AN120192 – Electricians &c. (State) Award
4.1 Additional Margins — The additional margins as set out in the items specified in Table 2 — Additional Margins, of Part B, Monetary Rates, shall be paid for all purposes of the award:
4.1.1 Electrical Mechanic's Licence — additional margin to be paid to an employee employed and working as a tradesperson and possessing the New South Wales Electrical Mechanic's Licence as follows:
Qualified Supervisor Certificate (Electrician) — Item 1 of the said Table 2
Certificate of Registration (Electrician) — Item 2 of Table 2
An employee who possesses the New South Wales Electrical Licence, (Qualified Supervisor Certificate), shall be paid per week the amount set out in Item 3 of Table 2 to reimburse for the expense of renewing the above licence. This amount is not to be paid for all purposes of the award. This allowance shall cease to be payable in the event that the Building Services Corporation removes the licence renewal fee.
4.1.2 Leading Hand as defined, additional margin — Item 4 of Table 2
4.1.3 Construction Work
4.1.3.1 Additional margin to be paid to employees on construction work in connection with the erection, maintenance, renovation or demolition of buildings or structures — Item 5 of Table 2
4.1.3.2 The additional margin is in consideration of conditions peculiar to construction work which are:
4.1.3.2.1 Working in the open and thereby being subject to climatic conditions, i.e. from dust blowing in the wind, brick dust, drippings from concrete, etc;
4.1.3.2.2 Sloppy conditions;
4.1.3.2.3 Lack of usual amenities associated with factory work, e.g. meal rooms, change rooms, locker, &c.,
4.1.3.3 This additional margin shall not apply to ship work or to employees on maintenance work in mixed industries.
4.1.4 Special Allowance —
4.1.4.1 Additional margin to be paid to employees on construction work in connection with the erection, repair, maintenance, renovation or demolition of buildings or structures - Item 6 of Table 2
4.1.4.2 This additional margin shall not apply to ship work or to employees on maintenance work in mixed industries.
4.1.5 Ship Repair Work
4.1.5.1 Additional margins to be paid to employees engaged on ship repairs:
Tradesperson — Item 7 of Table 2
All other labour — Item 7 of Table 2
4.1.6 Power House Work
4.1.6.1 Tradespersons and their assistants employed in large operating power house (i.e. power house developing more than 8,000 kilowatts) other than those not on the regular staff employed on new construction work shall be paid as set out in Item 8 of Table 2. Such amount shall be deemed to include all special rates prescribed in clause 14, Special Rates. This allowance shall continue to be payable to tradesperson attached to the staffs of such power houses whilst carrying out repairs or maintenance in rotary convertor and/or static substations which are in regular operation.
4.1.7 Electrical tradespersons employed at Australian Gypsum Ltd., Camellia, shall be paid as set out in Item 9 of Table 2 in addition to the rates prescribed in the said Table 1.
4.1.8 Supplementary Payments — The supplementary payments prescribed in Table 1 shall be paid to all employees other than employees engaged on construction work.
Such supplementary payments shall, to the extent of its amount, be in substitution for any over-award payment as defined hereunder which would otherwise have been paid and any such overaward payment shall be reduced by that amount.
"Overaward Payment" is defined as the amount (whether it be termed "over-award payment", "attendance bonus", "service increment" or any term whatsoever) which an employee performing weekly ordinary hours of work would receive in excess of the employee's weekly wage rate as defined by subclause (i), Weekly Wage Rate, of Clause 8, Wage Rates.
The supplementary payment shall be paid for all purposes of the award.
4.2 Apprentice Rates —
4.2.1 Indentured Apprentices — As set out in Table 3 — Apprentice Rates, of Part B, Monetary Rates.
4.2.1.1 In addition to the above rates, apprentices engaged on construction work in connection with the erection, repair, repair, maintenance, renovation or demolition of buildings or structures shall be paid an allowance per week as set out in Item 10 of Table 2. This allowance is in consideration of conditions peculiar to construction work which are:
working in the open and thereby being subjected to climatic conditions, i.e., from dust blowing in the wind, brick dust, drippings from concrete, &c; sloppy conditions;
lack of usual amenities associated with factory work eg., meal rooms, change rooms, lockers, &c.;
Provided that this allowance shall not apply to ship work or to employees on maintenance work in mixed industries.
4.2.1.2 Apprentices engaged on ship repairs shall be paid an additional margin per week as set out in Item 11 of Table 2.
Provided that where an apprentice is for a period of half a day or longer, away from his/her place of employment for the purpose of receiving tuition, the amount prescribed herein shall be decreased proportionately.
4.2.1.3 In addition to the above rates, apprentices on construction work in connection with the erection, repair, maintenance, renovation or demolition of buildings or structures shall be paid an allowance as set out in Item 12 of Table 2
4.2.1.4 The total rate of wages for apprentices in this award shall be calculated to the nearest 5 cents, any broken part of 5 cents in the result not exceeding half of 5 cents shall be disregarded.
4.2.2 Trainee Apprentices — As set out in the said Table 3.
4.2.2.1 In addition to the above rates, apprentices engaged on construction work in connection with the erection, repair, maintenance, renovation or demolition of buildings or structures shall be paid an allowance per week as set out in Item 13 of Table 2. This allowance is in consideration of conditions peculiar to construction work which are
working in the open and thereby being subjected to climatic conditions, i.e., from dust blowing in the wind, brick dust, drippings from concrete, etc.;
sloppy conditions;
lack of usual amenities associated with factory work, e.g., meal rooms, change rooms, lockers, etc.
Provided that this allowance shall not apply to ship work or to employees on maintenance work in mixed industries.
4.2.2.2 Apprentices engaged on ship repairs shall be paid an additional margin per week as set out in Item 14 of Table 2
Provided that where an apprentice is for a period of half a day or longer, away from his/her place of employment for the purpose of receiving tuition, the amount prescribed herein shall be decreased proportionately.
4.2.2.3 The total rate of wages for apprentices in this award shall be calculated to the nearest 5 cents, any broken part of 5 cents in the result not exceeding half of 5 cents shall be disregarded.
4.2.2.4 In addition to the above rates, apprentices on construction work in connection with the erection, repair, maintenance, renovation or demolition of buildings or structures shall be paid an allowance set out in Item 15 of Table 2
