AN120089 – Building and Construction Industry (State) Award

APPENDIX A - PIECEWORK RATES - GYPSUM PLASTERBOARD

Nature of Work	Scope	Availability	Rates for fixing and finishing of gypsum plasterboard (based on loaded hourly rate inclusive of fares and 17.5% loading on public holidays additional)					Transport and supply of scaffolding by fixers
Class 1. "Cottage Work". Timber ceiling/timber walls. Cover fixing and stopping of 13 mm and 10mm plasterboard to wallls and ceilings of cottages having: Not more than 1m of wall angle (internal or external angle) to each 3 sq metres of combined wall and ceiling area. (a) More than 1m of wall angle (internal or external angle) to each 3 sq metres of combined wall and ceiling area - 125.9 cents per metre for excess measurement Not more than two (2) vent faces to every 20 sq metres of combined wall and ceiling area.	Not less than 62.70 sq meters	Material stacked ready to work in the immediate proximity on the same floor on which the work is to be done	Per sq metre					(a) Where the employer and the pieceworker team agree the rate paid for transport and supply of scaffolding shall be $0.167 per sq metre of wall and ceiling area fixed and stopped: Provided that where fixing and stopping are carried out separately $0.095 per sq metre shall be paid for each operation.
			Walls*		$
			Fixing		.798
			Stopping		1.10
			Total		1.898
	Less than 62.70 sq metres plus 50 per cent minimum loading		Ceiling –
			Fixing		.798
			Stopping		1.23
			Total		2.028
			*Where walls are fully lined in bathrooms, toilets and laundries the fixing rate in these areas shall be $0.9098 per sq metre.
			Where walls are nailed instead of glued to studs $0.0521 extra for stopping.
			Where ceilings are screwed-up by mechanical means, fixing rate is $1.295 per sq metre.
			Where battens are to be fixed:
			38.1mm x 25.4mm) 50.8mm x 25.4mm)			$.0649 per sq metre
			50.8mm x 38.1mm) 50.8mm x 50.8mm)			$1.094 per sq metre
More than two (2) vents - 151.7 cents per vent extra. All fixed direct to studs or joists. Includes all stopping and fixing complete with nails and joints and wall angles. Allows for ceiling and vertical walls up to and including 2700mm high.			Where metal furring channels are used with direct fixing clips: $0.654 per sq metre.
All areas to be measured net as fixed except that openings under 1100 sq metres are not deductable. All fixing and stopping to be in accordance with manufacturer's specification. Setting of angles between wall and ceiling is excluded. Where battens are to be fixed, see special rates in fourth column. Setting of internal and external angles on exposed beams and bulkheads excluded (see fourth column)
(b) Finishing around perimeter of ceiling of Class 1 work.								(b) where finishing around perimeter of ceiling is carried out as a separate operation the rate for transport and supply of scaffolding shall be $0.095 per metre
(1) Setting angle between wall and ceiling of Class 1 work.			(1) 1.792 cents per metre
(2) fixing and stopping papercovered plaster cornice to ceiling of Class 1.			(2) 1.240 cents per metre
(c) Class 1(A) "Cottage Work". Timber ceiling/timber walls. Cottage work all as above except that ceilings are more than 2700mm high. In a cottage wholly or partly subject to Class 1(A) rates the following formula shall apply for the determination of the appropriate rate: Those ceilings with a maximum height of 2700 mm or less and also those walls with a maximum height of 2700mm or less shall be paid at the Class 1(A) rate, listed in column 4, which corresponds with the mean average height of all ceilings having a maximum height over 2700 mm (eg if the maximum height of the highest ceiling is 4500mm and the lowest height of a ceiling is 2400mm the mean average for the Class 1(A) portion of the cottage is the half- way point between 2400mm and 4500mm: ie 3450mm; consequently the "over 3300mm up to 3600mm" ceiling rate listed in column 4 shall be paid for all ceiling in the cottage having a maximum height of more than 2700mm). Similarly, the mean average of the lowest height of walls over 2700mm and the highest wall in the cottage determine the wall rate for Class 1(A) portion of the cottage.	Total area not less than 62.70 sq metres Less than 62.70 sq metres plus 50 per cent minimum loading.	Material to be stacked ready to work in the immediate proximity on the same floor on which the work is to be done	Rate per sq metre in cents.					As per paragraph (a) above.
				Fix Cents	Stop Cents		Total Cents
			Over 2700 mm up to 3000 mm –
			Walls	913	1.216		2.129
			Ceilings	913	1.356		2.269
