the nearest horizontal plane, but this provision does not
apply to linespeople nor to riggers and splicers on ships and buildings.
5.2.2 Dirt Money: An employee shall be paid an allowance of 61 cents per hour when engaged on work of
an unusually dirty nature where clothes are necessarily unduly soiled or damaged or boots are unduly
damaged by the nature of the work done.
5.2.3 Grain Dust: Where any dispute arises at a bulk grain handling installation due to the presence of grain
dust in the atmosphere and the Board of Reference determines that employees employed under this
Award are unduly affected by that dust, the Board may, subject to such conditions as it deems fit to
impose, fix an allowance or allowances not exceeding $1.03 per hour.
5.2.4 Confined Space: An employee shall be paid an allowance of 74 cents per hour when, because of the
dimensions of the compartment or space in which the employee is working, the employee is required to
work in a stooped or otherwise cramped position, or without proper ventilation.
5.2.5 Diesel Engine Ships: The provisions of 5.2.2 and 5.2.4 do not apply to an employee when the
employee is engaged on work below the floor plates in diesel engine ships, but the employee shall be
paid an allowance of $1.03 per hour whilst so engaged.
5.2.6 Boiler Work: An employee required to work in a boiler which has not been cooled down shall be paid
at the rate of time and one-half for each hour or part of an hour so worked in addition to any allowance to which the employee may be entitled under 5.2.2 and 5.2.4.
5.2.7 Hot Work: An employee shall be paid an allowance of 61 cents per hour when the employee works in
the shade in any place where the temperature is raised by artificial means to between 46.1º and 54.4º
Celsius.
5.2.8 (1) Where in the opinion of the Board of Reference, the conditions under which work is to be
performed are, by reason of excessive heat, exceptionally oppressive, the Board may –
(a) Fix an allowance, or allowances, not exceeding the equivalent of half the ordinary
rate;
(b) Fix the period (including a minimum period) during which any allowance so fixed is
to be paid; and
(c) Prescribe such other conditions, relating to the provision of protective clothing or
equipment and the granting of rest periods, as the Board sees fit.
(2) The provisions of 5.2.8(1) do not apply unless the temperature in the shade at the place of
work has been raised by artificial means beyond 54.4 degrees Celsius.
(3) An allowance fixed pursuant to 5.2.8(1) includes any other allowance which would otherwise
be payable under this clause.
5.2.9 Tarring Pipes: The provisions of 5.2.2 and 5.2.4 do not apply to an employee engaged in tarring pipes
in the Cast Pipe Section but the employee shall, in lieu thereof, be paid an allowance of $1.00 per day
whilst so engaged.
5.2.10 Percussion Tools: An employee shall be paid an allowance of 36 cents per hour when working a
pneumatic rivetter of the percussion type and other pneumatic tools of the percussion type.
5.2.11 Chemical, Artificial Manure and Cement Works: An employee, other than a general labourer, in
chemical, artificial manure and cement works, in respect of all work done in and around the plant
outside the machine shop, shall be paid an allowance calculated at the rate of $15.20 per week. The
allowance shall be paid during overtime but shall not be subject to penalty additions. An employee receiving this allowance is not entitled to any other allowance under this Clause.
5.2.12 Abattoirs and Tallow Rendering Works: An employee, employed in and about an abattoir or in a
rendering section of tallow works, shall be paid an allowance calculated at the rate of $19.80 per week.
The allowance shall be paid during overtime but shall not be subject to penalty additions. An
employee receiving this allowance is not entitled to receive any other allowance under this Clause.
5.2.13 An employee who is employed at a timber sawmill or is sent to work at a timber sawmill shall be paid
for the time there engaged a disability allowance equivalent to what the majority of the employees at
the mill receive under the appropriate award. The allowance shall be paid during overtime but shall not
be subject to penalty additions. An employee receiving this allowance is not entitled to receive any
other allowance under this clause with the exception of that prescribed in 5.2.1 - Height Money.
5.2.14 Phosphate Ships: An employee shall be paid an allowance of 87 cents for each hour the employee
works in the holds or 'tween decks of ships which, immediately prior to such work, have carried
phosphatic rock, but this subclause only applies if and for as long as the holds and 'tween decks are not
cleaned down.
5.2.15 An employee who is sent to work on any gold mine shall be paid an allowance of such amount as will
afford the employee a wage not less than they would be entitled to receive pursuant to the award which
would apply if such employee was employed in the gold mine concerned.
5.2.16 An employee who is required to work from a ladder shall be provided with an assistant on the ground
where it is reasonably necessary for the employee’s safety.
5.2.17 The work of an electrical fitter shall not be tested by an employee of a lower grade.
5.2.18 Special Rates Not Cumulative: Where more than one of the disabilities entitling an employee to extra
rates exists on the same job, the employer shall be bound to pay only one rate, namely – the highest for
the disabilities prevailing. Provided that this subclause shall not apply to confined space, dirt money,
height money, or hot work, the rates for which are cumulative.
5.2.19 Protective Equipment:
(1) An employer shall have available a sufficient supply of protective equipment (as, for example,
goggles (including anti-flash goggles), glasses, gloves, mitts, aprons, sleeves, leggings,
gumboots, ear protectors, helmets, or other efficient substitutes thereof) for use by employees
when engaged on work for which some protective equipment is reasonably necessary.
(2) An employee shall sign an acknowledgement when issued with any article of protective
equipment and shall return that article to the employer when finished using it or on leaving
employment.
(3) An employee to whom an article of protective equipment has been issued shall not lend that
article to another employee and if the employee does both employees shall be deemed guilty
of wilful misconduct.
(4) An article of protective equipment which has been used by an employee shall not be issued by
the employer to another employee until it has been effectively sterilised but this paragraph
only applies where sterilisation of the article is practicable and is reasonably necessary.
(5) Adequate safety gear (including insulating gloves, mats and/or shields where necessary) shall
be provided by employers for employees required to work on live electrical equipment.
5.2.20 (1) Subject to the provisions of this Clause, an employee whilst employed on foundry work shall
be paid a disability allowance of 43 cents for each hour worked to compensate for all
disagreeable features associated with foundry work including heat, fumes, atmospheric
conditions, sparks, dampness, confined spaces, and noise.
(2) The foundry allowance herein prescribed shall also apply to apprentices and un-apprenticed juniors employed in foundries; provided that where an apprentice is, for a period of half a day
or longer, away from the foundry for the purpose of receiving tuition, the amount of foundry
allowance paid to the employee shall be decreased proportionately.
(3) The foundry allowance herein prescribed shall be in lieu of any payment otherwise due under
this Clause and does not in any way limit an employer's obligations to comply with all
relevant requirements of Acts and Regulations relative to conditions in foundries.
(4) For the purpose of this subclause 'foundry work' shall mean -
(a) Any operation in the production of castings by casting metal in moulds made of sand,
loam, metal, moulding composition or other material or mixture of materials, or by
shell moulding, centrifugal casting or continuous casting; and
(b) Where carried on as an incidental process in connection with and in the course of
production to which 5.2.20(4)(a) applies, the preparation of moulds and cores (but not
in the making of patterns and dies in a separate room), knock out processes and
dressing operations, but shall not include any operation performed in connection with
-
(i) Non-ferous die casting (including gravity and pressure);
(ii) Casting of billets and/or ingots in metal moulds;
(iii) Continuous casting of metal into billets; (iv) Melting of metal for use in printing;
(v) Refining of metal.
5.2.21 An employee, holding a Third Year First Aid Medallion of the St. John Ambulance Association or a
"C" Standard Senior First Aid Certificate of the Australian Red Cross Society, appointed by the
employer to perform first aid duties, shall be paid $12.00 per week in addition to the employee's
ordinary rate.
5.2.22 An electronics tradesperson, an electrician - special class, an electrical fitter and/or armature winder or
an electrical installer who holds and, in the course of employment may be required to use, a current
"A" Grade or "B" Grade licence issued pursuant to the relevant Regulation in force on the 28th day of
February, 1978 under the Electricity Act 1945, shall be paid an allowance of $24.70 per week.
5.3 - CAR ALLOWANCE
5.3.1 Where an employee is required and authorised to use his or her own motor vehicle in the course of the
employee's duties the employee shall be paid an allowance not less than that provided for in the table set out hereunder. Notwithstanding anything contained in this subclause the employer and the
employee may make any other arrangement as to car allowance not less favourable to the employee.
5.3.2 Where an employee in the course of a journey travels through two (2) or more of the separate areas,
payment at the rates prescribed herein shall be made at the appropriate rate applicable to each of the
separate areas traversed.
5.3.3 A year for the purpose of this clause shall commence on the 1st day of July and end on the 30th day of
June next following.
RATES OF HIRE FOR USE OF EMPLOYEE'S
OWN VEHICLE ON EMPLOYER'S BUSINESS
MOTOR CAR
AREA AND DETAILS ENGINE DISPLACEMENT
(IN CUBIC CENTIMETRES)
RATE PER KILOMETRE (CENTS)
Distance Travelled Each Year
on Employer’s Business
Over
2600cc
Over
1600cc -
2600cc
1600cc
& Under
Metropolitan Area 83.3 74.7 64.9
South West Land Division 85.2 76.5 66.6
North of 23.5° South Latitude 93.8 84.4 73.3
Rest of the State 88.1 78.9 68.7
Motor Cycle (in all areas) 28.7¢ per kilometre
5.3.4 "Metropolitan Area" means that area within a radius of fifty kilometres from the Perth Railway Station.
"South West Land Division" means the South West Land Division as defined by Schedule 1 of the
Land Administration Act 1997 excluding the area contained within the Metropolitan Area.
5.4 - FARES AND TRAVELLING TIME
5.4.1 (1) An employee, who, on any day, or from day to day is required to work at a job away from the
accustomed workshop or depot shall, at the direction of the employer, present for work at such
job at the usual starting time.
(2) An employee to whom 5.4.1(1) applies shall be paid at ordinary rates for time spent in travelling between the employee's home and the job and shall be reimbursed for any fares
incurred in such travelling, but only to the extent that the time so spent and the fares so
incurred exceed the time normally spent and the fares normally incurred in travelling between
the employee's home and the accustomed workshop or depot.
(3) An employee who with the approval of the employer uses a personal means of transport for
travelling to or from outside jobs shall be paid the amount of excess fares and travelling time
which the employee would have incurred in using public transport unless the employee has an
arrangement with the employer for a regular allowance.
5.4.2 For travelling during working hours from and to the employer's place of business or from one job to
another, an employee shall be paid by the employer at ordinary rates. The employer shall pay all fares
and reasonable expenses in connection with such travelling.
5.5 - DISTANT WORK
5.5.1 Where an employee is directed by the employer to proceed to work at such a distance that the employee cannot return home each night and the employee does so, the employer shall provide the
employee with suitable board and lodging or shall pay the expenses reasonably incurred by the
employee for board and lodging.
5.5.2 The provisions of 5.5.1 do not apply with respect to any period during which the employee is absent
from work without reasonable excuse and in such a case, where the board and lodging is supplied by
the employer, the employer may deduct from moneys owing or which may become owing to the
employee an amount equivalent to the value of that board and lodging for the period of the absence.
5.5.3 (1) The employer shall pay all reasonable expenses including fares, transport of tools, meals and,
if necessary, suitable overnight accommodation incurred by an employee who is directed by
the employer to proceed to work pursuant to 5.5.1 and who complies with such direction.
(2) The employee shall be paid at ordinary rate of pay for the time up to a maximum of eight (8)
hours in any one day incurred in travelling pursuant to the employer's direction.
5.5.4 An employee, to whom the provisions of 5.5.1 apply, shall be paid an allowance of $35.30 for any weekend the employee returns home from the job, but only if -
(1) the employee advises the employer or the employer’s agent of such intention not later than the
Tuesday immediately preceding the weekend in which the employee so returns;
(2) the employee is not required for work during that weekend;
(3) the employee returns to the job on the first working day following the weekend; and
(4) the employer does not provide, or offer to provide, suitable transport.
5.5.5 Where an employee, supplied with board and lodging by the employer, is required to live more than
800 metres from the job, the employee shall be provided with suitable transport to and from that job or
be paid an allowance of $15.60 per day, provided that where the time actually spent in travelling either
to or from the job exceeds twenty (20) minutes, that excess time shall be paid for at ordinary rates
whether or not suitable transport is supplied by the employer.
5.6 - LOCATION ALLOWANCES
5.6.1 Subject to the provisions of this clause, in addition to the rates prescribed in the wages clause of this
Award, an employee shall be paid the following weekly allowances when employed in the towns
prescribed hereunder. Provided that where the wages are prescribed as fortnightly rates of pay, these
allowances shall be shown as fortnightly allowances.
TOWN PER WEEK
Agnew $21.00
Argyle $56.20
Balladonia $21.60
Barrow Island $36.60
Boulder $8.90
Broome $33.80
Bullfinch $9.90
Carnarvon $17.30
Cockatoo Island $37.10
Coolgardie $8.90
Cue $21.60
Dampier $29.40
Denham $17.30
Derby $35.20
Esperance $6.10
Eucla $23.60
Exmouth $30.90
Fitzroy Crossing $42.70
Halls Creek $49.20
Kalbarri $7.50
Kalgoorlie $8.90
Kambalda $8.90
Karratha $35.30
Koolan Island $37.10
Koolyanobbing $9.90
Kununurra $56.20
Laverton $21.50
Learmonth $30.90
Leinster $21.00
Leonora $21.50
Madura $22.60
Marble Bar $54.40
Meekatharra $18.60
Mount Magnet $23.30
Mundrabilla $23.10
Newman $20.20
Norseman $18.60
Nullagine $54.30
Onslow $36.60
Pannawonica $27.40
Paraburdoo $27.30
Port Hedland $29.30
Ravensthorpe $11.10
Roebourne $40.70
Sandstone $21.00
Shark Bay $17.30
Southern Cross $9.90
Telfer $50.00
Teutonic Bore $21.00
Tom Price $27.30
Whim Creek $35.00
Wickham $33.80
Wiluna $21.30
Wyndham $52.70
5.6.2 Except as provided in 5.6.3, an employee who has:
(1) a dependant shall be paid double the allowance prescribed in 5.6.1;
(2) a partial dependant shall be paid the allowance prescribed in 5.6.1 plus the difference between
that rate and the amount such partial dependant is receiving by way of a district or location
allowance.
5.6.3 Where an employee:
(1) is provided with board and lodging by his/her employer, free of charge; or
(2) is provided with an allowance in lieu of board and lodging by virtue of the Award or an Order
or Agreement made pursuant to the Act;
such employee shall be paid 662/3 per cent of the allowances prescribed in 5.6.1.
5.6.4 Subject to 5.6.2, junior employees, casual employees, part time employees, apprentices receiving less than adult rate and employees employed for less than a full week shall receive that proportion of the
location allowance as equates with the proportion that their wage for ordinary hours that week is to the
adult rate for the work performed.
5.6.5 Where an employee is on annual leave or receives payment in lieu of annual leave he/she shall be paid
for the period of such leave the location allowance to which he/she would ordinarily be entitled.
5.6.6 Where an employee is on long service leave or other approved leave with pay (other than annual leave)
he/she shall only be paid location allowance for the period of such leave he/she remains in the location
in which he/she is employed.
5.6.7 For the purposes of this clause:
(1) "Dependant" shall mean -
(a) a spouse or de facto partner; or
(b) a child where there is no spouse or de facto partner;
who does not receive a location allowance or who, if in receipt of a salary or wage package,
receives no consideration for which the location allowance is payable pursuant to the
provisions of this clause.
(2) "Partial Dependant" shall mean a "dependant" as prescribed in 5.6.7(1) who receives a
location allowance which is less than the location allowance prescribed in 5.6.1 or who, if in
receipt of a salary or wage package, receives less than a full consideration for which the
location allowance is payable pursuant to the provisions of this clause.
5.6.8 Where an employee is employed in a town or location not specified in this clause the allowance
payable for the purpose of 5.6.1 shall be such amount as may be agreed between Australian Mines and
Metals Association, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and the Trades and
Labor Council of Western Australia or, failing such agreement, as may be determined by the
Commission.
5.6.9 Subject to the making of a General Order pursuant to section 50 of the Act, that part of each location
allowance representing prices shall be varied from the beginning of the first pay period commencing on
or after the 1st day in July of each year in accordance with the annual percentage change in the
Consumer Price Index (excluding housing), for Perth measured to the end of the immediately preceding
March quarter, the calculation to be taken to the nearest ten (10) cents.
6. - LEAVE
6.1 - ANNUAL LEAVE
6.1.1 (1) Except as hereinafter provided a period of four consecutive weeks leave with payment as
prescribed in 6.1.1(2) shall be allowed annually to an employee by the employer. Such
entitlement shall accrue pro rata on a weekly basis.
(2) (a) An employee before going on leave shall be paid the wages the employee would have
received in respect of the ordinary time the employee would have worked had the
employee not been on leave during the relevant period.
(b) Subject to 6.1.1(3) an employee shall, where applicable, have the amount of wages to
be received for annual leave calculated by including the following where applicable.
(i) The rate applicable to the employee as prescribed in Clause 4.8 - Wages and
Supplementary Payments of PART 1 - GENERAL or Clause 13 - Wages of
PART 2 - CONSTRUCTION WORK of this Award and the rates prescribed by 5.2.11, 5.2.12 and 5.2.13 of Clause 5.2 - Special Allowances and
Facilities and Clause 5.6 - Location Allowances of this Award and;
(ii) Subject to 6.1.1(3)(b) the rate prescribed for work in ordinary time by Clause
3.3 - Shift Work of the Award according to the employee's roster or
projected roster including Saturday and Sunday shifts;
(iii) The rate payable pursuant to Clause 5.1 - Higher Duties calculated on a daily
basis, which the employee would have received for ordinary time during the
relevant period whether on a shift roster or otherwise;
(iv) Any other rate to which the employee is entitled in accordance with the
contract of employment for ordinary hours of work; provided that this
provision shall not operate so as to include any payment which is of a similar
nature to or is paid for the same reasons as or is paid in lieu of those
payments prescribed by Clause 3.2 - Overtime, Clause 5.2 - Special
Allowances and Facilities (Clause 15.1 - Special Allowances and Provisions of PART 2 - CONSTRUCTION WORK), Clause 5.3 - Car Allowance,
Clause 5.4 - Fares and Travelling Time (Clause 15.2 - Allowance for
Travelling and Employment in Construction Work of PART 2 -
CONSTRUCTION WORK) or Clause 5.5 - Distant Work (Clause 15.3 -
Distant Work of PART 2 - CONSTRUCTION WORK) of this Award, nor
any payment which might have become payable to the employee as
reimbursement for expenses incurred.
(3) In addition to the payment prescribed in 6.1.1(2), an employee shall receive a loading
calculated on the rate of wage prescribed by that paragraph. This loading shall be as follows -
(a) Day Employees - An employee who would have worked on day work had the
employee not been on leave - a loading on 17½%.
(b) Shift Employees - An employee who would have worked on shift work had the
employee not been on leave a loading of 17½%. Provided that where the employee
would have received shift loadings prescribed by Clause 3.3 - Shift Work and, if
applicable, payment for work on a regularly rostered sixth shift in not more than one
week in any four weeks had the employee not been on leave during the relevant
period and such loadings would have entitled the employee to a greater amount than
the loading of 17½%, then the shift loadings and, if applicable, the payment for the
said regularly rostered sixth shift shall be added to the rate of wage prescribed by
6.1.1(2)(b)(i) in lieu of the 17½% loading.
Provided further, that if the shift loadings and, if applicable, the payment for the said
regularly rostered sixth shift would have entitled the employee to a lesser amount
than the loading of 17½%, then such loading of 17½% shall be added to the rate of
wage prescribed by 6.1.1(2) but not including 6.1.1(2)(b)(ii) in lieu of the shift
loadings and the said payment.
(c) Where annual leave is taken in accordance with 6.1.8(2), the loading referred to in
this subclause shall be paid regardless of length of service.
Except as prescribed in 6.1.4 and Clause 16.1 - Annual Leave Loading of PART 2 -
CONSTRUCTION WORK of this Award, the loading prescribed by this paragraph
shall not apply to proportionate leave on termination.
6.1.2 (1) A seven (7) day shift employee, i.e. a shift employee who is rostered to work regularly on
Sundays and holidays shall be allowed one week's leave in addition to the leave to which the
employee is otherwise entitled under this clause.
(2) Where an employee with twelve (12) months' continuous service is engaged as a seven (7) day shift employee, the employee shall be entitled to have the period of annual leave to which the
employee is otherwise entitled under this clause increased by one twelfth of a week for each
completed month the employee is continuously so engaged.
6.1.3 If any award holiday falls within an employee's period of annual leave and is observed on a day which
in the case of that employee would have been an ordinary working day there shall be added to that
period one day being an ordinary working day for each such holiday observed as aforesaid.
6.1.4 (1) An employee whose employment terminates and who has not been allowed the leave
prescribed under this clause shall be given payment as prescribed in 6.1.1(2) and 6.1.1(3) in
lieu of that leave or, in a case to which 6.1.7, 6.1.8 or 6.1.9 applies, in lieu of so much of that
leave as has not been allowed unless -
(a) the employee has been justifiably dismissed for misconduct; and
(b) the leave relates to a year of service that was completed after the misconduct
occurred.
(2) If, after one (1) week's continuous service an employee lawfully leaves the employment or the
employment is terminated by the employer through no fault of the employee, the employee
shall be paid 2.923 hours pay at the rate of wage prescribed by 6.1.1(2), in respect of each
completed week of continuous service.
6.1.5 Any unpaid absence shall not count for the purpose of determining the employee's right to annual
leave.
6.1.6 In the event of an employee being employed by an employer for portion only of a year, the employee
shall only be entitled, subject to 6.1.4, to such leave on full pay as is proportionate to the employee's
length of service during that period with such employer, and if such leave is not equal to the leave
given to the other employees the employee shall not be entitled to work or pay whilst the other
employees of such employer are on leave on full pay.
6.1.7 (1) Annual leave shall be given and taken in one or two continuous periods. If the annual leave is
given in two continuous periods then one of those two periods must be at least three
consecutive weeks. Provided that if the employer and an employee so agree then the
employee's annual leave entitlement may be given and taken in two separate periods, neither
of which is of at least three consecutive weeks, or in three separate periods.
(2) Provided further that an employee may, with the consent of his or her employer, take short
term annual leave not exceeding five (5) days in any calendar year, at a time or times separate
from any of the periods determined in accordance with this subclause.
(3) (a) Where an employer and an employee have not agreed when the employee is to take
his or her annual leave, subject to 6.1.7(3)(b) the employer is not to refuse the
employee taking, at any time suitable to the employee, any period of annual leave the
entitlement to which accrued more than twelve (12) months before that time.
(b) The employee is to give the employer at least two (2) weeks’ notice of the period
during which the employee intends to take his or her leave.
6.1.8 Where an employer closes down the business, or a section or sections thereof, for the purposes of
allowing annual leave to all or the bulk of the employees in the business, or section or sections
concerned, the following provisions shall apply:-
(1) The employer may by giving not less than one (1) month's notice of the intention so to do,
stand off for the duration of the close down all employees in the business or section or sections
concerned.
(2) An employer may close down the business for one or two separate periods for the purpose of
granting annual leave in accordance with this subclause. If the employer closes down the business in two separate periods one of those periods shall be for a period of at least three
consecutive weeks. Provided that where the majority of the employees in the business or
section or sections concerned agree, the employer may close down the business in accordance
with this subclause in two separate periods neither of which is of at least three (3) consecutive
weeks, or in three (3) separate periods. In such cases the employer shall advise the employees
concerned of the proposed date of each close down before asking them for their agreement.
