AN120684 – Plumbers and Gasfitters (State) Consolidated Award
(i) Proportion of apprentices to tradesperson shall not exceed one apprentice to two tradesperson or fraction thereof.
Such proportion is to be calculated on the average number of tradesperson employed for the preceding six calendar months.
(ii) If through lack of work the services of a tradesperson must be dispensed with, the foregoing proportion shall, as far as possible, be maintained by lessening the number of trainee apprentices employed.
(iii) Should the services of a trainee apprentice be dispensed with by an employer, through lack of work, such trainee shall have preference of employment with such employer when work is available should the trainee be still unemployed.
(iv) This clause shall not affect the proportion of apprentices to tradesperson for whom approval had been granted prior to the operation of this award.
