BEFORE THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION

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ADVANCE ENERGY ENTERPRISE AWARD 1999

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

Notice of Award Review pursuant to section 19 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996.

(No. IRC 814 of 2001)

Before the Honourable Mr Deputy President Harrison

30 May and 21 June 2001

REVIEWED AWARD

PART A

Clause Number Subject Matter

31. Accident Pay

44. Aircraft Allowance

21. Annual Leave

37. Anti-Discrimination

9. Appointments And Progression

22. Award Holidays

28. Bereavement Leave

8. Classifications And Rates Of Pay

7. Consultation Process

1. Coverage And Parties

2. Date & Period Of Operation

35. Drivers Licences

5. Enterprise Award

6. Enterprise Agreements

46. Explosives Allowance

42. First Aid Allowance

32. Grievance Resolution and Dispute Procedure

15. Hours Of Work

33. Introduction Of Change

26. Jury Service Leave

43. Leading Hand Allowance

25. Long Service Leave

19. Meal Time And Allowances

47. Movement Of Allowances

3. Objectives

18. On Call And Standing By

34. Outsourcing

17. Overtime

27. Parental Leave

14. Payment

13. Performing Alternative Work

24. Personal Carer’s Leave

4. Policy And Procedures

40. Private Motor Vehicles - Allowances

45. Remote Area Allowance

30. Redundancy

10. Safety

16. Shift Work

23. Sick Leave

38. Salary Sacrifice to Superannuation

41. Telephone Allowance

11. Terms Of Employment

39. Tools

29. Trade Union Leave

20. Travelling Time And Fares

12. Types Of Employment

36. Wet Weather

PART B

Table 1-Allowances

Table 2-Rates of Pay

Table 3-Classifications

1. COVERAGE AND PARTIES

(i) This award shall apply to Advance Energy and its employees listed in the classification structure in Table 3 of Part B of this award.

(ii) This award covers all employment, wages, and conditions of the employees to whom it applies and takes precedence and overrides all awards, enterprise agreements, or other agreement/s that previously applied to employees of Advance Energy.

(iii) The parties to this award are Advance Energy, the Electrical Trades Union of Australia, New South Wales Branch; the Federated Municipal and Shire Council Employees Union of Australia, New South Wales Division; the Australian Services Union and the Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia.

2. DATE AND PERIOD OF OPERATION

This award shall commence on and from the first pay period beginning on or after the 4 May 1999 and shall remain in force for a period of twelve months. This award is reviewed under section 19 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 and shall take effect from 30 May 2001.

3. OBJECTIVES

The agreed objectives of this award are:

(i) Achievement of Advance Energy’s corporate business objectives and strategies;

(ii) Delivery of quality customer service and continuous improvement programs;

(iii) Development of the highest quality training, career opportunities and occupational health and safety programs and policies;

(iv) Recognition of the contributions of all employees to improvements in productivity, efficiency and competitiveness, and their participation in the achievement of these objectives;

(v) To provide terms and conditions of employment in conjunction with operational policies and procedures.

4. POLICY AND PROCEDURES

All operational policy and procedures relating to conditions of employment shall be developed or altered in accordance with the consultation process set in Clause 7of this award.

5. ENTERPRISE AWARD

At least three months before the nominal expiry of this award the parties shall commence negotiations for a replacement enterprise award.

6. ENTERPRISE AGREEMENTS

The parties to this award recognise that enterprise agreements may be used to facilitate agreed alternative arrangements to those in this award. The development of enterprise agreements shall occur through the consultation process.

7. CONSULTATION PROCESS

(i) Where alternatives to award provisions are being considered, the parties concerned will utilise this consultation process with the intention of reaching agreement.

(ii) The consultation process includes involving all parties concerned in any analysis and decision-making about a proposed alternative arrangement.

(iii) Where an alternative arrangement is proposed, Advance Energy will take all possible steps to ensure that any adverse effect on an employee will be minimised or resolved.

(iv) Employees, their union or Advance Energy may initiate a consultation process.

8. CLASSIFICATIONS AND RATES OF PAY

(i) The corresponding weekly rates of pay in Part B of this award shall apply to employees in their respective classifications.

(ii) The rates of pay include a 1.35 percent component in lieu of annual leave loading.

(iii) The parties to this award agree that within three months of this award commencing, a new mutually agreed classification structure, based on performance, will be developed to replace the classifications in Part B of this award.

9. APPOINTMENTS AND PROGRESSION

(i) An employee’s classification shall be matched to the employee’s major and substantial functions for which the employee shall have the skill and training necessary to properly perform.

(ii) Progression within a classification shall be in accordance with Part B of this award.

10. SAFETY

(i) To ensure the safety of our employees, in accordance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Advance Energy will provide a safe working environment.

(ii) All employees will work in a safe manner as required under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

(iii) Employees are required to wear appropriate protective clothing and use safety equipment for the purpose for which they are provided, and observe all other safety procedures.

11. TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT

(i) Probationary Periods-

Advance Energy, when offering employment may include a probationary period of employment of up to three months in the letter of offer of employment. An initial period of probation may be extended by up to a further three months in which case, Advance Energy shall give the employee the reasons in writing.

(ii) Termination of Employment

(a) Notice Of Termination

1. Advance Energy shall give to an employee and an employee shall give to Advance Energy notice of termination of employment of not less than four weeks. The period of notice may be reduced by mutual agreement.

2. Except where the period of notice is reduced by mutual agreement, payment or part payment in lieu of the notice shall be made by Advance Energy if the full notice period or part notice is not given. If the employee fails to give notice or gives incomplete notice, Advance Energy shall withhold payment in lieu of notice or part notice from any termination payment due to the employee.

3. The period of notice shall not apply to dismissal for conduct that justifies instant dismissal or for casual employees.

(b) Statement Of Employment

1. Advance Energy shall, on request from an employee whose employment has been terminated, give the employee a written statement specifying the period of employment and the classification of or the type of work performed by the employee.

12. TYPES OF EMPLOYMENT

Employees covered by this award will be employed in one of the following categories;

(i) Permanent Full Time Employment

Permanent full time employment covers employees working ordinary hours on a permanent basis.

(ii) Permanent Part Time Employment

(a) Permanent part time employment covers employees who work less than the number of ordinary hours worked by full time employees on a permanent basis. A part time employee’s hours will be nominated at commencement of employment. If the employee consistently works in excess of their nominated hours, a review will be conducted with a view to extending the nominated hours.

(b) Part time employees shall be paid an hourly rate calculated by dividing the appropriate salary by the number of hours worked by full time employees in the same classification.

(c) Part time employee shall receive award conditions and payments in respect of annual leave, sick leave, long service leave and all other authorised leave on a proportional basis as the employee’s hours of work related to those worked by full time employees. All Leave Accruals will be in proportion to the number of actual hours worked rather than the number of scheduled hours worked up to the maximum of 36 hours per week.

(d) When a part time employee’s usual day of work falls on a public holiday, the employee shall be entitled to take the day as a holiday without loss of pay.

(e) A part time employee shall receive overtime rates for any time worked in excess of the ordinary daily hours of full time employees under this award.

(iii) Temporary Employment

(a) Temporary employment covers employees engaged on a temporary basis for a period of up to twelve months, and shall not include a person who would be employed under casual employment. Temporary employment shall not be used as an alternative to full time employment.

(b) A temporary employee shall be paid a rate of pay and receive award conditions as is appropriate to either their full time or part time employment under this award.

(iv) Casual Employment

(a) Casual employment covers employees, other than apprentices or trainees, engaged and paid by the hour in intermittent work of an irregular, occasional and/or unexpected nature, but does not include employees who could properly be classified in permanent full time or permanent part time employment.

(b) A casual employee shall be paid the hourly rate of pay for the appropriate classification plus a loading of 20 per cent with a minimum payment of three hours pay for each start.

(c) The casual loading prescribed is in lieu of the annual leave, sick leave and payment for award holiday entitlements arising under this award.

(d) A casual employee shall receive overtime rates for any time worked in excess of the ordinary hours of work for a full time employee. The casual loading is excluded in the calculation of overtime.

(v) Apprentices and Trainees

(a) The provisions of this award apply to apprentices and trainees employed by Advance Energy.

(b) Employment as an apprentice or trainee shall not continue beyond the completion of the term of the apprenticeship or traineeship unless further employment is offered and accepted.

(vi) Changing Employment Category

It is not the intention of this award that employees change their category of employment. Where this does occur it will only be by mutual agreement.

13. PERFORMING ALTERNATIVE WORK

(i) An employee, who is competent to do so, shall where required perform alternative work, to that usually performed by the employee, without reduction in pay.

(ii) Acting Higher Grade

(a) An employee who performs, for at least one ordinary working day, the work of another employee which is paid at a higher rate than the employee’s position, the employee shall be paid the difference between the employee’s usual ordinary pay and the grade for the higher position.

(b) Where an award holiday or group of award holidays occurs during a period when an employee is acting in a higher paid position, the employee shall be paid for the holiday/s at the rate for acting in the position.

(c) An employee shall not receive higher-grade pay whilst on leave unless the employee has acted in the position for an aggregate of at least six months during the twelve-month period prior to going on leave.

(d) Except where an employee is relieving an employee who is on approved leave, periods of acting in a higher-grade position shall not exceed six months.

14. PAYMENT

(i) All employees shall be paid weekly with the exception of employees who elect to utilise the salary sacrifice option to superannuation, (as per clause 38 of this Award) they will be paid fortnightly.

(ii) Payment shall be by direct crediting of an employee’s nominated bank, building society or credit union account. Employees’ pay shall be credited in nominated accounts no later than the close of business on the working day prior to the mutually agreed pay day. Financial institution duty on all pay directly credited to employee accounts shall be paid by Advance Energy.

(iii) An employee may elect to receive an in house benefit in the form of a reduction in electricity accounts and/or purchase of white goods up to the annual maximum amount of fringe benefit free in house benefit specified under the Fringe Benefits Taxation provisions in lieu of receiving the equivalent amount in wages under this award.

(iv) Advance Energy shall deduct out of an employee’s pay such amounts as the employee requests, in writing, in respect of contributions or payments for purposes approved by Advance Energy including deduction of union fees.

15. HOURS OF WORK

(i) Ordinary Hours-The ordinary hours of work shall be thirty-six per week worked on nine eight hour days per fortnight between the hours of 6:00am and 6:00pm on weekdays. The starting and finishing times shall be determined through the consultation process.

(ii) Extended Hours-Where extended hours are performed (eg. overtime or on call) for safety reasons no employee will work more than sixteen hours, which includes ordinary hours of work, in the twenty four hour period commencing 6:00am.

(iii) Alternative Working Arrangements-Alternative arrangements may be entered into between an employee or a group of employees and Advance Energy following the undertaking of the consultation process.

(iv) Rostered Days Off

(a) Where an employee’s rostered day off falls on an award holiday, the employee may take the next scheduled working day as a rostered day off or the employee with the consent of Advance Energy may defer the taking of the day to some other mutually agreed day.