			Over 3000mm up to 3300mm –
			Walls	1.185	1.408		2.593
			Ceilings	1.185	1.529		2.714
			Over 3300mm up to 3600mm –
			Walls	1.428	1.598		3.026
			Ceilings	1.428	1.737		3.165
			Over 3600mm up to 3900mm –
			Walls	1.684	1.792		3.476
			Ceilings	1.684	1.927		3.611
			Over 3900mm up to 4200mm –
			Walls	1.948	1.981		3.929
			Ceilings	1.948	2.105		4.053
			Over 4200mm up to 4500mm –
			Walls	2.197	2.203		4.400
			Ceilings	2.197	2.321		4.518
(d) Finishing around perimeter of ceilings of Class 1(A) work.								As per paragraph (a) above.
(1) Setting angle between wall and ceiling of class 1(A) work.			(1) 1.952 cents per metre
(2) Fixing and stopping papercovered plaster cornice.			(2) 1.607 cents per metre
(e) Class 2. "Cottage Work". Ceilings only. Covers fixing and stopping 13mm and 10mm plasterboard fixed direct to joists, ceilings up to and including 3000mm. Setting of angles between walls and ceiling excluded. Fixing of battens excluded. (Where battens are to be fixed, see special rates in fourth column of Class 1). Setting of internal and external angles on exposed beams bulkheads excluded. (See fourth column of Class 1).	Not less than 41.80 sq metres (Less than 41.80 sq metres plus 50 per cent minimum loading).	Material stacked ready to work in the immediate proximity on the same floor on which the work is to be done.	Fixing - 1.042 cents per sq metre. Stopping - 1.719 cents per sq metre. Total - 2.751 cents per sq metre.					As per paragraph (a) above.
(f) Finishing around perimeter of ceilings of Class 2 work.								As per paragraph (a) above.
(1) Setting angle between wall and ceiling of Class 2 work.			(1) 1.792 cents per metre
(2) Fixing and stopping papercovered plaster cornice to ceiling of Class 2.			(2) 1.240 cents per metre
(g) Class 2(A) "Cottage Work". Ceilings only. Cottage work, all as above in Class 2 except that ceilings are more than 3000mm high. In a cottage wholly or partly subject to Class 2(A) rates the following formula shall apply for the determination of the appropriate rate: Those ceilings with a maximum height of 3000 mm or less shall be subject to that Class 2(A) rate, listed in column 4 which corresponds with the mean average height of all ceilings having a maximum height of over 3000mm (e.g. if the maximum height of the highest ceiling is 4500mm and the lowest height of a ceiling is 2400mm the mean average for Class 2(A) portion of the cottage is the half- way point between 2400mm and 4500mm; i.e. 3450mm, consequently the over 3300 mm up to 3600mm rate, listed in column 4 shall be paid for all ceilings in the cottage having a maximum height of more than 3000mm).	Not less than 41.80 sq metres (Less than 41.80 sq metres plus 50 per cent minimum loading).	Material stacked ready to work in the immediate proximity on the same floor on which the work is to be done.	Rate per sq metre in cents.
				Fix Cents	Stop Cents		Total Cents
			Over 3000mm up to 3300mm –
				1.290	1.887		3.177
			Over 3300mm up to 3600mm –
				1.525	2.090		3.615
			Over 3600mm up to 3900mm –
				1.793	2.275		4.068
			Over 3900mm up to 4200mm –
				2.059	2.462		4.521
			Over 4200mm up to 4500mm –
				2.315	2.660		4.975
(h) Finishing around perimeter of ceilings of Class 2(A) work.								As per paragraph (a) above.
(1) Setting angle between wall and ceiling of Class 2(A) work.			(1) 1.943 cents per metre.
(2) Fixing and stopping papercovered plaster cornice to ceiling of Class 2(A) work.			(3) 1.599 cents per metre.
(i) Class 3, "Home Unit Work". Fire rated ceilings (one hour fire rated indtalled in accordance with manufacturer's specifications). Rates include back-blocking.	One or more flats.	Material stacked ready to work in the immediate proximity on the same floor on which the work is to be done.	Rate per sq metre.
				Fix Cents	Stop Cents		Total Cents
			2 X 15mm P/b	6.07	2.234		8.304
			2 X 13mm P/b	3.505	2.234		5.739
			2 X 15mm Plasterboard screwed-up to furring channels:
			Fixing Furring Channels	fixing P/ board	Stop		Total
			Cents	cents	cents		cents
			.649	7.083	2.234		9.966
			One layer of plasterboard and wire made ready for spraying:
				Fixing P/ Board	Fixing Wire		Back blocking
				16 mm	16 mm		16mm
			Cents	cents	cents		Total cents
			3.023	4.427	.316		7.766
			13mm	13mm	13mm		13mm
			Cents	cents	cents		cents
			1.739	4.427	.316		4.682
(h) Perimeter finishing around fire-rated ceilings.								Scaffolding allowed in metre price.
(1) Stopping in 31.75mm vermiculite mixture of manufacturer's specifications.			(1) .538 cents per metre. 18 X 31.75 mm in plaster.
(2) Fixing paper covered plaster cornice			(2) 1.443 cents per metre.

