AN150011 – AWU/CFMEU Construction and Maintenance Award (South Australia) 1989

CLAUSE 8. DEFINITIONS
OPDATE 15:03:91 1st pp on or after

(a) "Assistant powder monkey" means a person assisting under the direct supervision of a powder monkey in placing and firing explosive charges excluding the operation of explosive powered tools.

(b)(i) "Assistant rigger" means a person assisting under the direct supervision of a rigger in erecting or placing in position the members of any type of structure (other than scaffolding and aluminium alloy structures) and for the manner of ensuring the stability of such members, for dismantling such structure or for setting up cranes or hoists other than those attached to scaffolding and who has had less than twelve months experience at work, and shall include an employee either performing rigging work that is an integral part of, or is incidental to a tradesman's work or work that is an integral part of or is incidental to, cranage operations.

(ii) An employee classified or employed as an assistant rigger (as defined) shall, on the termination of his employment or of his work in that classification for an employer be supplied by such employer with a written statement signed by the employer showing the duration of his service with that employer as an assistant rigger.

(iii) Not more than one assistant rigger (as defined) shall be employed in any rigging gang (including leading hand dogman) when the number of employees in the gang does not exceed five.

(c) "Bitumen Worker" means an employee heating, preparing, cutting, carrying, laying using on woodwork or handling asphalt, bitumen, tar or emulsion or material coated with any one thereof.

(d) "Commission" means the South Australian Industrial Relations Commission.

(e) "Concrete finisher" means an employee other than a concrete floater engaged in the hand finishing of concrete or cement work not being a finish in marble, mosaic or terrazzo.

(f) "Concrete floater" means an employee engaged in concrete or cement work and using a wooden or rubber screeder or mechanical trowel or a wooden float or engaged in bagging off or broom finishing or patching.

(g) "Employee in charge of plant" means:

(i) when two or more employees are employed at the plant at the one time, the employee who is invested with the superintendence and responsibility or who has to accept the superintendence and responsibility; or

(ii) an employee who is invested with the superintendence and responsibility or who has to accept the superintendence and responsibility over one or more other employees; or

(iii) when he is the only person of his class employed on the plant the employee who does the general repair work of the plant in addition to the work of operating, but not when he merely assists a fitter or engineer to do such work; or

(iv) where shifts are worked the employee who is directed to carry out the general repair work of the plant in addition to the work of operating, but not when he merely assists a fitter or engineer to do such work.

(h) "Fencer" means an employee erecting fencing with material other than sawn timber such as post and rail or wire fencing.

(i) "Leading hand" means an employee who is required to supervise or direct or be in charge of another employee or other employees.

(j) "Renderer" means an employee who applies by hand a continuous coat of cement mortar to a brick, masonry or set concrete surface and finishes it to a true and smooth surface by means of a trowel or float.

(k) "Scaffolder" means an employee engaged in the work of erecting or altering or dismantling scaffolding of all types.

(l) "Pitcher or breacher" means an employee pitching or breaching on embankment or floor with stone or riprap.

(m) "Sharpener, tool" means an employee who sharpens and repairs any tools or drills which are heated to be sharpened.

(n) "Timberman" means an employee timbering excavations, shafts, etc.

(o) "Tunneller 1" means an experienced tunneller who is engaged underground in the work of drilling, charging, firing, operating mucking loaders, timbering, placing steel supports, rock bolting, concrete vibrator hand, concrete gun operator or tending concrete chutes and conveyor belts.

(p) "Tunneller 2" means an employee engaged underground in the work of assisting tunneller 1, car spotter, brakeman, operators of rotary car dumps, members of a bull gang or an employee carrying out any other general underground labouring in the course of tunnel excavation operations.

(q) "Union" means the Australian Workers' Union (S.A. Branch) and the Amalgamated Construction, Mining & Energy Union of Australia (S.A. Branch). "Unions" shall have the same meaning as "Union".

(r) "Wall builder" means an employee cutting and facing stone and placing stone in position and who is responsible for line and direction.