6.1.9 (1) An employer may close down the business, or a section or sections thereof, for a period of at
least three (3) consecutive weeks and grant the balance of the annual leave due to an employee
in one (1) continuous period in accordance with a roster. Provided that by agreement with the
majority of employees concerned, an employer may close down the plant for a period of at
least fourteen (14) consecutive days including non-working days and grant the balance of the
annual leave due to an employee by mutual arrangement.
(2) An employer may close down the business, or a section or sections thereof for a period of less
than three (3) consecutive weeks and allow the balance of the annual leave due to an employee
in one or two continuous periods, either of which may be in accordance with a roster. In such a case the granting and taking of annual leave shall be subject to the agreement of the
employer and the majority of the employees in the business, or a section or sections thereof
respectively and before asking the employees concerned for their agreement, the employer
shall advise them of the proposed date of the close down or close downs and the details of the
annual leave roster.
6.1.10 The provisions of this clause shall not apply to casual employees.
6.2 - SICK LEAVE
6.2.1 (1) An employee who is unable to attend or remain at his or her place of employment during the
ordinary hours of work by reason of personal ill health or injury shall be entitled to payment
during such absence in accordance with the provisions of this clause.
(a) Employee who actually works 38 ordinary hours each week
An employee whose ordinary hours of work are arranged so that the employee
actually works an average of 38 ordinary hours each week during a particular work
cycle shall be entitled to pay shall be entitled to payment during such absence for the
actual ordinary hours absent.
(b) Employee who works an average of 38 ordinary hours each week
An employee whose ordinary hours of work are arranged so that the employee works
an average of 38 ordinary hours each week during a particular work cycle shall be
entitled to pay during such absence calculated as follows:
Duration of absence x Appropriate weekly rate
Ordinary hours normally worked that day 5
An employee shall not be entitled to claim payment for personal ill health or injury
nor will the employee's sick leave entitlement be reduced if such ill health or injury
occurs on the week day the employee is to take off duty in accordance with
3.1.3(1)(c) or 3.1.3(1)(d) of Clause 3.1 - Hours of this Award.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of 6.2.1(1) an employer may adopt an alternative method of
payment of sick leave entitlements where the employer and the majority of the employees so
agree.
(3) Entitlement to payment shall accrue at the rate of 1.46 hours for each completed week of
service up to 76 hours per annum.
(4) If in the first or successive years of service with the employer an employee is absent on the
ground of personal ill health or injury for a period longer than the employee's entitlement to
paid sick leave, payment may be adjusted at the end of that year of service, or at the time the
employee's services terminate, if before the end of that year of service, to the extent that the
employee has become entitled to further paid sick leave during that year of service.
6.2.2 The unused portions of the entitlement to paid sick leave in any one year shall accumulate from year to
year and subject to this clause may be claimed by the employee if the absence by reason of personal ill
health or injury exceeds the period for which entitlement has accrued during the year at the time of the
absence.
6.2.3 The employee shall as soon as reasonably practicable advise the employer of his or her inability to
attend for work, the nature of his or her illness or injury and the estimated duration of the absence.
Provided that such advice, other than in extraordinary circumstances shall be given to the employer
within 24 hours of the commencement of the absence. Provided that an employee shall not be entitled
to claim payment for any period exceeding ten (10) weeks in any one (1) year of service.
6.2.4 The provisions of this clause do not apply to an employee who fails to produce proof of the illness or
injury that would satisfy a reasonable person of the entitlement. Provided that the employee shall not
be required to produce a certificate from a medical practitioner with respect to absences of two days or
less.
6.2.5 (1) Subject to the provisions of this subclause, the provisions of this clause apply to an employee
who suffers personal ill health or injury during the time when the employee is absent on
annual leave and an employee may apply for and the employer shall grant paid sick leave in
place of paid annual leave.
(2) Application for replacement shall be made within seven (7) days of resuming work and then
only if the employee was confined to place of residence or a hospital as a result of the
employee personal ill health or injury for a period of seven (7) consecutive days or more and
the employee produces a certificate from a registered medical practitioner that the employee
was so confined. Provided that the provisions of this paragraph do not relieve the employee of
the obligation to advise the employer in accordance with 6.2.3 if the employee is unable to
attend for work on the working day next following the employee annual leave.
(3) Replacement of paid annual leave by paid sick leave shall not exceed the period of paid sick
leave to which the employee was entitled at the time the employee proceeded on annual leave
and shall not be made with respect to fractions of a day.
(4) Where paid sick leave has been granted by the employer in accordance with 6.2.5(1), 6.2.5(2) and 6.2.5(3), that portion of the annual leave equivalent to the paid sick leave is hereby
replaced by the paid sick leave and the replaced annual leave may be taken at another time
mutually agreed to by the employer and the employee or, failing agreement, shall be added to
the employee's next period of annual leave or, if termination occurs before then, be paid for in
accordance with the provisions of Clause 6.1 - Annual Leave and Clause 6.7 - Public
Holidays.
(5) Payment for replaced annual leave shall be at the rate of wage applicable at the time the leave
is subsequently taken provided that the annual leave loading prescribed in Clause 6.1 - Annual
Leave and Clause 6.7 - Public Holidays shall be deemed to have been paid with respect to the
replaced annual leave.
6.2.6 Where a business has been transmitted from one employer to another and the employee's service has
been deemed continuous in accordance with section 6 of the Long Service Leave Act 1958, the paid
sick leave standing to the credit of the employee at the date of transmission from service with the
transmittor shall stand to the credit of the employee at the commencement of service with the
transmittee and may be claimed in accordance with the provisions of this clause.
6.2.7 The provisions of this clause with respect to payment do not apply to employees who are entitled to
payment under the Workers' Compensation and Injury Management Act 1981 nor to employees whose
injury or illness is the result of the employee's own misconduct.
6.2.8 The provisions of this clause do not apply to casual employees.
6.3 - LONG SERVICE LEAVE
An employee covered by this Award is entitled to long service leave in accordance with the Long Service Leave
Act 1958.
6.4 - BEREAVEMENT LEAVE
6.4.1 An employee shall on the death of a spouse, de facto partner, parent, step-parent, grandparent, sibling,
child, step-child, grandchild (including an adult child, step-child or grandchild) or any other person who at the time of his or her death lived with the employee as a member of his or her household, be
entitled on notice, of leave up to and including the day of the funeral of such relation and such leave
shall be without deduction of pay for a period not exceeding the number of hours worked by the
employee in two (2) ordinary working days.
6.4.2 If so requested by the employer, the employee shall provide evidence that would satisfy a reasonable
person as to-
(1) the death that is the subject of the leave sought; and
(2) the relationship of the employee to the deceased person.
6.4.3 Payment in respect of bereavement leave is to be made only where the employee otherwise would have
been on duty and shall not be granted in any case where the employee concerned would have been off
duty in accordance with any shift roster or during a period of any of any other kind of leave.
6.4.4 For the purposes of this clause the pay of an employee employed on shift work shall be deemed to
include any usual shift allowance.
6.4.5 The two days of bereavement leave need not be consecutive.
6.5 - PARENTAL LEAVE
6.5.1 Definitions
For the purposes of this clause:
"adoption", in relation to a child, is a reference to a child who:
(1) is not the child or the step-child of the employee or the employee's spouse or the employee’s
de facto partner;
(2) is less than 5 years of age; and
(3) has not lived continuously with the employee for 6 months or longer;
"continuous service" means service under an unbroken contract of employment and includes any period
of leave or absence authorised by the employer or by an employer-employee agreement, an Award, a
contract of employment or the Minimum Conditions of Employment Act 1993;
"expected date of birth" means the day certified by a medical practitioner to be the day on which the
medical practitioner expects the employee or the employee's spouse or de facto partner, as the case may be, to give birth to a child; or if the employee could not obtain a medical certificate, the date of birth of
the child that could reasonably be expected if the pregnancy were to go to full term;
"employee" does not include a casual employee who is not an eligible casual employee;
"eligible casual employee" means a casual employee who:
(1) has been engaged by a particular employer on a regular and systematic basis for a sequence of
periods of employment during a period of at least twelve (12) months; and
(2) but for an expected birth of a child to the employee or the employee’s spouse or de facto
partner or an expected placement of a child with the employee with a view to adoption of the
child by the employee would have a reasonable expectation of continuing engagement by the
employer on a regular and systematic basis.
Without limiting the above, a casual employee is also an eligible casual employee if:
(1) the employee was engaged by a particular employer on a regular and systematic basis for a
sequence of periods during a period, "the first period of employment", of less than twelve (12)
months;
(2) at the end of the first period of employment, the employee ceased, on the employer’s initiative,
to be so engaged by the employer;
(3) the employer later again engaged the employee on a regular and systematic basis for a further
sequence of periods during a period "the second period of employment", that started not more
than three (3) months after the end of the first period of employment;
(4) the combined length of the first period of employment and the second period of employment is
at least twelve (12) months; and
(5) the employee, but for an expected birth of a child to the employee or the employee’s spouse or
de facto partner or an expected placement of a child with the employee with a view to the
adoption of the child by the employee would have a reasonable expectation of continuing
engagement by the employer on a regular and systematic basis.
6.5.2 Eligibility for Parental Leave
(1) An employee is entitled to take up to 52 consecutive weeks of unpaid leave in respect of the:
(a) birth of a child to the employee or the employee's spouse or de facto partner; or
(b) placement of a child with the employee with a view to the adoption of the child by
the employee.
(2) An employee is not entitled to take parental leave unless the employee has:
(a) before the expected date of the birth or placement, completed at least twelve (12)
months' continuous service with the employer; and
(b) given the employer at least ten (10) weeks' written notice of his or her intention to
take the leave.
(3) The requirement for ten (10) weeks’ written notice in 6.5.2(2)(b) does not apply if it was not
reasonably practicable for the employee to comply because of:
(a) the premature birth of the employee’s child;
(b) the date when the placement was expected to start; or
(c) any other compelling reason.
(4) An employee is not entitled to take parental leave at the same time as the employee’s spouse
or de facto partner but this subclause does not apply to one (1) week’s parental leave or short
adoption leave of three (3) weeks taken by the:
(a) spouse or de facto partner of the person who gave birth to the child, immediately after
the birth of the child; or
(b) employee and the employee's spouse or de facto partner immediately after a child has
been placed with them with a view to their adoption of the child.
(5) An employee seeking to obtain approval to adopt a child is entitled to a period of up to two (2)
days unpaid leave to attend any interviews or examinations required to obtain the approval.
An employee is not entitled to such unpaid leave if his or her employer requires the employee
to use other leave entitlements that are available to the employee. The two (2) days unpaid leave is able to be taken as a single, unbroken, period or in any separate periods as agreed
between the employee and his or her employer.
(6) An employee may request the employer to extend the period of parental leave to which the
employee is entitled under 6.5.2(1) for a further consecutive period of not more than 52
consecutive weeks. Such a request is to be in writing and must be made at least four (4) weeks
before the day on which the employee would have finished parental leave if the request had
not been made.
(7) An employee may request the employer to extend the period of parental leave which the
employee is entitled under 6.5.2(4) to take at the same time as the employee’s spouse or de
facto partner for a further period of not more than seven (7) consecutive weeks. Such a
request is to be in writing and can be made at any time before the end of the leave referred to
in 6.5.2(4).
(8) An employer is to agree to a request under 6.5.2(6) and 6.5.2(7) unless:
(a) the employer, having considered the employee’s circumstances, is not satisfied that
the request is genuinely based on the employee’s parental responsibilities; or
(b) there are grounds to refuse the request relating to the adverse effect that agreeing to
the request would have on the conduct of operations or business of the employer and
those grounds would satisfy a reasonable person.
The employer is to give written notice of its decision and if the employer refuses the request, the notice is to set out the reasons for the refusal.
(9) The entitlement of an employee to parental leave is reduced by any period of parental leave
taken by the employee’s spouse or de facto partner in relation to the same child, except:
(a) the period of leave referred to in 6.5.2(4); or
(b) an extended period of parental leave agreed to pursuant to 6.5.2(7).
(10) An employee who has given notice of his or her intention to take parental leave, other than for
adoption is to provide to the employer a certificate from a medical practitioner stating that the
employee or the employee’s spouse or de facto partner, as the case may be, is pregnant and the
expected date of birth (or, where relevant, stating that the employee’s spouse or de facto
partner has given birth to a living child and specifying the date of birth).
(11) An employee who has given notice of his or her intention to take parental leave or who is
actually taking parental leave is to give notice supported by a statutory declaration to the
employer of particulars of any period of parental leave taken or to be taken by the employee’s spouse or de facto partner in relation to the same child.
(12) The period of parental leave may be shortened by written agreement between the employee
and the employer.
6.5.3 Period of Leave and Commencement of Leave
(1) Subject to 6.5.4 and 6.5.6, a female employee who has given notice of her intention to take
parental leave, other than for adoption, is to commence the leave six (6) weeks before the
estimated date of birth unless a medical practitioner has certified that she is fit to work closer
to the date.
(2) An employee who has given notice of his or her intention to take parental leave must notify
the employer of the dates on which the employee wishes to start and finish the leave. An
employee who is taking parental leave is to notify the employer of any change to the date on
which the employee wishes to finish the leave.
6.5.4 Transfer to a Safe-Job
(1) This clause applies where an employee gives her employer a medical certificate from a
medical practitioner containing a statement to the effect that, in the medical practitioner’s
opinion, the employee is fit to work, but that it is inadvisable for her to continue in her present
position for a stated period because of:
(a) illness, or risks, arising out of her pregnancy; or
(b) hazards connected with that position.
(2) If the employee’s employer thinks it to be reasonably practicable to transfer the employee to a
safe job - the employer must transfer the employee to the safe job, with no other change to the
employee’s terms and conditions of employment; or
(3) If the employee’s employer does not think it to be reasonably practicable to transfer the
employee to a safe job:
(a) the employee may take paid leave immediately for a period ending at the time
mentioned in 6.5.4(5)(b); or
(b) the employer may require the employee to take paid leave immediately for a period
ending at the time mentioned in 6.5.4(5)(b).
(4) If the employee takes paid leave under 6.5.4(3)(a) or 6.5.4(3)(b) during a period, the employer
must pay the employee for that period the amount the employee would have received as her
payment at the time the leave is taken. Where the number of hours cannot be determined, the
total number of hours worked in the 52 weeks immediately before the leave is taken are to be
averaged.
(5) If the employee takes paid leave under 6.5.4(3)(a) or 6.5.4(3)(b):
(a) the entitlement to leave is in addition to any other leave entitlement she has; and
(b) the period of leave ends at the earliest of whichever of the following times is
applicable:
(i) the end of the period stated in the medical certificate;
(ii) if the employee’s pregnancy results in the birth of a living child - the end of
the day before the date of birth;
(iii) if the employee’s pregnancy ends otherwise than with the birth of a living
child - the end of the day before the end of the pregnancy.
(6) Leave taken under 6.5.4(3)(a) or 6.5.4(3)(b) shall be treated as parental leave for the purposes
of 6.5.7, 6.5.8 and 6.5.9.
6.5.5 Cancellation of Parental Leave
(1) Parental leave applied for, but not commenced, will be cancelled when the pregnancy of an
employee or an employee’s spouse or de facto partner terminates other than by the birth of a
living child or when the proposed placement of a child with an employee is cancelled.
(2) Where the pregnancy of an employee then on parental leave terminates other than by the birth
of a living child, the employee has the right to resume work at a time nominated by the
employer which date must not be less than four weeks from the date the employee gives notice
in writing to the employer that the employee desires to resume work.
(3) Where an employee is on parental leave and gives birth to a living child but the child later
dies, the employee’s entitlement to parental leave is not affected by the death of a child, except
that the employer may give written notice to the employee that from a stated day the parental
leave is cancelled. The stated day must be no earlier than the later of four (4) weeks from the
day the notice was given or six (6) weeks after the date of birth.
(4) Where an employee is on parental leave for adoption and the placement is cancelled or
discontinued, the employee’s entitlement to parental leave is not affected by the cancellation
or discontinuation of the placement, except that the employer may give written notice to the
employee that from a stated day the parental leave is cancelled. The stated day must be no
earlier than four (4) weeks from the day the notice was given.
(5) If during a substantial period while an employee is on parental leave the employee is not the
child’s primary care-giver and it is reasonable to expect that the employee will not again
become the child’s primary care-giver within a reasonable period, the employer may give
written notice that from a stated day the parental leave is cancelled. The stated day must be no
earlier than four (4) weeks after the notice is given.
6.5.6 Special Parental Leave and Sick Leave
(1) Where the pregnancy of a female employee not then on parental leave has ended within 28
weeks before the expected date of birth of the child otherwise than by the birth of a living
child then she must be entitled to such period of unpaid leave (to be known as special parental
leave) as a duly qualified medical practitioner certifies as necessary before her return to work.
(2) Where a female employee not then on parental leave suffers illness related to her pregnancy,
she may take such paid sick leave as to which she is then entitled and such further unpaid
leave (to be known as special parental leave) as a duly qualified medical practitioner certifies
as necessary before her return to work, provided that the aggregate of paid sick leave, special
parental leave and parental leave must not exceed 52 weeks, or a further extended period of
parental leave agreed to under 6.5.2(6).
(3) For the purposes of 6.5.7, 6.5.8 and 6.5.9, parental leave includes special parental leave.
(4) An employee returning to work after the completion of a period of leave taken pursuant to this
subclause will be entitled to the position which she held immediately before proceeding on
such leave or, in the case of an employee who was transferred to a safe job pursuant to 6.5.4,
to the position she held immediately before such transfer. Where such position no longer
exists but there are other positions available, for which the employee is qualified and the
duties of which she is capable of performing, she will be entitled to a position as nearly
comparable in status and pay to that of her former position.
6.5.7 Parental Leave and Other Leave Entitlements
(1) Provided the aggregate of leave including leave taken pursuant to 6.5.4 and 6.5.6 does not
exceed 52 weeks, or a further extended period of parental leave agreed to under 6.5.2(6), an
employee may, instead of or in conjunction with parental leave, take any annual leave or long
service leave or any part of annual leave or long service leave to which the employee is then
entitled.
(2) Paid sick leave or other paid authorised Award absences (excluding annual leave or long
service leave) will not be available to an employee during the employee’s absence on parental
leave.
6.5.8 Effect of Parental Leave on Employment
Absence on parental leave does not break the continuity of service of an employee but is not to be
taken into account in calculating the period of service for any purpose of the Award.
6.5.9 Termination of Employment
(1) An employee on parental leave may terminate his or her employment at any time during the
period of leave by notice given in accordance with this Award.
(2) An employer must not terminate the employment of an employee on the ground of the
employee’s pregnancy or of the employee’s absence on parental leave, but otherwise the rights
of an employer in relation to termination of employment are not affected.
6.5.10 Return to Work after Parental Leave
(1) Upon finishing parental leave an employee will be entitled to the position which the employee
held immediately before proceeding on parental leave or, in the case of an employee who was
transferred to a safe job pursuant to 6.5.4, to the position which the employee held
immediately before such transfer.
(2) If the position referred to in 6.5.10(1) no longer exists but there are other positions available
for which the employee is qualified and the duties of which the employee is capable of
performing, the employee will be entitled to the position most comparable in status and pay to
that of the employee’s former position.
(3) Where, immediately before starting parental leave, an employee was acting in, or performing
on a temporary basis the duties of, the position referred to in 6.5.10(1), that subclause applies
only in respect of the position held by the employee immediately before taking the acting or
temporary position.
(4) An employee may request the employer to permit the employee, on finishing parental leave, to
work on a modified basis in a position to which the employee is entitled under 6.5.10(1) or
6.5.10(2). Such a request is to be made in writing least seven (7) weeks before the day on
which the employee finishes parental leave.
(5) If the employee has been permitted to work on a modified basis, the employee may
subsequently request the employer permit the employee to resume working on the same basis
as the employee worked immediately before starting parental leave. Such a request is to be
made in writing at least six (6) weeks before the day the employee wishes to resume working
on the basis as the employee worked immediately before starting parental leave.
(6) The employer is to agree to a request under 6.5.10(4) unless:
(a) the employer, having considered the employee’s circumstances, is not satisfied that
the request is genuinely based on the employee’s parental responsibilities; or
(b) there are grounds to refuse the request relating to the adverse effect that agreeing to
the request would have on the conduct of the operations or business of the employer and those grounds would satisfy a reasonable person.
(7) The employer is to agree to a request under 6.5.10(5) unless there are grounds to refuse the
request relating to the adverse effect that agreeing to the request would have on the conduct of
the operations or business of the employer and those grounds would satisfy a reasonable
person.
(8) The employer is to give the employee written notice of its decision on a request under
6.5.10(4) or 6.5.10(5) and, if the request is refused, the notice is to set out the reasons for the
refusal.
(9) If the employee has been permitted to work on a modified basis, the employer may
subsequently require the employee to resume working on the same basis as the employee
worked immediately before starting parental leave. The employer must give at least six (6)
weeks’ notice before the day on which the employer wishes the employee to resume working
on the basis as the employee worked immediately before starting parental leave. The
employer is to give notice in writing setting out the reasons for the requirement.
(10) A requirement can be made under 6.5.10(9) if, and only if:
(a) the requirement is made on the grounds relating to the adverse effect that the
employee continuing to work on a modified basis would have on the conduct of the
operations of business of the employer and those grounds would satisfy a reasonable
person; or
(b) the employee no longer has a child below school age.
(11) The employer is to give written notice of a decision under 6.5.10(9) and the notice is to set out
the reasons for the decision.
(12) In 6.5.10(4) "modified basis" means a basis that involves the employee working
(a) on different days or at different times, or both; or
(b) on fewer days or for fewer hours, or both,
than the employee worked immediately before starting parental leave.
6.5.11 Replacement Employees
(1) A replacement employee is an employee specifically engaged as a result of an employee
proceeding on parental leave.
(2) Before an employer engages a replacement employee under this subclause, the employer must
inform that person of the temporary nature of the employment and of the rights of the
employee who is being replaced.
(3) Before an employer engages a person to replace an employee temporarily promoted or
transferred in order to replace an employee exercising his or her rights under this clause, the
employer must inform that person of the temporary nature of the promotion or transfer and of
the rights of the employee who is being replaced.
(4) Nothing in this subclause will be construed as requiring an employer to engage a replacement
employee.
(5) A replacement employee will not be entitled to any of the rights conferred by this clause
except where the replacement employee’s employment continues beyond the twelve (12)
months' qualifying period.
6.6 - CARER’S LEAVE
6.6.1 An employee other than a casual employee is entitled to use up to ten (10) days of his or her sick leave
entitlement in any given year as paid carer’s leave to provide care or support to a member of the
employee’s family or household who requires care or support because of:
(1) an illness or injury to the member; or
(2) an unexpected emergency affecting the member.
6.6.2 A employee, including a casual employee, is entitled to unpaid carer’s leave of up to two (2) days for
each occasion (a "permissible occasion") on which a member of the employee’s family or household
requires care or support because of:
(1) an illness or injury to the member; or
(2) an unexpected emergency affecting the member.
6.6.3 An employee is only entitled to take unpaid carer’s leave if the employee cannot take paid carer’s
leave.
6.6.4 For the purposes of 6.6.1 and 6.6.2 a "member of the employee’s family or household" means any of
the following persons:
(1) the employee’s spouse or de factor partner;
(2) a child, step-child or grandchild of the employee (including an adult child, step-child or
grandchild);
(3) a parent, step-parent or grandparent of the employee;
(4) a sibling of the employee;
(5) any other person who, at or immediately before the relevant time for assessing the employee’s
eligibility to take leave, lived with the employee as a member of the employee’s household.