1. Where bathrooms, toilets and laundries are fully lined - fixing rate cents per square metre - 90.98 cents.

2. Scaffolding allowance will be called "transport and supply of scaffolding" up to 914.4 mm high - New rate - 16.7 cents per square metre.

3. Where ceilings are screwed up by mechanical means fixing rate per square metre - 129.5 cents.

4. Where battens are used:

- fixing rate 38.6 mm x 25.4 mm and 50.8 mm x 25.4 mm - 64.9 cents per square metre.

- fixing rate 50.8 mm x 38.6 mm and 50.8 mm x 50.8 mm - $1.094 cents per square metre.

5. Where metal channels are used with direct fixing clips fixing rate per square metre - 65.4 cents.

6. Where fixing and stopping of walls and ceilings are carried out by separate fixers the supply of scaffold rate is 9.3 cents per square metre each set.

7. Where finishing around perimeter of ceiling is carried out as a separate operation the supply and transport of scaffold rate per metre run is 9.5 cents.

8. Where internal or external wall angles exceed .36 metres to each square metre of combined wall and ceiling area, rate for fixing and finishing $1.448 per metre for excess measurement.

9. Where vent faces exceed 2 vent faces for each 16.7 square metres of combined wall and ceiling area rate for each extra vent 17.3 cents.

10. Where walls are nailed instead of glued to studs 5.21 cents extra for stopping.

11. Beams and bulkheads internal and external setting - 172.7 cents per metre.

NOTE – Application - above award rates only apply to domestic construction. Commercial and other work fixers shall be paid on the hourly rate basis. Outlined is the explanation and nature of the various categories of the piecework schedule.