(b) Employees at either Advance Energy’s request or on their own request may defer and accumulate rostered days off to be taken at a mutually agreed time provided that an employee shall not accumulate more than five rostered days off at any one time. At least once in any twelve-month period an employee shall have no accumulated rostered days off.

16. SHIFT WORK

(i) Hours-The ordinary hours of work shall average thirty-six per week over a shift roster.

(ii) Seven Day Rotating Shift Rosters-A seven day twenty-four hour rotating shift roster will comprise two or more shifts in each twenty-four hour period, which may be worked on either an alternating or rotating weekly basis.

(iii) Five Day Rotating Shift Rosters-A five day twenty-four hour rotating shift roster will comprise two or more shifts in each twenty-four hour period, which may be worked Monday to Friday inclusive.

(iv) Payment

Employees required to work shift work shall be paid as follows:

(a) On a rotating roster shall be paid shift allowances as per item 9 of Table 1 Part B of this award:

1. Afternoon shift, which finishes after 6:00pm but no later than midnight

2. Night shift, which finishes after midnight but no later than 8:00am

3. Morning shift, which commences after 5:20am and before 6:20am.

(b) Permanent Shifts-Permanent shifts are afternoon shift, which finishes after 6:00pm and not later than midnight with a shift allowance of thirty percent; and night shift, which finishes after midnight and not later than 8:00am with a shift allowance of thirty percent.

(d) The shift allowance and penalty rates are payable during periods of annual leave.

(e) Saturdays, Sundays And Award Holidays

A shift worker who works the major part of a normal shift or an entire normal shift (as part of a rotating or permanent shift roster) on

1. Saturday shall receive 1.5 times ordinary time rate of pay in lieu of shift allowance

2. Sunday and award holidays shall receive 2.0 times ordinary time rate of pay in lieu of shift allowance.

(f) Alternative Arrangements

Shift workers who make arrangements between themselves or who at their request, work in excess of the hours of rostered shifts or change shift shall not be entitled to payment of overtime for the excess hours or for the changed shifts. Any arrangement shall be only with the approval of Advance Energy.

(g) Shift Work - Change Of Roster And Change Of Shifts

1. A shift worker whose shift or shifts are changed within a roster shall be paid double ordinary time rate for the first changed shift. This provision shall not apply where two days notice of change is given.

2. Where notice is given on or before the second day preceding the change of shift or change of roster an employee who works an additional shift or shifts may take time off in lieu at a mutually agreed time. If it is impracticable to allow the employee to take time off within a period of eight weeks the employee shall be paid for any additional shift worked at double ordinary time rate.

(iv) Non Shift Workers Required To Work Shift Work

A non shift worker given less than a week’s notice to work as a shift worker shall be paid not less than ordinary time rate plus thirty per cent for each shift worked during a period of seven days.

17. OVERTIME

(i) Requirement To Work Reasonable Overtime

It shall be a condition of employment that employees shall work reasonable overtime to meet the needs of Advance Energy.

(ii) Payment For Working Overtime

An employee, including a shift worker, required to perform work in excess of the usual ordinary working hours or outside the usual working hours, shall be paid as follows:

(a) Monday To Midday Saturday:

1. 1.5 times ordinary time rate for the first two hours. The first two hours includes overtime performed immediately before and after usual hours.

2. 2.0 times ordinary time rate after two hours.

(b) After Midday On A Shift Workers Rostered Day Off Or A Saturday, And All Day Sunday:

1. 2.0 times ordinary time rate.

1. 2.0 times ordinary time rate in addition to usual pay for the day.

(d) Award Holiday Outside Usual Working Hours:

1. 2.5 times ordinary time rate until released. For a shift worker this includes overtime, which is continuos with the beginning of an award holiday.

(iii) Time Off In Lieu Of Payment

(a) By agreement, an employee may elect to take time off equivalent to time actually worked in lieu of payment.

(b) If time off in lieu has not been taken within eight weeks, the employee on request will be granted payment at overtime rates.

(iv) Standing By

An employee required to stand-by in readiness to work overtime shall be paid at ordinary time rate of pay from the commencement of stand-by until released or until commencement of overtime.

(v) Minimum Payment For Recall To Work Overtime

(a) An employee notified at work to commence overtime later than one hour after the usual ceasing time, or earlier than two hours before the usual starting time shall be paid a minimum of four hours pay at overtime rates.

(b) An employee notified after the completion of the day’s work to work overtime which is not continuous with the usual hours of work shall be paid a minimum of four hours pay at overtime rates.

(c) The minimum payment of four hours shall not apply in cases where overtime is continuous, subject to a reasonable meal break, with the completion or commencement of an employee’s usual working hours.

(vi) Transport Of Employees

If an employee, finishes overtime at a time when reasonable means of transport are not available, Advance Energy shall provide transport to the employee’s home or pay the employee at the ordinary time rate of pay for reasonable time to travel home.

(vii) Rest Period After Overtime

(a) Where reasonably practicable, employees shall have at least ten consecutive hours off duty before commencing ordinary time work.

(b) If the period between completion of overtime and the start of ordinary time is less than ten hours, the employee shall have a ten-hour rest period without loss of pay for any ordinary hours, which fall in the rest period.

(c) An employee who is required to work without having had a ten hour rest period, shall be entitled to double ordinary time rate of pay until a ten hour rest period is taken without loss of pay for any ordinary hours which fall in the rest period.

(d) Rest periods shall not apply if an employee works overtime for less than four hours.

(e) An employee, recalled to work overtime between midnight and 4:00am on the following day, shall be entitled to extend the usual commencing time on the day following by an equivalent period.

(f) An employee who is required to commence work at the usual commencing time, shall be entitled to double ordinary time rate of pay for the equivalent period by which the employee would have otherwise extended the usual commencing time.

(g) Where an employee is entitled to a rest period and the rest period coincides with an award holiday, the employee shall be entitled to defer starting time by time equivalent on the next ordinary working day.

18. ON CALL AND STANDING BY

(i) Definitions

(a) On Call And Standing By

1. An employee designated as "on call and standing by" shall mean an employee required to be available for emergency and/or breakdown work at all times, outside the employee’s usual hours of duty.

2. On call and stand by work shall not include overtime which has been pre-arranged prior to the employee’s normal ceasing time, or work which is not emergency and/or breakdown work.

(b) Emergency And/Or Breakdown Work

Emergency and/or breakdown work includes restoring supply; returning to safe and proper operating conditions any faulty plant and equipment, and urgent maintenance work.

A call-out is the time the employee receives a call, or calls, for emergency and/or breakdown work, to the time the employee ceases work in connection with the call or calls and returns home. A call-out includes work involved in any further calls for service which the employee may receive whilst out on duty or which are at home on return. A call out shall not include any rest period, which is continuous with a call out.

(ii) Employees On-Call And Standing By - Availability

An employee on-call and standing by shall:

(a) Ensure that they are in the general vicinity of the on call area for which they are responsible and that they are contactable at all times and able to respond to a call out without undue delay.

(b) Not engage in any activity or be committed in any way, which would prevent the employee from being immediately available to attend to a call out.

(c) Not be required to be constantly available beyond a period of four weeks where other employees are available for duty.

(d) Where no other employees are available for inclusion in an on call and standing by roster, the employee concerned shall have at least one weekend, comprising two consecutive days, off duty in each four weeks, without reduction of the availability allowance.

(iii) Availability Allowance - On Call And Standing By

(a) The weekly availability allowance is as set in item 4 of Table 1 of Part B of this award.

(b) The availability allowance shall continue to be paid to the employee during periods of leave and worker’s compensation, on the basis of the employee’s usual payment, if the employee has been on call and standing by either constantly or on a roster, for a period of at least one month prior to the leave.

(c) The availability allowance is a weekly allowance, which is divisible and payable for a full or part ordinary day at 20 percent of the allowance and for a full or part Saturday, Sunday or award holiday, at 25 percent of the allowance.

(d) Where an employee works to a roster, the allowance shall be divided by the number of weeks on duty in any rolling period and paid in equal amounts for each week in the period. An employee who performs extra duty during the employee’s usual rostered off period shall receive pro rata payment for the extra duty.

(iv) Payment For Call-Outs-Payment shall be at double ordinary time rate of pay for the time required to complete each call-out.

(v) Minimum Payment-The minimum time payable for a call-out shall be one hour at double ordinary time rate of pay.

(vi) Rest Period - After work

(a) An employee who works during the eight hours immediately preceding the employee’s usual starting time, shall be entitled, to defer the starting time with out loss of pay by a period equal to the actual time worked.

(b) If the employee is required to commence work at the usual starting time, double ordinary rates shall apply for the time worked by which the employee otherwise would have deferred the usual starting time.

(vii) Work On An Award Holiday-An employee required to be on call and standing by on an award holiday shall be granted one day’s leave in lieu.

19. MEAL TIME AND ALLOWANCES

(i) Meal Breaks

(a) An employee shall not, at any time, be compelled to work for more than five hours without a break for a meal.

(b) Day workers shall be allowed meal breaks of no less than thirty minutes without pay, on each ordinary working day.

(c) These provisions may be applied to shift workers when working on a day shift, which falls within the ordinary hours of work for day workers.

(d) Shift workers shall be allowed in each ordinary working shift, a paid meal period of twenty minutes, which shall be treated as part of the shift.

(ii) Meal Times

(a) Meal break times during an ordinary working day or ordinary rostered shifts may vary for employees, as is necessary or appropriate for the conduct of business.

(b) An employee’s usual meal break time may be varied by mutual agreement.

(iii) Working In Usual Meal Break

Where an employee is required to work through the usual meal break time due to special circumstances and was not notified on the day before or earlier, the employee shall be paid at ordinary time and one half for the period by which the meal break was deferred. Alternatively, by mutual agreement, the employee can take time off with pay, equal to the time by which the meal break was deferred.

(iv) Overtime Meal Breaks And Meal Allowance

An employee required to work overtime shall have meal breaks as follows:

(a) An employee who works one and one half hours or more overtime immediately following their ordinary day’s work shall be paid a meal allowance as set in Table 1 of Part B of this award and have a meal break of twenty minutes, which may be taken by mutual agreement at the commencement, during or conclusion of the overtime period.

(b) An employee working overtime shall be paid a meal allowance as set in Table 1 of Part B of this award and have a meal break of twenty minutes after each period of four hours of overtime worked, which may be taken during the overtime.

(d) An employee who works two hours or more overtime prior to normal working hours, or an employee who works two hours or more overtime which is punctuated by the employee’s normal working hours, shall be entitled to a meal allowance as set in Table 1 of Part B of this award.

(v) Shift Work - Overtime

These provisions relating to meal breaks during periods of overtime and to the payment of meal allowances shall apply to shift workers required to work overtime outside the hours of their ordinary rostered shift, except in cases where, by an approved arrangement made between employees or at their request, excess time is incurred in changed shifts or in their ordinary rostered shifts.

(vi) On-Call Included

These provisions also apply to employees engaged in after hours on-call and standing by emergency and/or breakdown work.

