AP798297 - South Australian Government Departments and Instrumentalities (Metal Trades) Award 1999
20.1 The minimum weekly rate of wage for apprentices will be the undermentioned percentages of the ordinary weekly wage payable to employees in the appropriate wage group of this Part of the award and in all contracts of apprenticeship hereafter the employer will covenant to pay wages of not less than such rates:
Four year term |
Percentage of weekly rate prescribed
|
First year |
42 |
Second year |
55 |
Third year |
75 |
Fourth year |
88 |
20.2 The total wages of apprentices will be calculated to the nearest five cents, any broken part of five cents in the result not exceeding three cents to be disregarded.
20.3 The sum of $10.15 per week will be added to the above rates in the case of apprentice patternmakers.
20.4 The sum of $10.15 per week will be added to the above rates in the case of apprentices engaged on ship repairs. Provided that where an apprentice is, for a period of one half a day or longer, away from his place of employment for the purpose of receiving tuition, the amount prescribed will be decreased proportionately.
20.5 An employee who is under 21 years of age on the expiration of their apprenticeship and thereafter works as a minor in the occupation to which the apprentice has been apprenticed will be paid at not less than the adult rate prescribed for that classification.
