AN120012 – Aged Care Industry (Broken Hill) Award
For the purposes of this award the following terms have been defined:
ADULT SERVICE means service with an employer during which the worker received a rate of pay not less than the lowest rates fixed for an adult, in the same classification as the worker, or the employee is on the age scale at 18 years or over.
COOK GRADE A means a person employed in a Retirement Village, Nursing Home, or Hostel whose principal task is the planning, preparation and cooking of meals, snacks, and confectioneries, for an average of 100 or more persons per day.
COOK GRADE B means a person employed who performs the same functions as a Cook Grade A, except for an average of less than 100 persons per day.
COUNCIL means the Barrier Industrial Council.
DAY WORKER means an employee whose ordinary hours of work are performed within the period Monday to Friday, and who commences work on such days at or after 6:00 a.m. and before 10.00 a.m. otherwise than as part of a shift system.
DIVERSIONAL THERAPIST shall mean a person who provides, facilitates, and co-operates group and individual leisure and recreational activities. This person must be a graduate from an approved university course which includes: the Associate Diploma and Diploma of applied Science (Diversional Therapy) at the University of Sydney; Bachelor of Applied Sciences (Leisure and Health) at the University of Sydney; Bachelor of applied Science (Diversional Therapy) at the University of western Sydney, Macarthur; the Diploma or Bachelor of Health Sciences (Leisure and Health) at Charles Sturt University; the Associate Diploma Course in Diversional Therapy conducted by the Cumberland College of Health and Sciences; or who has such other qualifications deemed to be equivalent.
GARDENER means a person employed as such whose duties include any or all of the following; planning and preparation of garden beds, propagation of seeds, planting out, pruning and shaping of trees and shrubs, servicing indoor plants, re-potting of plants, preparing and spraying pesticides and herbicides and maintaining lawns and edges.
GENERAL SERVICES OFFICER GRADE I means a person who performs general cleaning duties and household chore type duties, including but not limited to, all cleaning associated with pots, pans, stoves, refrigerators or any other kitchen machinery and general kitchen cleaning, high cleaning, outside cleaning, stripping or sealing floors, portering of residents and/or heavy equipment, general laundry duties including the loading and unloading of commercial type washing machines; cleaning of tooth and vomit bowls, sanitising of bed pans and other equipment, the cooking and/or preparing of light refreshments, eggs, toast, salad etc., and the making of unoccupied beds.
GENERAL SERVICES OFFICER GRADE 2 means a person who, in addition to the duties of a Grade I, performs the duties of the previous classifications of handyperson, assistant cook and storeperson. A Handyperson means a person who does general non trades maintenance, servicing and repair work of plant property, fixtures, appliances and equipment, and may also include lawn mowing, tidying and hosing/sweeping of grounds, paths, driveways, and general access areas.
GENERAL SERVICES OFFICER GRADE 3 means a person who is wholly or substantially employed in providing assistance to a therapist, a recreational activities officer, a dietitian, or a hostel supervisor, with routine professional, recreational activity and personal care services, and may in addition perform the duties of a General Services Officer Grade 2.
HOSTEL SUPERVISOR means a person employed as such, who is required to oversight the day to day conduct of hostel operations, including;- supervision of staff in the performance of their duties, ensuring the care and welfare of residents, and performing the general administrative functions essential to the efficient and effective management of the facility.
MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR (BASIC TRADE QUALIFICATION) means a person employed as such who is required to supervise other maintenance staff (GSO 2) and who has trade qualifications which require an apprenticeship.
MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR (OTHERWISE) means a person employed as such who is required to supervise other maintenance staff (GSO 2), or oversee the operation of a maintenance program.
ORDINARY TIME RATE OF PAY means the base rate weekly or hourly rate of pay free of any shift penalty rates or other allowances.
PERSONAL CARE ASSISTANT means a person who is required to provide personal care and aid to hostel residents by way of individual attention, supervision, and physical assistance. Routine activities are not limited to, but include the following:-assistance with dressing and undressing, showering, bathing, personal hygiene, grooming, fitting of limbs and appliances, mobility and communications aids, and the provision and oversighting of the taking of medication. It also involves assistance in transferring to and from wheel chairs, and the positioning and guidance of mobility aids.
RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES OFFICER means a person who, though lacking the formal qualifications of a Diversional Therapist, is employed to plan, conduct, and assist residents in recreational and therapeutic activities, including any or all of the following: individual craft teaching, group activities, social outings and/or training classes.
SHIFT WORKER means an employee who is not a day worker as defined.
UNION means the Broken Hill Town Employees Union, and as applicable, the Federated Clerks Union (Broken Hill Branch).