20. TRAVELLING TIME AND FARES

(i) Normal Travel To And From Work-Time spent by an employee in normal daily travel, to and from the employee’s home and normal place of work to attend for work, shall be at the employee’s expense and without payment.

(ii) Additional Travel To And From Work -Time spent by an employee in travel, outside the usual working hours and in addition to the employee’s normal travel time to attend for work, overtime or employer arranged training not related to the employees current or possible future appointment or grading, will be paid at the appropriate overtime rate.

(iii) Travel Time For Training-Time spent by an employee in travel, outside the usual working hours and in addition to the employee’s normal travel time to attend employer arranged training, which is related to the employees current, or possible future appointment or grading, will be paid at ordinary time rate for any additional travel time.

(iv) Normal Place Of Work-An employee’s normal place of work is the location to which an employee is usually attached and is regularly used as the employee’s base or headquarters or normal place of work.

(v) Payment Of Fares-The employee shall be reimbursed for any additional fares, which the employee has reasonably incurred in respect of a period of additional travel.

(vi) Use Of Private Vehicle-An employee who agrees to undertake additional travel in a private motor vehicle shall receive, in addition to payment for travelling time, reimbursement for the casual use at the Australian Tax Office rates.

(vii) Reasonable Travelling-When calculating travelling time, the most reasonable way and the most expeditious route available will be used.

(viii) Travel Within Minimum Period-An employee entitled to a minimum period payment for overtime or other penalty work shall not be entitled to payment for travelling time where the travelling occurred within that minimum period.

(ix) On-Call Excluded-This clause does not apply to travelling involved in after-hours on-call and standing by emergency and/or breakdown work.

21. ANNUAL LEAVE

(i) Advance Energy shall grant each employee four week’s annual leave which shall be taken in accordance with the Annual Holidays Act 1944 (as amended).

(ii) Advance Energy shall grant an additional week as paid annual leave to seven day shift workers after each year of service, payment for the additional shifts shall include the shift allowance and penalties. An employee who has worked as a seven-day shift worker for a portion of a year shall be granted a proportionate amount of the week.

22. AWARD HOLIDAYS

(i) Award Holidays-Employees shall be granted the following days as award holidays with pay:

(a) Any day proclaimed as a state wide public holiday.

(b) Union picnic day, to be held on a day as is mutually agreed with a reasonable level of service to be maintained on the day.

(ii) Employee Absent Prior To And After Award Holiday-An employee who is absent from duty without the approval of Advance Energy on the working day prior to and the working day following an award holiday shall not be entitled to payment for such holiday.

(iii) Award Holiday During Leave Of Absence-An employee, absent without pay for more than five consecutive working days, shall not receive payment for any award holiday which occurs during the absence.

(iv) Award Holiday For Shift Workers

(a) Rostered Day Off-If an award holiday occurs on an employee’s rostered day off under a shift roster system, then the rostered day off must be paid for at ordinary rate or another rostered day off allowed.

(b) Normal Rostered Shift-A shift worker who works the major part of a normal shift or an entire normal shift on an award holiday shall have one day added to their annual leave.

23. SICK LEAVE

(i) An employee who is absent from work due to personal illness or injury, not due to injury by accident arising out of and in the course of employment, shall have access to sick leave with pay subject to the following:

(a) An employee shall where possible notify their supervisor, within one hour of the employee’s usual starting time, of the employee’s inability to attend on account of personal illness or injury and advise of the estimated duration of absence.

(b) An employee will not be required to produce medical certificates. However, an employee is required to satisfy their supervisor that an absence is due to personal illness or injury. If an employee is required to undergo sick leave case management, the employee will be required to produce satisfactory evidence.

(d) Where an employee has a long-term illness, which has caused the employee to be absent for more than six months, Advance Energy will consult with the employee’s union, and the employee’s medical adviser or refer the employee to a nominated medical practitioner to determine the likelihood of the employee returning to work. If the medical advice confirms that the employee will be unable to return to work, Advance Energy may terminate the employee’s service.

(ii) Avoidance Of Duplicate Benefits-An employee, who has been granted sick leave under this clause, and who in respect of the same period of sick leave receives compensation under any Act or law, shall reimburse Advance Energy from that compensation, any amounts paid as sick leave.

(iii) Existing Accumulation

(a) Employees shall have their untaken sick leave accumulated to 30 June 1997 preserved. An employee shall be paid their preserved balance where an employee’s service is terminated because the employee is unable to return to work under subclause (i) (d) above, or where an employee is made redundant by Advance Energy, or when an employee retires permanently from the work force and the retirement would have qualified the employee for payment under the provisions of the County Councils (Electricity Undertakings) Conditions of Employment State Award, whether or not that award is in existence at the time of the employee’s retirement.

(b) Where an employee dies, the preserved balance shall be paid to the employee’s legal representative.

(c) Where an employee is paid their preserved balance of sick leave, the employee will be considered to be on sick leave and the termination of employment for the purpose of this sub-clause only, will notionally occur on the date on which the employee’s preserved balance of sick leave is depleted.

(iv) Illness During Annual And Long Service Leave-If an employee suffers personal illness or injury for a period of at least five consecutive days whilst on annual or long service leave, the employee may be granted additional leave equivalent to the period of personal illness or injury, which occurred during the leave. In these circumstances, satisfactory medical evidence will be necessary.

24. PERSONAL CARER’S LEAVE

(i) An employee shall have access to personal carer’s leave with pay to provide short term care and support for immediate family members when they are ill. Personal carer’s leave is not long-term indefinite leave and only applies where no other carer is available until alternative arrangements can be made. The employee is obligated to put in place alternative care arrangements as soon as possible.

(ii) An employee who needs to take personal carer’s leave shall notify their supervisor at the first opportunity.

(iii) The management of personal carer’s leave will be in accordance with Advance Energy’s sick and personal carer’s leave policy.

(iv) Immediate family includes the employee’s spouse (including former spouse, a de facto spouse and a former de facto spouse), a child or an adult child (including an adopted child, a step child or an ex nuptial child), parent, grandparent, grandchild or sibling.

25. LONG SERVICE LEAVE

(i) Advance Energy shall grant each employee long service leave on full pay as follows:

Length Of Continuous Service Amount Of Leave

After 10 years 13 weeks

Between 10 and 15 1.7 weeks per year

Between 15 and 20 years 2.7 weeks per year

After 20 years 2.6 weeks per year

(ii) Accrual Of Leave-Long service leave shall accrue during a period of continuous service on a pro rata basis proportionate to the scale of leave set out above. However, the amount of accrued leave, which an employee has, shall be reduced by any period of leave previously taken.

(iii) Taking Of Leave-An employee shall not be entitled to take any period of long service leave until the employee has completed ten years continuous service with Advance Energy. The taking of long service leave shall be at a time convenient to, and by mutual arrangement with Advance Energy, but at the discretion of the employee.

(iv) Fragmented Leave-Long service leave may, be taken in separate periods of not less than one week.

(v) Notice Of Leave-An employee shall give Advance Energy at least one month’s notice of the taking of long service leave. However, a shorter period of notice may be given in cases of unforseen events, which necessitate an employee taking leave.

(vi) Continuous Service-Continuous service is that period from the date of commencement to the date of termination of employment and shall include:

(a) For employees of Advance Energy at 1 January, 1997 that service previously with a city, municipality, shire or county district, or local government body or electricity distributor or for employment in New South Wales with any person or corporation which has supplied electricity to the public under franchise agreement in accordance with the New South Wales Local Government Act.

(b) All paid leave.

(d) Employment as a part-time or temporary employee.

(e) Employment as a casual employee which is continuous with other employment at Advance Energy.

(f) Periods which shall not be included in the calculation of continuous service are unpaid absences, periods between separate periods of employment with Advance Energy.

(vii) Payment

(a) Allowances-An employee who regularly receives payment of on-call and standing by allowances, shift allowances or any allowance payable for all purpose allowance, will receive payment of those allowances during periods of long service leave on the same basis of payment or average payment to the employee in the four week period prior to the date of commencement of the leave.

(b) Full Pay-During a period of long service leave, an employee shall be paid in addition to allowances, the employee’s rate of pay which the employee would have received for the period had the employee not been on leave. Provided that in the case of a part time employee, the payment of leave shall be calculated by averaging the employee’s hours over the previous twelve months.

(c) Payment Before Leave-An employee shall be entitled to receive payment for the full period of long service leave prior to the date upon which the leave commences.

(viii) Holidays Excluded-Long service leave shall be exclusive of all award holidays, which occur during the period of such leave.

(ix) Termination of Employment

(a) Ten Years-Where an employee has completed at least ten years continuous service, and the employee’s employment is terminated for any reason, or the employee dies, the employee or the employee’s legal representative, shall be paid the amount due for the employee’s accrued long service leave.

(b) Short Service-Where an employee has completed at least five years service and employment is terminated by Advance Energy for any reason, or by the employee on account of illness, incapacity or other domestic or pressing necessity, or by reason of death Advance Energy shall pay to the employee or the employee’s legal representative the monetary equivalent of the

(c) Payment On Termination-On termination of employment, an employee shall be paid the ordinary rate of pay, excluding allowances, for accrued long service leave.

(x) No Payment In Lieu-Advance Energy shall not pay an employee in lieu of long service leave, whilst the employee remains an employee of Advance Energy.

26. JURY SERVICE LEAVE

(i) An employee shall notify Advance Energy as soon as possible of the date upon which they are required to attend for jury service.

(ii) An employee shall be paid by Advance Energy the difference between the jury service fee received and the employee’s ordinary time rate of pay for jury service during the employee’s usual ordinary working hours.

(iii) An employee who attended jury service during a period of annual or long service leave shall, on application and on production of satisfactory evidence, be credited with leave, for the period during which the employee would have been on annual or long service leave had the employee not been on jury service.

27. PARENTAL LEAVE

Employees shall have, in connection with the birth or adoption of a child, maternity, paternity or adoption leave in accordance with the provisions of the NSW Industrial Relations Act, 1996.

28. BEREAVEMENT LEAVE

(i) Where an employee’s immediate family member dies, the employee shall be granted bereavement leave with pay for any unworked part of the ordinary working day or rostered shift during which the employee was notified of the death and up to a further two ordinary working days or rostered shifts.

(ii) Immediate family member includes a spouse (including a former spouse, a de facto spouse and a former de facto spouse) a child or an adult child (including an adopted child, a stepchild or an ex nuptial child), parent, grandparent, grandchild or sibling.

29. TRADE UNION LEAVE

(i) An employee may make application to Advance Energy for paid leave to attend a trade union courses/conferences.

(ii) Advance Energy’s approval of an application for trade union leave is subject to:

(a) The taking of the leave shall be dependant upon Advance Energy being able to make adequate staffing arrangements.

(b) Training courses/conferences should be for union delegates or workplace representatives for whom the approved course is of relevance.

(d) Paid leave will not incur any other payment other than the ordinary rate of pay.

(e) An employee must have one year’s service with Advance Energy before leave can be granted.