6.6.5 The employee is required to provide to the employer evidence that would satisfy a reasonable person of
the entitlement to leave under this clause.
6.7 - PUBLIC HOLIDAYS 6.7.1 (1) The following days or the days observed in lieu shall, subject to this subclause and to 3.2.1(3)
of Clause 3.2 - Overtime of this Award, be allowed as holidays without deduction of pay,
namely -
New Year's Day, Australia Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Anzac Day, Labour Day,
Foundation Day, Sovereign's Birthday, Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Provided that another day may be taken as a holiday by arrangement between the parties in
lieu of any of the days named in this subclause.
Provided further that for an employee employed north of the 26th parallel of south latitude or
outside the South West Land Division, Australia Day, Easter Monday, Foundation Day,
Sovereign's Birthday and Boxing Day shall not be holidays but in lieu thereof there shall be
added one week to the annual leave to which the employee is entitled under this clause.
(2) When any of the days mentioned in 6.7.1(1) falls on a Saturday or a Sunday the holiday shall
be observed on the next succeeding Monday and when Boxing Day falls on a Sunday or on a
Monday the holiday shall be observed on the next succeeding Tuesday. In each case the substituted day shall be a holiday without deduction of pay and the day for which it is
substituted shall not be a holiday.
6.7.2 On any public holiday not prescribed as a holiday under this Award, the employer's establishment or
place of business may be closed, in which case an employee need not present for duty and payment
may be deducted, but if work be done, ordinary rates of pay shall apply.
7. - DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURE
7.1 A procedure for the avoidance of industrial disputes shall apply in establishments covered by this
Award.
7.2 The objective of the procedure shall be to promote the resolution of disputes by measures based on
consultation, co-operation and discussion; to reduce the level of industrial confrontation; and to avoid
interruption to the performance of work and the consequential loss of production and wages.
7.3 It is acknowledged that in some companies or sectors of the industry, disputes avoidance/settlement
procedures are either now in place or in the process of being negotiated and it may be the desire of the
immediate parties concerned to pursue those mutually agreed procedures.
(1) Any question, dispute or difficulty arising under this Award shall be subject to dispute
settlement procedures established under this award.
(2) Any settlement reached which is contrary to the terms of this Award shall not have effect
unless or until that conflict is resolved.
(3) Any matter not settled may be referred to the Commission at any time provided that persons
involved in the question, dispute or difficulty shall confer among themselves and make
reasonable attempts to resolve questions, disputes or difficulties before taking those matters to
the Commission.
7.4 In other cases, the following principles shall apply:
(1) Depending on the issues involved, the size and function of the plant or enterprise and the
union membership of the employees concerned, a procedure involving up to four stages of
discussion shall apply. These are:
(a) discussions between the employee/s concerned (and shop steward if requested) and
the immediate supervisors;
(b) discussions involving the employee/s concerned, the shop steward and the employer representatives;
(c) discussions involving representatives from the state branch of the union(s) concerned
and the employer representative(s);
(d) discussions involving senior union officials (state secretary) and the senior
management representative(s);
(e) there shall be an opportunity for any party to raise the issue to a higher stage.
(2) There shall be a commitment by the parties to achieve adherence to this procedure. This
should be facilitated by the earliest possible advice by one party to the other of any issue or
problem which may give rise to a grievance or dispute.
(3) Throughout all stages of the procedure all relevant facts shall be clearly identified and
recorded.
(4) Sensible time limits shall be allowed for the completion of the various stages of the discussions. At least seven days should be allowed for all stages of the discussions to be
finalised.
(5) Emphasis shall be placed on a negotiated settlement. However if the negotiation process is
exhausted without the dispute being resolved, the parties shall jointly or individually refer the
matter to the Commission for assistance in resolving the question, dispute or difficulty
provided that persons involved in the question, dispute or difficulty shall confer among
themselves and make reasonable attempts to resolve questions, disputes or difficulties before
taking those matters to the Commission.
(6) In order to allow for the peaceful resolution of grievances the parties shall be committed to
avoid stoppages of work, lockouts or any other bans or limitation on the performance of work
while the procedures of negotiation and conciliation are being followed.
(7) The employer shall ensure that all practices applied during the operation of the procedure are
in accordance with safe working practices and consistent with established custom and
practices at the workplace.
8. - REGISTERED ORGANISATION
8.1 - RIGHT OF ENTRY FOR DISCUSSIONS WITH EMPLOYEES
An authorised representative of the Union, as defined by the Act, may enter, during working hours, the premises
of the employer in accordance with the provisions of sections 49G and 49H of the Act.
8.2 - RIGHT OF ENTRY TO INVESTIGATE BREACHES
An authorised representative may enter any premises during working hours where relevant employees work to
investigate any suspected breach of the Act, the Minimum Conditions of Employment Act 1993, the
Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984, the Mines Safety and Inspection Act 1994 or an award, order, industrial agreement or employer-employee agreement that applies to any such employee in accordance with
section 49I of the Act.
8.3 - POSTING OF AWARD AND UNION NOTICES
The employer shall keep a copy of this Award in a convenient place in the workshop and the employer shall
also provide a notice board for the posting of union notices.
8.4 - BOARD OF REFERENCE
8.4.1 There shall be a Board of Reference consisting of a chairperson and an equal number of employers' and
employees' members who shall be appointed pursuant to section 48 of the Act and regulation 117 of the
Industrial Relations Commission Regulations 2005.
8.4.2 The Board of Reference may allow, approve, fix, determine, or deal with -
(1) any matter or thing that, under the award, may require to be allowed, approved, fixed,
determined or dealt with by a Board of Reference; and
(2) any matter or thing arising under or out of the provisions of an award, not involving the
interpretation of any such provision, which the Commission may at any time, by order,
authorise a Board of Reference to allow, approve, fix, determine or deal with,
in the manner and subject to the conditions specified in the Award or order, as the case may be.
9. - SUPERANNUATION
9.1 An employer shall pay contributions in accordance with the Superannuation Legislation on behalf of
each eligible employee to an Approved Fund or scheme chosen in accordance with 9.3 - Employer
Contributions.
9.2 Definitions:
"Approved Fund" means a superannuation fund or scheme that is a complying superannuation fund or
scheme within the meaning of the Superannuation Legislation and to which, under the governing rules
of the fund or scheme, contributions may be made by or in respect of the employee permitted to
nominate a fund or scheme.
"Eligible employee" means an employee who is entitled to receive employer superannuation
contributions in accordance with the Superannuation Legislation.
"Ordinary time earnings" means an employee's award classification rate (including supplementary
payment) any regular over-award payment, tool allowance, leading hand allowance and shift loading,
including week-end and public holiday rates where the shift worked is part of the employee's ordinary
hours of work.
All other allowances and payments are excluded.
"Relevant Fund" means an Approved Fund nominated by the employee, which is able to accept
contributions from the employer.
"Superannuation Legislation" means the Federal legislation as varied from time to time, governing the
superannuation rights and obligations of the parties, which includes the Superannuation Guarantee
(Administration) Act 1992, the Superannuation Guarantee Charge Act 1992, the Superannuation
Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 and the Superannuation (Resolution of Complaints) Act 1993.
9.3 Employer Contributions:
(1) An employer shall contribute 9% of ordinary time earnings per eligible employee into one of
the following approved funds:
(a) Westscheme;
(b) Any Approved Fund agreed between the employer, employees and their Union or
Unions, where applicable;
(c) Any Approved Fund which has application to employees in the principal business of
the employer, where employees covered by this Award are a minority of award-
covered employees;
(d) Any other Approved Fund to which an employer or employee who is a member of the
religious fellowship known as Brethren elects to contribute; or
(e) Any Relevant Fund which is nominated by the employee.
(2) Employer contributions shall be paid on a monthly basis for each week of service that the
eligible employee completes with the employer.
(3) No contributions shall be made for periods of unpaid leave, or unauthorised absences in excess
of 38 ordinary hours or for periods of employees' compensation in excess of 52 weeks.
No contributions shall be made in respect of annual leave paid out on termination or any other
payments on terminations.
9.4 (1) Employees may nominate a Relevant Fund or scheme into which the contributions by an
employer on behalf of the employee will be made.
(2) The employer shall notify the employee of the entitlement to nominate an Approved Fund or
scheme as a Relevant Fund as soon as practicable.
(3) The employee and employer shall be bound by the nomination of the employee unless the employee and employer agree to change the Relevant Fund or scheme to which contributions
are to be made.
(4) The employer shall not unreasonably refuse to agree to a change of Relevant Fund or scheme
requested by an employee.
(5) The employer is required to make contributions to an Approved Fund or scheme nominated by
the employer until the employee nominates a Relevant Fund or scheme.
9.5 Subject to the Trust Deed to the Fund of which an employee is a member, the following provisions will
apply:
(1) Paid Leave
Contributions must continue whilst a member of a Fund is absent on annual leave, sick leave,
long service leave, public holidays, jury service, bereavement leave, or other paid leave.
(2) Unpaid Leave
Contributions will not be required in respect of any period of absence from work without pay
of one day or more.
(3) Work Related Injury or Illness
If an eligible employee's absence from work being due to work related injury or work related illness, contributions at the normal rate must continue for the period of the absence provided
that:
(a) the member of the fund is receiving workers' compensation payments or is receiving
regular payments directly from the employer in accordance with statutory
requirements or the provisions of this Award;
(b) the person remains an employee of the employer.
9.6 Nothing contained herein shall serve to reduce any superannuation entitlement which an employee was
receiving at the time this clause became effective.
PART 2 - CONSTRUCTION WORK
10. - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Except as provided in this Part the provisions of PART 1 - GENERAL of this Award shall apply to employees
engaged on construction work defined in Clause 1.6 - Definitions and Classification Structure of that PART.
11. - DEFINITION
Welder "Special Class" means:-
(1) A welder who is a coded pressure welder to the satisfaction of the Worksafe Western Australia
Commissioner.
(2) A welder who does work which is subject to other special tests, but does not include a welder who is
required to pass a normal trade test on engagement.
12. - CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT
12.1 - CONTRACT OF SERVICE
12.1.1 In a case to which 2.1.3 of Clause 2.1 – Contract of Service of PART 1 – GENERAL applies -
(1) the contract of service shall, for the purposes of this Award, be deemed to have terminated at
the time at which the employee was last ready, willing and available for work during ordinary
working hours under the contract; and
(2) the provisions of 2.1.3(1) of Clause 2.1 – Contract of Service of PART 1 – GENERAL shall
be deemed to have been complied with if the employee pays to the employer, whether by
forfeiture or otherwise, an amount equivalent to the employee's ordinary wages for the period
of notice which should have been given.
12.1.2 The period of notice referred to in 2.1.3(1) of Clause 2.1 – Contract of Service of PART 1 –
GENERAL is -
(1) in the case of a casual employee, one (1) hour;
(2) in any other case the notice required to be given in 2.1.2(1) and 2.1.2(2) of Clause 2.1 –
Contract of Service of PART 1 – GENERAL.
12.1.3 Subject to 12.1.2(2) an employer shall, in the case of an employee who has completed one month's
service with that employer, give notice to the employee on the day on which the contract of service is
to end and pay the employee one week's ordinary wages: Provided that where an employee, having
been offered and refused further employment at another site with the same employer, subsequently, within a fortnight of such refusal, applies to that employer for employment and is engaged to work at
that other site, the one week's wages paid to the employee under this subclause shall be credited
towards payment of any moneys due in the new employment.
12.1.4 The employer shall be under no obligation to pay for any day not worked upon which the employee is
required to present for duty, except when such absence from work is due to illness and comes within
the provisions of Clause 6.2 – Sick Leave of PART 1 - GENERAL of this Award or such absence is on
account of paid leave to which the employee is entitled under the provisions of this Award.
12.1.5 (1) (a) The employer is entitled to deduct payment for any day or part of a day upon which
an employee (including an apprentice) cannot be usefully employed because of
industrial action by any of the unions party to this award or by any other association
or union.
(b) If an employee is required to attend for work on any day but by reason of failure or
shortage of electric power work is not provided, he or she shall be entitled to two (2)
hours' pay and further, where any employee commences work he or she shall be
entitled to four (4) hours' employment or be paid for four hours' work.
(2) The provisions of 12.1.5(1) also apply where the employee cannot be usefully employed
through any cause which the employer could not reasonably have prevented but only if, and to
the extent that, the employer and the union or unions concerned so agree or, in the event of
disagreement, the Board of Reference so determines.
(3) Where the stoppage of work has resulted from a breakdown of the employer's machinery the
Board of Reference, in determining a dispute under 12.1.5(2), shall have regard for the
duration of the stoppage and the endeavours made by the employer to repair the breakdown.
12.1.6 The provisions of this clause shall not apply in any case where the employee's contract of service is to
be changed from PART 2 - CONSTRUCTION WORK to PART 1 - GENERAL of this Award.
12.2 - APPRENTICES
An apprentice shall not be employed on the construction of a large industrial undertaking or any large civil
engineering projects unless the apprentice -
(1) is in the final year of apprenticeship; or
(2) is not less than 19 years of age and is being trained pursuant to the Special Trade Training
Programme; or
(3) the union or unions concerned so agree.
12.3 - REDUNDANCY
12.3.1 This clause shall apply where an employee ceases, for any reason, to be employed by an employer
respondent to this Award, other than for reasons of misconduct.
12.3.2 Severance Pay:
(1) An employee, leaving his or her employer on account of a decision in accordance with 12.3.1,
shall be entitled to the following amount of severance pay in respect of continuous periods of
service:
Period of Continuous Service Severance Pay
Less than one year $25.00 for each completed week service, to a maximum of two weeks pay.
One year but less than two years Two weeks' pay plus $25.00 for each completed week
of service, to a maximum of four weeks' pay.
Two years but less than three years Four weeks' pay plus $25.00 for each completed week
of service, to a maximum of six weeks' pay.
Three years but less than four years Seven weeks' pay.
(2) "Week's pay" shall mean the ordinary weekly rate of wage for the employee concerned, as set
out in Clause 13 - Wages, but shall not include site, disability or travel allowances.
(3) For the purposes of this clause, "service" shall mean employment on construction work as
defined by Clause 1.6 – Definitions and Classification Structure of PART 1 - GENERAL of
this Award but shall not include:
(a) service as an apprentice under the terms of this Award; or
(b) service of PART 1 - GENERAL of this Award.
(4) For the purpose of implementing this clause, employees who have been continuously
employed with an employer since 22nd March 1989 shall have service with the employer for
that time counted in calculation of their length of service.
For all other employees who were not in the employ of their current employer on 22nd March,
1989, length of service shall be calculated on the time of continuous service with their current
employer.
(5) For the purpose of this clause, continuity of service shall not be broken on account of -
(a) any interruption or termination of employment by the employer if made merely with
the intention of avoiding obligations hereunder in respect of leave of absence; or
(b) any absence from work on account of leave lawfully granted by the employer; or
(c) any absence, with reasonable cause, proof whereof shall be provided by the
employee; and
Provided that in the calculation of continuous service under this subclause, any time in respect
of which an employee is absent from work, except on paid leave and public holidays as
prescribed by this Award, shall not count as service for the purposes of this clause.
(6) Where an employee remains in his or her employment with the employer and is transferred
between construction sites, or between construction work and work of PART 1 - GENERAL
of this Award, the period of service on construction work shall be preserved for the purposes
of calculating continuous service under the terms of this clause.
(7) An employee who terminates his or her employment before the completion of four weeks'
continuous service with the employer shall not be entitled to the provisions of this clause.
12.3.3 Employee Leaving During Notice:
An employee whose employment is to be terminated in accordance with this clause may terminate his
or her employment during the period of notice and if this occurs, shall be entitled to the provisions of
this clause as if the employee remains with the employer until expiry of such notice. Provided that in
such circumstances the employee shall not be entitled to payment in lieu of notice.
12.3.4 Incapacity to Pay:
An employer in a particular severance/redundancy case may make application to the Commission to
have the general severance pay prescription varied on the basis of the employer's incapacity to pay.
12.3.5 Alternative Employment:
An employer, in a particular severance/redundancy case, may make application to the Commission to
have the provisions of this clause varied if the employer obtains acceptable alternative employment for
an employee which shall include, but not limited to, transfer from one site to another and/or transfer to
a workshop.
12.3.6 Dispute Settling Procedures:
Any dispute under these provisions shall be processed according to procedures established in Clause 7.
- Dispute Resolution Procedure and in the event that the dispute is not resolved by those procedures,
the matter shall be referred to the Commission.
12.3.7 Termination/Redundancy Fund:
Employers may, at their discretion, utilise a fund to meet their liabilities to their employees accrued
pursuant to the term of this clause, provided that such fund shall provide a level of benefits equal to
those prescribed by this clause.
13. - WAGES
13.1 (1) Subject to Clause 15.1 - Special Allowances and Provisions of this PART of the Award the
ordinary weekly rate of wage shall be as set out hereunder and shall be inclusive of all special
rates and allowances and be paid as an "all purpose" rate.
(2) The ordinary weekly wage of an employee (other than an apprentice) shall consist of the base
rate, special payment and the Safety Net Adjustment as applicable, as set out in 13.2.
The rates of pay in this award include arbitrated safety net adjustments available since
December 1993, under the Arbitrated Safety Net Adjustment Principle.
These arbitrated safety net adjustments may be offset against any equivalent amount in the
rate of pay received by employees since 1 November 1991 above the rate prescribed in the
Award, except where such absorption is contrary to the terms of an industrial agreement.
Increases in rates of pay otherwise made under the State Wage Case Principles, excepting
those resulting from enterprise agreements, are not to be used to offset arbitrated safety net adjustments.
13.2 (1) Classification
Base Rate
$ Special
Payment Adjustment
$
Arbitrated Safety Net
$
Total Rate Per
Week $
(a) Instrumentation and Controls Tradesperson
423.80 96.00 378.40 898.20
(b) Instrument Tradesperson - Complex Systems
386.60 84.90 375.70 847.20
(c) Instrument Tradesperson 380.10 80.10 377.20 837.40 (d) Scientific Instrument Maker 380.10 80.10 377.20 837.40 (e) Welder - Special Class 371.40 80.10 376.70 828.20 (f) Welder 362.90 80.10 376.20 819.20 (g) Electrician - Special Class 386.60 84.90 375.70 847.20 (h) Electrical Fitter 362.90 80.10 376.20 819.20 (i) Electrical Installer 362.90 80.10 376.20 819.20 (j) Boilermaker 362.90 80.10 376.20 819.20 (k) Tradesperson the greater part of
whose time is occupied in marking off and/or template making
367.10 80.10 376.50 823.70
(l) Mechanical Tradesperson - Special Class
386.60 84.90 375.70 847.20
(m) Tradesperson 362.90 80.10 376.20 819.20 (n) Pipe Fitter 362.90 80.10 376.20 819.20 (o) Fitter - Refrigeration 362.90 80.10 376.20 819.20 (p) Fitter -
Window Frame 362.90 80.10 376.20 819.20
(q) Motor Mechanic 362.90 80.10 376.20 819.20 (r) Machinist - Engineering: First Class 362.90 80.10 376.20 819.20 Second Class 327.20 66.80 371.40 765.40 (s) Certificated Rigger or Scaffolder 345.70 68.90 372.50 787.10
(t) Rigger or Scaffolder - Other 334.70 67.70 371.90 774.30 (u) Tool and Material Storesperson 322.90 65.80 371.10 759.80 (v) Tradesperson's Assistant 310.20 64.30 370.30 744.80 (w) Tradesperson's Assistant - who
from time to time uses a grinding machine
311.70 65.80 370.40 747.90
(x) Lagger - first 6 months' experience
310.20 63.40 370.20 743.80
2nd and 3rd six months' experience
311.70 65.40 370.40 747.50
4th and 5th six months' experience
315.90 65.60 370.60 752.10
thereafter 317.40 66.60 370.80 754.80 (y) Grinder using portable machine 315.90 65.70 370.70 752.30 (z) Crane Attendant and Dogman 334.70 67.70 371.90 774.30 (aa) Labourer 291.60 62.10 369.10 722.80
(2) A certificated rigger, other than a leading hand, who in compliance with the provisions of the
regulations made pursuant to the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984, is responsible for
the supervision of other employees shall be deemed to be a leading hand and be paid the
additional rate prescribed for a leading hand placed in charge of not less than three (3) and not
more than ten (10) other employees.
13.3 The ordinary weekly wage of an apprentice shall be calculated by applying the percentage applicable
under 4.8.3 of Clause 4.8 - Wages and Supplementary Payments of PART 1 - GENERAL of this
Award to the rate prescribed for a "Tradesperson" in 13.2 for the construction work upon which he or
she is engaged.
13.4 Construction Allowances
(1) In addition to the appropriate rates of pay prescribed in this clause an employee shall be paid -
(a) $55.10 per week if the employee is engaged on the construction of a large industrial undertaking or any large civil engineering project.
(b) $49.60 per week if the employee is engaged on a multi-storeyed building, but only
until the exterior walls have been erected and the windows completed and a lift made
available to carry the employee between the ground floor and the floor upon which
such employee is required to work. A multi-storeyed building is a building which,
when completed, will consist of at least five storeys.
(c) $29.10 per week if the employee is engaged otherwise on construction work falling
within the definition of construction work in Clause 1.6 - Definitions and
Classification Structure of PART 1 - GENERAL of this Award.
(2) Any dispute as to which of the aforesaid allowances apply to particular work shall be
determined by the Board of Reference.
13.5 Leading Hands
In addition to the appropriate total wage prescribed in this clause a leading hand shall be paid:
$
(1) If placed in charge of not less than three (3) and not more than ten (10) other
employees
31.20
(2) If placed in charge of more than ten (10) and not more than twenty (20) other
employees
47.70
(3) If placed in charge of more than twenty (20) other employees 61.70
13.6 (1) Where an employer does not provide a tradesperson or an apprentice with the tools ordinarily
required by that tradesperson or apprentice in the performance of work as a tradesperson or as
an apprentice, the employer shall pay a tool allowance of -
(a) $17.10 per week to such tradesperson; or
(b) In the case of an apprentice a percentage of $17.10 being the percentage which
appears against their year of apprenticeship in 4.8.3 of Clause 4.8 - Wages and
Supplementary Payments of PART 1 - GENERAL (subject to Clause 12.2 -
Apprentices of PART 2) of this Award,
for the purpose of such tradesperson or apprentice supplying and maintaining tools
ordinarily required in the performance of their work as a tradesperson or apprentice.
(2) Any tool allowance paid pursuant to 13.6(1) shall be included in, and form part of, the
ordinary weekly wage prescribed in this clause.
(3) An employer shall provide for the use of tradespersons or apprentices all necessary power
tools, special purpose tools and precision measuring instruments.
(4) A tradesperson or an apprentice shall replace or pay for any tools supplied by their employer if
lost through their negligence.
13.7 A casual employee shall be paid 25 per cent of the ordinary rate in addition to the ordinary rate for the
calling in which he or she is employed.
13.8 Minimum Adult Award Wage
(1) No employee aged 21 or more shall be paid less than the minimum adult award wage unless otherwise
provided by this clause.
(2) The minimum adult award wage for full-time employees aged 21 or more is $692.90 per week payable
on and from the commencement of the first pay period on or after 1 July 2016.
(3) The minimum adult award wage is deemed to include all State Wage order adjustments from State Wage Case Decisions.
(4) Unless otherwise provided in this clause adults employed as casuals, part-time employees or piece
workers or employees who are remunerated wholly on the basis of payment by result shall not be paid
less than pro rata the minimum adult award wage according to the hours worked.
(5) Employees under the age of 21 shall be paid no less than the wage determined by applying the
percentage prescribed in the junior rates provision in this award to the minimum adult award wage.