Class 1 - "Cottage Work". Timber Walls and Ceilings - Covers fixing and stopping of 10 mm x 13 mm Plasterboard to walls and ceilings of cottage having not more than 1 metre of wall angle (internal or external angle) to each three m2 of combined wall and ceiling area. Not more than two vent faces to every 20 m2 of combined wall and ceiling area. All fixed to studs or joists includes all stopping and fixing complete with nails and joints and wall angles. Allows for ceilings and vertical walls up to and including 2 700 mm high. All areas to be measured.

Availability Materials stacked ready to work in the immediate proximity on the same floor on which the work is to be done.

Class 1A - "Cottage Work". Timber Walls and Ceilings - Cottage work all as above except that ceilings are more than 2 700 mm high. In a cottage wholly or partly subject to Class 1 (A) rates the following formula shall apply for the determination of the appropriate rate. Those ceilings with a maximum height of 2700 mm or less and also those walls with a maximum height of 2 700 mm or less shall be paid at Class 1 rates. All other ceilings shall be subject to the Class 1 (A) rate which corresponds with the mean average height of over 2 700 mm, e.g., if the maximum height of the ceiling is 4 500 mm and the lowest height of a ceiling is 2 400 mm the mean average for a Class 1A portion of the cottage is the halfway point between 2 400 mm and 4 500 mm, i.e., 3 450 mm, consequently, the "over 3 300 mm up to 3 650 mm" ceiling rate shall be paid for all ceiling in the "over 3 300 mm up to 3 650 mm" ceiling rate shall be paid for all ceilings in the cottage having a maximum height of more than 2 700 mm. Similarly the mean average of the lowest height of walls over 3 700 mm and the highest wall in the cottage shall determine the wall rates for Class 1A portion of the cottage.

Availability - Material stacked ready to work in the immediate proximity or the same floor on which the work is to be done.

Class 2 "Cottage Work". - Ceilings only - Covers fixing and stopping 13mm x 10 mm plasterboard fixed direct to joists. Ceilings up to and including 3 000 mm setting of angles between wall and ceiling excluded. Fixing of battens excluded (where battens are fixed see additional rates).

Availability - Materials stacked ready to work in the immediate proximity on the same floor on which the work is to be done.

Class 2A - "Cottage Work". Ceilings only - Cottage work as above in Class 2 except that ceilings are more than 3 000 mm high. In a cottage wholly or partly subject to Class 2A rates the following formula shall apply for the determination of the appropriate rates. Those ceilings with a maximum height of 3 000 mm or less shall be paid at Class 2 rates. All other ceilings shall be subject to the Class 2A rate listed which corresponds with the mean average height of all ceilings having a maximum height of over 3 000 mm (e.g., if the maximum height of the highest ceiling is 4 500 mm and the lowest height of a ceiling is 2 400 mm the mean average for a Class 2A portion of the cottage is the halfway point between 2 400 mm and 4 500 mm, i.e., 3 450 mm), consequently the over 3 300 mm and up to 3 600 mm rate listed shall be paid for all ceilings in the cottage having a maximum height of more than 3 000 mm.

Availability Material stacked ready to work in the immediate proximity on the same floor on which the work is to be done.

Class 3 - "Home Unit Work" - Fire rated ceilings (one hour fire rated installed in accordance with the manufacturers specification), rates include backblocking.

Availability as in all other classes.

GYPSUM PLASTERBOARD PIECEWORK

(i) Piecework is prohibited except in respect of persons employed as gypsum plasterboard fixers, or as provided for in appendices B and D of this award.

(ii) (a) In respect of persons employed as gypsum plasterboard fixers, an employer and an employee shall mutually agree whether the work to be done shall be executed by hourly work or piecework.

(b) Where a person employed as a gypsum plasterboard fixer is engaged as an hourly worker no alteration in the arrangement shall be made for them to be paid at piecework rates for the duration of the job. Should piecework rates be adopted or any task be fixed, the employee shall be classified as a pieceworker and shall be paid according to the piecework Schedule A to this award for the duration of the job. All pieceworkers shall be supplied by the employer with a suitable job sheet prior to the commencement of the job, and shall be signed by the employer and the pieceworker, as a job record showing the amount of work to be completed and the address of the place at which it is to be done, the nature of the work and rates applying. An example of the job sheet is at the rear of this appendix. A true copy of such job sheet or record shall be retained by the employer at their place of business, with a duplicate copy to be held by the pieceworker during the duration of the job for inspection.