(f) An annual pool of paid leave up to a maximum of 30 days will be provided by Advance Energy for employees to use for trade union leave. Extra leave may be granted by approval of the Chief Executive Officer.

30. REDUNDANCY

(i) Where the company has made a definite decision to introduce major changes that are likely to have significant effects on employees that may lead to the termination of employment of one or more employees, the company will consult with the employees and the union.

(ii) If Advance Energy makes employees redundant then the company shall pay those employees effected a redundancy payment in accordance with company policy or at a minimum as set out in the table below:

Years of Service	Weeks per year of service
Less than 1 year	1 week
1 year and less than 3 years	2 weeks
3 years and less than 5 years	3 weeks
5 years and over	4 weeks

31. ACCIDENT PAY

(i) Accident Pay

(a) An employee, after a period or periods of worker’s compensation totalling 26 weeks, shall be entitled to accident pay for a further period of absence, or absences up to a period of 26 weeks of incapacity.

(b) Accident pay is not payable for the first 26 weeks of period of incapacity.

(c) ‘Accident Pay’ shall mean a weekly payment of an amount representing the difference between the amount of compensation to which the employee would be entitled to under the NSW Workers’ Compensation Act, as amended and the employee’s ordinary rate of pay.

(d) Accident pay shall be payable only for a period or periods of incapacity while the employee remains an employee of Advance Energy.

(e) An employee shall not be entitled to the payment of accident pay in addition to payment for any period of annual leave, sick leave, long service leave or any award holiday, or for any period for which the employee has received a verdict for damages or a payment as settlement for a claim related to a compensation injury.

(ii) Notice of Injury-An injured employee shall give notice in writing, of the injury and circumstances leading to the injury, to Advance Energy without undue delay, and shall provide in writing all other information as Advance Energy may reasonably require.

(iii) Medical Examination-Nothing in this Clause shall in any way be taken as restricting or removing Advance Energy’s right under NSW workers’ compensation laws, to require the employee to submit for examination by a legally qualified medical practitioner, provided and paid by Advance Energy. If the employee refuses to submit to such examination or in any way obstructs the same, the employee’s right to receive or continue to receive accident pay shall be suspended until such examination has taken place.

(iv) Damages Or Settlement

The employee shall not be entitled to receive accident pay if the employee fails to give Advance Energy:

(a) An undertaking that if the employee obtains a verdict for damages against Advance Energy in respect of the injury or is paid an amount in settlement of any claim for damages that the employee has made against Advance Energy for the injury, the employee will immediately upon receipt of payment or upon receipt of payment by the employee’s agent of a verdict for damages or amount in settlement of the claim, repay to Advance Energy the amount of accident pay which Advance Energy has paid.

(b) An undertaking that where the injury was caused under the circumstances creating a liability in a third party to pay damages and the employee obtains a verdict for damages or is paid an amount of money in settlement of any claims for damages against that third party the employee will out of such verdict or amount of money repay to Advance Energy the amount of accident pay which Advance Energy has paid.

(c) An irrevocable authority addressed to any third party requiring such third party out of any verdict which may be obtained by the employee against that third party or any amount of money payable to the employee in settlement of any claim for damages made against that third party to pay to Advance Energy the amount of accident pay which Advance Energy has paid to the employee.

32. GRIEVANCE RESOLUTION AND DISPUTE PROCEDURE

(i) Where a grievance or dispute concerning an employment matter, the following steps will be taken:

Step 1 The grievance or dispute shall first be discussed with their immediate supervisor who will make the necessary enquires and give the employee or employees a response. Every effort will be made to give the employee or employees a response within two working days.

Step 2 Should the grievance or dispute remain unresolved, the employee or employees should forward the details of the grievance or dispute in writing to the divisional General Manager who will arrange a meeting, within ten working days, with the relevant people to discuss the matter with a view to resolving the grievance or dispute.

Step 3 If the grievance or dispute is still unresolved, the Executive Manager Organisation Development and the appropriate union official shall be notified and a conference arranged to examine and resolve the matter.

Step 4 If the grievance or dispute is not settled by the conference Advance Energy and the union may refer the matter to an agreed mediator for a mediation conference, which shall be attended by the employee with their union representative and a person with appropriate authority from Advance Energy. The costs of the mediation shall be met by Advance Energy.

(a) The mediation conference is not to be conducted in a legalistic fashion and shall be approached by all concerned to bring about an agreed solution. The mediator will not make decisions or impose a solution on the parties unless requested to do so, in writing, by both parties.

(b) If a settlement is reached, the terms of the settlement must be written down and signed by both parties and the mediator before the mediation conference is terminated.

(d) Either party may terminate the mediation conference, in writing, at any time.

Step 5 If the grievance or dispute still remains unresolved, either party has the right to have the matter referred to the appropriate industrial tribunal for conciliation and/or arbitration.

(ii) During the grievance and dispute resolution procedure, the normal work situation that existed prior to the grievance or dispute arising shall be maintained and no party shall be prejudiced.

(iii) This procedure shall not prevent Advance Energy or the union from making direct representations to one another on any matter giving rise to or likely to give rise to a grievance or dispute.

33. INTRODUCTION OF CHANGE

Where Advance Energy has made a decision to introduce major changes in business processes, organisation, structure or technology that will have significant effects on employees, Advance Energy will consult its employees who may be affected by the proposed changes and the relevant unions as soon as practicable.

34. OUTSOURCING

(i) Where Advance Energy is considering out sourcing of work activities, the employees and their union/s will be notified and be provided with twenty-eight days to respond with suitable alternatives. If no response is received Advance Energy will then proceed to invite tenders.

Advance Energy at the same time as tenders are invited will provide the union/s with a copy of any tender, which has been prepared.

(ii) The tenders when advertised shall be timed so as to provide the employees with an opportunity to submit an offer to establish that they can do the work to an equivalent standard, timetable and price.

(iii) The tenders when invited will specify that the offer must include details of the rates of pay applicable to the classifications engaged by the contractor; the award coverage and conditions of employment of employees engaged by the contractor; a requirement that a contractor, other than a sole trader, who employs employees has an enterprise agreement with the relevant union/s and an agreement by the contractor to comply with the industry safety standards and work practices.

(iv) The work will only be out sourced when it can be demonstrated that either:

(a) Insufficient overall resources are available to meet the current Advance Energy overall work commitment and work timetable; or

(b) That the failure to complete the work in a reasonable time work would jeopardise the safety of the public or impact adversely upon system performance; or

(c) That the use of outsourcing the work is the most advantageous option taking into account quality, safety and performance.

(d) Any comparison will be done on a genuine like to like basis free of overheads and subsidies that would continue even if the work was outsourced.

(e) Advance Energy will advise employees and their unions following consideration of tenders and the above factors.

(f) The parties agree that the provisions requiring consultation will not apply under circumstances where competition or legislative requirements require Advance Energy to seek competitive bids for contestable work.

(v) Where a decision to outsource is taken and as a result an employees position is no longer required the position holder will not be forced to be made redundant and shall be offered redeployment or bonafide redundancy as described in the Bonafide Redundancy policy.

35. DRIVERS LICENCES

An employee who is required to hold a driver’s licence, as a function of their position, shall be reimbursed the cost of the licence by Advance Energy.

36. WET WEATHER

Where an employee is unable to work because of wet weather, payment for periods not worked shall be made provided:

(i) The employee remains at work until permitted to leave work; or

(ii) The employee stands by as directed; or

(iii) The employee reports for duty as directed.

37. ANTI-DISCRIMINATION

(i) It is the intention of the parties bound by this award to seek to achieve the object in section 3 (f) of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 to prevent and eliminate discrimination in the workplace. This includes discrimination on the grounds discrimination on the grounds of race, sex, marital status, disability, homosexuality, transgender identity and age.

(ii) It follows that in fulfilling their obligations under the dispute resolution procedure prescribed by this award the parties have obligations to take all reasonable steps to ensure that the operation of the provisions of this award are not directly or indirectly discriminatory in their effects. It will be consistent with the fulfilment of these obligations for the parties to make application to vary any provision of the award, which, by its terms or operation, has a direct or indirect discriminatory effect.

(iii) Under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977, it is unlawful to victimise an employee because the employee has made or may make or has been involved in a complaint of unlawful discrimination or harassment.

Nothing in this clause is to be taken to affect:

(a) any conduct or act which is specially exempted from anti-discrimination legislation;

(b) offering or providing junior rates of pay to persons under 21 years of age;

(c) any act or practice of a body established to propagate religion which is exempted under section 56 (d) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977;

(d) a party to this award from pursing matters of unlawful discrimination in any State or Federal jurisdiction.

This clause does not create legal rights or obligations in addition to those imposed upon the parties by the legislation referred to in this clause.

NOTES

(a) Employers and employees may also be subject to Commonwealth anti-discrimination legislation.

(b) Section 56 (d) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 provides:

"Nothing in the Act affects ... any other act or practice of a body established to propagate religion that conforms to the doctrines of that religion or is necessary to avoid injury to the religious susceptibilities of the adherents of that religion."

38. SALARY SACRIFICE TO SUPERANNUATION

Individual employees may sacrifice a portion of their salary into an approved superannuation fund. This salary sacrifice option is only available if the employee complies with section 14 (i) of this award.

39. TOOLS

(i) Advance Energy shall provide employees with the necessary tools to perform their duties.

(ii) Damaged, lost or worn tools shall be replaced by Advance Energy.

(iii) Employee’s shall use the tools for their intended purpose only.

(iv) Employee’s shall exercise all care in the use of and safe keeping of tools.

40. PRIVATE MOTOR VEHICLE - ALLOWANCES

(i) Casual Use of Motor Vehicles

An employee who, by arrangement, uses a privately owned motor vehicle in their job shall be paid for the casual use at the Australian Taxation Office rates.

41. TELEPHONE ALLOWANCE

Employees who are required to provide a telephone at their home for the purpose of Advance Energy business, shall be given a quarterly flat rate allowance, which shall be paid in equal weekly instalments, as set in Table 1 of Part B of this award to cover telephone rent, service and equipment charges and business calls. Where, in any quarter, the cost of business calls exceeds the quarterly allowance, the employee shall provide proof of the additional calls and then be reimbursed the cost of the excess calls.

42. FIRST AID ALLOWANCE

(i) All employees will be encouraged to obtain a first aid certificate. The costs of obtaining the certificate and the ongoing renewal costs will be met by Advance Energy.

(ii) An employee who is the holder of a current recognised First Aid Certificate and who is designated first aid attendant shall be paid a weekly first aid allowance as set in of Table 1 of Part B of this award.

43. LEADING HAND ALLOWANCE

(i) A leading hand is an employee within the Contracting Services division who is placed in charge of and is responsible for a discrete work group comprising two or more employees in addition to the leading hand.

(ii) An employee undertaking the duties of leading hand shall be paid an allowance set in Table 1 of Part B of this award.

(iii) The leading hand allowance shall be added to the ordinary rate of pay of the employee undertaking the duties of leading hand, and the ordinary rate of pay shall be increased by the amount of the allowance.