(6) The minimum adult award wage shall not apply to apprentices, employees engaged on traineeships or
Jobskill placements or employed under the Commonwealth Government Supported Wage System or to
other categories of employees who by prescription are paid less than the minimum award rate, provided
that no employee shall be paid less than any applicable minimum rate of pay prescribed by the
Minimum Conditions of Employment Act 1993.
(7) Liberty to apply is reserved in relation to any special category of employees not included here or
otherwise in relation to the application of the minimum adult award wage.
(8) Subject to this clause the minimum adult award wage shall –
(a) Apply to all work in ordinary hours.
(b) Apply to the calculation of overtime and all other penalty rates, superannuation, payments
during any period of paid leave and for all purposes of this award.
(9) Minimum Adult Award Wage
The rates of pay in this award include the minimum weekly wage for employees aged 21 or more
payable under the 2016 State Wage order decision. Any increase arising from the insertion of the
minimum wage will be offset against any equivalent amount in rates of pay received by employees
whose wages and conditions of employment are regulated by this award which are above the wage
rates prescribed in the award. Such above award payments include wages payable pursuant to
enterprise agreements, consent awards or award variations to give effect to enterprise agreements and
over award arrangements. Absorption which is contrary to the terms of an agreement is not required.
Increases under previous State Wage Case Principles or under the current Statement of Principles,
excepting those resulting from enterprise agreements, are not to be used to offset the minimum wage.
(10) Adult Apprentices
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this clause, an apprentice, 21 years of age or more, shall not
be paid less than $593.90 per week on and from the commencement of the first pay period on
or after 1 July 2016.
(b) The rate paid in the paragraph above to an apprentice 21 years of age or more is payable on
superannuation and during any period of paid leave prescribed by this award.
(c) Where in this award an additional rate is expressed as a percentage, fraction or multiple of the
ordinary rate of pay, it shall be calculated upon the rate prescribed in this award for the actual
year of apprenticeship.
(d) Nothing in this clause shall operate to reduce the rate of pay fixed by the award for an adult
apprentice in force immediately prior to 5 June 2003.
14. - HOURS
14.1 - REST PERIOD
14.1.1 (1) Subject to the provisions of this subclause, a rest period of seven (7) minutes from the time of
ceasing to the time of resumption of work shall be allowed each morning.
(2) The rest period shall be counted as time off duty without deduction of pay and shall be
arranged at a time and in a manner to suit the convenience of the employer.
(3) Refreshments may be taken by employees during the rest period but the period of seven
minutes shall not be exceeded under any circumstances.
(4) An employer who satisfies the Commission that any employee has breached any condition
expressed or implied in this subclause may be exempted from liability to allow the rest period.
(5) In an establishment in which the majority of employees are not subject to this award, the provisions of this subclause do not apply but any employee to whom this Award applies shall
be entitled to the rest period, if any, which may be allowed to the aforesaid majority.
14.1.2 On work on which the majority of employees are employed under this Award, in addition to the rest
period referred to in 14.1.1 but subject to the same conditions, a rest period of seven (7) minutes shall
be allowed as soon as possible after the end of the second hours work following the meal interval
unless the employees concerned prefer to do without such rest period, but the provisions of this
subclause only apply to an employee on any day on which the employee is required for overtime for
half an hour or more immediately following the employee's ordinary finishing time.
14.2 - SHIFT WORK
14.2.1 Shifts may be worked on construction work provided the employer has given the union notice of the
intention to work shifts and the intended starting and finishing times of ordinary hours of the respective
shifts.
14.2.2 (1) Where any particular process is carried out on shifts other than day shift and less than five (5)
consecutive afternoons or five (5) consecutive night shifts are worked on that process, then
employees employed on such afternoon or night shifts shall be paid at overtime rates.
Provided that where the ordinary hours of work normally worked in an establishment are
worked on less than five (5) days then the provision of 14.2.2(1) shall be as if that number of
consecutive shifts were substituted for five (5) consecutive shifts.
(2) The sequence of work shall not be deemed to be broken under the preceding paragraph by
reason of the fact that work on the process is not carried out on a Saturday or Sunday or any
other day that the employer observes a shut down for the purpose of allowing a 38 hour week
or on any holiday.
14.2.3 Where shift work is worked on construction work or by the contractor on commissioning tests for new
plant -
(1) the first night shift in ordinary hours in any week shall not commence before Monday night;
and
(2) the ordinary hours on each shift shall include crib time not exceeding twenty minutes which
shall be taken in relays so as not to cause a stoppage of operations and at times convenient to
the employer.
14.2.4 A shift employee engaged on construction work or on commissioning tests for new plant shall, in
addition to the ordinary rate, be paid per shift for eight (8) hours, a loading of 25 per cent for night
shift.
14.2.5 Where shifts are worked on construction work or on commissioning tests for new plant the day and
night shifts may change weekly where there is agreement between the parties.
15. - ALLOWANCES AND PROVISIONS
15.1 - SPECIAL ALLOWANCES AND PROVISIONS
15.1.1 (1) Where obnoxious or unusually dirty or extreme confined space conditions are encountered
attributable to sources other than normal construction work disabilities, the Board of
Reference may be convened to investigate the specific complaint.
(2) The Board of Reference shall determine the remedial measures required and/or award a
disability allowance if deemed necessary in the circumstances.
15.1.2 (1) The employer shall, where practicable, provide a waterproof and secure place on each job for
the safekeeping of an employee's tools when not in use and an employee's working clothes and
where an employee is absent from work because of illness or accident and has advised the
employer to that effect in accordance with the provisions of Clause 6.2 - Sick Leave of PART
1 - GENERAL of this award the employer shall ensure that the employee's tools and working
clothes are securely stored during the employee's absence.
(2) Subject to 15.1.3 where the employee's tools or working clothes are lost by fire or breaking
and entering whilst securely stored in the place provided by the employer under 15.1.2(1) the
employer shall reimburse the employee for that loss but only up to a maximum of $922.70.
(3) The provisions of 15.1.2(2) shall only apply with respect to tools and working clothes used by
an employee in the course of his or her employment as set out in a list furnished to the
employer at least twenty four (24) hours before being lost by fire or theft and if the employee
has reported any theft to the police.
15.1.3 An employee employed at the Alumina Refinery, Kwinana in areas 40, 30, 35 (k), 45, 25, 35 (f) (where
operating), 35 (d) (where operating), 35 (c) (where operating), 50 (where operating), 36 (A to E tanks
inclusive) shall be supplied with overalls and boots by the employer.
15.1.4 An Electronics Tradesperson, an Electrician Special Class, an Electrical Fitter and/or Armature Winder
or an Electrical Installer who holds, and in the course of employment may be required to use, a current
"A" Grade or "B" Grade licence issued pursuant to the relevant regulation in force on the 28th day of
February 1978 under the Electricity Act 1945, shall be paid an allowance of $24.70 per week (rate from 11/4/90).
15.2 - ALLOWANCE FOR TRAVELLING AND EMPLOYMENT IN CONSTRUCTION WORK
15.2.1 An employee, who on any day is required by the employer to report directly to the job, shall be paid an
allowance in accordance with the provisions of this subclause to compensate for travel patterns and
costs peculiar to the industry, which includes mobility requirements of employees, and the nature of
employment in construction work covered by this Award -
(1) On places within a radius of 50 kilometres from the General Post Office, Perth - $17.25 per day.
(2) For each additional kilometre to a radius of 60 kilometres from the General Post Office, Perth
– 92 cents per kilometre.
(3) Subject to the provisions of 15.2.1(4), work performed at places beyond a 60 kilometre radius
from the General Post Office, Perth shall be deemed to be distant work unless the employer
and the employees, with the consent of the union, agree in any particular case that the
travelling allowance for such work shall be paid under this clause, in which case an additional
allowance of 92 cents per kilometre shall be paid for each kilometre in excess of the
60 kilometre radius.
(4) In respect of work carried out from an employer's depot situated outside a radius of
60 kilometres from the General Post Office, Perth the main Post Office in the town in which
such depot is situated shall be the centre for the purpose of calculating the allowance to be
paid.
(5) Where transport to and from the job is supplied by the employer from and to the depot or such
other place more convenient to the employee as is mutually agreed upon between the
employer and the employee, half the above rates shall be paid, provided that the conveyance
used for such transport is equipped with suitable seating and weather proof covering.
15.2.2 The provisions of this clause do not apply to an employee to whom Clause 15.3 - Distant Work of this
PART is applicable.
15.3 - DISTANT WORK
15.3.1 Where an employee is engaged or selected or advised by an employer to proceed to construction work
at such a distance that the employee cannot return home each night and the employee does so, the
employer shall provide the employee with suitable board and lodging or shall pay the expenses
reasonably incurred by the employee for board and lodging.
15.3.2 The provisions of 15.3.1 do not apply with respect to any period during which the employee is absent from work without reasonable excuse and in such a case, where the board and lodging is supplied by
the employer, the employer may deduct from moneys owing or which may become owing to the
employee an amount equivalent to the value of that board and lodging for the period of the absence.
15.3.3 Subject to the provisions of 15.3.5 -
(1) the employer shall pay all reasonable expenses including fares, transport of tools, meals and, if
necessary, suitable overnight accommodation incurred by an employee or person engaged who
is directed by the employer to proceed to the locality of the site and who complies with such
direction.
(2) the employee shall be paid at ordinary rate of payment for the time up to a maximum of eight
(8) hours in any one day incurred in travelling pursuant to the employer's direction.
15.3.4 Where an employee who, after one month of employment with an employer, leaves the employment, or
whose employment is terminated by the employer "except for incompetency, within one working week of the employee commencing work on the job or for misconduct" and in either instance subject to the
provisions of Clause 12. - Contract of Employment of this PART of this Award returns to the place
from where the employee first proceeded to the locality, or to a place less distant than or equidistant to
the place where the employee first proceeded, the employer shall pay all expenses - including fares,
transport of tools, meals and, if necessary, suitable overnight accommodation incurred by the employee
in so returning. Provided that the employer shall in no case be liable to pay a greater amount under this
subclause than the employer would have paid if the employee had returned to the locality from which
he first proceeded to the job.
15.3.5 On work north of the 26th parallel of South Latitude the following provisions apply -
(1) The employer may deduct the amount of the forward fare from the employee's first or later
wages but the amount so deducted shall be refunded to the employee if the employee
continues to work for three months, or, if the work ceases sooner, for so long as the work
continues.
(2) If the employee continues to work for the employer for at least six (6) months or if the work
ceases sooner, for so long as the work continues, the employer shall, on termination of the employee's engagement, pay the fare of the employee back from the place of work to the place
of engagement if the employee so desires.
15.3.6 An employee, to whom the provisions of 15.3.1 apply, shall be paid an allowance of $35.30 for any
weekend that the employee returns home from the job, but only if -
(1) The employee advises their employer or the employer's agent of their intention not later than
the Tuesday immediately preceding the weekend in which they so return;
(2) The employee is not required for work during that weekend;
(3) The employee returns to the job on the first working day following the weekend; and
(4) The employer does not provide, or offer to provide, suitable transport.
15.3.7 Where an employee, supplied with board and lodging by the employer, is required to live more than
800 metres from the job the employee shall be provided with suitable transport to and from the job or
be paid an allowance of $15.60 per day, provided that where the time actually spent in travelling either
to or from the job exceeds 20 minutes, that excess time shall be paid for at ordinary rates whether or
not suitable transport is supplied by the employer.
15.3.8 Notwithstanding any other provisions contained in this clause and in lieu of any such provisions the
following conditions shall apply to an employee who is engaged or selected or advised by an employer
to proceed to construction work at such a distance that the employee cannot return to his or her home
each night and where such construction work is located north of the 26th parallel of south latitude or in
any other area to which air transport is the only practicable means of travel:
(1) An employee may return home or to Perth or to any other place at a weekend to be mutually agreed upon between the employee and the employer:
(a) After four continuous months service with his or her employer; and in addition to the
weekend the employee shall be entitled to two days leave on ordinary pay subject to
the provisions of 15.3.8(2), and
(b) After each further period of four months continuous service with the employer; and in
addition to the weekend, the employee shall be entitled to two days leave, one of
which days shall be on ordinary pay subject to the provisions of 15.3.8(2).
(2) Where an employee returns home or to Perth or any other place in accordance with the
provisions of this subclause and returns to the job and commences work at the time arranged
with the employer, on the first working day for that employee immediately following the
period of leave referred to in 15.3.8(1), that employee shall be paid at the completion of the first pay period commencing on or after the day upon which the employee returns to work
from the leave taken pursuant to 15.3.8(1) the ordinary pay for that period of leave and the
actual cost of air fares incurred in travelling home or to Perth or to any other place and to the
job and which in no case shall exceed the cost of an economy air fare from the job to Perth and
return.
(3) The entitlement to leave and travelling accruing to an employee pursuant to 15.3.8(1) may be
availed of as soon as reasonably practicable after it becomes due and if it is not availed of
within one month after it so becomes due the entitlement shall lapse.
15.3.9 Any time in respect of which an employee is absent from work except time for which the employee is
entitled to claim payment pursuant to Clause 6.2 - Sick Leave of PART 1 - GENERAL of this Award
or time spent on holidays pursuant to 6.7.1 of Clause 6.7 - Public Holidays of PART 1 - GENERAL of
this Award shall not count for determining the employee's rights to travel and leave under the
provisions of 15.3.8.
15.4 - SPECIAL PROVISION - WESTERN POWER
15.4.1 This clause shall apply to any employee otherwise covered by this PART of the Award who is engaged
on work being carried out for Western Power at Kwinana or Muja.
15.4.2 In addition to the wage otherwise payable to an employee pursuant to the provisions of PART 2 -
CONSTRUCTION WORK of this Award, an employee (other than an apprentice) shall be paid –
(1) $2.46 per hour for each hour worked if employed at Muja;
(2) $1.44 per hour for each hour worked if employed at Kwinana;
(3) A safety footwear allowance of twelve (12) cents per hour for each hour worked to
compensate for the requirement to wear approved safety footwear which is to be maintained in
sound condition by the employee. Failure to wear approved safety footwear or to maintain it
in sound condition as determined by the employer shall render the employee liable to
dismissal.
15.4.3 (1) An employee, to whom Clause 15.2 - Allowance for Travelling and Employment in
Construction Work of this PART applies and who is engaged on construction work at Muja,
shall be paid -
(a) An allowance of $17.25 per day if the employee resides within a radius of
50 kilometres from the Muja power station;
(b) An allowance of $45.60 per day if the employee resides outside that radius.
in lieu of the allowance prescribed in the said clause.
(2) Where transport to and from the job is supplied by the employer from and to a place mutually
agreed upon between the employer and the employee half the above rates shall be paid
provided that the conveyance used for such transport is equipped with suitable seating and
weather proof covering.
15.4.4 In addition to the allowance payable pursuant to 15.3.6 of Clause 15.3 – Distant Work of this PART,
an employee to whom that clause applies shall be paid $34.00 on each occasion upon which the
employee returns home at the weekend, but only if -
(1) The employee has completed three months' continuous service with the employer;
(2) The employee is not required for work during the weekend;
(3) The employee returns to the job on the first working day following the weekend;
(4) The employer does not provide, or offer to provide, suitable transport;
and such payment shall be deemed to compensate for a periodical return home at the employer's
expense.
15.4.5 An employee to whom Clause 15.3 - Distant Work of this PART applies and who proceeds to
construction work at Muja from home where located within a radius of 50 kilometres from the General
Post Office, Perth -
(a) Shall be paid an amount of $79.90 and for three hours at ordinary rates in lieu of expenses and
payment prescribed in 15.3.3 of the said clause; and
(b) In lieu of the provisions of 15.3.4 of the said clause, shall be paid $79.90 and for three
(3) hours at ordinary rates when the employee's services terminate, if the employee has
completed three (3) months’ continuous service;
and the provisions of 15.3.3 and 15.3.4 of Clause 15.3 - Distant Work of this PART shall not apply to
such employee.
16. - LEAVE
16.1 - ANNUAL LEAVE LOADING
Notwithstanding the provisions of 6.1.1(3) of Clause 6.1 - Annual Leave of PART 1 - GENERAL of this Award
the loading prescribed in the said paragraph shall apply to proportionate leave due to an employee whose
employment is terminated by the employer for any cause other than misconduct.
17. - STRUCTURAL EFFICIENCY
17.1 The parties to this Award are committed to co-operating positively to increase the efficiency,
productivity and international competitiveness of the metal and engineering construction industry and
to enhance career opportunities and job security of employees in the industry.
17.2 The parties shall establish a working group for the testing or trial of various skill levels and to enable
proper consultation with both employees and employers in the industry on matters consistent with the
objectives of 17.1. The parties shall process any such matters through that working group.
17.3 Measures raised for consideration consistent with 17.2 shall be related to implementation of a new
classification structure, any facilitative provisions contained in this Award and matters concerning
training.
17.4 Without limiting the rights of either an employer or a union to arbitration, any other measure designed
to increase flexibility on a site or within an enterprise sought by any party shall be notified to the
working group and by agreement of the parties involved shall be implemented, subject to the following
requirements.
(1) The changes sought shall not affect provisions reflecting national standards recognised by the
Commission.
(2) The working party will consider the implications of the proposed measures for existing on-site
arrangements.
(3) The majority of employees affected by the change at the site or enterprise must genuinely
agree to the change.
(4) No employee shall lose income as a result of the change.
(5) The relevant union or unions must be a party to the agreement.
(6) Any agreement shall be subject, where appropriate, to approval by the Commission and, if
approved, shall operate as a Schedule to this Award and take precedence over any provision of
this Award to the extent of any inconsistency.
17.5 Award restructuring should be given its wider meaning and not be confined only to the restructuring of
classifications but may extend to the review of other restrictive provisions which currently operate. To
that end, such restrictive provisions will be reviewed on an on-going basis.
17.6 The parties to this Award recognise that in order to increase efficiency, productivity and international
competitiveness of industry, a greater commitment to training and skill development is required.
Accordingly, the parties commit themselves to -
(1) developing a more highly skilled workforce;
(2) providing employees with career opportunities through appropriate training to acquire
additional skills; and
(3) removing barriers to the utilisation of skills acquired.
17.7 Any disputes arising in relation to the implementation of this clause shall be subject to the provisions of
Clause 7 – Dispute Resolution Procedure of PART 1 - GENERAL.
18. - NAMED PARTIES
A.E. Smith-Westair
ABB Industries Pty Ltd
ABB Transmission & Distribution
ABC Bearings
Abel Appliance Service Co
Aero Flour Co
Air Liquide WA Pty Ltd
Albany City Council
Allmark & Associates Pty Ltd
Alltype Engineering Services
Alsthom Australia Ltd (Power Plant Division)
Alucast
Alumacraft Pty Ltd
Alumimium Products (1964) Pty Ltd
Ampol Northlands
ANI Bradken WA
Anodisers WA
Applied Micro Systems (Australia) Pty Ltd
Arch Engineering
Architectural Ceiling Systems Pty Ltd
Arcus Australia Pty Ltd
Arnotts Biscuits Ltd
Asko Appliances (Aust) Pty Ltd
Astra Metal Products Pty Ltd
Atlas Cement
Austal Ships Pty Ltd
Austral Wright Metals
Australian Glass Manufacturers Co
Australian Pacific Air Conditioning Manufacturing
Auto Masters
Automotive Instrument Control
Baguley Engineering
Baguley F & Co
Bains Harding Industries Pty Ltd
Baitz Confectionery
Baker A.J. & Sons Pty Ltd
Baker, AJ & Sons
Bassendean Town Council
Bayswater Powder Coaters Pty Ltd
Bells Thermalag & Industrial Services Pty Ltd
Belmont City Dairy Supplies
Benny's Gelati Pty Ltd A Division of D'Orsogna Ltd
Bernina Sewing Machines of Australia
Black & White Taxis
Bob Jane T-Mart
BOC Gases
Boomerang Engineering Pty Ltd
Bosich Motor Body Works
Bradford Insulation
Bradford Insulation (WA) Ltd
Bradys Building Products
Bridgestone Australia Ltd
Brine A T & Sons Pty Ltd
Bristile Ltd
Brother Industries Pty Ltd
Brother International (Aust) Pty Ltd
Bunnings Forest Products Pty Ltd
C.J.D. Equipment Pty Ltd
Can-Calc Pty Ltd
Cape Modern Joint Venture
Carrier Airconditioning Pty Ltd
Casa Cheeses
Chubb Safe
City Plating Co
Clelands Cold Stores Pty Ltd
Coca Cola Bottlers (Perth) Pty Ltd
Cockburn Cement Pty Ltd
Coles Myer Ltd
Colli & Sons
COM-AL Windows Pty Ltd
Comalco Aluminium (Western Australia) Ltd
Cospak (WA) Pty Ltd
Crane Aluminium Systems
Crane Copper Tube
CRC Humes Ltd
Crystal Printing Pty Ltd
CSBP & Farmers Ltd
CSR Building Products
CSR Monier Wunderlich
Cully's Motor Cycle Centre
Cummins Diesel Sales & Service
D & F Engineering
Dardanup Butchering Company
David Gray & Co Ltd
David Jones
De Cassan Industries Pty Ltd
Detroit Diesel Allison Australia Pty Ltd
Diesel Engine Services & Spares Pty Ltd
Diesel Motors Pty Ltd
Direct Engineering Services Pty Ltd
Donaghy Downs Pty Ltd
Donhad Armco Pty Ltd
Dunlop and Olympic Tyres Pty Ltd
Eilbeck Cranes Pty Ltd
Elna WA
Engineering Equipment Sales
Fennessy's Motors Pty Ltd
Fineline Print & Copy Service Pty Ltd
Floreat Iron Works
Ford Motor Company (Australia) Pty Ltd
Forward Engineers Pty Ltd
Fremantle Foundry & Engineering Co Pty Ltd
Fremantle Steel Fabrication Co (1979)
Galvin Engineering Pty Ltd
General Motors Holden's Automotive Ltd
General Motors Holden's Automotive Ltd
Geraldton Building Co Pty Ltd
Globe Meats
Goldfields Contractors WA
Goodman Fielder Mills Ltd
Goodyear Tyre & Rubber
Gordon Brothers Industries Pty Ltd
Green E.G. & Sons Pty Ltd
Greenbushes Tin
Harvey Meat Exports (E.G. Green & Sons)
Hawke Measurements Systems Pty Ltd
Heat Exchangers International Ltd
Henry Walker Eltin Contracting Pty Ltd
Hinco Instruments Pty Ltd
Hitachi Construction Machinery (Australia) Pty Ltd
Howard Porter Pty Ltd
Husqvarna Viking
HVAC Construction Ltd
Ian Diffen Tyres
Industrial Storage Batteries Pty Ltd
Inghams Enterprises Pty Ltd
Inhouse Laundries
Jambro Pty Ltd
James Hardie
James Hardie & Co Ltd
Janome Sewing Machine Co. (Aust) Pty Ltd
Jason Windows
Jayell Enterprises
Jenkins Springs Pty Ltd
Jiffy Instant Printing
John Holland Constructions & Engineering Pty Ltd
Kailis and France Pty Ltd
Kalamunda Ice Works
Karrakatta Monumental Works
Kilpatrick Green Pty Ltd
Lidco Alumimium Windows Pty Ltd
Lombardi Bros
Lube Mobile
Lyons & Pierce
Madco Engineering
Makutz, B
Malvern Star Bicycle Co
Matilda Bay Brewing Co Ltd
Mauri Closures Pty Ltd
Maytag Commercial
McAlpine Hussmann
McIntosh & Son
Mechatronics Pty Ltd
Metal Corp Recyclers
Metro Baldock Spring Works Pty Ltd
Metro Baldocks Springs
Metro Brick
Mettler Toledo Ltd
Midland Brick
Mills & Wares
Mills and Hassall
Monadelphous Engineering Associates Pty Ltd
N.S. Komatsu Pty Ltd
NCR Australia
Nix Machinery Design
Notley & Co
NS Komatsu Pty Ltd
O'Donnell Griffin
O'Donnell Griffin Pty Ltd
Orbital Engine Company (Aust) Pty Ltd
Osborne Park Brass Co
Osborne Patternmakers
P B Foods Ltd
Park Engineers Pty Ltd
Pattern Making Services
Pepsi Cola Bottlers Australia
Perth City Council
Perth Ice Works
Perth Monumental Works
Perth Wrought Iron
Pinakis Refrigeration Works Pty Ltd
Pioneer Concrete (WA) Pty Ltd
Plastics Ltd
Plumbers (WA) & Co
Precision Brass
Premier Plating Co
Press and Die Company
Q A L Refrigeration WA Pty Ltd
Quality Rewinds
QVR Pty Ltd
Radix Pty Ltd
RCR Tomlinson
Readymix Group (The)
Regina Footwear 1957
Rick Gill Motorcycles
Roche Mining
Ron Mack Machinery Sales WA
Sheridan's for Badge
Simsmetal Ltd
Southcorp Packaging
Southern Cross Electrical Engineering Pty Ltd
Specialised Welding (WA) Pty Ltd
Stanley-Bostitch Pty Ltd
Stegbar
Sun Industries
Supreme Scale Service Pty Ltd
Suzuki North
Swan Brewery Co Ltd
Swan Taxis Co-Op Ltd
T L Engineering
Tenix Shipbuilding WA
Tibbett & Coote
Timcast Pty Ltd
Touch Instrument Service Co
Unifab (W.A.)
