AN120332 – Mechanical Opticians (State) Award

SCHEDULE A

Rates of Pay and Allowances

Part 1

Rates of Pay

Optical Worker	Current Rate	2002 SWC Effect. 24/3/06	2003 SWC effect. 24/6/06	2004 SWC effect. 24/9/06	2005 SWC effect. 24/12/06
	$	$	$	$	$
		18.00	17.00	19.00	17.00
1	424.80	442.80	459.80	478.80	495.80
2	443.30	461.30	478.30	497.30	514.30
3	476.40	494.40	511.40	530.40	547.40
4	484.40	502.40	519.40	538.40	555.40

Optical Mechanic	Current Rate	2002 SWC effect. effect. 24/3/06	2003 SWC effect. 24/6/06	2004 SWC effect. 24/9/06	2005 SWC effect. 24/12/06
	$	$	$	$	$
		18.00	17.00	19.00	17.00
1	532.80	550.80	567.80	586.80	603.80
2	548.20	566.20	583.20	602.20	619.20
3	560.60	578.60	595.60	614.50	631.60

Un-Apprenticed Juniors	Percentage of Optical Worker 2
	%
16 years and under	34
17 years	43.5
18 years	55
19 years	68
20 years	81

APPRENTICE % of Optical Mechanic 1	Old Rate Per Week	2002 SWC effect 24/3/06	2003 SWC effect 24/06/06	2004 SWC effect 24/9/06	2005 SWC effect 24/12/06
	$	$	$	$	$
		550.80	567.80	586.80	603.80
1st year 42%	213.60	231.35	238.50	246.45	253.60
2nd year 55%	311.65	311.65	312.30	322.75	332.10
3rd year 75%	412.20	413.10	425.85	440.10	452.85
4th year 88%	465.15	484.70	499.65	516.40	531.35

Part 2

Allowances

Clause No.	Clause Title	Description	Previous Amount	2002 SWC effect. 24/3/06 3.5%	2003 SWC effect. 24/6/06 3.2%	2004 SCW effect. 24/9/06 3.5%	2005 SWC effect. 24/12/06 3%
			$	$	$	$	$
4(iii)	Wages - Charge Hands	Not Less than 2 employees and not more than 10 employees	17.90	18.50	19.10	19.75	20.35
		More than 10 employees but not more than 20 employees	26.80	27.75	28.65	29.65	30.55
		In charge of more than 20 employees	34.20	35.40	36.55	37.80	38.95
9(ii)	Overtime	Meal Allowance	8.50	8.80	9.10	9.40	9.70
24(ix)	General Conditions	First Aid Allowance	7.40	7.65	7.90	8.15	8.40

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