DETERMINATION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.285—Annual wage review

Annual Wage Review 2017–18
(C2018/1)

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION GENERAL ON-SITE AWARD 2010
[MA000020]

Annual Wage Review 2017–18.

A. Further to the decision issued by the Expert Panel in the Annual Wage Review
2017–18 on 1 June 2018 [[2018] FWCFB 3500], the above award is varied as follows:

1. By deleting the table appearing in clause 19.1(a) and inserting the following:

2. By deleting the table appearing in clause 28.2 and inserting the following:

3. By deleting the table appearing in clause 28.3(a) and inserting the following:

4. By deleting the table appearing in clause 43.2(a) and inserting the following:

Classification	Supervision of three or more tradespersons, excluding leading hands	Supervision of other than three or more tradespersons, excluding leading hands
Foreperson/supervisor	The average of the weekly wage rates for 38 ordinary hours of work, including payments applicable from time to time to the tradespersons (excluding leading hands) supervised by a foreperson/supervisor plus $148.16, or $899.30, whichever is the greater.	The average of the weekly wage rates for 38 ordinary hours of work, including payments applicable from time to time to the adult employees (excluding leading hands) plus $113.70, or $974.90, whichever is the greater, provided that where only juniors and/or apprentices are supervised, the minimum wage rate to be paid is $974.90 per week.
General foreperson/supervisor	The highest weekly wage rate paid for 38 ordinary hours of work to a foreperson/supervisor supervised by a general foreperson/supervisor plus $151.04, or $875.00, whichever is the greater.	The highest weekly wage rate paid for 38 ordinary hours of work to a foreperson/supervisor supervised by a general foreperson/supervisor plus $113.70, or $954.30, whichever is the greater.

5. By deleting clause C.5 and inserting the following:

C.5 Minimum Wages

C.5.1 Minimum wages for full-time traineeships

(a) Wage Level A

Subject to clause C.5.3 of this schedule, the minimum wages for a trainee undertaking a full-time AQF Certificate Level I–III traineeship whose training package and AQF certificate levels are allocated to Wage Level A by Appendix C1 are:

	Highest year of schooling completed
	Year 10	Year 11	Year 12
	per week	per week	per week
	$	$	$
School leaver	323.10	355.80	423.90
Plus 1 year out of school	355.80	423.90	493.30
Plus 2 years out of school	423.90	493.30	574.10
Plus 3 years out of school	493.30	574.10	657.30
Plus 4 years out of school	574.10	657.30
Plus 5 or more years out of school	657.30

(b) Wage Level B

Subject to clause C.5.3 of this schedule, the minimum wages for a trainee undertaking a full-time AQF Certificate Level I–III traineeship whose training package and AQF certificate levels are allocated to Wage Level B by Appendix C1 are:

	Highest year of schooling completed
	Year 10	Year 11	Year 12 per week $
	per week	per week
	$	$
School leaver	323.10	355.80	412.40
Plus 1 year out of school	355.80	412.40	474.40
Plus 2 years out of school	412.40	474.40	556.40
Plus 3 years out of school	474.40	556.40	634.70
Plus 4 years out of school	556.40	634.70
Plus 5 or more years out of school	634.70

(c) Wage Level C

Subject to clause C.5.3 of this schedule, the minimum wages for a trainee undertaking a full-time AQF Certificate Level I–III traineeship whose training package and AQF certificate levels are allocated to Wage Level C by Appendix C1 are:

	Highest year of schooling completed
	Year 10	Year 11	Year 12
	per week	per week	per week
	$	$	$
School leaver	323.10	355.80	412.40
Plus 1 year out of school	355.80	412.40	464.30
Plus 2 years out of school	412.40	464.30	518.70
Plus 3 years out of school	464.30	518.70	577.90
Plus 4 years out of school	518.70	577.90
Plus 5 or more years out of school	577.90

(d) AQF Certificate Level IV traineeships

(i) Subject to clause C.5.3 of this schedule, the minimum wages for a trainee undertaking a full-time AQF Certificate Level IV traineeship are the minimum wages for the relevant full-time AQF Certificate Level III traineeship with the addition of 3.8% to those minimum wages.

(ii) Subject to clause C.5.3 of this schedule, the minimum wages for an adult trainee undertaking a full-time AQF Certificate Level IV traineeship are as follows, provided that the relevant wage level is that for the relevant AQF Certificate Level III traineeship:

Wage level	First year of traineeship	Second and subsequent years of traineeship
	per week	per week
	$	$
Wage Level A	682.70	709.10
Wage Level B	658.60	683.90
Wage Level C	599.40	622.00

C.5.2 Minimum wages for part-time traineeships

(a) Wage Level A

Subject to clauses C.5.2(f) and C.5.3 of this schedule, the minimum wages for a trainee undertaking a part-time AQF Certificate Level I–III traineeship whose training package and AQF certificate levels are allocated to Wage Level A by Appendix C1 are:

	Highest year of schooling completed
	Year 10	Year 11	Year 12
	per hour	per hour	per hour
	$	$	$
School leaver	10.63	11.72	13.95
Plus 1 year out of school	11.72	13.95	16.24
Plus 2 years out of school	13.95	16.24	18.88
Plus 3 years out of school	16.24	18.88	21.61
Plus 4 years out of school	18.88	21.61
Plus 5 or more years out of school	21.61

(b) Wage Level B

Subject to clauses C.5.2(f) and C.5.3 of this schedule, the minimum wages for a trainee undertaking a part-time AQF Certificate Level I–III traineeship whose training package and AQF certificate levels are allocated to Wage Level B by Appendix C1 are:

	Highest year of schooling completed
	Year 10	Year 11	Year 12
	per hour	per hour	per hour
	$	$	$
School leaver	10.63	11.72	13.58
Plus 1 year out of school	11.72	13.58	15.61
Plus 2 years out of school	13.58	15.61	18.32
Plus 3 years out of school	15.61	18.32	20.89
Plus 4 years out of school	18.32	20.89
Plus 5 or more years out of school	20.89

(c) Wage Level C

Subject to clauses C.5.2(f) and C.5.3 of this schedule, the minimum wages for a trainee undertaking a part-time AQF Certificate Level I–III traineeship whose training package and AQF certificate levels are allocated to Wage Level C by Appendix C1 are:

	Highest year of schooling completed
	Year 10	Year 11	Year 12
	per hour	per hour	per hour
	$	$	$
School leaver	10.63	11.72	13.58
Plus 1 year out of school	11.72	13.58	15.27
Plus 2 years out of school	13.58	15.27	17.06
Plus 3 years out of school	15.27	17.06	19.01
Plus 4 years out of school	17.06	19.01
Plus 5 or more years out of school	19.01

(d) School-based traineeships

Subject to clauses C.5.2(f) and C.5.3 of this schedule, the minimum wages for a trainee undertaking a school-based AQF Certificate Level I–III traineeship whose training package and AQF certificate levels are allocated to Wage Levels A, B or C by Appendix C1 are as follows when the trainee works ordinary hours:

Year of schooling
Year 11 or lower	Year 12
per hour	per hour
$	$
10.63	11.72

(e) AQF Certificate Level IV traineeships

(i) Subject to clauses C.5.2(f) and C.5.3 of this schedule, the minimum wages for a trainee undertaking a part-time AQF Certificate Level IV traineeship are the minimum wages for the relevant part-time AQF Certificate Level III traineeship with the addition of 3.8% to those minimum wages.

(ii) Subject to clauses C.5.2(f) and C.5.3 of this schedule, the minimum wages for an adult trainee undertaking a part-time AQF Certificate Level IV traineeship are as follows, provided that the relevant wage level is that for the relevant AQF Certificate Level III traineeship:

Wage level	First year of traineeship	Second and subsequent years of traineeship
	per hour	per hour
	$	$
Wage Level A	22.45	23.33
Wage Level B	21.64	22.48
Wage Level C	19.72	20.47

(f) Calculating the actual minimum wage

(i) Where the full-time ordinary hours of work are not 38 or an average of 38 per week, the appropriate hourly minimum wage is obtained by multiplying the relevant minimum wage in clauses C.5.2(a)–(e) of this schedule by 38 and then dividing the figure obtained by the full-time ordinary hours of work per week.

(ii) Where the approved training for a part-time traineeship is provided fully off-the-job by a registered training organisation, for example at school or at TAFE, the relevant minimum wage in clauses C.5.2(a)–(e) of this schedule applies to each ordinary hour worked by the trainee.

(iii) Where the approved training for a part-time traineeship is undertaken solely on-the-job or partly on-the-job and partly off-the-job, the relevant minimum wage in clauses C.5.2(a)–(e) of this schedule minus 20% applies to each ordinary hour worked by the trainee.

C.5.3 Other minimum wage provisions

(a) An employee who was employed by an employer immediately prior to becoming a trainee with that employer must not suffer a reduction in their minimum wage per week or per hour by virtue of becoming a trainee. Casual loadings will be disregarded when determining whether the employee has suffered a reduction in their minimum wage.

(b) If a qualification is converted from an AQF Certificate Level II to an AQF Certificate Level III traineeship, or from an AQF Certificate Level III to an AQF Certificate Level IV traineeship, then the trainee must be paid the next highest minimum wage provided in this schedule, where a higher minimum wage is provided for the new AQF certificate level.

C.5.4 Default wage rate

The minimum wage for a trainee undertaking an AQF Certificate Level I–III traineeship whose training package and AQF certificate level are not allocated to a wage level by Appendix C1 is the relevant minimum wage under this schedule for a trainee undertaking an AQF Certificate to Level I–III traineeship whose training package and AQF certificate level are allocated to Wage Level B.

B. This determination comes into operation from 1 July 2018. In accordance with s.166(5) of the Fair Work Act 2009 this determination does not take effect until the start of the first full pay period that starts on or after 1 July 2018.

PRESIDENT

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