United Construction Pty Ltd
Van Leer Australia Pty Ltd
Vaughan Castings
Vax Appliances (Australia) Pty Ltd
Veem Engineering Group Pty Ltd
Vesta Vattert Company Ltd
Volgren Australia
Wallace Engineering Co
Watsonia
Watsonia Pty Ltd
Westrac Equipment Pty Ltd
Westralian Engineering Works
Wilroof Australia
Wilson's Engraving Works
Wilsons Sign Solutions
Wintern International Pty Ltd
Woolworths (WA) Pty Ltd
The Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing & Kindred Industries Union of Workers – Western
Australian Branch
Electrical Trades Union WA
19. - INDUSTRIES
ABATTOIRS:
Dardanup Butchering Company
46 Ladner Street
O'Connor
WA 6163
Green E.G. & Sons Pty Ltd
Seventh Street
Harvey
WA 6220
Inghams Enterprises Pty Ltd
Baden Street
Osborne Park
WA 6017
ACCOUNTING MACHINE DISTRIBUTORS:
Applied Micro Systems (Australia) Pty Ltd
32 Ord Street
West Perth
WA 6005
Can-Calc Pty Ltd
272 Hay Street
East Perth
WA 6004
NCR Australia
37 Kensington Street
Perth
WA 6000
ACOUSTIC MATERIAL MANUFACTURERS:
Architectural Ceiling Systems Pty Ltd
3 Irvine Street
Bayswater
WA 6053
Bradford Insulation (WA) Ltd
19 Sheffield Road
Welshpool
WA 6106
Bradys Building Products
18 Railway Parade
Bayswater
WA 6053
AERATED WATER AND CORDIAL MANUFACTURERS:
Coca Cola Bottlers (Perth) Pty Ltd
19 Miles Road
Kewdale
WA 6105
Pepsi Cola Bottlers Australia
15 Magnet Road
Canning Vale
WA 6155
AIR CONDITIONING INSTALLATIONS:
A.E. Smith-Westair
13 MacAdam Place
Balcatta
WA 6021
Australia Pacific Air Conditioning Manufacturing Apac Way
Redcliffe
WA 6104
Direct Engineering Services Pty Ltd
36 Beringarra Avenue
Malaga
WA 6090
ALUMINIUM FABRICATORS:
Crane Aluminium Systems
12 Cressall Road
Balcatta
WA 6021
COM-AL Windows Pty Ltd
16 Madrid Place Maddington
WA 6109
ALUMINIUM MANUFACTURERS:
Comalco Aluminium (Western Australia) Ltd
c/o 55 Colin Street
Melbourne
VIC 3000
ASBESTOS CEMENT MANUFACTURERS:
James Hardie & Co Ltd
Rutland Avenue
Welshpool
WA 6106
Unifab (W.A.)
Unit 20
4 Pilbara Street
Welshpool
WA 6106
BALL AND ROLLER BEARING SPECIALISTS:
ABC Bearings
Unit 1/4 Port Kembla Drive
Bibra Lake
WA 6163
BATTERY MANUFACTURERS:
Industrial Storage Batteries Pty Ltd
Vesta Vattert Company Ltd
BISCUIT MANUFACTURERS:
Arnotts Biscuits Ltd
90-94 Bannister Road
Canning Vale
WA 6155
Mills & Wares
4 Stockdale Road
O'Connor
WA 6163
BLACKSMITHS AND FARRIERS:
Arch Engineering
Lot 58 Rivers Road
Spearwood
WA 6163
Metro Baldock Spring Works Pty Ltd
74 Goodwood Parade
Rivervale
WA 6103
BOAT BUILDERS AND REPAIRERS:
Alumacraft Pty Ltd
65 Champion Drive
Kelmscott
WA 6111
Austal Ships Pty Ltd
126 Egmont Road
Henderson
WA 6166
Tenix Shipbuilding WA
775 Cockburn Road
Henderson
WA 6166
BOILERMAKERS:
Baguley F & Co
7 Rawlinson Street
O'Connor
WA 6163
Heat Exchangers International Ltd
13 Stott Road
Welshpool
WA 6106
RCR Tomlinson
239 Planet Street
Welshpool
WA 6106
BRASS FINISHERS:
Allmark and Associates Pty Ltd
314 Charles Street
North Perth
WA 6006
Osborne Park Brass Co 3/9 Sundercombe Street
Osborne Park
WA 6017
Westralian Engineering Works
Lot 700 Sparks Road
Henderson
WA 6166
BRASS AND NON-FERROUS FOUNDERS:
Alucast
23 Sorbonne Crescent
Canning Vale
WA 6155
Timcast Pty Ltd
97 Hector Street Osborne Park
WA 6017
Veem Engineering Group Pty Ltd
22 Baile Road
Canning Vale
WA 6155
BREWERIES:
Matilda Bay Brewing Co Ltd
130 Stirling Highway
North Fremantle
WA 6159
Swan Brewery Co Ltd
25 Baile Road Canning Vale
WA 6155
BRICK MANUFACTURERS:
Metro Brick
South West Highway
Armadale
WA 6112
Midland Brick
Bassett Road
Middle Swan
WA 6065
BUILDING CONTRACTORS:
Brine A T & Sons Pty Ltd
435 Vincent Street
West Leederville
WA 6007
Mills and Hassall
17 Hoskins Street
Landsdale WA 6065
BUTTER FACTORIES:
P B Foods Ltd
22 Geddes Street
Balcatta
WA 6021
Watsonia Pty Ltd
174 Hamilton Road
Spearwood
WA 6163
CANNERS AND FOOD PROCESSORS:
Kailis and France Pty Ltd
14 Neil Street Osborne Park
WA 6017
CEMENT MANUFACTURERS:
Atlas Cement
77 Vulcan Road
Canning Vale
WA 6155
Cockburn Cement Pty Ltd
Russell Road
South Coogee
WA 6166
CHEESE FACTORIES: Casa Cheeses
27 Carrington Street
Nedlands
WA 6009
P B Foods Ltd
22 Geddes Street
Balcatta
WA 6021
Watsonia
174 Hamilton Road
Spearwood
WA 6163
COLD STORAGE:
Clelands Cold Stores Pty Ltd
2 Absolon Street
Palmyra
WA 6157
Perth Ice Works
5 Cooper Road
Jandakot WA 6164
CONFECTIONERY MANUFACTURERS:
Baitz Confectionery
10/11 Milford Street
East Victoria Park
WA 6101
COPPERSMITHS:
Austral Wright Metals
1 Baldwin Street
Kewdale
WA 6105
Crane Copper Tube
66 Belgravia Street Belmont
WA 6104
Precision Brass
10 Guthrie Street
Osborne Park
WA 6017
CROWN SEAL MANUFACTURERS:
Cospak (WA) Pty Ltd
108 Radium Street
Welshpool
WA 6106
Mauri Closures Pty Ltd
5 Keegan Street O'Connor
WA 6163
CYCLE MANUFACTURERS AND REPAIRERS:
Malvern Star Bicycle Co
29 Fargo Way
Welshpool
WA 6106
DAIRIES AND MILK VENDORS:
Belmont City Dairy Supplies
54 Banyard Avenue
Kelmscott
WA 6111
P B Foods Ltd
22 Geddes Street
Balcatta
WA 6021
DIE CASTERS:
Alucast 23 Sorbonne Crescent
Canning Vale
WA 6155
Galvin Engineering Pty Ltd
Lot 310 Victoria Road
Malaga
WA 6062
Veem Engineering Group Pty Ltd
22 Baile Road
Canning Vale
WA 6155
DIE MAKERS:
De Cassan Industries Pty Ltd
28 Jackson Street Bassendean
WA 6054
Press and Die Company
7 Ballantyne Road
Kewdale
WA 6105
DIE SINKERS:
Allmark & Associates Pty Ltd
314 Charles Street
North Perth
WA 6006
Wilson's Engraving Works
30 Westchester Road Malaga
WA 6062
DIESEL ENGINE MANUFACTURERS:
Alsthom Australia Ltd
(Power Plant Division)
153 Abernethy Road
Belmont
WA 6104
DOMESTIC APPLIANCES MANUFACTURERS AND REPAIRERS:
Vax Appliances (Australia) Pty Ltd
296 Victoria Road
Malaga
WA 6062
DRUM MANUFACTURERS:
Southcorp Packaging
144 Carrington Street
Fremantle
WA 6160
Van Leer Australia Pty Ltd
8 Rawlinson Street
O'Connor
WA 6163
EARTH MOVING CONTRACTORS:
Goldfields Contractors WA
25 Jackson Street
Bayswater
WA 6053
Henry Walker Eltin Contracting Pty Ltd
55 Broadway
Nedlands
WA 6009
Roche Mining Level 1/130 Fauntleroy Street
Redcliffe
WA 6104
EARTH MOVING EQUIPMENT DISTRIBUTORS:
C.J.D. Equipment Pty Ltd
52 Great Eastern Highway
Guildford
WA 6055
N.S. Komatsu Pty Ltd
94 Sheffield Road
Welshpool
WA 6106
Westrac Equipment Pty Ltd 128-134 Great Eastern Highway
South Guildford
WA 6055
ELECTRIC MOTOR MANUFACTURERS AND REPAIRERS:
ABB Industries Pty Ltd
9 Bannister Road
Canning Vale
WA 6155
O'Donnell Griffin Pty Ltd
37 Hargreaves Street
Belmont
WA 6104
Quality Rewinds
4 Nasmyth Road
Rockingham
WA 6168
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS:
Kilpatrick Green Pty Ltd
86 Welshpool Road Welshpool
WA 6106
Southern Cross Electrical Engineering Pty Ltd
41 Macedonia Street
Naval Base
WA 6165
ELECTROPLATERS AND ANODISERS:
Anodisers WA
3 Ladner Street
O'Connor
WA 6163
Bayswater Powder Coaters Pty Ltd
30 Railway Parade
Bayswater WA 6053
City Plating Co
30 William Street
Beckenham
WA 6107
Premier Plating Co
59 John Street
Bentley
WA 6102
ENGINEERS - AGRICULTURAL:
Forward Engineers Pty Ltd
17-95 Adams Drive
Welshpool WA 6106
Wallace Engineering Co
Foreshore
Port Road
Albany
WA 6330
ENGINEERS - AUTOMOTIVE: Auto Masters
322 William Street
Perth
WA 6000
Lube Mobile
200 North Lake Road
Kardinya
WA 6163
ENGINEERS - CONSTRUCTIONAL:
Fremantle Steel Fabrication Co (1979)
Lot 502 Cutler Road
Jandakot WA 6164
HVAC Construction Ltd
123 Broadway
Bassendean
WA 6054
John Holland Constructions & Engineering Pty Ltd
263 Adelaide Terrace
Perth
WA 6000
Monadelphous Engineering Associates Pty Ltd
1 Sleat Road
Applecross
WA 6153
O'Donnell Griffin 491 Abernethy Road
Kewdale
WA 6105
ENGINEERS - DIESEL:
Cummins Diesel Sales & Service
50 Kewdale Road
Welshpool
WA 6106
Detroit Diesel Allison Australia Pty Ltd
174 Railway Parade
Bassendean
WA 6054
Diesel Engine Services & Spares Pty Ltd 20 Redcliffe Road
Redcliffe
WA 6104
ENGINEERS - GENERAL:
Baguley Engineering
7 Rawlinson Street
O'Connor
WA 6163
Eilbeck Cranes Pty Ltd
23 Jackson Street
Bassendean
WA 6054
Forward Engineers Pty Ltd
17-95 Adams Drive
Welshpool
WA 6106
Geraldton Building Co Pty Ltd
Ocean Street
Geraldton
WA 6530
Monadelphous Engineering Associates Pty Ltd
1 Sleat Road
Applecross
WA 6153
RCR Tomlinson
239 Planet Street
Welshpool
WA 6106
ENGINEERS - INSULATION:
Bells Thermalag & Industrial Services Pty Ltd
5 Keegan Street
O'Connor
WA 6163
Bradford Insulation
Sheffield Street
Welshpool
WA 6106
Cape Modern Joint Venture
376 Victoria Road
Malaga
WA 6062
ENGINEERS - MARINE:
Baguley Engineering
7 Rawlinson Street
O'Connor
WA 6163
Fremantle Foundry & Engineering Co Pty Ltd
8 Queen Victoria Street
Fremantle
WA 6160
Madco Engineering
560 Sparks Road
Henderson
WA 6166
Wallace Engineering Co
Foreshore
Port Road
Albany
WA 6330
ENGINEERS - REFRIGERATION:
Baker A.J. & Sons Pty Ltd
209 Stirling Highway
Claremont
WA 6010
Gordon Brothers Industries Pty Ltd
130 Burswood Road Victoria Park
WA 6100
McAlpine Hussmann
77 Dowd Street
Welshpool
WA 6101
ENGINEERS - STRUCTURAL:
D & F Engineering
11 Hurley Street
Canning Vale
WA 6155
Park Engineers Pty Ltd
42 Railway Parade
Welshpool WA 6106
RCR Tomlinson
239 Planet Street
Welshpool
WA 6106
United Construction Pty Ltd
Mandurah Road
Kwinana
WA 6167
ENGRAVERS:
Sun Industries
33 Guthrie Street
Osborne Park WA 6017
Sheridan's for Badge
14 Florence Street
West Perth
WA 6005
Wilsons Sign Solutions
30 Westchester Road
Malaga
WA 6062
FERTILISER MANUFACTURERS:
CSBP & Farmers Ltd
40 The Esplanade
Perth
WA 6000
David Gray & Co Ltd
Rawlinson Street
O'Connor
WA 6163
FIBRE GLASS MANUFACTURERS:
Plastics Ltd
18 Colray Avenue
Osborne Park
WA 6017
FIBROUS PLASTER MANUFACTURERS:
Bradys Building Products
18 Railway Parade
Bayswater
WA 6053
CSR Building Products
19-21 Sheffield Street
Welshpool
WA 6106
Unifab (WA)
20/4 Pilbara Street
Welshpool
WA 6106
FLOUR MILLERS:
Aero Flour Co
6 Noble Street
Kewdale
WA 6105
Goodman Fielder Mills Ltd
111 Stirling Highway
Fremantle
WA 6160
FOOTWEAR MANUFACTURERS:
Regina Footwear 1957
52 Edward Street
Osborne Park
WA 6017
FORGERS:
Donhad Armco Pty Ltd
18 Jackson Street
Bassendean
WA 6054
FOUNDRIES:
ANI Bradken WA
Adams Drive
Welshpool
WA 6106
Fremantle Foundry & Engineering Co Pty Ltd
8 Queen Victoria Street
Fremantle
WA 6160
Vaughan Castings
Lot 19 Russell Road
Henderson
WA 6166
GLASS MANUFACTURERS:
Australian Glass Manufacturers Co
35 Baile Road
Canning Vale
WA 6155
ICE CREAM MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS:
Benny's Gelati Pty Ltd
A Division of D'Orsogna Ltd
Leach Highway Cnr Stock Road Palmyra
WA 6157
P B Foods Ltd
22 Geddes Street
Balcatta
WA 6021
ICE MANUFACTURERS:
Kalamunda Ice Works
121 Welshpool Road
Welshpool
WA 6106
Perth Ice Works
611 Murray Street Perth
WA 6000
INDUSTRIAL GAS MANUFACTURERS:
Air Liquide WA Pty Ltd
276 Leach Highway
Myaree
WA 6154
BOC Gases
57 Baile Road
Canning Vale
WA 6155
INSTRUMENT MAKERS AND REPAIRERS:
Automotive Instrument Control
36-38 Sorbonne Cr
Canning Vale
WA 6155
Hawke Measurements Systems Pty Ltd
4A Shields Crescent
Booragoon WA 6154
Hinco Instruments Pty Ltd
Unit 5/52 Vinnicombe Drive
Canning Vale
WA 6155
Touch Instrument Service Co
207 Railway Road
Subiaco
WA 6008
LABOUR HIRE INDUSTRY:
Adecco Pty Limited
57 Havelock Street
West Perth WA 6005
Kelly Services (Australia) Ltd
Level 1 Quayside, 2 Mill Street
Perth
WA 6000
Manpower Services (Australia) Pty Ltd
28 The Esplanade
Perth
WA 6000
Ready Workforce Pty Limited
247 James Street
Northbridge
WA 6003
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES:
Albany City Council
221 York Street
Albany
WA 6330
Bassendean Town Council
48 Old Perth Road
Bassendean
WA 6054
Perth City Council
St. Goerge's Terrace
Perth
WA 6000.
