AP822300 - Milk Treatment and Distribution Employees (A.C.T.) Award 2003

15. CLASSIFICATIONS AND RATES OF PAY

15.1 Classifications

15.1.1 Division A - Production employees

15.1.1(a) Production assistant

An employee appointed by the employer to this grade shall be required to perform one or more of the functions within this grade:

• General hand;
• Loader and unloader;
• Can washer;
• By-products assistant;
• Vat washer;
• Trailer washer;
• Milk receiver;
• Bottle checker;
• General relieving hand; or
• Weigher and measurer.

15.1.1(b) Plant operator grade 1

An employee appointed by the employer to this grade shall be required to perform any one or more of the functions within this grade and may be required to perform any of the duties for which they are trained under Production assistant.

• Pasteuriser operator (in training).
• Forklift operator (in training).
• Tally record and despatch hand (plants and depots).
• Automatic intake plant operator responsible for ingredient intake and load out, completing log sheets, sampling and CIP of tankers and lines.
• Automatic processing plant operator responsible for weighing, addition and recording of ingredients and cleaning.
• Automatic packaging plant operator responsible for basic line set up and operation, ordering materials, weight checking, correct product codes, package integrity, packaging according to schedule and cleaning.
• Automatic in-place cleaning operator responsible for basic CIP set-up and operation, completing cleaning log sheets and cleaning according to schedule.

15.1.1(c) Plant operator grade 2

An employee appointed by the employer to this grade shall be required to perform any one or more of the functions within this grade and may be required to perform any of the duties for which they are trained under Plant operator grade 1 and Production assistant.

• Pasteuriser operator (certificated) responsible for set up and operation of pasteuriser(s) and associated equipment, completing log sheets and cleaning.
• Forklift operator (certificated) responsible for loading and unloading duties and basic running maintenance of forklifts.
• Tally record and despatch hand (plants and depots) responsible for routine daily computer input or depot ordering.
• Automatic intake plant operator responsible for raw ingredient intake and load out, completing log sheets, sampling, CIP of tankers and lines, basic quality testing (temperature, taste, smell, appearance), milkoscan analysis, monitoring schedules and cleanliness.
• Automatic processing plant operator responsible for weighing, addition and recording of ingredients, cleaning, sampling, basic quality testing (temperature, taste, appearance, ph testing), completing log sheets, coordination with processing and packaging product requirements.
• Automatic packaging plant operator responsible for basic line set up and operation, ordering materials, weight checking, correct product codes, package integrity, packaging according to schedule, cleaning, basic quality checking and recording (die testing, appearance, taste, cap and bottle checking) and coordination of line staff (meal breaks).
• Automatic in - place cleaning operator responsible for basic CIP set-up and operation, completing cleaning log sheets, cleaning according to schedule, monitoring chemical stocks and checking strength of CIP solutions.
• Laboratory operator.

15.1.1(d) Plant operator grade 3

An employee appointed by the employer to this grade shall be required to perform any one or more of the functions within this grade and may be required to perform any of the duties for which they are trained under Plant operator grade 2, Plant operator grade 1 and Production assistant.

• Control room operator responsible for coordinating product processing, ensuring ingredients and products are available to meet production schedules, liasing with laboratory on product formulations and approvals.
• Aseptic plant operator.
• Erca operator.
• Pasteuriser operator (certificated) responsible for chemical analysis of raw and processed product.
• Tally record and despatch hand (depots) responsible for routine daily computer input, computer banking, computer stock control, depot rostering and depot ordering.
• Laboratory operator responsible for regularly performing at least one half of the laboratory’s operations or operating a bactoscan or similarly complex equipment.

15.1.2 Division B - Transport employees

• Motor wagon drivers including Ice-cream carters and Van salesman.
• Packaged milk semi-trailer driver.
• Motor wagon driver’s assistant.

15.2 Wage rates

[15.2 substituted by PR933448 PR947804; PR960279 ppc 04Jul05]

Employees of the classifications set out shall be paid not less than the following minimum weekly wages:

Classification	Minimum weekly wage rates $
1. Production assistant	529.10
2. Plant operator grade1	538.90
3. Plant operator grade 2	552.80
4. Plant operator grade 3	572.80
5. Motor wagon drivers	542.10
6. Packaged milk semi-trailer driver	567.90
7. Motor wagon drivers’ assistant	513.10

15.3 Safety Net Review

[15.3 substituted by PR933448 PR947804; PR960279 ppc 04Jul05]

15.3.1 The rates of pay in this award include the arbitrated safety net adjustment payable under the Safety Net Review—Wages June 2005 decision [PR002005]. This arbitrated safety net adjustment may be offset against any equivalent amount in rates of pay received by employees whose wages and conditions of employment are regulated by this award which are above the wage rates prescribed in the award. Such above-award payments include wages payable pursuant to certified agreements, currently operating enterprise flexibility agreements, Australian workplace agreements, award variations to give effect to enterprise agreements and overaward arrangements. Absorption which is contrary to the terms of an agreement is not required.

15.3.2 Increases made under previous National Wage Case principles or under the current Statement of Principles, excepting those resulting from enterprise agreements, are not to be used to offset arbitrated safety net adjustments.