AN170054 – Laundry and Dry Cleaning Award
‘Casual employee' is one who is employed on a casual basis for a period not exceeding 5 days at any time, and shall not include an employee as defined in subclause (b) hereof.
PROVIDED that where a casual employee is required to relieve another employee who is either on annual leave or long service leave, the period of 5 days may be exceeded.
‘Grade I employee' means an employee in the first 6 months of employment with no previous experience in the industry.
MUST POSSESS THE FOLLOWING SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
1. Be responsible for their own work subject to detailed instructions.
2. Work under routine supervision.
3. Carry out duties in a safe, responsible and efficient manner.
4. Possess basic communication and interpersonal skills.
5. Must be able to perform basic tasks as a result of skill that should have been gained from basic education or gained in the course of everyday living or readily learn such basic tasks including, but not limited to, the following:
(a) be able to identify and classify items of linen/garments and associated simple tasks;
(b) be able to load and unload drying machines;
(c) be capable of basic keyboard operations and record keeping;
(d) hand and group clean garments and check for stains;
(e) be able to perform basic and incidental housekeeping duties.
AND WILL BE TRAINED in one of the following brackets:
BRACKET 1:
Perform all ironing machine functions either manually or with the aid of semiautomatic or automatic feeding, folding and preparing equipment.
Perform all manual or machine folding/hanging operations on linen/garments.
Operation of a tunnel finisher.
Use a Heatseal or Heat Marking Machine or mark linen with any other type of machine or manually.
BRACKET 2:
Operation of any washing, drying and extracting equipment. Operation of towel unwinding equipment.
BRACKET 3:
Operation of any textile pressing machine.
BRACKET 4:
Manual or machine repairing or garments or linen.
PROVIDED that an employee with experience in the bracket he/she was employed for will advance to Grade 2 within 6 months upon demonstrating that he/she has attained and can perform at the desired level of efficiency in that bracket.
‘Grade 2 employee' means an employee who has completed the required period at classification Grade 1 and who can competently perform the tasks required of them in the appropriate bracket as well as meeting the general requirements of the Grade 1 classification, even though they may not have completed training in all the tasks in their bracket.
Notwithstanding, in such case, the employee will be required to qualify in the tasks missed whilst in Grade 1.
IN ADDITION:
Must be able to operate with a minimum of supervision.
Must recognise and report obvious faults in the equipment they use.
Must be responsible for the maintenance of the quality and quantity of their own output.
OR
A repairer who must at the point of entry be competent to repair linen and garments either manually or by machine or a combination of both and must meet the general requirements of a Grade 1 employee.
Tasks performed by a repairer at this level would include but not be limited to the following:
patching
stud and button replacement
hemming
darning
seaming
OR
In addition to meeting the general requirements of a Grade 1 employee competently performs tasks within or indicative of the following:
Receiving and despatching and/or assembling of orders and packaging.
Assisting with basic record keeping.
Examining to ensure customers requirements are met and inspections.
Manual operation of finishing equipment.
Wet cleaning, spotting and pre-spotting.
Dry cleaning machine operator.
‘Grade 3 employee' means:
1. Any employee who meets the requirements of a classification Grade 2.
AND IN ADDITION
2. Can efficiently carry out two Grade 1 Brackets and has been designated as a stand-by worker in those Brackets.
OR
3. Operates washing and ancillary equipment and is responsible for work flow and control of all washing supplies for such equipment and can carry out these tasks with minimal supervision.
OR
4. Holds a Boiler Ticket and is ready and willing to use that ticket in the performance of his/her duties.
OR
5. A repairer who is competent to perform all facets of repair functions and either performs work at this level or is designated as a stand-by worker.
Tasks performed by a repairer at this level would include but not be limited to the following:
zip replacement
pocket replacement
alterations
making of monograms
AND/OR
6. Maintains necessary records and performs related tasks.
Mechanical distribution or collection.
Capable of training others engaged in lower Grades.
‘Grade 4 employee' means an employee who holds a Boiler Ticket and is ready and available to use that ticket and meets the requirements of 1 and any of 2, 3, 5 and/or 6 of the requirements for Grade 3.
OR
Any Grade 2 or 3 employee who is appointed for the purpose of directing and controlling a section of the production operation.
‘Part-time employee' is one engaged to regularly work for less hours per day or week than those prescribed for full-time employees.
‘Show day' means not more than one local show day observed on an employee's ordinary working day, other than a Saturday or a Sunday, in the city, town or district in which the employee is employed; or such other day which, in the absence of such a local show day, is agreed on by the employee and the employer, therefore making a total of 11 paid public holidays per year.
‘Union' means the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union - Tasmanian Branch.