(iv) Payment For All Purposes - This allowance shall apply in the calculation of overtime, annual leave, sick leave, long service leave, accident pay, award holidays and travelling time.

44. AIRCRAFT ALLOWANCE

(i) An employee who is required in the course of employment to be engaged in a rotary or fixed wing aircraft in inspection and reporting on the distribution network shall be paid an allowance as set in Table 1 of Part B of this award, per day or part thereof whilst so engaged.

(ii) Paid On Overtime - This allowance shall apply during periods of overtime. This allowance is not paid for other purposes.

45. REMOTE AREA ALLOWANCE

(i) Employees working in places situated upon or west of a line drawn commencing at Advance Energy border at a point immediately south of Condobolin then to Condobolin, then to Narromine then to Coonamble and then immediately north to Advance Energy’s border shall be paid a daily allowance as set in Table 1 of part B of this award.

(ii) This allowance shall not form part of the ordinary rates of pay for the purpose of the calculation of overtime. This allowance is not paid for other purposes.

46. EXPLOSIVES ALLOWANCE

An employee who is the holder of a Powderman’s Certificate Of Competency issued by Workcover and who uses and maintains explosives shall be paid an all purpose allowance as set in Table 1 of Part B of this award.

47. MOVEMENT OF ALLOWANCES

Allowances described in Table 1 of Part B of this award shall increase at the same percentage rate as rates of pay in Part B.

PART B

TABLE 1-ALLOWANCES

Clause	Allowance Description			1 Jan 2001		1 July 2001		1 July 2002
43	Leading Hand Allowance			$40.74 p/week		$41.96		$42.80
46	Explosives Allowance			$11.25 p/week		$11.58		$11.82
44	Aircraft Allowance			$13.20 p/day		$13.59		$13.87
18	Availability Allowance			$97.55 p/week		$100.48		$102.49
	On Call			$97.55 p/week		$100.48		$102.49
19	Meal Allowance			$8.92 p/meal		$9.14		$9.28
41	Telephone Allowance			$136.00 p/quarter		$139.40		$141.49
45	Remote Area Allowance			$1.03 p/day		$1.06		$1.09
42	First Aid Allowance			$10.33 p/week		$10.64		$10.85
	Apprentice Training Breakfast &			$20 p/week		$20.60		$21.00
	Incidentals
16	Shift Allowance

	1. Afternoon Shift			$15.61 p/shift		$16.08		$16.40
	2. Night Shift			$15.61 p/shift		$16.08		$16.40
	3. Morning Shift			$7.23 p/shift		$7.45		$7.60
Clause		Allowance Description	1 Dec 2000		1 Jan 2001		1 July 2001		1 Jan 2002

18		On Call Allowance	$102.80		$104.86		$108.00		$110.16

TABLE 2-RATES OF PAY

Classification	Grade	1 July 2000	1 Jan 2001	1 July 2001	1 Jan 2002
Apprentice	1	$318.22	$324.58	$334.32	$341.01
Apprentice	2	$380.16	$387.77	$399.40	$407.39
Apprentice	3	$440.07	$448.87	$462.34	$471.58
Apprentice	4	$498.83	$508.81	$524.07	$534.55
Administration Officer	1,1	$838.56	$855.33	$880.99	$898.61
Administration Officer	1,2	$861.23	$878.46	$904.81	$922.91
Administration Officer	2,1	$887.07	$904.81	$931.95	$950.59
Administration Officer	2,2	$913.95	$932.23	$960.20	$979.40
Administration Officer	3,1	$936.63	$955.36	$984.02	$1,003.70
Administration Officer	3,2	$955.56	$974.68	$1,003.92	$1,023.99
Administration Officer	4,1	$979.06	$998.64	$1,028.60	$1,049.17
Administration Officer	4,2	$1,007.70	$1,027.85	$1,058.68	$1,079.86
Administration Officer	5,1	$1,035.51	$1,056.22	$1,087.91	$1,109.67
Administration Officer	5,2	$1,062.05	$1,083.29	$1,115.79	$1,138.11
Administration Officer	6,1	$1,083.32	$1,104.99	$1,138.14	$1,160.90
Administration Officer	6,2	$1,106.35	$1,128.48	$1,162.33	$1.185.58
Administration Officer	7,1	$1,126.92	$1,149.46	$1,183.95	$1,207.63
Administration Officer	7,2	$1,146.56	$1,169.49	$1,204.58	$1,228.67
Administration Officer	8,1	$1,164.09	$1,187.37	$1,223.00	$1,247.46
Administration Officer	8,2	$1,183.73	$1,207.40	$1,243.63	$1,268.50
Administration Officer	9,1	$1,203.72	$1,227.79	$1,264.63	$1,289.92
Administration Officer	9,2	$1,220.90	$1,245.32	$1,282.68	$1,308.33
Administration Officer	10,1	$1,244.16	$1,269.04	$1,307.12	$1,333.26
Administration Officer	10,2	$1,267.07	$1,292.41	$1,331.18	$1,357.81
Administration Officer	11,1	$1,290.10	$1,315.90	$1,355.38	$1,382.49
Administration Officer	11,2	$1,311.96	$1,338.20	$1,378.34	$1,405.91
Administration Officer	12,1	$1,334.52	$1,361.21	$1,402.04	$1,430.08
Administration Officer	12,2	$1,357.08	$1,384.22	$1,425.74	$1,454.26
Clerical Officer	1,1	$316.77	$323.10	$332.80	$339.45
Clerical Officer	1,2	$361.65	$368.89	$379.95	$387.55
Clerical Officer	1,3	$405.60	$413.71	$426.13	$434.65
Clerical Officer	1,4	$501.69	$511.72	$527.07	$537.61
Clerical Officer	2,1	$566.79	$578.13	$595.47	$607.38
Clerical Officer	2,2	$589.35	$601.14	$619.17	$631.56
Clerical Officer	2,3	$608.64	$620.81	$639.44	$652.22
Clerical Officer	2,4	$630.03	$642.63	$661.91	$675.15
Clerical Officer	2,5	$652.70	$665.76	$685.73	$699.45
Clerical Officer	2,6	$672.34	$685.79	$706.36	$720.49
Clerical Officer	3,1	$702.62	$716.67	$738.17	$752.93
Clerical Officer	3,2	$728.92	$743.50	$765.80	$781.12
Clerical Officer	4,1	$747.50	$762.45	$785.32	$801.03
Clerical Officer	4,2	$767.02	$782.37	$805.84	$821.95
Clerical Officer	5,1	$790.75	$806.57	$830.77	$847.38
Clerical Officer	5,2	$812.96	$829.22	$854.09	$871.18
Depot Officer	1,1	$588.74	$600.51	$618.53	$630.90
Depot Officer	1,2	$611.45	$623.67	$642.38	$655.23
Depot Officer	1,3	$629.47	$642.06	$661.32	$674.55
Depot Officer	2	$642.59	$655.44	$675.11	$688.61
Depot Officer	3	$663.35	$676.62	$696.92	$710.86
Depot Officer	4	$683.10	$696.76	$717.66	$732.01
Electrical Technician	1	$653.77	$666.85	$686.85	$700.59
Electrical Technician	2	$673.16	$686.63	$707.23	$721.37
Electrical Technician	3	$689.48	$703.27	$724.37	$738.86
Electrical Technician	4	$705.23	$719.33	$740.91	$755.73
Electrical Technician	5	$722.91	$737.37	$759.49	$774.68
Electrical Technician	6	$741.74	$756.58	$779.27	$794.86
Electrical Technician	7	$759.31	$774.50	$797.73	$813.69
Electrical Technician	8	$778.37	$793.93	$817.75	$834.11
Electrical Technician	9	$795.14	$811.04	$835.37	$852.08
Electrical Worker	1	$563.75	$575.02	$592.28	$604.12
Electrical Worker	2	$576.07	$587.59	$605.22	$617.33
Electrical Worker	3	$588.74	$600.51	$618.53	$630.90
Electrical Worker	4	$611.45	$623.67	$642.38	$655.23
Electrical Worker	5	$629.47	$642.06	$661.32	$674.55
Electrical Worker	6	$642.59	$655.44	$675.11	$688.61
Engineering Officer	1,1	$829.56	$846.15	$871.53	$888.96
Engineering Officer	1,2	$850.60	$867.61	$893.64	$911.51
Engineering Officer	2,1	$868.60	$885.97	$912.55	$930.80
Engineering Officer	2,2	$891.74	$909.58	$936.86	$955.60
Engineering Officer	3,1	$913.95	$932.23	$960.20	$979.40
Engineering Officer	3,2	$933.82	$952.50	$981.08	$1,000.70
Engineering Officer	4,1	$958.25	$977.42	$1,006.74	$1,026.88
Engineering Officer	4,2	$974.03	$993.52	$1,023.32	$1,043.79
Engineering Officer	5,1	$997.65	$1,017.60	$1,048.13	$1,069.09
Engineering Officer	5,2	$1,017.28	$1,037.63	$1,068.76	$1,090.13
Engineering Officer	6,1	$1,040.08	$1,060.88	$1,092.70	$1,114.56
Engineering Officer	6,2	$1,070.70	$1,092.11	$1,124.88	$1,147.37
Engineering Officer	7,1	$1,091.97	$1,113.81	$1,147,23	$1,170.17
Engineering Officer	7,2	$1,116.29	$1,138.61	$1,172.77	$1,196.23
Engineering Officer	8,1	$1,141.30	$1,164.13	$1,199.05	$1,223.03
Engineering Officer	8,2	$1,164.09	$1,187.37	$1,223.00	$1,247.46
Engineering Officer	9,1	$1,186.89	$1,210.62	$1,246.94	$1,271.88
Engineering Officer	9,2	$1,209.56	$1,233.76	$1,270.77	$1,296.18
Foreman	1,1	$778.33	$793.90	$817.72	$834.07
Foreman	1,2	$795.15	$811.06	$835.39	$852.09
Foreman	2,1	$806.51	$822.64	$847.32	$864.27
Foreman	2,2	$826.97	$843.51	$868.81	$886.19
Foreman	3,1	$844.47	$861.36	$887.20	$904.95
Foreman	3,2	$866.97	$884.31	$910.84	$929.06
Lineworker	1	$611.45	$623.67	$642.38	$655.23
Lineworker	2	$642.59	$655.44	$675.11	$688.61
Lineworker	3	$670.20	$683.60	$704.11	$718.19
Lineworker	4	$687.77	$701.53	$722.57	$737.02
Lineworker	5	$714.01	$728.30	$750.14	$765.15
Lineworker	6	$728.62	$743.19	$765.49	$780.79
Mechanic	1	$649.32	$662.31	$682.18	$695.82
Mechanic	2	$665.64	$678.95	$699.32	$713.31
Mechanic	3	$683.10	$696.76	$717.66	$732.01
Mechanic	4	$699.41	$713.40	$734.80	$749.50
Mechanic	5	$716.87	$731.20	$753.14	$768.20
Mechanic	6	$735.81	$750.52	$773.04	$788.50
Professional Engineer	1,1	$868.60	$885.97	$912.55	$930.80
Professional Engineer	1,2	$933.82	$952.50	$981.08	$1,000.70
Professional Engineer	1,3	$997.65	$1,017.60	$1,048.13	$1,069.09
Professional Engineer	1,4	$1,070.70	$1,092.11	$1,124.88	$1,147.37
Professional Engineer	2,1	$1,141.30	$1,164.13	$1,199.05	$1,223.03
Professional Engineer	2,2	$1,164.09	$1,187.37	$1,223.00	$1,247.46
Professional Engineer	3,1	$1,209.56	$1,233.76	$1,270.77	$1,296.18
Professional Engineer	3,2	$1,255.50	$1,280.61	$1,319.03	$1,345.41
Professional Engineer	4,1	$1,302.02	$1,328.06	$1,367.91	$1,395.26
Professional Engineer	4,2	$1,325.87	$1,352.39	$1,392.96	$1,420.82
Professional Engineer	5,1	$1,373.44	$1,400.91	$1,442.94	$1,471.79
Professional Engineer	5,2	$1,397.99	$1,425.95	$1,468.72	$1,498.10
Professional Engineer	6,1	$1,422.77	$1,451.22	$1,494.76	$1,524.66
Professional Engineer	6,2	$1,447.20	$1,476.14	$1,520.43	$1,550.83
Purchasing Officer	1,1	$790.75	$806.57	$830.77	$847.38
Purchasing Officer	1,2	$812.96	$829.22	$854.09	$871.18
Purchasing Officer	2,1	$838.56	$855.33	$880.99	$898.61
Purchasing Officer	2,2	$861.23	$878.46	$904.81	$922.91
Purchasing Officer	3,1	$887.07	$904.81	$931.95	$950.59
Purchasing Officer	3,2	$913.95	$932.23	$960.20	$979.40
Purchasing Officer	4,1	$936.63	$955.36	$984.02	$1,003.70
Purchasing Officer	4,2	$955.56	$974.68	$1,003.92	$1,023.99
Purchasing Officer	5,1	$979.06	$998.64	$1,028.60	$1,049.17
Purchasing Officer	5,2	$1,007.70	$1,027.85	$1,058.68	$1,079.86
Superintendent	1,1	$887.54	$905.29	$932.45	$951.10
Superintendent	1,2	$907.88	$926.04	$953.82	$972.90
Superintendent	2,1	$931.63	$950.27	$978.77	$998.35
Superintendent	2,2	$946.98	$965.92	$994.89	$1,014.79
Superintendent	3,1	$969.93	$989.33	$1,019.01	$1,039.39
Superintendent	3,2	$989.03	$1,008.81	$1,039.07	$1,059.85
Superintendent	4,1	$1,011.19	$1,031.41	$1,062.35	$1,083.60
Superintendent	4,2	$1,040.95	$1,061.77	$1,093.63	$1,115.50
Stores Supervisor	1,1	$637.11	$649.86	$669.35	$682.74
Stores Supervisor	1,2	$653.77	$666.85	$686.85	$700.59
Stores Supervisor	1,3	$687.77	$701.53	$722.57	$737.02
Stores Supervisor	1,4	$714.01	$728.30	$750.14	$765.15
Stores Supervisor	1,5	$728.62	$743.19	$765.49	$780.79
Stores Supervisor	1,6	$748.70	$763.67	$786.58	$802.32
Stores Supervisor	2,1	$771.86	$787.30	$810.92	$827.14
Stores Supervisor	2,2	$795.14	$811.04	$835.37	$852.08
Stores Supervisor	3,1	$818.53	$834.90	$859.95	$877.14
Stores Supervisor	3,2	$840.66	$857.47	$883.20	$900.86
Technical Officer	1,1	$829.56	$846.15	$871.53	$888.96
(Office)
Technical Officer	1,2	$850.60	$867.61	$893.64	$911.51
(Office)
Technical Officer	1,3	$868.60	$885.97	$912.55	$930.80
(Office)
Technical Officer	1,4	$891.74	$909.58	$936.86	$955.60
(Office)
Technical Officer	2,1	$913.95	$932.23	$960.20	$979.40
(Office)
Technical Officer	2,2	$933.82	$952.50	$981.08	$1,000.70
(Office)
Technical Officer	3,1	$958.25	$977.42	$1,006.74	$1,026.88
(Office)
Technical Officer	3,2	$974.03	$993.52	$1,023.32	$1,043.79
(Office)
Technical Officer	4,1	$997.65	$1,017.60	$1,048.13	$1,069.09
(Office)
Technical Officer	4,2	$1,017.28	$1,037.63	$1,068.76	$1,090.13
(Office)
Technical Officer	1,1	$806.51	$822.64	$847.32	$864.27
(Field)
Technical Officer	1,2	$826.97	$843.51	$868.81	$886.19
(Field)
Technical Officer	1,3	$844.47	$861.36	$887.20	$904.95
(Field)
Technical Officer	1,4	$866.97	$884.31	$910.84	$929.06
(Field)
Technical Officer	2,1	$887.54	$905.29	$932.45	$951.10
(Field)
Technical Officer	2,2	$907.88	$926.04	$953.82	$972.90
(Field)
Technical Officer	3,1	$931.63	$950.27	$978.77	$998.35
(Field)
Technical Officer	3,2	$946.98	$965.92	$994.89	$1,014.79
(Field)
Technical Officer	4,1	$969.93	$989.33	$1,019.01	$1,039.39
(Field)
Technical Officer	4,2	$989.03	$1,008.81	$1,039.07	$1,059.85
(Field)
Welder, Carpenter,	1	$649.32	$662.31	$682.18	$695.82
Painter
Welder, Carpenter,	2	$665.64	$678.95	$699.32	$713.31
Painter
Welder, Carpenter,	3	$683.10	$696.76	$717.66	$732.01
Painter

