AN160214 – Mineral Sands Mining and Processing Industry Award 1981
(1) "Plant Operator - Special" means -
(a) An employee who has been certified by this employer as being competent to efficiently operate all sections of the processing plant at the site of his employment with a minimum of supervision; and
(b) Is required by his employer to operate any section of the plant; and
(c) is appointed as such.
(2) "Plant Operator - Grade I" means -
An employee other than a trainee plant operator who is competent to efficiently operate at least one section of the processing plant with a minimum of supervision.
(3) "Plant Operator - Grade II" means -
A trainee process plant operator with less than three months' experience.
(3a) Leading Hand Shift Supervision (Westralian Sands) means -
(a) an employee who is appointed as such, and
(b) who is responsible for all plant and site operations including supervision, and
(c) who is required to ensure compliance with safety standard rules as required in the Mines Regulations and/or by the quarry or registered manager in the absence of salaried staff.
(4) "Rehabilitation Nursery Hand - Grade I" means -
An employee other than a qualified Horticultural Tradesperson whose duties include assisting the qualified tradesperson in all work associated with the Nursery and rehabilitation generally, including the operation of tractors, hoes and other similar mechanical plant, as required in such work, and who has -
(a) a minimum of three months' appropriate experience in rehabilitation work; and
(b) can perform his duties with a minimum of supervision.
Provided this definition will not apply to employees employed as Rehabilitation Nursery Grade I, prior to 1 November 1988.
(5) "Rehabilitation Nursery Hand - Grade II" means -
A trainee Rehabilitation Nursery Hand.
(6) Experienced Storeman - Associated Minerals Consolidated means -
A storeman with at least six months experience who is proficient in all aspects of stores procedure, including the use of computer technology, who requires a minimum of supervision and who is appointed as such.
(7) Laboratory Assistant Grade I means -
(a) An employee who is employed full time and who is competent to perform all routine physical test procedures and all routine chemical analysis and to use instrumental methods as required in the laboratory; and
(b) Is required to perform all such tests in the laboratory; and
(c) Is appointed as such.
(8) Technical Assistant Grade I -
An employee who holds a certificate in Laboratory Practices or recognised equivalent, and has been employed for not less than 12 months as a Technical Assistant Grade II.
(8a) Technical Assistant Grade II -
(a) An employee who is engaged in laboratory based physical and analytical testing tasks and has sufficient technical knowledge, skill and experience to perform all routine physical, chemical and instrumental analyses with only limited supervision. In addition, the employee shall satisfy the following conditions:
(i) has completed the first year of the two year certificate course in Laboratory Practices or recognised equivalent; and has
(ii) held the position of Laboratory Assistant Grade II for at least six months prior to training for the Laboratory Assistant Grade I position;
(iii) has been classified as Laboratory Assistant Grade I by the employer after having gained appropriate industry experience which enables the required duties to be undertaken, including performing the technical tasks required of a Laboratory Assistant Grade I, for a minimum continuous period of six months;
(iv) is appointed as such.
(9) "Control Room Operator Synthetic Rutile (SR) Plant" means -
(a) An employee who has had adequate experience in operation of all areas in the SR plant and operation of instrumentation and computing facilities as exist at the site. It is expected personnel selected for this position would have performed a high standard of work as an SR plant-Section Operator for at least 6 months and undertaken further training for this position.
(b) Is appointed as such.
Typical Duties
The duties of personnel at this level shall consist of the following aspects:
(i) Maintain co-ordination of plant operations through information supplied by other operators, instrumentation and computing facilities as installed on site.
(ii) Change control parameters or plant equipment status per set procedures or under direction of a staff Shift Foreman.
(iii) Maintain operational records and notify the Shift Foreman of unusual plant conditions.
(iv) Sample the precess and conduct some fundamental assessments of process efficiency.
(v) Assist in training new employees and Section Operators as Control Room Operators.
(10) "Section Operator SR Plant" (replaces Ilmenite Upgrading Plant Section Operator) means -
(a) An employee without a pre-requisite of prior plant experience who is trained to operate at least one section of the SR plant including specific procedural or directed tasks in the relevant section, maintenance records, sample collections and housekeeping.
(b) Is appointed as such.
(10a) Senior Operator - Dry Plants
(a) An employee who has adequate experience in operating all areas of the dry plant and in instrument/computer operations, as they exist in a given plant.
(b) An operator who has performed at a high standard as a dry plant operator for at least six months and has trained/performed at a satisfactory level for a month as a senior operator.
(c) Is appointed as such.
(11) "Quality Control Officer" means -
A Grade I Operator in the Nargulu Dry Mill who is competent in the operations of at least the Rutile and Zircon sections, who monitors product quality on an hourly basis by the collection, preparation and determination of samples and performs other duties of a similar nature and is competent to assume shift responsibility in the absence of the Supervisor and is competent in the execution of emergency procedures.
(12) "Horticultural Tradesperson" means -
An employee who has successfully completed a recognised apprenticeship in a branch or branches of the Horticulture Trade and who produces proof satisfactory to the employer of such qualification or who has by other means achieved a standard of knowledge deemed by his employer as comparable thereto and is appointed in writing as such by the employer.