MACHINERY MANUFACTURERS:
Mechatronics Pty Ltd
51 Wechester Road
Malaga
WA 6090
Nix Machinery Design
49 Buckingham Drive
Wangara
WA 6065
Wintern International Pty Ltd
11 Blamey Place
O'Connor
WA 6163
MACHINERY MERCHANTS:
Engineering Equipment Sales
47 McCoy Street
Myree
WA 6154
Hitachi Construction Machinery (Australia) Pty Ltd 111 McDowell Street
Welshpool
WA 6106
Ron Mack Machinery Sales WA
8 Hector Street
Osborne Park
WA 6017
MEAT EXPORTERS AND SUPPLIERS:
Globe Meats
147 Great Eastern Highway
Bellevue
WA 6056
Harvey Meat Exports (E.G. Green & Sons) Seventh Street
Harvey
WA 6220
MILK TREATMENT PLANTS:
P B Foods Ltd
Geddes Street
Balcatta
WA 6021
MONUMENTAL MASONS & SCULPTORS:
Karrakatta Monumental Works
59 Carrington Street
Nedlands
WA 6009
Perth Monumental Works
483 Great Eastern Highway
Redcliffe
WA 6104
MOTOR BODY BUILDERS: Boomerang Engineering Pty Ltd
14 Wheeler Street
Belmont
WA 6104
Bosich Motor Body Works
20 Roydhouse Street
Wembley
WA 6014
Howard Porter Pty Ltd
Murphy Street
O'Connor
WA 6163
T L Engineering
300 Collier Road
Bayswater WA 6053
Volgren Australia
47 Beringarra Avenue
Malaga
WA 6090
MOTOR CHASSIS ALIGNERS:
Lombardi Bros
11 Charles Street
Bentley
WA 6102
QVR Pty Ltd
126 Radium Street
Welshpool WA 6106
MOTOR CYCLES SALES & SERVICE:
Cully's Motor Cycle Centre
9/511 Wanneroo Road
Balcatta
WA 6021
Rick Gill Motorcycles
13 Main Street
Osborne Park
WA 6017
Suzuki North
440 Scarborough Beach Road
Osborne Park
WA 6017
MOTOR GARAGES & SERVICE STATIONS:
Ampol Northlands
393 Wanneroo Road
Balcatta
WA 6021
Diesel Motors Pty Ltd
1089 Albany Highway
Bentley
WA 6102
Fennessy's Motors Pty Ltd
2 Bussell Highway
Busselton
WA 6280
MOTOR TYRE DEALERS, RETREADERS & MANUFACTURERS:
Bob Jane T-Mart
3 Ledgar Road
Balcatta
WA 6021
Bridgestone Australia Ltd
516 Abernethy Road
Kewdale
WA 6105
Goodyear Tyre & Rubber
511 Abernathy Road
Kewdale
WA 6105
Ian Diffen Tyres
2 Adrian Street
Welshpool
WA 6106
MOTOR VEHICLE DISTRIBUTORS: Ford Motor Company (Australia) Pty Ltd
Level 2
1100 Hay Street
West Perth
WA 6005
General Motors Holden's Automotive Ltd
52 Delhi Street
West Perth
WA 6005
NAIL MANUFACTURERS:
Jambro Pty Ltd
7 O'Malley Street
Osborne Park
WA 6017
Stanley-Bostitch Pty Ltd
3/1731 Albany Highway
Kenwick
WA 6017
PATTERNMAKERS: Osborne Patternmakers
2/5 Blamey Place
O'Connor
WA 6163
Pattern Making Services
57 Spencer Street
Jandakot
WA 6164
Tibbett & Coote
Cnr Harrison and President Streets
Welshpool
WA 6106
PIPE & PIPE-FITTINGS - CAST IRON - MANUFACTURERS:
Alltype Engineering Services 62 Burlingham Street
Naval Base
WA 6166
Galvin Engineering Pty Ltd
410 Victoria Road
Malaga
WA 6090
PIPE & PIPE-FITTINGS - CONCRETE - MANUFACTURERS:
CRC Humes Ltd
36 Felspar Street
Welshpool
WA 6106
James Hardie Gate 4 Rutland Avenue
Welshpool
WA 6106
PIPE & PIPE-FITTINGS - EARTHENWARE - MANUFACTURERS:
Bristile Ltd
Harper Street
Caversham
WA 6055
Jayell Enterprises
14 Manners Street
Victoria Park
WA 6100
PLASTIC MOULD MANUFACTURERS:
PLUMBERS & SHEETMETAL WORKERS:
Astra Metal Products Pty Ltd
231 Camboon Road
Malaga
WA 6090
Australian Pacific Air Conditioning Manufacturing
Apac Way
Redcliffe
WA 6104
Bains Harding Industries Pty Ltd
21 King Edward Road
Osborne Park
WA 6017
Direct Engineering Services Pty ltd
36 Beringarra Avenue
Malaga
WA 6090
Lyons & Pierce
3 Cort Way
Rockingham WA 6163
Plumbers (WA) & Co
Unit 20/81 Briggs Street
Carlisle
WA 6101
PRINTERS:
Crystal Printing Pty Ltd
112-114 Mallard Way
Cannington
WA 6107
Fineline Print & Copy Service Pty Ltd
11 Bramall Street
East Perth WA 6004
Jiffy Instant Printing
11 Hutton Street
OSBORNE PARK WA 6017
QUARRIES:
Pioneer Concrete (WA) Pty Ltd
123 Burswood Road
Victoria Park
WA 6100
Readymix Group (The)
75 Canning Highway
Victoria ParkWA 6100
REFRIGERATOR MANUFACTURERS:
Arcus Australia Pty Ltd
10 Roydhouse Street
Wembley
WA 6014
Baker, AJ & Sons 209 Stirling Highway
Claremont
WA 6010
Pinakis Refrigeration Works Pty Ltd
254 Welshpool Road
Welshpool
WA 6106
REFRIGERATION REPAIRERS & SERVICES:
Carrier Airconditioning Pty Ltd
Apac Way
Redcliffe
WA 6104
Q A L Refrigeration WA Pty Ltd
78 Robinson Avenue Belmont
WA 6104
RETAIL & WHOLESALE STORES:
Coles Myer Ltd
City Arcade Office Tower
Perth
WA 6000
David Jones
622 Hay Street
Perth
WA 6000
Woolworths (WA) Pty Ltd
123 Kewdale Road Kewdale
WA 6105
ROPE & CORDAGE & TWINE MANUFACTURERS:
Donaghy Downs Pty Ltd
4 & 5/102 Briggs Street
Fremantle
WA 6160
SAFE MANUFACTURERS:
Chubb Safe
22 South Street
Rydalmere
NSW 2116
Makutz, B
6 Moresby Street
Kensington
WA 6151
SAWMILLERS:
Bunnings Forest Products Pty Ltd 2 Adams Drive
Welshpool
WA 6106
Colli & Sons
Kent Way
Malaga
WA 6090
SCALES - SALES & SERVICE:
Mettler Toledo Ltd
91 Holder Way
Malaga
WA 6090
Supreme Scale Service Pty Ltd
3/26 Collingwood Street Osborne Park
WA 6017
SCRAP METAL MERCHANTS:
Metal Corp Recyclers
24 Chisolm Crescent
Kewdale
WA 6105
Simsmetal Ltd
200 Barrington Street
Spearwood
WA 6163
SEWING MACHINE DISTRIBUTORS: Bernina Sewing Machines of Australia
13 Queen Street
Perth
WA 6000
Brother International (Aust) Pty Ltd
117 Great Eastern Highway
Belmont
WA 6104
Elna WA
337 Rockerby Road
Subiaco
WA 6008
Husqvarna Viking
9 Augusta Way
Willetton
WA 6155
Janome Sewing Machine Co. (Aust) Pty Ltd
117 Burswood Road
Victoria Park
WA 6100
SPRING MAKERS:
Jenkins Springs Pty Ltd
188 Railway Parade
Bassendean
WA 6054
Metro Baldocks Springs
75 Goodwood Parade
Rivervale
WA 6103
TAXI SERVICES:
Black & White Taxis
Fauntleroy Avenue
Redcliffe
WA 6104
Swan Taxis Co-Op Ltd
1008 Wellington Street
Perth
WA 6000
TILE - ROOFING - MANUFACTURERS & LAYERS:
Bristile Ltd
Harper Street
Caversham
WA 6055
CSR Monier Wunderlich
19-21 Sheffield Road
Welshpool
WA 6106
Wilroof Australia
32/86 Beechboro Road
Bayswater
WA 6053
TIN MINES:
Greenbushes Tin
Greenbushes
WA 6254
TRACTOR MANUFACTURERS:
McIntosh & Son
547 Great Eastern Highway
Redcliffe
WA 6104
NS Komatsu Pty Ltd
94 Sheffield Road
Welshpool
WA 6106
TRANSFORMER MANUFACTURERS:
ABB Transmission & Distribution
429 Scarborough Beach Road
Osborne Park
WA 6017
Radix Pty Ltd
37 Howe Street
Osborne Park
WA 6017
TWO STROKE ENGINE COMPONENT PROTOTYPE:
Orbital Engine Company (Aust) Pty Ltd
1 Whipple Street
Balcatta
WA 6021
TYPEWRITER DISTRIBUTORS & SERVICES:
Brother Industries Pty Ltd
177 Great Eastern Highway
Belmont
WA 6104
Can-Calc Pty Ltd
272 Hay Street
East Perth
WA 6004
TYRE & TUBE MANUFACTURERS:
Dunlop and Olympic Tyres Pty Ltd
239 Star Street
Welshpool WA 6106
Goodyear Tyre & Rubber
511 Abernethy Road
Kewdale
WA 6105
WASHING MACHINE MANUFACTURERS:
Asko Appliances (Aust) Pty Ltd
15 Walters Drive
Osborne Park
WA 6017
Inhouse Laundries
Suite 2/589 Stirling Highway
Cottesloe
WA 6011
Maytag Commercial
40 Teddington Road
Burswood
WA 6100
WASHING MACHINE REPAIRERS & SERVICES:
Abel Appliance Service Co
28 Teddington Road
Victoria Park
WA 6100
WELDERS:
Alltype Engineering Services
62 Burlington Street
Naval Base
WA 6165
Fremantle Foundry & Engineering Co. Pty Ltd
8 Queen Victoria Street
Fremantle
WA 6160
Specialised Welding (WA) Pty Ltd
1 Alice Street
Bassendean
WA 6054
WINDOW FRAME MANUFACTURERS:
Alumimium Products (1964) Pty Ltd
1 Davidson Street
Maddington
WA 6109
Jason Windows
1 McDowell Street
Welshpool
WA 6106
Lidco Alumimium Windows Pty Ltd
1 Gary Road
Maddington
WA 6109
Stegbar
66 Prindiville Drive
Wangara
WA 6065
WROUGHT IRON WORKERS:
Floreat Iron Works
2/36 Sarich Court
Osborne Park
WA 6017
Notley & Co
15 Aldous Place
Booragoon
WA 6154
Perth Wrought Iron
33 Bassendean Road
Bayswater WA 6053
SCHEDULE 1
AWARDS, INDUSTRIAL AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS REPLACED
(1) Awards:
Number Description Extent Replaced
1/1954 S.W. Land Division. Wholly.
19/1962 Alumina Refinery
Construction.
Wholly, insofar
as it applies to
metal trades employees.
10/1963 Apprentices - Alumina
Refinery
Construction.
Wholly, insofar
as it applies to
metal trades apprentices.
4/1963 Lagging - Alumina
Refinery
Construction.
Wholly.
12/1963 Industrial
Construction -
S.W. Land Division.
Wholly, insofar
as it applies to
metal trades employees.
26/1950 Northern and Eastern. Wholly.
26/1962 Oil Refinery Extenions
Construction.
Wholly, insofar
as it applies to
metal trades employees.
28/1960 Ord River. Wholly.
216/1962 Board charges - Ord River.
Wholly.
15/1954 Timber Industry. Wholly.
(2) Industrial Agreements:
Number Description Extent Replaced
5/1958 Electrical Trades -
Dumbleyung Road Board.
Wholly.
16/1964
8/1965
Apprentices - Laporte
Titanium.
Wholly, insofar
as they apply to
metal trades apprentices.
2/1953 Linesmen - Geraldton
Municipal Council.
Wholly.
5/1965 Apprentices - H.B.
Brady Co.
Wholly.
A reference to any award or industrial agreement in this schedule includes a reference to all amendments or
variations of any such award or industrial agreement.
(3) Orders:
Number Description Extent Replaced
C76/1975 Metal Trades (Eneabba) Wholly.
C16/1976 Metal Trades (Eneabba) Wholly insofar as
it relates to
metal trades employees.
C232/1975 Metal Trades (James
Hardie)
Wholly.
C156/1975
CR89A/1977
and
CR399/1977
Metal Trades Kwinana
Area (Large Industrial
or Civil Engineering
Projects)
Wholly insofar as
it relates to
metal trades employees.
C207/1975
Cll/1976
CR89C/1977
and
C207A/1975
Metal Trades
(Pinjarra Alumina
Refinery Construction)
Wholly insofar
as it relates to
metal trades employees.
C166/1975
and
CR89B/1977
Metal and Civil Trades
(Mt. Newman Mining
Projects,
Port Hedland)
Wholly insofar as
it relates to
metal trades employees.
C234/1975 Metal Trades Wholly.
C10/1976 Metal Trades (C.B.H.) Wholly.
C116/1976 Metal Trades (Dardanup Wholly insofar as
it relates to
metal trades employees.
Clll/1976 Metal Trades (Newman) Wholly.
C201/1976
& C15 &
R35/1977
Metal Trades Swan Brewery
(Construction)
Wholly insofar as
it relates to
metal trades
employees.
C261/1976 Metal and Civil Trades (Telfer)
Wholly insofar as it relates to
metal trades employees.
CR211/1977
and
CR382/1978
Metal Trades (Muja) Wholly insofar as
it relates to
metal trades employees.
CR225,
CR233
& CR234/77
Metal Trades (Wellington
St. Telephone
Exchange)
Wholly.
C316/1978
and
C169/1977
Metal Trades (46 M.T.P.A.
Hamersley Project)
Wholly insofar as
it relates to
metal trades
employees.
CR179/1978 Metal Trades (B.P. - F.C.C.U. Project)
Wholly.
APPENDIX 1
OLD CLASSIFICATIONS
(1) (a) The following classification structure provides a reference point for task and craft based work
titles prior to award restructuring. The following old classifications "line up" previous wage
groups with the new career path levels. This Appendix will subsequently be deleted by
agreement between the parties.
(b) C 6 A1
C 8 A
C 9 B + C
C10 D C11 E, F + G
C12 H, I, J + K
C13 L + M
C14 N
(2) Classification and Wage Groups
(a) General Engineering Section
Assembler window frame making J
Brass finisher D
Cycle assembler M
Cycle mechanic H
Examiner D
Fitter - refrigeration D
Fitter - window frame D
Fuel injector fitter D Heat treater C
Heat treater - operative K
Inspector B
Scientific Instrument Maker. B
Locksmith D
Machinist - first class (tool room) C
Machinist
- first class D
- second class H
- third class K
Motor cycle mechanic. D
Motor cycle assembler (assembling for the first time in Australia) J
Motor mechanic D
Motor vehicle assembler J
Pattern maker B
Process employee M
Weighing instrument mechanic - full license D
- sectional license K
Sewing machine mechanic (industrial) D
Sewing machine assembler and adjuster H
Toolmaker B
Tractor and agricultural implement assembler
first two years experience K
thereafter I
Mechanical Tradesperson (Special Class) A
Tradesperson D
Viewer K
(b) Electrical Section Automotive electrical fitter D
Battery attendants M
Battery fitter D
Electrical fitter and/or armature winder D
Electrical fitter's assistant M
Electrical installer D
Electrical installer's assistant M
Electrician in charge of an electrical supply undertaking B
Electrician special class A
Electronics Tradesperson A1
Linesperson
Grade 1, i.e. with not less than 3 years' experience as a linesperson D Grade 2, i.e. with less than 3 years' experience as a linesperson E
Motor attendant L
Process employee M
Switchboard attendant H
(c) Electroplating Section
Electroplater -
first class D
second class H
Polisher K
Wet process operative M
(d) Boilermaking and Ship Construction Section
Boilersmith and/or angle iron smith C
Driller using portable machines F
Driller using stationary machines M
Place setter and frame bender C
Tradesperson D Tradesperson: the greater part of whose time is occupied in marking
off and/or template making.
C
(e) Steel Construction Section including nut, bolt and spike making
Machinist -
first class K
second class M
Tradesperson D
Tradesperson: the greater part of whose time is occupied in marking
off and/or template making
C
(f) Welding Section
Welder -
first class D
second class K
third class L
fourth class M
(g) Foundry Section
Annealing stove attendant K
Assistant furnace operator L
Core stove or oven attendant
Dresser and/or fettler and/or grinder K
Dresser and/or fettler and/or grinder when using a portable machine K
Employee directly assisting tradesperson L
Furnace operator -
Cupola H
Electric H
Other I
Jobbing coremaker D
Jobbing moulder D
Plate or machine moulder and/or coremaker -
first six months' experience M
second six months' experience L
third six months' experience K
Thereafter H
("experience" includes experience as a moulder or coremaker whether
jobbing or machine and whether as a junior or an adult)
Shot blast and sand blast dresser -
(i) who is not protected from flying shot and sand by a properly
enclosed cabin
I
(ii)who is so protected L Tapper out L
(h) Wrought Pipe Section
Faucet maker in charge of furnace J
Machine operator in charge of machine K
Employee assisting furnace faucet maker M
Employee on tar dip and sand rolling M
Pipe building K
Pipe rounder K
(i) Smith Section
Blacksmith's striker M
Blacksmith D
Coppersmith D
Forge furnace operator F
Hammer driver L
(j) Iron Working and General Section Assistant furnace operator M
Attendant at small rivet heating or bolt heating or similar type of fires M
Bender of iron and steel frames used for reinforcing concrete M
Boiler (inside) cleaner and chipper K
Cold saw operator K
Crane attendant and Dogger K
Crane driver - overhead cabin controlled H
Dresser and/or fettler and/or grinder L
Dresser and/or fettler and/or grinder when using portable machine K
Friction saw operator M
Furnace operator J
Lagger -
first six months' experience M
second and third six months' experience L
fourth and fifth six months experience K
Thereafter J
Painter of iron work (other than coach painter and ship painter) - using brush or spray
K
Rigger and splicer or scaffolder on ships and buildings -
(i) Certificated rigger or scaffolder E
(ii) Rigger or scaffolder (other) G
(iii) A certificated rigger or scaffolder, other than a leading hand
who, in compliance with the provisions of the regulations made
pursuant to the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984, is
responsible for the supervision of not less than three employees shall
be deemed a leading hand and shall be paid the additional rate
prescribed in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subclause (3) of this
clause.
Rigger and splicer or scaffolder other than on ships and buildings H
Shot blast and sand blast dresser -
(i) who is not protected from flying shot and sand by a properly
enclosed cabin
I
(ii) who is so protected M
Tool and material storeperson I
(k) Tradesperson's Assistant Section
(i) Employees directly assisting tradesperson not elsewhere
classified
M
(ii) Tradesperson's assistants who from time to time are required
to do rigging work (other than as an assistant rigger) or who uses a
grinding machine
L
(l) Industrial Gases Section
Oxygen plant operator F
Acetylene plant or other gas plant Operator H
General process hand K
(m) Labourer N
(n) Industrial Instrumentation Section
Instrument Tradesperson B
Instrument Tradesperson- Complex Systems A
Instrumentation and Controls Tradesperson A1
(3) ABB Power Transmission Pty Ltd:
Coil winder - first class (Appendix 3) D
Transformer assembler - first class (Appendix 3) D
Coil winder - second class (Appendix 3) E
Transformer assembler - second class (Appendix 3) F
Transformer protective coating employee - first class (Appendix 3) F
Insulation processor - first class (Appendix 3) G
Coil winder - third class (Appendix 3) H
Insulation processor - second class (Appendix 3) H
Coil winder - fourth class (Appendix 3) J
Transformer assembler - third class (Appendix 3) J
Transformer tanker - first class (Appendix 3) J
Transformer protective coating employee - second class (Appendix 3) J
Coil builder - first class (Appendix 3) L
Coil builder - second class (Appendix 3) M
Insulation processor - third class (Appendix 3) M
Transformer assembler - fourth class (Appendix 3) M
Transformer tanker - second class (Appendix 3) M
APPENDIX 2
OLD DEFINITIONS
General Engineering:
"Process employee" means an employee engaged on repetition work on any automatic, semi-automatic, or
single-purpose machine, or machine fitted with jigs, gauges, or other tools rendering operations, mechanical; or
on the assembling of parts of mechanical appliances or other metallic articles so made; or on any repetitive hand
processes.
"Inspector" means a tradesperson who is engaged to inspect components while in production or upon
completion as to their conformity with a specified standard of quality and accuracy and who is authorised to exercise and does exercise a discretion to pass components which may not conform to that standard.
"Examiner" means a tradesperson other than one employed as an inspector who is engaged to inspect
components while in production or upon completion as to their conformity with a specified standard of quality
and accuracy.
"Viewer" means an employee who by means of fixed gauges is engaged to inspect components while in
production or upon completion as to their conformity with a specified standard of quality and accuracy.
"Tradesperson" means an employee who in the course of employment works from drawings or prints, or
makes precision measurements or applies general trade experience, but does not include an apprentice.
"Patternmaker" means a tradesperson who makes patterns of wood or metal but does not include a
tradesperson engaged on the finishing (whether by filing or otherwise) or fitting of metal patterns unless the
employee is otherwise entitled to be classified as a patternmaker.
"Toolmaker" means a tradesperson making or repairing any precision tool, gauge, die or mould to be affixed
to any machine, who designs or lays out work and is responsible for its proper completion.
"First-class machinist (tool room)" means a tradesperson who, for the greater part of his or her time, is
engaged in or in connection with the making of precision tools, gauges, dies or moulds to be affixed to any
machine.
"First-class machinist" means a tradesperson who is engaged in setting up or in setting up and operating the
following machines: lathe, boring machine, milling machine, planing machine, shaping machine, slotting
machine and grinding machine.
"Second-class machinist" means an employee who is engaged in operating, or setting up and operating a key
setting machine or any machine enumerated in the definition of "first-class machinist", and includes an
employee engaged as a pipe fitter on low pressure work but does not include an employee who is engaged as a
tradesperson.
"Third-class machinist" means an employee who operates any machine set up by a tradesperson or any
machine the setting up of which does not require the knowledge or skill of a second-class machinist, but does
not include a "process employee".
"Locksmith" means a tradesperson engaged in the making or repairing of locks and the mechanism of safe and
strongroom doors.
"Heat treater" means a tradesperson who is required to apply general trade experience as a heat treater and
who carries out the operation of heat treatment to produce in the materials treated such requirements as
hardness, toughness, ductility, resistance to abrasion, elasticity, tensile strength, machinability and resistance to
creep, and who works to limits in size, shape and straightness in tool work.
"Heat treater operative" means an employee who is engaged under supervision in hardening, case-hardening
or tempering metal components by any process and in taking pyrometer temperature readings and who adjusts
furnace temperatures to instructions.
"Automotive electrical fitter" means an employee engaged in the manufacture and repair of the starting,
lighting and ignition equipment of motor vehicles (including motor cycles).
"Motor mechanic" means an employee engaged in assembling (except for the first time in Australia), making,
repairing, altering or testing the metal parts (including electric) of the engines or chassis of motor vehicles other
than motor cycles.
"Motor cycle mechanic" means an employee engaged in assembling (except for the first time in Australia),
making, repairing, altering or testing the metal parts (including electric) of the engines, frames or chassis of
motor cycles and side cars.
"Motor vehicle assembler" means an employee engaged in assembling and putting together the parts of a
motor vehicle as received from the maker but does not include an employee altering or adjusting such parts.
"Cycle mechanic" means an employee engaged in assembling (except for the first time in Australia), building,
brazing, repairing, altering or testing the metal parts of a pedal cycle.
"Cycle assembler" means an employee engaged in assembling, putting together and adjusting the parts of a
pedal cycle as received from the maker.
"Lagger" means an employee engaged in mixing or fixing lagging on the job including the application of any
thermal insulating material by any means and the fixing of protective coverings of canvas, sheet metals, fabrics,
plastics, bituminous fibre glass and asbestos felt or other similar materials to such insulation.
"Weighing instrument mechanic" means a tradesperson who is qualified in the assembling, installation,
calibration and repairing of weighing instruments and ancillary equipment required for the complete operation
of such instruments, and is a person who holds the appropriate license issued in accordance with the Weights
and Measures Act 1915 and the associated Regulations.
"Mechanical Tradesperson - Special Class" means subject to paragraph (c) hereunder, a mechanical
tradesperson who -
(a) (i) is engaged in work on or in connection with fluid power circuitry, which work requires for its
performance the standard of knowledge and skills referred to in subparagraphs (iii) and (iv)
hereof; and
(ii) is able, where necessary and practicable, to perform such work without supervision and to
examine, diagnose and modify systems comprising interconnected fluid power circuits; and
(iii) has satisfactorily completed the following TAFE units:
Course Syllabus No.
Industrial Hydraulics 1 85007
And
Industrial Pneumatics 1 85009
and either Industrial Hydraulics 2 85008
And
Hydraulic Component Repair 85012
Or
Pneumatic System Maintenance (Industrial) 85010
And
Pneumatic System Control (Industrial) 85014;
Or
(iv) has, whether through practical experience or otherwise, achieved a standard of knowledge
comparable to that which would be achieved under subparagraph (iii) hereof or in the case of a
dispute has been satisfactorily assessed and/or examined pursuant to the Fluid Power
Exemptions Course detailed in paragraph (d);
but does not include such an employee unless the work on which the employee is engaged
requires for its performance knowledge in excess of that gained by the satisfactory completion
of the appropriate Technical College Trade course.
(b) For the purpose of this award an employee shall be deemed to be a Mechanical Tradesperson - Special
Class only for the time during which the employee meets the foregoing conditions unless -
(i) that time exceeds sixteen (16) hours per week; or
(ii) in the opinion of his or her employer or, in the event of disagreement, in the opinion of the Board of Reference, that time is likely during the course of employment to exceed sixteen
hours per week on average.
in which case the employee shall be classified as Mechanical Tradesperson - Special Class for as long
as the employment continues on either of those bases.
(c) For the purpose of this definition, employees who have completed courses in any other State shall, in
the event of a dispute, submit their credentials for assessment by TAFE or be assessed in accordance
with (a)(iv) above.
(d) Fluid Power Exemptions Course
Course exemptions for Fluid Power Certificate Units can only be granted on completion of the TAFE
divisional exam. However, class attendance exemptions may be granted for the following reasons:
(i) Attending Short Vocational course (30 hours). This will exempt the student from the practical
component of the course. However, the theory component can be completed by 24 hour
correspondence course with TAFE External Studies.
(ii) Students claiming exemption from the practical course requirements due to their industrial
skills, could obtain an exemption through a documented case presented by their employer.
Full course accreditation can then be obtained by completing the 24 hour correspondence
course with TAFE External Studies.
(iii) Students without documented evidence may obtain a practical exemption through 5 hours skill
testing. These students, if successful, may then enter the correspondence mode to obtain full
unit accreditation.
(iv) Students who have claimed subject exemptions in the certificate of workshop technology, can
only gain an automatic exemption from the introductory units on full completion of the
certificate.
(e) For the purposes of this definition, fluid power circuitry involves Industrial Hydraulics and/or
Industrial Pneumatics.
Electrical:
"Electrical fitter" means an employee engaged in making, repairing, altering, assembling, testing, winding, or
wiring electrical machines, instruments, meters, or other apparatus, other than wires leading thereto, but an
employee shall not be deemed to be an electrical fitter -
(a) solely by reason of the fact that this work consists of placing electrodes in "Neon" tubes sealed by the
employee; or
(b) if the employee is employed as a meter tester.
"Electrical installer" means an employee engaged in the installation of electric lighting, electric meters, bells,
telephones or motors and apparatus used in connection therewith and includes an employee engaged in running,
repairing or testing of conductors used for lighting, heating or power purposes but does not include an employee
who is a linesman or a meter fixer.
"Linesman" means an employee engaged (with or without labourers assisting), in erecting poles for electrical
wires, cables or other conductors, or erecting wires, cables or other conductors on poles or over buildings, or
tying them to insulators, or joining or insulating them, or doing any work on electrical poles off the ground.
"Motor attendant" means an employee who is wholly engaged in stopping or starting motors or oiling or
cleaning motors.
"Switchboard attendant" means an employee attending to, in charge of, or doing any work (other than repairs or additions) necessary for the working of, any switchboard.
"Battery fitter" means an employee engaged in the erection, overhauling and repairing of storage batteries.
"Battery attendant" means an employee who carries out testing, topping up, cleaning, charging, discharging,
removing and replacing of storage batteries.