TABLE 3-CLASSIFICATIONS

1. APPOINTMENTS AND GRADINGS

Appointment, promotion and incremental progression shall be subject to:

(a) the employee’s satisfactory performance of duties and functions; and

(b) the employee undertaking, throughout the period of employment, employer endorsed training relative to the employee’s duties and functions.

(c) Where Advance Energy fails to provide employer endorsed training this will not inhibit incremental progression within a grade or through a range of grades.

2. RATES OF PAY

The weekly rates of pay of these classifications are set in Table 2 of Part B of this award.

CLASSIFICATIONS

1. Administrative Officer

(i) Administrative officer shall mean an employee engaged in the following duties and functions:

(a) Performance of major financial, accounting and administrative work involving the initiation of original action and follow up.

(b) Direction, supervision and responsibility of the work of other administrative officers and/or clerical officers.

(d) Assumes responsibility for and administers personnel matters generally including recruitment of personnel; preparation of advertisements and contact with employment agencies; conduct orientation and induction programmes for new employees; maintain all personnel records and statistics; assist in salary administration; liaises with managers in meeting requirements and arranging internal transfers and promotions; conduct minor counselling related to absenteeism and adherence to conditions of employment; supervises and recommends improvement to employee services.

(e) Conducts and administers Advance Energy approved training; structures, prepares and presents internal training courses; maintains records of training activities and employee progress and monitors effectiveness of programmes; organises or assists in organising attendances at external courses; may assist with the provision of career counselling for employees; liaises with managers in planning internal courses to meet business requirements.

(f) Assumes responsibility for and administers computer hardware installations, applications and systems in an on-line and batch environment; develops long-range and short-range plans and schedules for the acquisition and installation of equipment, including transition between procedures; implements corporate information strategies from statements of direction and follows them through to end-user operations and training; ensures the effective utilisation of computers and office automation including maintaining backup procedures and recovery systems estimates for budget purposes, the future personnel and equipment needs of Advance Energy; liaises with managers on the selection and set up of applications appropriate to their activities; operates, monitors and controls computer programmes, fulfils back up procedures, assists in software installation and improvement.

(g) Assumes responsibility for and analyses the flow of current work within specific systems and makes recommendations for improvements; designs, develops and implements data processing systems within assigned areas of operation, provides liaison and coordination in respect of system studies; checks completed programming proposals, establishes programming time schedules.

(h) Assumes responsibility for and writes, maintains and updates programmes which control the overall functioning of computers, modifies, corrects and updates computer software programmes, undertakes system design from specifications and devised computer programmes,

(i) Assumes responsibility for and administers the developments and operation of sales/marketing; supervises staff, sales and service enquiries; oversees advertising and promotional activities.

(ii) Appointment and Progression

(a) An employee engaged in the duties and functions of paragraph (i) may be appointed to a position, the grading/rate of pay of which is equivalent to Clerical Officer Grade 5.

(b) Grades 1 and 2 are intended as commencing rates for administrative officers.

(c) Grades 3 to 8 are intended for experienced administrative officers engaged in Advance Energy’s mid range administrative duties and functions.

(d) Grades 9 to 12 are intended for experienced administrative officers engaged in Advance Energy’s advanced administrative duties and functions.

2. Clerical Officer

(i) Clerical officer shall mean an employee engaged in the following duties and functions:

(a) Routine operation of office equipment including computers.

(b) Receiving, filing, retrieving, sorting and processing of information relative to Advance Energy’s operations.

(d) Routine or repetitive clerical duties involving accuracy and the application of clearly prescribed standard practices which may require the exercise of limited discretion.

(e) Performing clerical duties which may involve the exercise of some initiative and minor decision making within a regular work routine.

(f) General design office duties including printing, copying and transcribing of drawings and other technical details from master plans and specifications.

(g) Performs clerical duties under limited supervision, receives limited instructions which relate only to matters of substance in the work assignment, exercises independent initiative and judgement and possesses a requisite knowledge of office procedures.

(h) Shorthand writing, transcribing and the performance of associated clerical duties and functions.

(i) Routine computer operating, routine hardware and software maintenance; engages in electronic data processing work and/or computer programming, but does not assume overall responsibility in respect of such work.

(j) Promoting the sale of electrical appliances and/or equipment; demonstrating the proper use of electrical appliances or equipment; participating in customer demonstration or promotional seminars, including the performance of all clerical duties associated thereto.

(k) Drafting work including preparation of drawings, layouts and details according to instructions including making of minor calculations.

(ii) Appointment and Progression

(a) A clerical officer performing duties and functions set out in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of sub-clause (i) above shall be appointed as Clerical Officer Grade 2.

(b) Subject to (ii) (c) below a clerical officer shall not progress beyond Grade 2 unless the employee:

1. Is engaged in the duties and functions of paragraphs (g), (h) or (i) of sub-clause (i) above; or

2. Possesses special abilities accepted by Advance Energy to warrant such progression; or

3. Has completed appropriate training, recognised by Advance Energy relative to the administrative, clerical or management aspects of Advance Energy’s undertaking; or

4. Supervises other employees engaged in clerical officer duties.

(c) An employee engaged in the duties of paragraph (j) or (k) of sub-clause (i) above shall be entitled to progress to Grade 3.

