AN170068 – Mobile Crane Hire Award

PART VIII - TRAINING AND RELATED MATTERS 

1. TRAINING LEAVE

(a) Following proper consultation, which may involve the setting up of training committees, the employer shall develop a training policy and programme consistent with:

(i) the current and future skill needs of the enterprise;

(ii) the size, structure and nature of the operations of the enterprise;

(iii) the need to develop vocation skills relevant to the enterprise and the industry, through courses conducted by accredited educational institutions and providers.

(b) Where agreed by the employer that additional training should be undertaken by an employee, that training may be undertaken either on or off the job, provided that if the training is undertaken during ordinary working hours, the employee concerned shall not suffer any loss of pay. An employer shall not unreasonably withhold such paid training leave.

(c) First Aid Training

(i) Each employee shall be allowed time off without loss of ordinary pay for up to two days instruction in first aid by the St. John's Ambulance or other like body recognised as an authority in first aid training.

(ii) Such leave will be granted on request provided it is taken at a mutually convenient time arranged between the employee and the employer.

(iii) The employee shall provide the employer with proof of attendance for the duration of the period of leave.