"Electrician - Special Class" means, subject to paragraph (c) hereunder, an electrical fitter or electrical
installer who
(a) (i) has satisfactorily completed a prescribed post trade course in industrial electronics; or
(ii) has, whether through practical experience or otherwise, achieved a standard or knowledge
comparable to that which would be achieved under subparagraph (i) hereof; and
(b) (i) is engaged on work on or in connection with complicated or intricate circuitry, which work
requires for its performance the standard of knowledge referred to in paragraph (a) hereof; and
(ii) is able, where necessary and practicable, to perform such work without supervision and to
examine, diagnose and modify systems comprising inter-connected circuits, but does not
include such an employee unless the work on which the employee is engaged requires for its
performance knowledge in excess of that gained by the satisfactory completion of the
appropriate Technical College trade course.
but does not include such an employee unless the work on which the employee is engaged requires for
its performance knowledge in excess of that gained by the satisfactory completion of the appropriate
Technical College Trade course.
(c) For the purpose of this award an employee shall be deemed to be an Electrician - Special Class only for
the time during which the employee meets the foregoing conditions, unless -
(i) that time exceeds sixteen hours per week; or
(ii) in the opinion of his or her employer or, in the event of disagreement, in the opinion of the
Board of Reference, that time is likely during the course of employment to exceed sixteen hours per week on average
in which case the employee shall be classified as Electrician - Special Class for as long as the
employment continues on either of those bases.
(d) In the event of disagreement about the implementation of this Electrician - Special Class provision, a
Board of Reference shall determine the matter.
(e) For the purpose of this definition the following courses are deemed to be prescribed post trade courses
in industrial electronics -
(i) Post Trade Industrial Electronics Course of the N.S.W. Department of Technical Education.
(ii) The Industrial Electronics Course (Grades 1 and 2) as approved by the Education Department
of Victoria.
(iii) The Industrial Electronics Course of the South Australian School of Electrical Technology.
(iv) Industrial Electronics (Course ("C")) of the Department of Education, Queensland.
(v) The Industrial Electronics Course of the Technical Education Department of Tasmania.
(vi) The Certificate in Industrial Electronics of the Technical Education Division, Education
Department of Western Australia.
"Electronics tradesperson" means an electrical tradesperson working at a level beyond that of electrician
special class and who is mainly engaged in applying knowledge and skills to the tasks of installing, repairing,
maintaining, servicing, modifying, commissioning, testing, fault finding and diagnosing of various forms of
machinery and equipment which are electronically controlled by complex digital and/or analogue control
systems utilising integrated circuitry. The application of this skill and knowledge would require an overall
understanding of the operating principles of the systems and equipment on which the tradesperson is required to
carry out his or her tasks.
To be classified as an electronics tradesperson, a tradesperson must have at least three years on the job
experience as a tradesperson in electronics systems utilising integrated circuits and in addition must have
satisfactorily completed a post trades course in electronics equivalent to at least two years part time study.
In addition, to be classified as an electronics tradesperson, a tradesperson must be capable of;
(a) maintaining and repairing multi-function printed circuitry using circuit diagrams and test equipment;
(b) working under minimum supervision and technical guidance;
(c) providing technical guidance within the scope of the work described in this definition;
(d) preparing reports of a technical nature on specific tasks or assignments as directed and within the scope
of the work described in this definition.
Electroplating:
"Electroplater - first class" means an employee who maintains the solutions used and is responsible for the
electroplating of ware.
"Electroplater - second class" means an employee who is mainly engaged on electroplating (including work
on the barrel-plating system), but who is not responsible for the solutions used.
"Wet process operative" means an employee engaged in repetition work in any electroplating or allied wet
process.
Boilermaking and Ship Construction:
"Boilermaking and ship construction" means the fabrication, erection, or repairing of steel or iron ships or of
boilers or other vessels subject to greater pressure than the weight of their contents, but does not include drilling
by stationary machines.
"Tradesperson" means an employee who is required to develop work from scaled drawings or prints, or to
make templates, or to apply general trade experience without the guidance of a foreman or other tradesperson,
and includes an employee engaged in riveting by hand or machine, caulking, chipping, and working rivet
busters.
Steel Construction:
"Tradesperson" means an employee who is required to develop work from scaled drawings or prints, or to
make templates, or to apply general trade experience without the guidance of a foreman or other tradesperson,
and includes an employee engaged in riveting by hand or machine, caulking, chipping, and working rivet
busters.
"First-class machinist" means an employee engaged solely in working one or more of the following machines:
- Bending rollers, gag straight liners, guillotines, shearing machines, hydraulic presses of over two hundred and
three tonnes pressure, portable drillers, portable reamers and tappers.
"Second-class machinist" means an employee engaged solely in operating one or more of the following
machines:- Mangling, nipping and notching, roll straightening, punching, cropping, hydraulic presses of two
hundred and three tonnes pressure or under, stationary drillers, stationary reamers and tappers, cold saw, friction
saw, plate-edge planers, and other machines.
Welding:
"First-class welder" means an employee using electric arc or petrol or coal gas blow pipe on any work other
than that of a second, third or fourth class welder as defined.
"Second-class welder" means an employee who-
(a) uses any of the foregoing types of welding apparatus in filling castings; or
(b) welds with the aid of jigs; or
(c) operates automatic welding machines for the setting up of which the employer is not responsible; or
(d) operates a profile cutting or a straight line cutting machine.
"Third-class welder" means an employee who uses any of the foregoing types of welding apparatus in tacking
preparatory to the completion of work by any other employee.
"Fourth-class welder" means an employee using an electric spot or butt-welding machine, or cutting scrap
with oxy-acetylene blow pipe, petrol or coal gas blow pipe.
Foundry:
"Jobbing coremaker" means a moulder engaged in making cores for metal moulds by the use of loam or
strickle boards, or by loose boxes, other than loose boxes used for repetition production of cores requiring little
or no skill to produce.
"Jobbing moulder" means a metal moulder engaged in floor moulding, loam moulding, strickle moulding or
moulding from loose patterns.
"Machine coremaker" means an employee making cores by machines where the core box is a fixture to or part
of such machine, or making repetition cores requiring little or no skill to produce.
"Plate or machine moulder" means an employee engaged in moulding on the plate system or by machines where the pattern is either a fixture to the plate or the spray system is used.
Industrial Instrumentation:
"Instrument tradesperson" means a tradesperson who is mainly engaged in installing, repairing, maintaining,
servicing, industrial instruments and control systems.
An instrument tradesperson will have completed an apprenticeship the greater part of which involved industrial
instrumentation, or alternatively can demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of industrial instrumentation
and can apply that knowledge and understanding to the tasks assigned by the employer. The required
knowledge and understanding would have been gained by undertaking a formal training course run by a State
Education Department or Technical Education Department or its equivalent or by at least 12 months on the job
experience as a tradesperson at instrument work.
"Instrument tradesperson - complex systems" means an instrument tradesperson who is mainly engaged in
installing, repairing, maintaining, servicing, testing, modifying, commissioning, calibrating and fault finding
instruments which make up a complex control system which utilises some combination of electrical, electronic,
mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic principles.
To be classified as an instrument tradesperson - complex systems a tradesperson will have:
(i) Had a minimum of two years on the job experience as a tradesperson working predominantly
on complex and/or intricate instruments and instrument systems as will enable him to perform
such work under minimum supervision and technical guidance, and;
(ii) Satisfactorily completed an appropriate post trade course equivalent to at least two years part
time study or has achieved to the satisfaction of the employer a comparable standard of skill
and knowledge by other means including in-plant training or on the job experience referred to
in (i) above.
"Instrumentation and controls tradesperson" means an instrument tradesperson working at a level beyond
that of instrument tradesperson - complex systems and who is mainly engaged in applying skills and knowledge
to installing, repairing, maintaining, servicing, testing, modifying, commissioning, calibrating, and fault finding
industrial instruments which make up a complex control system which utilises some combination of electrical,
mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic principles and electronic circuitry containing complex analogue and/or
digital control systems utilising integrated circuitry.
The application of this skill and knowledge would require an overall understanding of the operating mode or
principles of the various types of measurement and control devices on which the tradesperson is required to
perform tasks. To be classified as an instrumentation and controls tradesperson a tradesperson must have at
least three years' on the job experience as a tradesperson - 12 months of which must be at the level of instrument
tradesperson - complex systems and in addition must have completed a related post-trades course equivalent to at least two years part time study.
In addition, to be classified as an instrumentation and controls tradesperson, a tradesperson must be capable of:
(i) Maintaining and repairing multi-function printed circuitry of the type described in this
definition using circuit diagrams and test equipment.
(ii) Working under minimum supervision and technical guidance.
(iii) Providing technical guidance within the scope of the work described in the definition.
(iv) Preparing reports of a technical nature on specific tasks or assignments as directed and within
the scope of the work described in this definition.
APPENDIX 3
ABB POWER TRANSMISSION PTY LTD
1 . - SCOPE
The provisions of this Appendix shall apply only to those employees employed by ABB Australia Pty Ltd and
engaged in the callings referred to herein.
2 . - DEFINITIONS
"Coil Winder - Fourth Class" means an employee employed as such by ABB Australia Pty Ltd and who,
under supervision, is engaged in winding coils.
"Coil Winder - Third Class" means an employee employed as such by ABB Australia Pty Ltd and who has
had a minimum of six months' experience as a coil winder - fourth class and under supervision winds coils of
any size or category commonly manufactured by the distribution transformer industry.
"Coil Winder - Second Class" means an employee employed as such by ABB Australia Pty Ltd and who has
had a minimum of three years' experience as a coil winder - third class and is competent to wind all categories
of coils generally manufactured by the distribution transformer industry.
"Coil Winder - First Class" means an employee employed as such by ABB Australia Pty Ltd and who has had
either:
(a) a minimum of two years' experience as a coil winder - second class and is competent and required to
wind section and helical coils, continuous, spiral and interleaved disc coils; or
(b) on engagement has a minimum of five (5) years' continuous experience in the power transformer
industry and is competent and required to wind section and helical coils, continuous, spiral and
interleaved disc coils.
"Core Builder - Second Class" means an employee employed as such by ABB Australia Pty Ltd either:
(a) in stacking core laminations to produce cores of any size, provided that in the case of a female
employee the size of a core shall not exceed 3 MVA; or
(b) in the production of single phase wound cores on a core winding machine.
"Core Builder - First Class" means an employee employed as such by ABB Australia Pty Ltd and who has
had a minimum of one year's experience as a core builder - second class and is competent either:
(a) in stacking core laminations on all transformers provided that in the case of a female employee the size
of the transformer shall not exceed 3 MVA; or
(b) in the production of three phase wound cores on a core winding machine.
"Insulation Processor - Third Class" means an employee employed as such by ABB Australia Pty Ltd and who under supervision is training as an insulation processor - second class.
"Insulation Processor - Second Class" means an employee employed as such by ABB Australia Pty Ltd and
who has had a minimum of one year's experience as an insulation processor - third class and produces, under
supervision, all the insulation components required for coil winding and assembly of any transformer.
"Insulation Processor - First Class" means an employee employed as such by ABB Australia Pty Ltd and
who has had a minimum of two (2) years' experience as an insulation processor - second class and is competent
and required:
(a) to produce from drawings all insulation components for coil winding and assembly of any transformer;
and
(b) to operate such equipment as is necessary to produce that insulation.
"Transformer Assembler - Fourth Class" means an employee employed as such by ABB Australia Pty Ltd
and who under supervision assembles transformers.
"Transformer Assembler - Third Class" means an employee employed as such by ABB Australia Pty Ltd
and who has had a minimum of six months' experience in assembling transformers as a transformer assembler -
fourth class and is competent and required to assemble any transformer under 1500 KVA from drawings and
under supervision any other size transformer as required.
"Transformer Assembler - Second Class" means an employee employed as such by ABB Australia Pty Ltd
and who has had a minimum of two years' experience in assembling transformers as a transformer assembler - third class and is competent and required to assemble from drawings any transformer under 5 MVA 66 KV "off
load tapchanger range" and under instruction assembles any other size transformer as required.
"Transformer Assembler - First Class" means an employee employed as such by ABB Australia Pty Ltd and
who has had either -
(a) a minimum of three (3) years' experience as a transformer assembler - second class; or
(b) five (5) years' continuous experience in the power transformer industry,
and is competent and required to assemble "on load tapchanger range" transformers and any transformer of a
minimum of 5 MVA 66 KV "off load tapchanger range".
"Transformer Tanker - Second Class" means an employee employed as such by ABB Australia Pty Ltd and
who under supervision tanks distribution transformers.
"Transformer Tanker - First Class" means an employee employed as such by ABB Australia Pty Ltd and
who has had a minimum of six months' experience in tanking distribution transformers as a transformer tanker - second class and is competent and required to tank all transformers up to 1500 KVA and under supervision any
other size transformer as required.
"Transformer Protective Coating Employee - Second Class" means an employee employed by ABB
Australia Pty Ltd and engaged under supervision in the protective coating of all components used in the
manufacture of transformers.
"Transformer Protective Coating Employee - First Class" means an employee employed by ABB Australia
Pty Ltd and who has had a minimum of two years' experience as a transformer protective coating employee -
second class and is competent and required to protective coat by any means all components used in the
manufacture of transformers.
3 . - WAGES
(a) The minimum total wage payable weekly to adult employees classified herein shall be as
follows:
Base Rate Per
Week $ Supplementary
Payment $ Arbitrated Safety Net
Adjustment $
Total Rate Per Week $
Adult Employees:
Wage Group C10 Coil Winder 1st Class Transformer Assembler 1st Class
365.20 52.00 374.70 791.90
Wage Group C11 Coil Winder 2nd Class Transformer Assembler 2nd Class Transformer Protective Coating 1st Class Insulation Processor 1st Class
337.40 48.10 370.90 756.40
Wage Group C12 Coil Winder 3rd & 4th Class Core Builder 1st Class Insulation Processor 2nd Class Transformer Protective Coating 2nd Class Transformer Assembler 3rd Class Transformer Tanker 1st Class
319.20 45.40 369.70 734.30
Wage Group C13 Core Builder 2nd Class Insulation Processor 3rd Class Transformer Assembler 4th Class Transformer Tanker 2nd Class
299.50 42.60 368.40 710.50
(b) The amount payable to any employee pursuant to the supplementary payment provisions of
this clause:
(i) shall be for all purposes of this Award;
(ii) shall be reduced by the amount of any payment being made to that employee in
addition to the said rates otherwise than pursuant to the supplementary payment
provisions of this subclause, whether such payment is being made by virtue of any
order, industrial agreement or other agreement or arrangement.
(c) The rates of pay in this award include arbitrated safety net adjustments available since
December 1993, under the Arbitrated Safety Net Adjustment Principle.
These arbitrated safety net adjustments may be offset against any equivalent amount in the
rate of pay received by employees since 1 November 1991 above the rate prescribed in the
Award, except where such absorption is contrary to the terms of an industrial agreement.
Increases in rates of pay otherwise made under the State Wage Case Principles, excepting
those resulting from enterprise agreements, are not to be used to offset arbitrated safety net
adjustments.
APPENDIX 4
ARCHITECTURAL ALUMINIUM FABRICATION CLASSIFICATION
1 . - SCOPE
The provision of this appendix shall apply only to those companies listed in Clause 4. - Respondent Companies
of this Appendix and to those employees employed by those companies and engaged in work referred to herein.
2 . - DEFINITIONS
WAGE GROUP: C 14
ARCHITECTURAL ALUMINIUM FABRICATION EMPLOYEE LEVEL I
Relativity to C 10 78%
Undertaking up to 38 hours induction training which may include information on the enterprise, conditions of
employment, introduction to supervisors and fellow workers, including the shop steward where available,
training and career path opportunities, plant layout, work and documentation procedures, occupational health
and safety, equal employment opportunity and quality control/assurance.
An employee at this level performs routine duties essentially of a manual nature and to the level of his or her
training:
1. Performs general labouring and cleaning duties;
2. Exercises minimal judgement;
3. Works under direct supervision; or
4. Is undertaking structured training so as to enable him or her to work at C13 level.
WAGE GROUP: C 13
ARCHITECTURAL ALUMINIUM FABRICATION EMPLOYEE LEVEL II
Relativity to C 10 82%
An employee who has completed up to three months structured training so as to enable the employee to perform
work within the scope of this level.
An employee at this level performs work above and beyond the skills of an employee at C 14 and to the level of
his or her training;
1. Works under direct supervision either individually or in a team environment;
2. Understands and undertakes basic quality control/assurance procedures including the ability to
recognise basic quality deviations/faults;
3. Understands and utilises basic statistical process control procedures;
4. Performs work in either the Fabrication, Glazing or Assembly areas of the workshop.
Indicative of the tasks which an employee at this level may perform are the following:
Repetition work on automatic, semi-automatic or single purpose machines or equipment;
Selects materials and assembles components using basic written, spoken and/or diagrammatic instructions in any assembly environment;
Basic soldering or butt and spot welding skills or cuts scrap with an oxy-acetylene blow pipe;
Uses selected hand tools;
Maintains simple records;
Uses hand trolleys and pallet trucks;
Assists in the provision of on-the-job training in conjunction with tradespersons and supervisors/trainers.
WAGE GROUP: C 12
ARCHITECTURAL ALUMINIUM FABRICATION EMPLOYEE LEVEL III
Relativity to C 10 87.4%
An employee who has completed an Engineering/Production Certificate I or equivalent training so as to enable
him or her to perform work within the scope of this level.
An employee at this level performs work above and beyond the skills of a C 13 and to the level of his or her
training:
1. Is responsible for the quality of his or her own work subject to routine supervision;
2. Works under routine supervision either individually or in a team environment;
3. Exercises discretion within his or her level of skills and training;
4. Performs work in the Fabrication, Glazing, Assembly and Material Handling areas of the workshop
within the scope of the indicative tasks listed below.
Indicative of the tasks which an employee at this level may perform are the following:
Operates flexibly between assembly stations;
Operates machinery and equipment requiring the exercise of skill and knowledge beyond that of an employee at level C 13;
Non-trade engineering skills;
Basic tracing and sketching skills;
Receiving, despatching, distributing, sorting, checking, packing (other than repetitive packing in a standard container or containers in which such goods are ordinarily sold), documenting
and recording of goods, materials and components;
Basic inventory control in the context of a production process;
Basic keyboard skills;
Advanced soldering techniques;
Operation of mobile equipment including forklifts, hand trolleys, pallet trucks, overhead crane and winch operation;
Ability to measure accurately;
Assists one or more tradespersons;
Welding which requires the exercise of knowledge and skills above C 13;
Assists in the provision of on-the-job training in conjunction with tradespersons and supervisor/trainers;
Glass cutting; and
Workshop Process Glazing.
WAGE GROUP: C 11
ARCHITECTURAL ALUMINIUM FABRICATION EMPLOYEE LEVEL IV
Relativity to C 10 92.4%
An employee who has completed a Production/Engineering Certificate II or equivalent training so as to enable
the employee to perform work within the scope of this level.
An employee at this level performs work above and beyond the skills of a C 12 and to the level of his or her training:
1. Works from complex instructions and procedures;
2. Assists in the provision of on-the-job training to a limited degree;
3. Co-ordinates work in a team environment or works individually under general supervision;
4. Is responsible for assuring the quality of his or her own work; and
5. Operates flexibly across all area of aluminium fabrication workshop activities.
Indicative of the tasks which an employee at this level may perform are the following:
Use of precision measuring instruments;
Machine setting, loading and operation;
Inventory and store control including;
- licensed operation of all appropriate materials handling equipment;
- use of tools and equipment within the scope (basic non-trades) maintenance;
- computer operation at a level higher than that of an employee at C 12 level;
Intermediate keyboard skills;
Basic engineering and fault finding skills;
Licensed and certified for forklift, and crane driving operations to a level of higher than C 12;
Has a knowledge of the employers operation as it relates to production processes;
Lubricates production machinery equipment;
Assists in the provision of on-the-job training in conjunction with tradespersons and supervisors/trainers.
Complete production and assembly of all products with the aluminium fabrication workshop to a level higher than C 12.
Glass Cutting and Workshop Process Glazing to a level higher than C 12.
WAGE GROUP C 10
ARCHITECTURAL ALUMINIUM FABRICATION EMPLOYEE
Relativity 100%
An employee at this level is an employee who, while still being primarily engaged in Architectural Aluminium
Fabrication work applies the skills acquired through the successful completion of a trade certificate level
qualification in the production, distribution, or stores functions but not technical or trade work.
A Production System Worker works above and beyond a C 11 and to the level of his or her training;
1. Understands and applies specific quality control techniques;
2. Exercises good interpersonal and communications skills;
3. Exercises keyboard skills at a level higher than C 11;
4. Exercises discretion within the scope of this grade;
5. Performs work under general supervision either individually or in a team environment.
Indicative tasks which an employee at this level may perform are as follows:
Approves and passes first off samples and maintains quality of product across all areas of aluminium fabrication workshop;
Works from basic production drawings, prints or plans;
Operates, sets up and adjusts all production machinery in a plant including production process welding to the extent of training;
Can perform a range of engineering maintenance functions including:
- Removing equipment fastenings including use of destructive cutting equipment.
- Lubrication of production equipment.
- Running adjustments to production equipment.
Operate all lifting equipment;
Basic production scheduling and materials handling within the scope of the production process or directly related functions within raw materials/finished goods locations in conjunction with
technicians;
Understands computer techniques as they relate to production process operation;
High level of stores and inventory responsibility beyond the requirements of an employee at C 11;
Assists in the provision of on-the-job training in conjunction with tradespersons and trainers;
Has a sound knowledge of the employers operations as it relates to the production process;
Can select, prepare and assemble all products in the workshop.
3 . - WAGES
Rates of pay for each classification level shall be that specified for corresponding wage level specified in Clause
4.6 - Wages and Supplementary Payments of this Award.
4 . - RESPONDENT COMPANIES
The following companies are respondent to this Appendix:
Avanti Glass
Stegbar Pty Ltd
Aluminium Products
Jason Anodising
Dowell Aluminium Windows
Lidco Aluminium Windows
ASA Windows Pty Ltd
W.A. Glass and Aluminium
Mawco Pty Ltd
Jason Windows
Supreme Windows
V A R I A T I O N R E C O R D
Ins following order APPL. 555 of 2005 on 24 May 2007.
For variations prior to this order see old variation record following.
METAL TRADES (GENERAL) AWARD
CLAUSE NO. EXTENT OF
VARIATION
ORDER
NO.