(d) Appointment to Clerical Officer Grades 4 and 5 shall be as determined by Advance Energy.

3. Purchasing Officers

(i) Purchasing officer shall mean an employee who holds the Purchasing and Supply Management Certificate issued by the NSW Department of Technical and Further Education or such other equivalent qualification recognised by Advance Energy, and who is engaged in the following duties and functions:

(a) Responsible for the purchase of materials, plant, equipment, vehicles, etc.

(b) Responsible for the obtaining of and reporting on quotations in respect of the supply of materials, plant, equipment, vehicles, etc.

(c) Advising on the quality and condition for the supply of materials, plant, equipment, vehicles, etc, and on the reliability of suppliers.

(d) Advising on the status of Advance Energy’s current stock of materials, plant, equipment, vehicles, etc, including the overview of the performance of such stock.

(e) The management of fleet contract in respect of Advance Energy’s vehicles and plant.

(ii) Appointment and Progression

Appointment to purchasing officer grades shall be as determined by Advance Energy.

4. Store Supervisor

(i) Store supervisor shall mean an employee engaged in the following duties and functions:

(a) Responsible for clerical and administrative duties relating to stores purpose and functions; the purchasing of stores and materials as directed, including the seeking of quotations, the keeping of records and the safe-keeping of the stores.

(b) Responsible for the direction and supervision of store workers.

(c) Responsible for the overall supervision of a major store or system of stores installations, including the clerical and administrative process relating thereto and the direction and general supervision of other store supervisors and/or store workers.

(ii) Appointment and Progression

(a) A store supervisor performing duties and functions set out in paragraph (a) of sub-clause (i) above shall be appointed as Stores Supervisor Grade 1.

(b) A store supervisor performing the duties and functions set out in paragraphs (b) and (c) of sub-clause (i) above shall be appointed as Store Supervisor Grade 2.

5. Professional Engineer

(i) Professional engineer shall mean an employee qualified to carry out professional engineering duties and functions. The term professional engineer shall embrace and include qualified engineer and experienced engineer.

(a) Qualified engineer shall mean an engineer, other than an experienced engineer, who is, or is qualified to become, a graduate member of the Institution of Engineers, Australia.

(b) Experienced engineer shall mean an employee having graduated in a four or five year course recognised by the Institution of Engineers, Australia, has had four years experience on professional engineering duties since becoming a qualified engineer or, is eligible for Corporate Membership of the Institution.

(c) Professional engineering duties and functions mean those carried out by an employee in any particular employment, the adequate discharge of any portion of which require qualifications of the employee as (or at least equal to those or) a graduated member of the Institution of Engineers, Australia.

(ii) Appointment and Progression

(a) Progression between Grade 1 and Grade 2 shall be subject to the employee’s satisfactory performance provided that the employee shall undertake and complete any relevant employer endorsed training in respect of duties and functions of Professional Engineers.

(b) An employee engaged as a Professional Engineer shall not progress beyond Grade 2 unless the employee possesses special abilities valued by Advance Energy to warrant such progression.

6. Engineering Officer

(i) Engineering officer shall mean an employee who holds the NSW Department Of Technical And Further Education Associate Diploma Of Electrical Engineering or equivalent and without limiting the scope of engineering duties and functions which may be performed, works under the guidance and supervision of a professional engineer and is engaged in the following duties and functions:

(a) Designing, estimating, planning and supervision of projects; carry out short, medium and long term forecasts for planning of the distribution system; preparation of specifications and analysis of tenders.

(b) Conduct analysis of tariff applications and monitor electricity consumption by major customers and liaise with major customers on electricity usage.

(c) Planning and design of zone substations, site selection civil works, equipment layout, extension, earthing, structures, electrical controls, metering and protection systems including calculations for metering and protection systems and preparation of related recommendations.

(d) Application of Advance Energy policy in liaison with developers, consultants, builders, contractors and statutory authorities in determining power supply and costs.

(e) Supervision and liaison with other engineering officers and other employees.

(f) Advanced drafting and/or advanced design work including preparation of detailed layout, plans and specifications including associated calculations and/or is responsible for the checking of drafting work carried out by other employees and/or is responsible for the operation of the design office and employees working therein.

(ii) Appointment and Progression

(a) Grade 1 to Grade 2 are intended as commencing rates for engineering officers.

(b) Grade 3 to Grade 6 are intended for experienced engineering officers engaged in Advance Energy’s mid range engineering duties and functions.

(c) Grade 7 to Grade 9 are intended for experienced engineering officers engaged in Advance Energy’s advanced engineering duties and functions.

7. Superintendent

(i) Superintendent shall mean an employee engaged in the following duties and functions:

(a) Accountable for the control and supervision of the work of other employees including foremen; maintains schedules; controls activities to meet targets and maximise efficiency coordinates maintenance of plant and equipment; recommends changes in equipment and work methods and procedures; ensures effective use of labour and tools.

(b) Controls and is responsible for discipline, safety and training of employees; assists with selection of employees; develops good employee relations; advises of personnel and labour requirements and general operations and maintenance requirements.

(d) A superintendent shall where required perform duties and functions of other classifications in the following or similar circumstances: training of new employees; retraining of employees, where no other employee is readily available; emergency situations; ensuring the safety of employees or members of the community.

(ii) Appointment and Progression

Appointment to superintendent grades shall be as determined by Advance Energy.

8. Technical Officer

A technical officer shall mean:

(i) Either an electrical tradesperson who is engaged in duties and functions which include:

(a) Utilising post-trade or advanced certificate qualifications in the performance of electrical and/or electronic work;

(b) Performing electrical trade work of an advanced nature;

(c) Centralised coordinating and controlling of Advance Energy’s electricity supply system and/or coordinating Advance Energy’s field switching operations including responsibility for receipt and communication of all information relevant to the reticulation and distribution system and maintenance of system records;

(d) Advanced and highly skilled electrical inspection work, not being the work of an electrical technician;

(e) Engages in customer advisory work of an electrical trade/technical nature; and/or

(f) As a technical officer, exercises supervisory duties (other than those of a foreman or superintendent).

(ii) Or an employee who is engaged in duties and functions which include:

(a) Advanced drafting and or advanced design work including preparation of detailed layouts, plans and specifications including associated calculations and/or is responsible for the checking of drafting work carried out by other employees and/or is responsible for the operation of the design office and its employees.

(b) Engages in customer liaison and provides specialised advice and information relative to the use of electricity.

(iii) Appointment and Progression

(a) Grade 1 is intended as a commencing grade for technical officers.

(b) Grades 2, 3 and 4 are intended for experienced technical officers who are engaged in Advance Energy’s advanced technical functions and operations or who exercise as a technical officer, a supervisory function.

9. Foreman

(i) Foreman shall mean an employee engaged in the following duties and functions:

(a) Responsible for the allocation, scheduling, direction and supervision of work of other employees, including one or more leading hands.

(b) Ensures safe work practices are adhered to; ensures the proper utilisation of all plant and equipment; assist with training of employees; reports problems to more senior supervisory or management levels; maintains good morale in the workplace.

(c) In addition to the duties and functions set out in (a) and (b) above, performs duties and functions of other classifications for which the employee possesses requisite qualifications, training or experience.

(ii) Appointment and Progression

(a) A tradesperson appointed as a foreman shall be appointed at not less than Grade 2.

(b) Subject to paragraph (a) above, appointment to foreman grades shall be as determined by Advance Energy.

10. Cadet Engineer

Cadet engineer shall mean an employee who has qualified by examination for matriculation in the faculty of engineering at a recognised university, or other recognised institution, and who shall undertake such course of study as shall be required by Advance Energy, and be engaged in such duties as allocated from time to time.

11. Electrical Technician

(i) Electrical technician shall mean an electrical tradesperson engaged in the following duties and functions:

(a) Maintaining and repairing appliances and equipment in the workshop; manufacturing, erecting, fitting, maintaining and repairing electrical machines and apparatus, switchboards, motors, storage batteries, and armature and transformer winding; changing, installing, testing, regulating and repairing all types of watt hour meters, maximum demand indicators, time switches and load control devices, mainly in the field and/or acceptance testing of such equipment at manufacturers’ premises.

(b) Fixing, placing or running electric conductors, conduits and ducting (or all kinds and for all purposes) from the point of supply to the point of utilisation; erecting, installing and connecting of electrical plant, equipment, apparatus and switchboards; maintaining and repairing electrical installations generally; constructing, maintaining and renewing all plant and equipment involved in high and low voltage pole top and pad mounted transformers, regulators, reclosing circuit breakers, and the switching of circuits; erecting and connecting meters and related equipment to customers’ switchboards.

(c) Repairing and/or servicing radio, television, public address systems, communication, sound recording, and other related equipment; installing, repairing, extending and/or servicing telecommunication, teletyping, and other related equipment including scada and/or audio frequency injection systems and control equipment.

(d) Patrolling street lighting and reporting; installing, cleaning, testing, renewing, adjusting and replacing in the field, street lights, fittings, fixtures, pole-mounted fuse boxes and all such equipment and wiring related to street lighting systems and circuits.

(e) Maintenance and repair, installation, jointing and termination of high voltage and low voltage power and signal cables including the installation of ancillary material and equipment.

(f) Investigation and attending to customers’ complaints of lack of supply or other service difficulties; carrying out minor repairs or other limited action necessary to restore supply; making safe fallen mains or damage to installation or faults in customers’ equipment as necessary in the interests of safety: installing temporary wiring to meet emergency requirements of customers; maintaining a working knowledge of electrical equipment commonly installed in customers’ premises and carry out maintenance and/or repairs to such equipment; reporting details of work carried out and defects located, and performing any other similar duties as directed including switching of circuits in the field and zone-substations.

(g) Fitting, maintaining and repairing refrigeration works and/or air-conditioning works and the performance of associated electrical wiring in connection with such work.

(h) Locating and marking the point of attachment for service mains (underground and overhead), and associated work and setting out and arranging any minor extensions from the mains necessary to effect supply to the customer.

(i) Designing, assembling, making, testing, repairing, adjusting, maintaining, and regulating all types of measuring and recording machines, devices and precision instruments and apparatus.

(j) Constructing, renewing, routine testing, maintaining and repairing, installing of all plant, equipment and installations involved in distribution zone substations, switchyards and district centres, and commissioning and maintaining in the field protective and voltage relay equipment.

(k) Testing, regulating, calibrating, maintaining and repairing and installing all types of relays and other system protection equipment, including voltage regulating, locating faults in electrical plant and equipment and general testing of cables transformers, switchgear and all such other system installations.

(l) Inspecting and testing of customers’ electrical installations connected to the reticulation network, in order to determine conformity with the SAA wiring rules, and all other duties in connection with electrical installation and inspection work including arranging supply of electricity, liaising with customers and contractors and ensuring that matters concerning metering, tariffs, capital contributions and record in respect of new installations are attended to.

