AN160140 – Gate, Fence and Frames Manufacturing Award
(1) "Erector" means an employee engaged in erecting hand rails, fencing, gates and enclosures of any description and who is required to set out and align the work properly.
(2) "Erector's Assistant" means an employee directly assisting an erector in the erection of hand rails, fencing, gates and enclosures of any description.
(3) "Framer"
(a) means an employee required without supervision to both measure and make specific tubular and/or steel products from sketches and to perform all framing operations incidental thereto.
(b) means an employee required under supervision to both measure and make specific tubular and/or steel products from sketches and to perform framing operations incidental thereto.
(4) "Machinist - (Wire)"
(a) means an employee who without supervision is required to set up and operate automatic wire working machinery.
(b) means an employee who under supervision is required to set up and operate automatic wire working machinery.
(5) "Machinist - (Wire) Assistant" means an employee who assists in the loading and unloading of automatic wire working machinery.
(6) "Painter of Iron Work" means an employee (other than coach painter or ship painter) who paints iron work using brush or spray or dip equipment including air, airless or electrostatic equipment.
(7) "Process Employee" means an employee who under supervision is required to carry out on single purpose machines repetitive operations in connection with the manufacture of gates, fences and frames.
(8) "Tool and Material Storeman" means an employee responsible for the safe custody of, and the recording of issue and/or return of, tools and consumable materials.
(9) "Tradesman" means an employee who in the course of employment works from drawings or prints, or makes precision measurements or applies general trade experience.
(10) "Wirer" means an employee who is required to attach wire mesh to tubular or steel frames including cutting the mesh to shape and size.
(11) "Welders"
"Welder A" means an employee using electric arc or petrol or coal gas blow pipe on any work other than that of a B or C class welder as defined.
"Welder B" means an employee who -
(a) uses any of the foregoing types of welding apparatus in filling castings; or
(b) welds with the aid of jigs; or
(c) operates automatic welding machines for the setting up of which the employee is not responsible; or
(d) operates a profile cutting or a straight line cutting machine.
"Welder C" means an employee who uses any of the foregoing types of welding apparatus in tacking preparatory to the completion of work by any other employee.
(12) "Junior Employee" means an employee under the age of twenty one years who is not an apprentice or a cadet.
(13) "Casual Employee" means an employee engaged and paid as such.
(14) "Mechanical Tradesperson - Special Class" means, subject to paragraph (c) of this subclause, a mechanical tradesperson who -
(a) (i) is engaged in work on, or in connection with, fluid power circuitry, which work requires for its performance the standard of knowledge and skills referred to in subparagraphs (iii) and (iv) of this paragraph; and
(ii) is able, where necessary and practicable, to perform such work without supervision and to examine, diagnose and modify systems comprising interconnected fluid power circuits; and
(iii) has satisfactorily completed the following TAFE units:
Course |
Syllabus No. |
Industrial Hydraulics 1 |
85007 |
and |
|
Industrial Pneumatics 1 |
85009 |
and either - |
|
Industrial Hydraulics 2 |
85008 |
and |
|
Hydraulics Component Repair |
85012 |
or |
|
Pneumatic System Maintenance (Industrial) |
85010 |
and |
|
Pneumatic System Control (Industrial) |
85014 |
or |
(iv) has, whether through practical experience or otherwise, achieved a standard of knowledge comparable to that which would be achieved under subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph or, in the case of a dispute, has been satisfactorily assessed and/or examined pursuant to the Fluid Power Exemptions Course detailed in paragraph (d) of this subclause; but does not include such an employee unless the work on which the employee is engaged requires for its performance knowledge in excess of that gained by the satisfactory completion of the appropriate Technical College Trade Course.
(b) For the purpose of this award an employee shall be deemed to be a Mechanical Tradesperson - Special Class only for the time during which the employee meets the foregoing conditions, unless -
(i) that time exceeds 16 hours per week; or
(ii) in the opinion of his/her employer, or in the event of disagreement in the opinion of the Board of Reference, that time is likely, during the course of employment, to exceed 16 hours per week on average,
in which case the employee shall be classified as Mechanical Tradesperson - Special Class for as long as the employment continues on either of those bases.
(c) For the purpose of this definition, employees who have completed courses in any other State shall, in the event of a dispute, submit their credentials for assessment by TAFE or be assessed in accordance with subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (a) of this subclause.
(d) Fluid Power Exemptions Course:
Course exemptions for Fluid Power Certificate Units can only be granted on completion of the TAFE divisional exam. However, class attendance exemptions may be granted for the following reasons:
(i) Attending Short Vocational course (30 hours). This will exempt the student from the practical component of the course. However, the theory component can be completed by a 24 hour correspondence course with TAFE External Studies.
(ii) Students claiming exemption from the practical course requirements, due to their industrial skills, could obtain an exemption through a documented case presented by their employer.
Full course accreditation can then be obtained by completing the 24 hour correspondence course with TAFE External Studies.
(iii) Students without documented evidence may obtain a practical exemption through five hours of skill testing. These students, if successful, may then enter the correspondence mode to obtain full unit accreditation.
(iv) Students who have claimed subject exemptions in the certificate of workshop technology can only gain an automatic exemption from the introductory units on full completion of the certificate.
(e) For the purposes of this definition, 'fluid power circuitry' involves Industrial Hydraulics and/or Industrial Pneumatics.
