AN160268 – Public Service Award 1992
(1) Definitions
" Part time trainee" means a trainee who is employed for a minimum of 20 hours per week (except in the case of school based traineeships), and has regular and stable hours of work each week, to allow training to occur. Wages and entitlements accrue on a pro-rata basis.
" Traineeship" means a full time or part time structured employment based training arrangement approved by the Western Australian Department of Education and Training where the trainee gains work experience and has the opportunity to learn new skills in a work environment. On successful completion of the traineeship the trainee obtains a nationally recognised qualification.
" Traineeship Training Contract" means the agreement between the employer and the trainee that provides details of the traineeship and obligations of the employer and the trainee and is registered with the Western Australian Department of Education and Training.
" Training Plan" means the plan that outlines what training and assessment will be conducted off-the-job and what will be conducted on-the-job and how the Registered Training Organisation will assist in ensuring the integrity of both aspects of the training and assessment process.
(2) Traineeships
(a) Trainees are to be additional to the normal workforce of the employers so that trainees shall not replace paid workers or volunteers or reduce the hours worked by existing officers.
(b) Training Conditions
The arrangements between the employer and the trainee in relation to the traineeship are as specified in the Traineeship Training Contract, as administered by the Department of Education and Training. The trainee will be trained in accordance with the agreed Training Plan.
(c) Employment Conditions
(i) the initial period of employment for trainees is the nominal training period endorsed at the time the particular traineeship is established;
(ii) completion of the traineeship scheme will not guarantee the trainee future employment in the public sector, but the employer will cooperate to assist the trainee to be placed in suitable employment, should a position arise;
(iii) trainees are permitted to be absent from work without loss of continuity of employment to attend off the job training in accordance with the Training Plan. However, except for absences provided for under this Award, failure to attend for work or training without an acceptable cause may result in loss of pay for the period of the absence;
(iv) trainees will receive a mix of supervised work experience, structured training on the job and off the job, and the opportunity to practice new skills in a work environment; and
(v) overtime and shift work shall not be worked by trainees except to enable the requirements of the training to be effected. When overtime and shift work are worked the relevant allowances and penalties of the Award, based on the training wage referenced in paragraph (d) of this subclause will apply. No trainee shall work overtime or shift work unsupervised.
(d) Wages
The salary applicable to trainees shall be as prescribed in the National Training Wage Award 2000 for officers up to and including 20 years of age. Adult trainees will be paid the rate prescribed under the Minimum Conditions of Employment Act 1993 for the minimum weekly rate of pay for officers 21 or more years of age.
