Charitable, Aged and Disability Care Services (State)
Award
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH
WALES
Application by Australian Business Industrial, Industrial
Organisation of Employers and State Peak Council.
(No. IRC 3656 of 2006)
Before The Honourable Justice Wright, President
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21 December 2006
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VARIATION
1. Insert in
clause 2, Definitions, of the award published on 21 June 2002 (334 I.G. 601)
the following new definition for School based apprentice:
"School based apprentice" is an employee who
is undertaking an apprenticeship wider a training contract while also enrolled
in the Higher School Certificate. The
school based apprenticeship may commence upon the completion of the Year 10
School Certificate exams. Such school based apprenticeships are undertaken at a
minimum Certificate III Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) qualification
level as specified in the relevant Vocational Training Order pursuant to the Apprenticeship
and 'Traineeship Act 2001.
2. Insert after
subclause (vii) of Clause 41, Apprentices, the following new subclauses:
(viii) Wages for
school based apprentice
(a) The hourly
rates for full time apprentices as set out in this Award shall apply to school
based apprentices for total hours worked including time deemed to be spent in
off the job training.
(b) For the
purposes of subclause (a) of this clause, where a school based apprentice is a
full time school student, the time spent in off-the-job training for which the
school based apprentice is paid is deemed to be 25 per cent of the actual hours
worked on-the-job each week. The wages paid for training time may be averaged
over the school term or year.
(c) Where this
Award specifies a weekly rate for full time apprentices the hourly rate shall
be calculated by dividing the applicable weekly rate by 38.
(ix) Progression
through Wage Structure for school based apprentice
(a) School based
apprentices progress through the wage scale at the rate of 12 months'
progression for each two years of employment as an apprentice.
(b) The rates of
pay are based on a standard apprenticeship of four years. The rate of
progression reflects the average rate of skill acquisition expected from the
typical combination of work and training for a school based apprentice
undertaking the applicable apprenticeship.
(x) Conversion
from a school based to a full time apprenticeship
Where an apprentice converts from a. school based to a
full-time apprenticeship, all time spent as a full-time apprentice counts for
the purpose of progression through the wage scale set out in this Award. This progression applies in addition to the
progression achieved as a school based apprentice.
(xi) Conditions of
Employment
Except as provided by this award, School based
apprentices are entitled to pro rata entitlements of all other conditions of
employment contained in this Award.
(xii) Disputes and
Disciplinary Matters
The provisions of the Apprenticeship and Traineeship
Act 2001 shall apply for the resolution of disputes and disciplinary
matters.
3. This
variation shall take effect from 1 January 2007.
F.
L. WRIGHT J
, President
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Printed by
the authority of the Industrial Registrar.