AN120684 – Plumbers and Gasfitters (State) Consolidated Award

19. SHIP’S PLUMBING OUTWORK – APPRENTICES

(i) On distant work the employer shall provide reasonable board and lodging or pay an allowance per week of seven days as set out in Item 69 of Table 2 - Other Rates and Allowances, of Part B, Monetary Rates, but such allowance shall not be wages. In the case of broken parts of a week occurring at the beginning or end of a period of distant work the allowance shall be living expenses actually and reasonably incurred but not exceeding the amount set out in the said Item 69.

(ii) (a) An apprentice who works as required during the ordinary hours of work on the working day before and the working day after a weekend and who notifies the employer or his/her representative no later than the Tuesday of each week of his/her intention to return home at the weekend and who returns home for the weekend, shall be paid an allowance as set out in Item 70 of the said Table 2 for each occasion.

(b) This subclause shall not apply to an apprentice who is receiving the amount per week as set out in Item 69 in lieu of board and lodging being provided by his/her employer.

(iii) Other conditions of employment for apprentices with respect to the above allowances shall be those provided for journeyperson as set out in clause 18, Ship's Plumbing Outwork.