(c) Delays - Should a pieceworker be delayed for starting, going on with or completing his work by reason of an insufficient supply of materials necessary, or owing to failure to supply or make available suitable scaffolding (such suitability to be determined by the employer, provided that scaffolding shall not be deemed to be suitable unless it is in accordance with the Construction Safety Act 1912, and the regulations thereunder) they shall be paid for the time so lost at the hourly rate set out in clause 18.3 of this award.

(d) Materials - For all work performed by a pieceworker in getting materials on to the building site, they shall be paid at ordinary time work rates.

(e) Occupied Premises - Where work has to be done in houses or buildings which are occupied, the pieceworker shall be paid for any time lost on account of their being prevented from starting or ceasing work at the usual time or for their having to knock off and lose time for any reasonable cause whilst they are working on such occupied premises, and such payment shall be made on the basis of the hourly rates set out in clause 18.3. Payment made under this subclause shall be limited to a maximum of one hour per day; provided that such limitation shall not apply where the employee has notified the employer within one hour of their being unable to commence or continue working.

(f) Scaffolding - All suitable scaffolding shall be supplied on jobs for the use of the pieceworker to carry out their work, other than as defined in Schedule A Rates.

(g) Rectifying own Work - Where a pieceworker has to rectify any work deficiency occasioned by their own handcraft, no additional rates shall be paid and the work of rectifying deficiencies shall be performed in his own time.

(h) Rectifying other Work - Where a pieceworker has to rectify under directions from their employer any fixing destroyed through no fault of their own, they shall be paid at the hourly rate set out in subclause 18.3, except that this subclause shall not apply to normal making good after other trades.

(i) Award Conditions - The conditions of employment generally provided for in this award shall apply to gypsum plasterboard fixers, except that the piecework rates contained in Schedule A are applicable. The piecework rates contained in Schedule A are inclusive of rates provided in clause 38 Fares and Travel Patterns Allowance, of this award, and this clause shall not apply to pieceworkers.

(j) Overtime - Where a pieceworker is instructed by their employer to work outside the ordinary working hours on Monday to Friday, inclusive, they shall receive piecework rates in accordance with Schedule A of this award. In addition, they shall be paid penalty wage rates at half ordinary time rates for the first 2 hours and at single time rates thereafter, such to be calculated in accordance with clause 18.3 of this award.

(k) Saturday, Sunday and Holiday Work - Where a pieceworker is instructed by their employer to work on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays they shall receive piecework rates in accordance with Schedule A of this award. In addition, they shall be paid penalty wage rates at half ordinary time rates where on Saturday, Sunday and Holidays, of this award, payment is required to be at time and a half rates and at single time rates where double time rates apply in the said clause. Such wage time rates shall be calculated in accordance with subclause 18.3 of this award.

(l) Payment - Notwithstanding subclause 3.1, Payment of Wages, of this award payment shall be made to the pieceworkers at the completion of the job; provided that a pieceworker shall be entitled to one weekly progress payment.

(m) Apportionment of Earnings - Subject to subclause (n) of this clause, the piecework earning payable for a job shall be apportioned equally between the members of the piecework team employed thereon; except that when apprentice fibrous plaster and gypsum plasterboard fixers or probationers are employed with pieceworkers they shall be paid as prescribed in clause 18.3 of this award and such amounts shall first be deducted from the total piecework payment before apportionment. Such deduction shall be on the basis of each hour that the apprentice or probationer remains with the team and shall be calculated as the sum of his weekly rate of pay and allowances (except Fares and Travel Patterns Allowance) divided by 38.

