AP829982 - Metal Industry (Victorian Public Hospitals) Award 2002
17.1 Objective
17.1.1 This clause sets out the basis for the voluntary employment by employers bound by this Award of Trainees under the Australian Traineeship System (ATS). The Australian Traineeship System comprises structured on-the-job training with an employer and off-the-job training by a training provider approved by an appropriate State Industry Training Authority.
17.2 Conditions of training
17.2.1 A Trainee (ATS) shall attend an on and off-the-job training course or programme approved by the industrial parties involved and as prescribed in the relevant Training Agreement as notified to the Trainee (ATS) by the appropriate State Training Authority.
17.2.2 The employer shall ensure that the Trainee (ATS) attends the prescribed off-the-job training course and is provided with on-the-job training approved by the appropriate State Training Authority.
17.2.3 All such training shall be in accordance with the requirements of the appropriate State Training Authority.
17.3 Conditions of employment
17.3.1 The Trainee (ATS) shall be engaged for a period of twelve months as a full-time employee provided that the Trainee shall be subject to a satisfactory probationary period of one month which may be reduced at the discretion of the employer.
17.3.2 The Trainee is permitted to be absent from work without loss of continuity of employment to attend off-the-job training in accordance with the Training Agreement.
17.3.3 Where the employment of a Trainee by an employer is continued after the completion of the Traineeship period that period shall be counted as service for the purpose of this Award and long service leave requirements.
17.3.4 Overtime and Shiftwork shall not be worked by Trainees (ATS) except in the circumstances where the section in which the Trainee (ATS) is receiving on-the-job training is required to work overtime, or the work of the section is normally carried out by shifts as prescribed by the Award. No Trainee (ATS) shall be required to work overtime or shiftwork on his/her own. The Trainee wage shall be used as the basis for the calculation of overtime and/or shift penalty rates prescribed by the Award.
17.3.5 Trainees (ATS) who fail to either complete the Traineeship course or who cannot for any reason be placed in full-time employment with the employer on successful completion of the Traineeship course shall not be entitled to any severance payment in accordance with the relevant clause of this Award.
17.3.6 All other terms and conditions of the Award shall apply unless specifically varied by this clause.
17.4 Wages
17.4.1 The weekly wages payable to Trainees (ATS) shall be determined by multiplying the appropriate Junior Rate as prescribed 18.6, by 39 which represents the actual weeks spent on the job and dividing that sum by 52 to provide a weekly wage. Further the rate determined shall in no case be less than the minimum rate prescribed by the ATS guidelines.
17.4.2 In order to achieve stability of income and related living standards these rates will be paid as a weekly wage and will be unaffected by the 13 weeks off-the-job training to be carried out during the twelve month training period.
