AP814932 - Professional Divers' - Maritime Union of Australia Award 2002
30.1 Diving allowance
30.1.1 In addition to the wage rates set out in 29.1 a diver shall be paid a diving allowance of $0.97 per foot or $3.20 per metre of water or equivalent pressure. Such allowance shall be payable once in respect of the greatest depth or equivalent pressure incurred each day.
30.1.2 Provided that the diving allowance specified herein shall only apply to dives made in excess of 50 feet or fifteen metres of water or equivalent pressure or when decompression is necessary whichever shall occur first and shall be calculated from the surface to the maximum depth or equivalent pressure attained during the dive.
30.1.3 The diving allowance referred to above shall not be paid to persons performing practice or training dives. Underwater services shall not be performed for the employer during practice or training dives.
30.1.4 Diving supervisors shall receive twenty percent of the average diving allowance paid to divers under their control. Average diving allowance will be calculated daily by dividing the total diving allowance earned by divers whilst under the control of a diving supervisor by the number of divers who earned diving allowance on that day.
30.2 Non-destructive testing allowance
Employees engaged in non-destructive testing of structures by the methods of magnetic particle testing, ultrasonic testing and radiography shall, in addition to the salary rate applicable to their classification, be paid an allowance for each day or part thereof on which they are engaged in such duties. The allowance shall be $48.44 per day.
30.3 Hyperbaric welding allowance
[30.3 varied by PR935235 ppc 22Jul03]
30.3.1 The hyperbaric welding rate specified in 30.3.2 shall apply from the date an employee is required to carry out duties related to the welding to be performed. The payment shall cease when the employee is no longer required by the employer to carry out tasks related to the welding.
30.3.2 A hyperbaric welder shall be entitled to a payment of $3.61 per linear millimetre for a successfully completed weld. For the purpose of this clause, "successfully completed" means a weld which has been accepted by the client without the necessity for repair.
30.3.3 Provided that in lieu of 30.3.2 a hyperbaric welder shall be entitled to payment of $2.44 per linear millimetre for a weld which requires repair prior to being accepted by the client.
30.3.4 The payments prescribed in 30.3.2 and 30.3.3 shall apply only to members of the nominated hyperbaric welding team who have been coded for the particular hyperbaric welding task.
30.4 Annual medical exam allowance
Employees who are subjected to greater than atmospheric pressure shall be reimbursed the cost of an annual medical examination which shall include but not be limited to the requirement set out in Appendix A of the Standards Association of Australia Underwater Air Breathing Operations Standard AS2299. The provisions of this clause do not apply where the employer provides for the service.
30.5 Meal allowance
Employees who are required to work overtime for more than two hours on any day after the usual finishing time shall be entitled to an allowance of $6.58 meal money unless they had been notified the previous day that their services would be required or a hot meal is provided by the employer. Provided that where employees are notified that they will be required to work overtime the following day and such order is cancelled after they have left work on the day on which they were notified they shall be paid the sum of $6.58 meal money.
30.6 Fares And Travelling Time Allowance
30.6.1 Employees who commence and finish work within a 50 kilometre radius of the General Post Office in the city or town in which the employer's registered business address is situated shall receive a fare allowance of $10.60 per day.
30.6.2 Where employees commence and finish work beyond the 50 kilometre radius referred to in 30.6.1 they shall be reimbursed for the actual fares hereof incurred and all time spent travelling beyond this radius shall be paid at ordinary rates.
30.7 Distant Work allowance
30.7.1 For the purpose of this clause distant work is that in respect of which the distances or the travelling facilities to and from such places of work make it reasonably necessary that employees shall live and sleep at some place other than their usual place of residence at the time of commencing such work. Provided that if employees whilst employed on distant work change their usual place of residence such new place of residence or any further change thereof (if made whilst employed on distant work) shall be their usual place of residence for determination of whether the work is distant work within the meaning of this clause.
30.7.2 Employees engaged on distant work shall be conveyed with equipment to and from work at their employer's expense. Such conveyance shall be made only once unless the employee is recalled and sent again to the place of work, when it shall be made each time that this happens. Provided that return fares and travelling time need not be paid to employees who:
30.7.2(a) Leave the employment of their own free will before the completion of the job or before being three months in such employment, whichever first happens, or is discharged for incompetence within one week of engagement.
30.7.2(b) Is discharged for misconduct.
30.7.3 The rate of pay for time occupied in travelling to and from distant work shall be ordinary rates, except on Sundays and holidays when it shall be time and one-half. Employees shall also be paid an amount of $5.11 to cover the expenses, if any, of reaching home and of transporting their personal diving equipment.
30.7.4 The maximum travelling time to be paid for shall be twelve hours out of every twenty-four hours, or when sleeping berth is provided by the employer for all night travel, eight hours out of every twenty-four hours.
30.7.5 On distant work employees may be paid, by mutual agreement with the employer, an allowance of $267.63 week or such greater amount as may be agreed upon, in return for which employees shall be responsible for securing their own accommodation and meals. In the case of broken parts of the week occurring at the beginning or ending of the employment on a distant job the allowance shall be $38.28 per day or 1/7 of any other weekly amount agreed upon. The provisions of this clause do not apply if the employer provides reasonable board and lodging.
30.7.6 Employees who consent to use their own vehicle in the course of their employment shall be paid an allowance of $0.56 per kilometre. This allowance is for the use of the vehicle by the employee for transporting the employee and the employee's personal diving equipment.
30.8 Diving Clothing And Equipment Allowance
Employees who supply their own wet suits and personal diving equipment including weightbelt and diving knife shall be paid, in addition to the ordinary rate, an allowance of $6.83 per day on each day on which the equipment is used.
30.9 Protective Clothing And Equipment Allowance
30.9.1 Employees should be reimbursed for the cost of all industrial protective clothing and safety equipment other than that prescribed 30.8 which is required by the employer to be worn. This provision does not apply if the clothing and the equipment is supplied by the employer.
30.9.2 Casual employees may, in lieu of provision of footwear, be paid an amount of $2.44 per day of employment for the purchase of approved safety footwear. This allowance shall not be payable where safety footwear is not required to be worn.
