AN120684 – Plumbers and Gasfitters (State) Consolidated Award
(i) No apprentice under the age of 18 years shall be required to work overtime unless he/she so desires.
(ii) No apprentice shall, except in an emergency, work or be required to work overtime or shift work at times which would prevent his/her attendance at technical school or registered training organisation as required by any statute, award or regulation imposed upon him/her.
(iii) An apprentice shall not work overtime except under the direction of a tradesperson.
(iv) Except as provided in clauses 17, Distant Work - Apprentices, 22, Saturday and Sunday, and 23, Public Holidays, all time worked outside the ordinary working hours as defined in clause 4, Hours, shall be paid for at the rate of time and one-half for the first three hours and double time thereafter.
(v) An apprentice who is required to work overtime in excess of one and one-half hours after the usual ceasing time shall be paid the sum as set out in Item 72 of Table 2 - Other Rates and Allowances, of Part B, Monetary Rates, as the cost of a meal.
(vi) Rest Period after Overtime - When overtime is necessary it shall, wherever reasonably practicable, be so arranged that apprentices have at least ten consecutive hours off duty between the work of successive days.
An apprentice who works so much overtime between the termination of his/her ordinary work on one day and commencement of his/her ordinary work on the next day that he has not had at least ten consecutive hours off duty between those times shall, subject to this subclause, be released after completion of such overtime until he/she has had ten consecutive hours off duty without loss of pay for ordinary working time occurring during such absence.
If, on the instruction of his/her employer, such an apprentice resumes or continues work without having had such ten consecutive hours off duty he/she shall be paid at double rates until he/she is released from duty for such period and he shall then be entitled to be absent until he/she has had ten consecutive hours off duty without loss of pay for ordinary working time occurring during such absence.
(vii) Other conditions of employment for apprentices shall be those provided for journeyperson as set out in clause 20, Overtime.
