AP822941 - Health Employees (Dental Health Services) Award 2003

13. CLASSIFICATIONS AND WAGE RATES

[13 corrected by PR906139; Classifications and Wage Rates title changed and substituted by PR919044; Wages title changed and substituted by PR929489 from 01Apr03]

13.1 The weekly rates of wage payable to employees covered by this award are expressed hereunder.

13.1.1 Technicians:

[13.1.1 substituted by PR934196 ppc 24Jun03; varied by PR947605; PR960565 ppc 28Jul05]

	Minimum Weekly Rate $
(a) Dental Technician Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4	645.40 659.90 675.00 690.70
(b) Dental Technician Advanced Level One	717.90
(c) Dental Technician Advanced Level Two	742.40
(d) Apprentices: The weekly rate of wages shall be a % of the tradesperson’s rate as defined below:
(i) Four Year Term 1st year of employment 2nd year of employment 3rd year of employment 4th year of employment	% 42 55 75 88
(ii) Three and a Half Year Term 1st six months Next year Next following year Final year	42 55 75 88
(iii) Three Year Term 1st year of employment 2nd year of employment 3rd year of employment and thereafter	55 75 88

For the purposes of this part, "Tradesperson's Rate" means the total wage prescribed in paragraph 13.1.1 of this clause for the first year dental technician.

13.2 Incremental progression (ie. from Level 1 to Level 4) for the classification of Dental Technician shall be by annual increments based on the acquisition and utilisation of skills and knowledge through experience in the provision of dental technology as set out in clause 7 – Definitions.

[13.3 substituted by PR934196 PR947605; PR960565 ppc 28Jul05]

13.3 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.

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.

[13.4 varied by PR934196 PR947605; PR960565 ppc 28Jul05]

13.4 Where an employee is designated to be Technician in Charge in a dental laboratory with up to four Dental Technicians, that employee will be paid at the rate of $21.24 per week in addition to the ordinary rate of wage payable under this clause.

13.5 Casual employees shall be paid at the rate of 20% in addition to the rates prescribed herein.

13.6 Where the term “year of employment” is used in this clause it means all service, irrespective of the classification with that employer.