AN140166 – Meat Industry (Other Than Export) Award - State 2002

PART 5 WAGES AND WAGE RELATED MATTERS 

5.1 DEFINITION OF CLASSIFICATIONS

Employees covered by this Award are to be classified into one of the following classification and wage levels and remunerated accordingly:

5.1.1 Level 7 employee (relativity to trade equivalent level: 105%)

This is the General Butcher in charge of a retail butcher shop.

5.1.2 Level 6 employee (relativity to trade equivalent level: 100%)

This is the tradesman rate that will apply to a General Butcher, a smallgoods maker and a tradesman slaughterer.

5.1.3 Level 5 employee (relativity to trade equivalent level: 92.3%)

This rate will apply to an employee who performs tasks such as Slaughtering (not a tradesman slaughterer), boning.

5.1.4 Level 4 employee (relativity to trade equivalent level: 90%)

This rate will apply to an employee who performs the tasks of salesperson, slicer, smallgoods maker in a Butcher Shop, cutter operator, mixing operator, packing/scaling, ham and bacon curing, cooking, heavy vehicle driving, washing/drying/smoking.

5.1.5 Level 3 employee (relativity to trade equivalent level: 87%)

This rate will apply to an employee who performs the tasks of salting/pickle pumping, packing room hand, clerk.

5.1.6 Level 2 employee (relativity to trade equivalent level: 85.5%)

This rate will apply to any other employee other than a level 1 employee.

5.1.7 Level 1 employee (relativity to trade equivalent level: 81%)

This rate will apply to an employee who is new to the industry and who is under on the job training for an initial trial period of at least 3 months.