AN120192 – Electricians &c. (State) Award
The following definitions shall be applied to this award:
2.1 Classification Definitions
2.1.1 Electrical Mechanic means a tradesman mainly engaged on electrical installation, repair and maintenance work including the welding, fabrication and erection of brackets and equipment associated with electrical installation work.
2.1.2 Electrical Fitter means a fitter mainly engaged in making fitting, or repairing electrical machines, instruments or appliances and who in the course of his/her work applies electrical knowledge, including the welding, fabrication, and erection of brackets and equipment associated with electrical installation work.
2.1.3 Electrical Instrument Fitter means a tradesman, not necessarily an electrical fitter, who is required to design, test and/or repair and maintain electrical and/or electro-pneumatic measuring and/or recording appliances and/or scientific electrical instruments.
2.1.4 Electronics Tradesman means an electrical tradesman who is engaged in applying his/her knowledge and skills to the task 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 tradesman is required to carry out his/her tasks.
To be classified as an electronics tradesman, a tradesman must have at least three years on-the-job experience as a tradesman in electronic 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 tradesman, a tradesman 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.
2.1.5 Plant Electrician means an electrical mechanic or electrical fitter who has practically complete charge of the general maintenance, alteration and repair work of an installation and carries out the orders of an employer having no knowledge of the electrical trade and not carrying on any business in the trade as a partner or otherwise or carries out the orders of an employer's engineer or other officer who is not a practical electrician.
2.1.6 Radio Mechanic or Fitter means an employee engaged on the making, repairing, and/or servicing of television, radio and sound equipment which requires the application of general trade experience gained through apprenticeship or equivalent training.
2.1.7 Refrigeration and/or Air Conditioning Mechanic or Fitter means a tradesman who in the course of his/her work applies electrical trade experience and is mainly engaged on the installation, repair and maintenance work in connection with electrically operated refrigeration and/or air conditioning units.
2.1.8 Battery Fitter means an adult employee wholly engaged in the erection, overhauling or repairing of storage batteries.
2.1.9 Electrician in Charge of Generating Plant means an electrician who has complete charge of the whole plant, including the prime mover and generator and is required to run the plant and maintain and attend to the installation generally.
2.1.10 Linesman means an employee engaged in preparing poles for electric wires, fixing wires or cables on poles or over buildings or fixing wires to insulators or joining or insulating such wires or performing any other work required in connection with the running of overhead wires outside of buildings.
2.1.11 Linesman Special Class means a linesman who has had three or more years' experience as a linesman and is qualified and working under the Electricity Safety Act 1945.
2.1.12 Linesman's Assistant means an employee assisting a linesman but who shall not work within 1.8 metres of any live conductor and who shall not ascend ladders or climb poles carrying live conductors.
2.1.13 Tradesman's Assistant means an employee engaged in assisting a tradesman, provided that such assistance shall not include the carrying out of work usually regarded as that of a tradesman.
2.1.14 Leading Hand means any electrical worker (not being a foreman) who is placed in charge of work on which 4 or more employees or 2 or more electrical mechanics or fitters or linesmen, in addition to himself, are engaged. Any worker who receives orders from an officer, and is placed in charge as herein set out in the absence of such officer, shall be deemed to be a leading hand whilst so placed in charge of the work carrying out such orders.
2.1.15 Tradesman means a person who has served the requisite apprenticeship or holds a Certificate of recognition as a tradesman issued by an Australian apprenticeship authority or a Tradesman's Certificate issued by the Local Electrical Trades Committee constituted under the Tradesman's Rights Regulations Act 1946.
2.2 Other Definitions
2.2.1 Ship Repairs mean
(a) All repair work done on ships.
(b) All work other than the making of spare parts and stores done in a workshop used for ship repairs only.
(c) Work done in a workshop used for both ship repairing, general engineering, metal moulding, steel construction, and other heavy metal fabrications on which employees are engaged both on the ship and in the workshop.
2.2.2 Confined Space means a compartment or space or place the dimensions of which necessitate an employee working in a stooped or otherwise cramped position or without proper ventilation and includes such a space -
(a) In the case of a ship - inside complete tanks, chain lockers and peaks, in bilges, under engine beds, under engine room and stokehold floors, or under or inside boilers.
(b) In the case of a locomotive - inside the barrels or boilers, fire boxes, water spaces of tenders, side tanks, bunker tanks, saddle tanks, or smoke boxes.
(c) In other cases - inside boilers, steam drums, mud drums, fire boxes of vertical or road vehicle boilers, furnaces, flues, combustion chambers, receivers, buoys, tanks, superheaters, or economizers.
2.2.3 Union means the Electrical Trades Union of Australia, New South Wales Branch.
2.2.4 Sunday means all time between midnight Saturday and midnight Sunday.
2.2.5 Distant Work is that in respect of which the distance or the travelling facilities to and from such place of work make it reasonably necessary that the employee should live and sleep at some place other than his/her usual place of residence at the time of commencing such work.