OPERAT
IVE
DATE
GAZETTE REFERENCE
PART 1 – AWARD STRUCTURE
1. 1 Title
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1.2 Arrangement
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1.3 Area and Scope
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1.4 Equal Opportunity
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1.5 Division of Award
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1.6 Definitions and Classification Structure
Cl Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
1.7 Award Modernisation
Cl Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
PART II – GENERAL
2. CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT
Cl Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
2.1 Contract of Service
Cl Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
2.2 Training
Cl Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
2.3 Redundancy
Cl Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
2.4 Introduction of Change
Cl Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
3. HOURS OF WORK
Cl Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
Cl. 1/07 01/07/07 87 WAIG 1487 & 2067
3.1 Hours
Cl Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
3.2 Overtime
Cl Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG9 10
3.2.3(6) 111/07 2/11/07 87 WAIG 2918
3.2.3(6) 28/08 24/09/08 88 WAIG 2012
3.2.3(6) 68/09 18/12/09 90 WAIG 31
3.2.3(6) 2/10 01/07/10 90 WAIG 568 & 1156
3.2.3(6) 2/11 01/07/11 91 WAIG 1008 & 1558
3.2.3(6) 2/12 01/07/12 92 WAIG 1323
3.2.3(6) 40/12 26/09/12 92 WAIG 1744
3.2.3(6) 70/13 03/02/14 94 WAIG 96
3.2.3(6) 44/14 09/12/14 94 WAIG 1890
3.2.3(6) 140/15 05/11/15 95 WAIG 1840
3.3 Shift Work
Cl Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
4. RATES OF PAY
4.1 Minimum Adult Award Wage
Cl Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
Cl. 1/07 01/07/07 87 WAIG 1487 & 2067
Cl. 115/07 01/07/08 88 WAIG 773 &1294
Cl. 1/09 01/10/09 89 WAIG 735 & 1718
Cl. 2/10 01/07/10 90 WAIG 568 & 1156
Cl. 2/11 01/07/11 91 WAIG 1008 & 1558
Cl. 2/12 01/07/12 92 WAIG 1323
Cl. 1/13 01/07/13 93 WAIG 989
Cl. 1/14 01/07/14 94 WAIG 1210
Cl. 1/15 01/07/15 95 WAIG 1181
Cl. 1/16 01/07/16 96 WAIG 1026
4.2 Supported Wage System for Employees with Disabilities
Cl. Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
4.3 Apprentices
Cl. Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
4.4 Junior Employees
Cl. Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
4.5 Part time Employment
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4.6 Payment of Wage
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4.7 Times and Wages Record
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4.8 Wages and Supplementary Payments
Cl. Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
Corr 4.8.4 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
Cl. 1/07 01/07/07 87 WAIG 1487 & 2067
4.8.2(1), 4.8.6(1) & 4.8.7 111/07 2/11/07 87 WAIG 2918
Cl. 115/07 01/07/08 88 WAIG 773 &1294
4.8.2(1), 4.8.6(1), 4.8.7 28/08 24/09/08 88 WAIG 2012
Cl. 1/09 01/10/09 89 WAIG 735 & 1718
4.8.2(1), 4.8.6(1), 4.8.7 68/09 18/12/09 90 WAIG 31
Cl. 2/10 01/07/10 90 WAIG 568 & 1156
4.8.2(1), 4.8.6(1) & 4.8.7 15/11 23/5/11 91 WAIG 929
Cl. 2/11 01/07/11 91 WAIG 1008 & 1558
Cl. 2/12 01/07/12 92 WAIG 1323
4.8.2(1), 4.8.6(1), 4.8.7 40/12 26/09/12 92 WAIG 1744
Cl. 1/13 01/07/13 93 WAIG 989
4.8.2(1), 4.8.6(1), 4.8.7 70/13 03/02/14 94 WAIG 96
Cl. 1/14 01/07/14 94 WAIG 1210
4.8.2(1), 4.8.6(1) & 4.8.7 44/14 09/12/14 94 WAIG 1890
Cl. 1/15 01/07/15 95 WAIG 1181
4.8.2(1), 4.8.6(1) & 4.8.7 140/15 05/11/15 95 WAIG 1840
Cl. 1/16 01/07/16 96 WAIG 1026
4.9 Traineeships
Cl. Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
Cl. 1/07 01/07/07 87 WAIG 1487 & 2067
Cl. 115/07 01/07/08 88 WAIG 773 & 1294
Cl. 1/09 01/10/09 89 WAIG 735 & 1718
Cl. 2/10 01/07/10 90 WAIG 568 & 1156
Cl. 2/11 01/07/11 91 WAIG 1008 & 1558
Cl. 2/12 01/07/12 92 WAIG 1323
5. ALLOWANCES AND FACILITIES
5.1 Higher Duties
Cl Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
5.2 Special Allowances and Facilities
Cl. Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
Cl. 111/07 2/11/07 87 WAIG 2918
Cl. 28/08 24/09/08 88 WAIG 2012
Cl. 68/09 18/12/09 90 WAIG 31
Cl. 15/11 23/5/11 91 WAIG 929
Cl. 40/12 26/09/12 92 WAIG 1744
Cl. 70/13 03/02/14 94 WAIG 96
Cl. 44/14 09/12/14 94 WAIG 1890
Cl. 140/15 05/11/15 95 WAIG 1840
5.3 Car Allowance
Cl Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
5.3.3 111/07 2/11/07 87 WAIG 2918
5.3.3 28/08 24/09/08 88 WAIG 2012
5.3.3 40/12 26/09/12 92 WAIG 1744
5.3.3 70/13 03/02/14 94 WAIG 96
5.3.3 44/14 09/12/14 94 WAIG 1890
5.4 Fares and Travelling Time
Cl Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
5.5 Distant Work
Cl. Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
5.5.4, 5.5.5 111/07 2/11/07 87 WAIG 2918
5.5.4, 5.5.5 28/08 24/09/08 88 WAIG 2012
5.5.4, 5.5.5 40/12 26/09/12 92 WAIG 1744
5.5.4, 5.5.5 70/13 03/02/14 94 WAIG 96
5.5.4 & 5.5.5 44/14 09/12/14 94 WAIG 1890
5.6 Location Allowance
Cl. 53/07 01/07/07 87 WAIG 2435
Cl. 9/08 01/07/08 88 WAIG 689
Cl. 24/09 01/07/09 89 WAIG 729
Corr. Ord Sch. B (7)(a)(i)
- (ii) 24/09 01/07/09 89 WAIG 2483
Cl. 117/10 01/07/10 90 WAIG 561
Cl. 24/11 01/07/11 91 WAIG 995
Cl. 6/12 01/07/12 92 WAIG 725
Cl. 7/13 01/07/13 93 WAIG 461
Cl. 11/14 01/07/14 94 WAIG 669
Cl. 118/15 01/07/15 95 WAIG 700
Cl. 15/16 01/07/16 96 WAIG 631
6. LEAVE
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6.1 Annual Leave
Cl Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
6.2 Sick Leave
Cl Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
6.3 Long Service Leave
Cl Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
6.4 Bereavement Leave
Cl. Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
Corr 6.4.1 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
6.5 Parental Leave
Cl Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
6.6 Carer’s Leave
Cl. Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
6.7 Public Holidays
Cl Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
7. DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURE
Cl. Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
8. REGISTERED ORGANISATION
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8.1 Right of Entry for Discussions with Employees
Cl. Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
8.2 Right of Entry to Investigate Breaches
Cl Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
8.3 Posting of Award and Union Notices
Cl. Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
8.4 Board of Reference
Cl Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
9. SUPERANNUATION
Cl. Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
PART 2 – CONSTRUCTION WORK
10. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Cl. Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
11. DEFINITION
Cl Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
12. CONTRACT OF SERVICE
Cl. Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
12.1 Apprentices
Cl Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
12.2 Redundancy
Cl. Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
13. WAGES
Cl Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
Cl. 1/07 01/07/07 87 WAIG 1487 & 2067
13.4 - 13.6 111/07 2/11/07 87 WAIG 2918
Cl 115/07 01/07/08 88 WAIG 773 & 1294
13.4 - 13.6 28/08 24/09/08 88 WAIG 2012
Cl 1/09 01/10/09 89 WAIG 735& 1718
13.4 - 13.6 68/09 18/12/09 90 WAIG 31
Cl. 2/10 01/07/10 90 WAIG 568 & 1156
13.4 - 13.6 15/11 23/5/11 91 WAIG 929
Cl. 2/11 01/07/11 91 WAIG 1008 & 1558
Cl. 2/12 01/07/12 92 WAIG 1323
13.4 - 13.6 40/12 26/09/12 92 WAIG 1744
Cl. 1/13 01/07/13 93 WAIG 989
13.4 - 13.6 70/13 03/02/14 94 WAIG 96
Cl. 1/14 01/07/14 94 WAIG 1209
13.4 - 13.6 44/14 09/12/14 94 WAIG 1890
Cl. 1/15 01/07/15 95 WAIG 1181
13.4 - 13.6 140/15 05/11/15 95 WAIG 1840
Cl. 1/16 01/07/16 96 WAIG 1026
14. HOURS
Cl. Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87WAIG910
14.1 Rest Period
Cl Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87WAIG910
14.2 Shift Work
Cl Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87WAIG910
15. ALLOWANCES AND PROVISIONS
Cl Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87WAIG910
15.1 Special Allowances and Provisions
Cl Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87WAIG910
15.1.2(2), 15.1.4 111/07 2/11/07 87 WAIG 2918
15.1.2(2), 15.1.4 28/08 24/09/08 88 WAIG 2012s
15.1.2(2) & 15.1.4 68/09 18/12/09 90 WAIG 31
15.1.2(2), 15.1.4 15/11 23/5/11 91 WAIG 929
15.1.2(2), 15.1.4 40/12 26/09/12 92 WAIG 1744
15.1.2(2), 15.1.4 70/13 03/02/14 94 WAIG 96
15.1.2(2) & 15.1.4 44/14 09/12/14 94 WAIG 1890
15.1.2(2) & 15.1.4 140/15 05/11/15 95 WAIG 1840
15.2 Allowance for Travelling and Employment in Construction Work
Cl Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87WAIG910
15.2.1(1) - (3) 111/07 2/11/07 87 WAIG 2918
15.2.1(1) - (3) 28/08 24/09/08 88 WAIG 2012
15.2.1(1) - (3) 40/12 26/09/12 92 WAIG 1744
15.2.1(1) - (3) 70/13 03/02/14 94 WAIG 96
15.2.1(1) - (3) 44/14 09/12/14 94 WAIG 1890
15.3 Distant Work
Cl Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87WAIG910
15.3.6 - 15.3.7 111/07 2/11/07 87 WAIG 2918
15.3.6 -15.3.7 28/08 24/09/08 88 WAIG 2012
15.3.6, 15.3.7 40/12 26/09/12 92 WAIG 1744
15.3.6 - 15.3.7 70/13 03/02/14 94 WAIG 96
15.3.6 - 15.3.7 44/14 09/12/14 94 WAIG 1890
15.4 Special Provision – Western Power
Cl Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87WAIG910
Cl 111/07 2/11/07 87 WAIG 2918
Cl 28/08 24/09/08 88 WAIG 2012
15.4.2 68/09 18/12/09 90 WAIG 31
15.4.2 15/11 23/5/11 91 WAIG 929
15.4.3 - 15.4.5 40/12 26/09/12 92 WAIG 1744
15.4.2 - 15.4.5 70/13 03/02/14 94 WAIG 96
15.4.2 - 15.4.5 44/14 09/12/14 94 WAIG 1890
15.4.2 140/15 05/11/15 95 WAIG 1840
16. LEAVE
Cl Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
16.1 Annual Leave Loading
Cl Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
17. STRUCTURAL EFFICIENCY
Cl Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
18. NAMED PARTIES
Cl Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
Ins new party 140/15 05/11/15 95 WAIG 1840
19. INDUSTRIES
Cl Ins 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
Schedule 1 – Awards, Industrial Agreements and Orders Replaced
Ins. Sch. 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
Appendix 1 – Old Classifications
Ins. App. 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
Appendix 2 – Old Definitions
Ins. App. 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
Appendix 3 – ABB Power Transmission Pty Ltd
Ins App. 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
App. 1/07 01/07/07 87 WAIG 1487 & 2067
App. 115/07 01/07/08 88 WAIG 773 &1294
App. 1/09 01/10/09 89 WAIG 735 & 1718
App. 2/10 01/07/10 90 WAIG 568 & 1156
App. 2/11 01/07/11 91 WAIG 1008 & 1558
App. 2/12 01/07/12 92 WAIG 1323
App. 1/13 01/07/13 93 WAIG 989
App. 1/14 01/07/14 94 WAIG 1209
App. 1/15 01/07/15 95 WAIG 1181
App. 1/16 01/07/16 96 WAIG 1026
Appendix 4 – Architectural Aluminium Fabrication Classification
Ins. App. 555/05 24/05/07 87 WAIG 910
P R E V I O U S V A R I A T I O N R E C O R D
METAL TRADES (GENERAL) AWARD
NO. 13 OF 1965. Delivered 21/06/66 at 46 WAIG 707.
Section 93(6) Consolidation 26/05/88 at 68 WAIG 1961
Section 93(6) Consolidation 29/09/92 at 72 WAIG 2348
Section 93(6) Consolidation 06/01/97 at 77 WAIG 548
CLAUSE NO. EXTENT OF VARIATION ORDER NO. OPERA
TIVE
DATE
GAZETTE
REFERENCE
1. Title (1A Statement of Principles - August 1996)
Cl. & Title 940/97 14/11/97 77 WAIG 3177 (1A. Statement of Principles - November 1997)
Cl. & Title 757/98 12/06/98 78 WAIG 2579
(1A. Statement of Principles - June, 1998)
Del. Cl. 609/99 06/07/99 79 WAIG 1847
2. Arrangement
1A 940/97 14/11/97 77 WAIG 3177
1A. Title 757/98 12/06/98 78 WAIG 2579
Del. 1A 609/99 06/07/99 79 WAIG 1847
Appendix 3 901/04 15/09/04 84 WAIG 3298
Pt II 15 909/04 15/09/04 84 WAIG 3301
3. Area and Scope
Cl. 564/05 17/02/06 86 WAIG 504
4. Term
4A. Division of Award
PART I – GENERAL
5. Definitions and Classification Structure
Cl. 519/00 06/11/03 84 WAIG 256
6. Contract of Service
7. Higher Duties
8. Under-Rate Employees
9. Apprentices
10. Junior Employees
11. Part Time Employment
12. Cadets
13. Hours
14. Overtime
(3)(f) 1756/01 08/03/02 82 WAIG 447
(3)(f) 909/04 15/09/04 84 WAIG 3301
(3)(f) 974/05 15/02/06 86 WAIG 499
(3)(f) 82/06 13/12/06 86 WAIG 3391
15. Shift Work
16. Payment of Wages
17. Time and Wages Record
Ins. text 2053(1)/97 22/11/97 77 WAIG 3138
(2) Ins. text 491/98 16/04/98 78 WAIG 1471
18. Special Rates and Provisions
(1)-(5),(7), (9)-
(12),(14),(20)(a),(21)&(22)
1756/01 08/03/02 82 WAIG 447
Cl. 909/04 15/09/04 84 WAIG 3301
Cl. 974/05 15/02/06 86 WAIG 499
Cl. 82/06 13/12/06 86 WAIG 3391
19. Car Allowance
(3) 1756/01 08/03/02 82 WAIG 447
(3) 909/04 15/09/04 84 WAIG 3301
(3) 974/05 15/02/06 86 WAIG 499
(3) 82/06 13/12/06 86 WAIG 3391
20. Fares and Travelling Time
21. Distant Work
(4)(a) & (5) 1161(b)/96 11/11/97 78 WAIG 476
(4) & (5) 1756/01 08/03/02 82 WAIG 447
(4) & (5) 909/04 15/09/04 84 WAIG 3301
(4) & (5) 974/05 15/02/06 86 WAIG 499
(4) & (5) 82/06 13/12/06 86 WAIG 3391
22. Location Allowances
Cl. 1400/97 01/07/97 77 WAIG 2547
Cl. 975/98 01/07/98 78 WAIG 2999
Cl. 690/99 01/07/99 79 WAIG 1843
Cl. 1050/00 01/08/00 80 WAIG 3153
Cl 718/01 01/08/01 81 WAIG 1559
Cl. 686/02 01/07/02 82 WAIG 1185
Cl. 570/03 01/07/03 83 WAIG 1657
Cl. 696/04 01/07/04 84 WAIG 2145
Cl. 458/05 01/07/05 85 WAIG 1893 Cl. 59/06 01/07/06 86 WAIG 1471
23. Holidays and Annual Leave
24. Absence Through Sickness
25. Long Service Leave
26. Representative Interviewing Employees
Ins. text 2053(1)/97 22/11/97 77 WAIG 3138
27. Posting of Award and Union Notices
28. Board of Reference
29. Bereavement Leave
30. Maternity Leave
31. Wages and Supplementary Payment
Rates & Ins. text 940/97 14/11/97 77 WAIG 3177
Min. Wage prov. 940/97 14/11/97 77 WAIG 3177
Pt I (1)(a)(b)(d); (2)(a); (6) & (7)(a) 1231/98 07/08/98 78 WAIG 3543
(6)(f)(ii) 885/98 01/12/98 78 WAIG 4864
(6)(f)(iii) Ins. Text 2226/98 05/01/99 79 WAIG 241
(1)(a)-(b) - rates, (1)(d) text, (6) - Min.
Wage Rate & text
609/99 01/08/99 79 WAIG 1847
Cl. 654/00 01/08/00 80 WAIG 3379
Cl. 752/01 01/08/01 81 WAIG 1721
(2)(a), (3) - (4), (7)(a) - (8) 1756/01 08/03/02 82 WAIG 447
Cl. 797/02 01/08/02 82 WAIG 1369
Cl. 569/03 05/06/03 83 WAIG 1899, 2417
(6)(9) 1197/03 01/11/03 83 WAIG 3537
Del Cl. (1)(b) 519/00 06/11/03 84 WAIG 256
Cl. 570/04 04/06/04 84 WAIG 1521, 1906
(2)(a), (7) - (8) 909/04 15/09/04 84 WAIG 3301
Cl. 576/05 07/07/05 85 WAIG 2089
(2)(a), (7)(a) - (8) 974/05 15/02/06 86 WAIG 499
Cl. 957/05 07/07/06 86 WAIG 1631, 2174
(5) 740/02 26/06/06 (Order Del
25/07/06)
86 WAIG 2544
(2)(a), (7)(a) - (8) 82/06 13/12/06 86 WAIG 3391
32. Introduction of Change
32A. Redundancy
33. Superannuation
Ins. text 599/98 30/06/98 78 WAIG 2559
34. Avoidance of Industrial Disputes
(1a)(a),(d);del. (e);(2)(e) 2053/97 22/11/97 77 WAIG 3079
35. Training
36. Traineeships
? – rates. 609/99 01/08/99 79 WAIG 1847 Cl. 569/03 05/06/03 83 WAIG 1899, 2417
Cl 570/04 04/06/04 84 WAIG 1521, 1906
Cl. 576/05 07/07/05 85 WAIG 2089
Cl. 957/05 07/07/06 86 WAIG 1631, 2174
Appendix 1 – Old Classifications (EDIT NOTE:Title in body Diff. to arrangement)
(3) 901/04 15/09/04 84 WAIG 3298
Correction subcl. (3) title 901/04 22/09/04 84 WAIG 3301
Correction subcl. (3) 13&14
classifications
901/04 02/12/04 85 WAIG 992
Appendix 2 – Old Definitions (*EDIT NOTE: Instruction 21 of O/N 1419/90 & 1465/91 used wrong title for Appendix 2.
(Appendix 3 – ABB Power Transmission Pty Ltd) Cl. 3. Rates & ASNA heading 940/97 14/11/97 77 WAIG 3177
Cl. 3 rates 609/99 01/08/99 79 WAIG 1847
Cl. 3 654/00 01/08/00 80 WAIG 3379 Cl. 3 752/01 01/08/01 81 WAIG 1721
Cl. 797/02 01/08/02 82 WAIG 1369
Cl. 569/03 05/06/03 83 WAIG 1899, 2417
Cl. 570/04 04/06/04 84 WAIG 1521, 1906
Title & App. 901/04 15/09/04 84 WAIG 3298
Appendix 3 – ABB AUSTRALIA PTY LTD Cl. 576/05 07/07/05 85 WAIG 2083, 2647
Cl. 957/05 07/07/06 86 WAIG 1631, 2174
Appendix 4 – Architectural Aluminium Fabrication Classification
PART II– CONSTRUCTION WORK
1. General Provisions
2. Contract of Service
3. Rest Period
4. Shift Work
5. Special Rates and Provisions
(4) 1756/01 08/03/02 82 WAIG 447
(2)(b) & (4) 909/04 15/09/04 84 WAIG 3301
(2)(b) & (4) 974/05 15/02/06 86 WAIG 499
(2)(b) & (4) 82/06 13/12/06 86 WAIG 3391
6. Allowance for Travelling and Employment in Construction Work (1)(a),(b),(c) 1161(b)/96 11/11/97 78 WAIG 476
(1)(a) 1756/01 08/03/02 82 WAIG 447
(1) 909/04 15/09/04 84 WAIG 3301
(1)(a) - (c) 974/05 15/02/06 86 WAIG 499
(1)(a), (b) & (c) 82/06 13/12/06 86 WAIG 3391
7. Distant Work (*Appears intention of O/N 1108/95 was to del sentence preceding (6)(a) as well, although instruction does not reflect
that intention)
(6)(a), (7) 1161(b)/96 11/11/97 78 WAIG 476
(6) & (7) 1756/01 08/03/02 82 WAIG 447
(6) & (7) 909/04 15/09/04 84 WAIG 3301
(6) & (7) 974/05 15/02/06 86 WAIG 499
(6) & (7) 82/06 13/12/06 86 WAIG 3391
8. Annual Leave Loading
9. Right of Entry Ins. text 2053(1)/97 22/11/97 77 WAIG 3138
10. Wages Rates & ins. text 940/97 14/11/97 77 WAIG 3177
Min. Wage prov. 940/97 14/11/97 77 WAIG 3177
(1)(b); (2)(a); (4)(5)(6) & (8) 1231/98 07/08/98 78 WAIG 3543
(1)(b) - text, (2)(a) - rates, (8) - Min.
Wage Rate & text
609/99 01/08/99 79 WAIG 1847
Cl. 654/00 01/08/00 80 WAIG 3379
Cl 752/01 01/08/01 81 WAIG 1721
(4), (5)(a)(b)(c) & (6)(a) 1756/01 08/03/02 82 WAIG 447
Cl. 797/02 01/08/02 82 WAIG 1369
Cl. 569/03 05/06/03 83 WAIG 1899, 2417
(8) & (9) 1197/03 01/11/03 83 WAIG 3537
Cl. 570/04 04/06/04 84 WAIG 1521, 1906
(4), (5) & (6) 909/04 15/09/04 84 WAIG 3301
Correction: (6)(a)(i)&(ii) 909/04 22/09/04 84 WAIG 3306
Cl. 576/05 07/07/05 85 WAIG 2083, 2647
(4), (5) & (6) 974/05 15/02/06 86 WAIG 499
Cl. 957/05 07/07/06 86 WAIG 1631, 2174
(7) 740/02 26/06/06 86 WAIG 2537
(4), (5) & (6) 82/06 13/12/06 86 WAIG 3391
10A. Award Modernisation
10B. Structural Efficiency
11. Grievances and Disputes (1)(c) 2053/97 22/11/97 77 WAIG 3079
12. Definition
13. Apprentices
14. Termination/Redundancy (15. Special Provisions - State Energy Commission of Western Australia)
(2), (3)(a), (4) & (5) 1231/98 07/08/98 78 WAIG 3543
Cl. 1756/01 08/03/02 82 WAIG 447
Title & Cl. 909/04 15/09/04 84 WAIG 3301
15. Special Provisions – Western Power Corporation Cl. 974/05 15/02/06 86 WAIG 499
Cl. 82/06 13/12/06 86 WAIG 3391
FIRST SCHEDULE - Awards, Industrial Agreements and Orders Replaced
SECOND SCHEDULE - Schedule of Respondents
Del. Resp 76/80 pt 206 02/12/98 78 WAIG 4886
Del. Resp. 76/80 pt 198 01/02/99 78 WAIG 4886
Sch. 1563/99 03/02/00 80 WAIG 370
Sch. 1785/00 26/06/01 81 WAIG 1598
Del Caterpillar of Aust 1190/02 24/12/02 83 WAIG 140
Ins new industry heading & contents 564/05 17/02/06 86 WAIG 504
Third Schedule – Named Parties to the Award
Appendix - S.49B - Inspection Of Records Requirements Ins. text 2053(1)/97 22/11/97 77 WAIG 3138
App. 491/98 16/04/98 78 WAIG 1471