(m) Who holds a current NSW Building Services Corporation Qualified Supervisors Certificate and who is appointed to a specific area as an electrical technician who is responsible for the performance of the electrical technician/lineworker duties and functions in that area.

(ii) Appointment and Progression

Incremental progression from grade to grade shall be subject to the following:

(a) An employee not engaged in the duties and functions of either paragraphs (j), (k), (l), or (m) of electrical technician duties and functions shall not progress beyond Grade 7.

(b) Dual qualified employees will commence at ET Level 2 and will not be restricted to Level 7 on Progression.

12. Lineworker/Cable Jointer

(i) Lineworker/cable jointer shall mean an employee engaged in the following duties and functions:

(a) Constructing, maintaining and repairing overhead and underground distribution and sub-transmission lines, including preparing and erecting poles or other power line structures; stringing and fixing electric conductors, insulators and power line fittings, on or over such poles,; erecting distribution lines to their point of termination but not Including installation electrical wiring work within customers’ premises.

(b) Erecting and connecting meters and related equipment to customers’ switchboards.

(c) Locating and marking the point of attachment for service mains (underground and overhead), and associated work and setting out and arranging any minor extensions from the mains necessary to effect supply to the customer.

(d) Patrolling street lighting and reporting; installing, cleaning, testing, renewing, adjusting and replacing in the field, street lights, fittings, fixtures, pole mounted fuse boxes, and all such equipment and wiring related to street lighting systems and circuits.

(e) Inspection, testing, treating and reporting upon the state of network installations, including lines, poles and fittings, and all related equipment; the treatment of poles, attending to minor line maintenance, including tree trimming; reporting on the condition and proximity of trees within the area of overhead lines and assisting in keeping records related to all such inspections, tests, repairs and observations made.

(f) Switching of circuits in the field and switching associated with pole top and pad mounted transformers and other switching duties where required including switching in zone substations incidental to the job requirements of the worker.

(g) Operating vehicles, plant and equipment in connection with the duties and functions of lineworkers and other employees (subject to the employee holding relevant licences and/or certificates).

(h) Maintenance and repair, installation, jointing and termination of high voltage and low voltage power and signal cables including the installation of ancillary material and equipment.

(i) Engaged in, and qualified to perform, high voltage live line work as prescribed by the New South Wales Overhead Line (Workers) Regulations 1964 as amended.

(ii) Appointment and Progression

(a) Incremental progression from Grade 1 to Grade 5 shall be subject to a lineworker/cable jointer obtaining and utilising relevant licences higher than class 1A drivers licence, and certificates for procedures or the operation of vehicles, plant and equipment. The obtaining of such licences/certificates shall be subject to the employer endorsed training provisions of this award.

(b) A lineworker who performs duties set in paragraph (i) of sub-clause (i) of this clause, shall be paid lineworker Grade 6 rate of pay whilst so engaged. Provided that a lineworker who is appointed as a high voltage live lineworker shall be graded as lineworker Grade 6.

13. Electrical Worker

(i) Electrical worker shall mean an employee engaged in the following duties and functions:

(a) Subject to the Overhead Line (Workers) Regulation 1964 as amended, assisting lineworkers, but not within two metres of any bare overhead live conductor, except where necessary to engage in pole-top rescue.

(b) Labouring functions involved with or in connection with the work of lineworkers, electrical technicians, electrical workers and other workers which without limiting the generality thereof, include digging, concrete handling and mixing, lifting and carrying, stacking, cleaning and all such other labouring functions.

(c) Rock chopping and shovelling; operating paving breakers, tree trimming; cutting and laying of conduit pipes, trough and ducts; hauling, bending, laying, cutting and capping electric cables; erecting and fixing of lighting columns and such other work incidental to labouring functions associated with underground and overhead electric mains.

(d) Making minor calculations, taking elementary measurements, and generally assisting electrical technicians, technical officers, engineers or other similar officers in the field.

(e) Operating plant and equipment as required in connection with the duties and functions of lineworkers and/or electrical technicians and other employees.

(f) Operating plant, equipment and devices such as calf dozers, ditchers, earth borers, back hoes, fork lift trucks, mobile front end loaders, mobile cranes, pole lifters, pole erecting wagons, coal handling plant, power winches, hydraulic hoists, air compressing machinery, and all such other mechanical and/or motorised plant and equipment.

(g) Inspecting, testing and treating poles, (whether or not the employee uses hand-held computerised testing devices in such inspection, testing and treatment of poles); reporting as to their conditions and the condition of any cross arms and/or fittings attached which is likely to cause faults-in-service to occur; reporting on the proximity of trees within the inspection area of overhead lines, and assisting in keeping records related to all such inspections, test, treatment and observations made.

Provided that such work shall not be carried out within two metres of any bare overhead live conductor.

(h) Reading meters at customers’ premises; recording details of electricity usage; checking and re-setting time switches and/or audio frequency relays and demand indicators; routine reporting of any noticeable conditions of customers’ meters and/or installations which require attention; issuing of accounts, receipts and collecting payments from customers;

(i) Disconnecting electricity supply at customers’ premises by means of opening main circuits, sealing such circuits in the open position and reconnecting supply as and when required, provided that the employee shall not perform work in contravention of the Electricity Act 1945 as amended, or the regulations.

(j) Engaged in/or in connection with receiving, issuing and dispatching of goods and/or materials in accordance with authorised stores procedures; recording on stock cards, stacking and/or packing of goods and/or materials in racks, stands, bins, or other receptacles; assisting in stocktaking; handling of materials and equipment; operating hoists and mobile stores equipment; loading and unloading of trucks or vehicles; driving vehicles; delivery and collection of items of stock, plant and equipment, operation of personal computers relative to any of the above stores duties and functions and such other duties necessary to ensure the maintenance of order, cleanliness and the proper conduct of stores installations.

(k) In charge of a small store, or separate branch or special purpose store.

(l) Cleaning, polishing and routine care of motor vehicles, motor cycles, motorised plant and equipment and articulated vehicles of all kinds; battery and wheel replacement; tyre, tube and wheel repair; cleaning, greasing, oil changing, and the routine care of motor vehicles, motor cycles, motorised plant and equipment and articulated vehicles of all kinds; routine care of lawns and gardens, including the extension and/or establishment of small gardens and lawns, and the regular upkeep and replacement from time to time of plants and shrubs; cleaning work of any kind in or about premises, including duties of an incidental nature.

(ii) Appointment and Progression

(a) The appointment and incremental progression of an electrical worker shall be on the following basis:

1. Subject to paragraph (b) an electrical worker shall progress incremental from Grade 1 to Grade 2 only.

2. An electrical worker (other than an electrical worker performing the duties and functions of paragraph (l) above) who obtains and utilises relevant licences (higher than class 1A drivers vehicle licence) and certificates for procedures or for the operation of vehicles, plant or equipment or performs the duties and functions of paragraphs (h) and (i) shall be entitled to progress incrementally from Grade 1 to Grade 5.

(b) An electrical worker shall only be graded as an Electrical Worker Grade 6 whilst engaged in either:

1. The duties and functions of paragraph (h) above and whilst using a hand held computerised meter reading device in the performance of those duties and functions; or

2. The duties and functions of a certificated plant operator - special class (ie. operates crane/earth borer lifters, mobile front end loaders, backhoes and mobile cranes over 10 tonnes lifting capacity).

14. Depot Officer

(i) Depot officer shall mean an employee at a depot engaged in the following duties and functions:

(a) Compiling routine returns, keeping records, maintaining and updating files, collecting and dispatching mail, control of petty cash.

(b) Receipt and maintenance of stores.

(d) Liaison with other employees and customers.

(ii) Appointment and Progression

Appointment to depot officer Grades 2, 3 and 4 shall be as determined by Advance Energy.

15. Apprentices

(i) Apprentices (Indentured) shall mean an employee who, having been the subject of an application for a formal apprenticeship with the relevant Apprenticeship Authority is indentured for the pursuit of qualification through experience and training within the industry covered by this award.

(ii) Apprentices (Trainees) shall mean an employee who, having been the subject of an application for a formal trainee apprenticeship with the relevant Apprenticeship Authority is engaged for the pursuit of qualifications through experience and training within the industry covered by this award.

(iii) Indentured apprenticeships shall be available in the trades of electrical fitter, electrical mechanic, electrical fitter/mechanic, radio mechanic, refrigeration and/or air conditioning fitter/mechanic, motor mechanic, welder, carpenter and painter.

(iv) Trainee apprenticeships shall be available for lineworkers and cable jointers.

(v) Adult apprentices (i.e. over 18) will commence at apprentice Level 2.

16. Probationary Lineworker/Cable Jointer

(i) Probationary lineworker/ cable jointer shall mean an employee engaged in the duties and functions of a lineworker/ cable jointer subject to:

(a) The Overhead Line (Workers) Regulations 1964, as amended;

(b) Undertaking a minimum period of four months training assisting lineworkers on overhead line work prior to undertaking the first term examination conducted by the Department Of Technical And Further Education on the Overhead Lineworkers Certificate Course; and promotion to lineworker upon satisfactory completion of the period of training under the provisions of the Overhead Line (Workers) Regulations 1964, as amended, and the satisfactory completion of the Department Of Technical And Further Education Overhead Lineworkers Certificate Course and the supplementary course of in-school practical training conducted under the control of the Office Of Energy; or

(c) The employee undertaking twelve months on the job training in cable jointing duties and functions as from date of appointment to this classification; and

(d) Promotion to cable jointer upon the completion of twelve months training provided the employee has completed the Department Of Technical And Further Education Cable Jointers Course, or such other course of training for cable jointers as may be recognised by the Electricity Association Of New South Wales.

17. Building, Metal And Other Trades

(i) Appointment and Progression

(a) Incremental progression shall be from grade to grade for building, metal and other trades employees.

(b) Provided that motor mechanics not engaged in duties and functions relating to hydraulic or pneumatic control systems; servo systems and control electronic systems shall not progress beyond Grade 4.

(c) Carpenter shall mean a tradesperson engaged in erecting, repairing, maintaining, renovating, ornamenting and/or demolishing buildings and structures; preparing, making, assembling and fixing all wood-work and related building materials and fittings, including metal frames and formwork, plastics and laminated sheeting, gypsum and fibre boards, suspended ceilings, fibreglass insulation glass and glazing substitutes, pre-fabricated units and partitions, and other related materials.

(d) Painter shall mean a tradesperson engaged in duties and functions of general painting and all preparatory work and work incidental and peripheral to general painting.

(e) Welder shall mean a tradesperson engaged in welding and bonding of metals, metal alloys and synthetics and other materials by means of electric arc, oxyacetylene, electric induction, chemical or such other welding and bonding processes.

(f) Motor mechanic shall mean a tradesperson engaged in maintaining, overhauling, repairing, assembling and testing all types of motor engines, motor vehicles and cycles, hydraulic control systems and power machinery, pneumatic control and servo systems, auto electrics, chainsaws and heavy mobile plant and machinery, including the parts related thereto and installation, testing and replacement of control electronics systems.

R. W. HARRISON D.P.

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