AT825520 - Australian Workers’ Union Construction and Maintenance (Western Australia) Award 2003 [Transitional]
13. INDUSTRY AND UNDERGROUND ALLOWANCE
In addition to the wages and rates prescribed in clauses 12 - Wages and additional rates and 14 - Cookhouse personnel - wage rates, the following allowances shall be paid:
13.1 Industry allowance
An employee engaged on any of the work specified in clauses 12 - Wages and additional rates and 14 - Cookhouse personnel - wage rates shall be paid an allowance of $20.80 a week to compensate for the following disabilities of the industry, namely, being subject to:
13.1.1 climatic conditions when working in the open on all types of work or on a multi-storey construction prior to it being enclosed;
13.1.2 the physical disadvantage of having to climb stairs or ladders, particularly on multi-storey construction;
13.1.3 dust blowing in the wind on construction sites;
13.1.4 sloppy or muddy conditions associated with the initial stages of construction;
13.1.5 dirty conditions caused by use of form oil or green timber;
13.1.6 drippings from newly poured concrete;
13.1.7 the disability of working on all types of scaffold other than a single plank or a bosun's chair; and
13.1.8 the lack of usual amenities associated with factory work.
Provided that as to 12.4 the aforementioned industry allowance shall only apply to employees of the classification of employment as set out in the Transport Workers' Award 1998 [Print 906964 [AW799474CRN]] who are performing construction work on a construction project site within the scope of this award.
13.2 Underground allowance
13.2.1 An employee required to work underground shall be paid an allowance of $10.30 a week in addition to the allowance prescribed in 13.1 and any other amount prescribed for such employee elsewhere in this award.
13.2.2 Where a shaft is to be sunk to a depth greater than six metres the payment of the underground allowance shall commence from the surface.
13.2.3 This allowance shall not be payable to employees engaged upon "pot and drive" work at a depth of 3.6 metres or less.
Provided that where an employee is required to work underground for no more than four days or shifts in an ordinary week he/she shall be paid an underground allowance in accordance with the terms of 12.6.1.