(n) Absences, etc. - In the event of any pieceworker absenting themselves during or not completing the job for which piecework rates apply, or where a pieceworker commences work part-way through the duration of the job, they shall be paid at the end of the job at the piecework rates set out in Schedule A for the proportion of the work done, and such payment shall then be deducted from the total piecework payment applying before being paid to the remaining employees in the piecework fixing team.

(iii) No employee shall execute any plastering work, fibrous plaster fixing and/or floorlaying and/or fixing gypsum plasterboard for profit or reward except at the rates and under the conditions prescribed by this award.

(iv) (a) Notwithstanding anything elsewhere contained in this award, the operation of section 50 of the Act, is expressly excluded in relation to the adjustment of rates prescribed by Appendix A.

Upon any fluctuation in the weekly rates of pay assigned to a gypsum plasterboard fixer in clause 18.3 of this award, piecework rates shall be adjusted in accordance with the following formula:

(i) The total increase or decrease in the weekly rate of pay plus a loading of 331/3 per cent is divided by 278 m2 to determine the variation in the average total rate for walls and ceilings (in Class 1 work) to three decimal places.

(ii) The total increase of decrease in the weekly rate of pay plus a loading of 17.5 per cent of four weeks annual leave, be divided by 278 m2, to determine the variation in the average total rate for walls and ceilings (in Class 1 work) to three decimal places.

(iii) The amount determined in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of these subclauses shall then be calculated as a percentage (to two decimal places) of the existing total rate for fixing and stopping Class 1 work.

(iv) The percentage variation calculated in paragraph (iii) of this subclause shall then be applied to all piecework rates contained in Appendix A of this award (excluding deduction for all jobs glued on and transport of scaffolding allowance) and adjustments made accordingly. Such calculation shall be computed to the nearest one-tenth of a cent.

(v) Upon any fluctuation in the weekly rate assigned to a gypsum plasterboard fixer in clause 5.6 Fares and Travel Patterns Allowance, of this award, the transport and supply of scaffolding allowance shall be adjusted by dividing the increase or decrease in the weekly rate of fares by 278 m2 to determine the variation. Such variation shall be added to the existing rate for transport and supply of scaffolding allowance.

(b) The norm of 278 square metres referred to in subclause (i) (k) of this Appendix A as being the average weekly rate for fixing and stopping Class 1 work may be varied by application by any party to the Industrial Relations Commission consequent upon any significant change in methods of applying gypsum plasterboard.

For the purpose of this Appendix A the weekly rate assigned to a gypsum plasterboard fixer shall be deemed to be $399.38 per week.

(c) The rates and/or prices contained in this Schedule have been increased so as to accord with the employees performing work under this Schedule for 38 ordinary hours per week.

JOB SHEET PURSUANT TO APPENDIX A

Piecework
Issued by (Name of Firm)		…………………………………………….
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Issued to (Names and Addresses of Fixers)		…………………………………………….
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This Job Sheet is issued for:		Lot
(Details as per attached Fixing List)
Street		…………………………………………….
Suburb		…………………………………………….
This Job Sheet covers the following work:
(as per Piecework Appendix "A" of Building and Construction Industry (State) Award)
..............................m2	Class........................ceilings		at...................per m2
..............................m2	Class..........................walls		at...................per m2
..............................mm	around perimeter of ceilings		at..…...............per mm
..............................m2	battens		at...................per m2
Transport of Scaffolding	.............................m2		at...................per m2
	Total		..................................

All extras or deductions to be adjusted.
(Details of extras or deductions ....................$)

Work covered by this Job Sheet to be done as per the conditions of the Building and Construction Industry (State) Award.

No Overtime to be worked unless authorized below:
(Errors and Omissions excepted)
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Date

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Signature

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Countersigned as mutual acceptance of above specified job being carried out at piecework rates and conditions.
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(To be signed by firms)