AERATED WATERS, &c. (STATE) AWARD

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Application by Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union, New South Wales Branch, industrial organisation of employees.

 

(No. IRC 4550 of 2001)

 

 

VARIATION

 

1.          Delete clause 1, Definitions, of the award published 22 February 2002 (331 I.G. 498), and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

1.  Definitions

 

"Storeman" means a person primarily concerned with materials used in manufacturing operations and whose duties include receiving and/or issuing of materials into or out of a store in accordance with requisitions.

 

"Store assistant" means a person who stacks, loads, unloads and does general work in a store.

 

"Assistant Syrup Maker" means a person other than one covered in Classifications 1, 2 or 9 for establishments with a flow rate of 7000 litres per hour or more or Classifications Grade 1B Soft Drink Industry Employee or Grade 4B Soft Drink Industry Employee for establishments with a flow rate of less than 7000 litres per hour, as the case may be, who is involved in the syrup process after the preparation of simple syrup.

 

"Routine In-line Tester" means an employee who in the course of or in addition to, other duties pursuant to this award shall perform product test of a routine and/or simple nature as prescribed by the employer. This classification shall not refer to persons under the control of the quality control section or in the laboratory.

 

"Union" means the Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union, New South Wales Branch.

 

"Grade 1B Soft Drink Industry Employee" is an employee who is undertaking up to 38 hours induction training which may include information on the enterprise, conditions of employment, introduction to supervisor(s) and fellow workers, training and career path opportunities, plant layout, occupational health and safety and quality control. An employee of this level performs routine/basic duties essentially of a manual nature and to the level of their training including general labouring and cleaning duties, exercising minimal judgement and working under direct supervision.

 

"Grade 2B Soft Drink Industry Employee" is an employee who has been.trained to enable performance of work coming within the scope of this classification level. An employee at this level performs work above and beyond the skills of a Soft Drink Industry Employee Grade1B and to the level of their training working under direct supervision, but where necessary is capable of performing specified duties without direct supervision in accordance with training received, understands and undertakes basic quality control/assurance procedures including the ability to recognise basic quality deviations/faults, removing empty bottles from cases, placing empty bottles on conveyors, performing repetitious work on automatic, semi-automatic or single purpose machines or equipment including attending, feeding or taking away from washing machines sighting, inspecting, attending or operating sealing machines or labelling machines, operating filler and/or plastic blow moulding machines, attending, operating and feeding shrink wrapping machines, filling cases with full bottles, stacking cases on pallets, extracting fruit juice, assisting in cordial and/or syrup rooms, loading on or off motor trucks, using hand trolleys and/or pallet trucks, performing basic warehouse duties, repairing cases, crates, boxes or pallets, assisting with on the job training of employees and reclassification of Soft Drink Industry Employee Grade 1B.

 

"Grade 3B Soft Drink Industry Employee" is an employee who has completed sufficient training to enable him/her to perform work within the scope of this classification level. An employee at this level performs work above and beyond the level of a Soft Drink Industry Employee Grade 2 and to the level of their training is responsible for the quality of their own work subject to routine supervision, operating machinery and equipment which is more complex than those operated by a Soft Drink Industry Employee Grade 2B, is responsible for running adjustments or running maintenance of automatic carbonating, fruit juice or aerated waters machinery or plant, is responsible for basic in-line testing, assisting in syrup making, assisting with the training of employees in classifications of Soft Drink Industry Employee Grades 1B and 2B.

 

"Grade 4B Soft Drink Industry Employee" is an employee who has completed a significant level of training to enable performance of work within the scope of this classification level. An employee at this level performs work above and beyond the skills of the Soft Drink Industry Employee Grade 3B and to the level of their training including working with instructions, recipes and formulae, using precision measuring equipment, holding necessary licence and/or certificate and operates fork-lift or other materials handling equipment, making cordial and/or syrup using recipes and formulae, assisting in the provision of on-the-job training to employees in lower classification levels.

 

2.          Delete clause 6, State Wage Case Adjustments, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

 

6.  State Wage Case Adjustments

 

The rates of pay in this award include the adjustments payable under the State Wage Case 2001. These adjustments may be offset against:

 

(a)        any equivalent overaward payments, and/or

 

(b)        award wage increases since 29 May 1991 other than safety net, State Wage Case, and minimum rates adjustments.

 

3.          Delete Part B, Monetary Rates, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

 

part b

 

MONETARY RATES

 

Table 1 - Wages

 

No.	Classification	Wage Total
	For establishments with a flow rate of 7000 litres per hour or more	$
1.	Syrup maker whose syrup room operations are computerised	453.30
2.	Cordial and/or syrup maker using recipes or formulae	444.80
3.	Pre-mixer filler operator	434.10
4.	Employees who, under the direction of the employer or manager or
	foreman, are in charge of the running adjustment or running
	maintenance of automatic carbonating and/or fruit juice or aerated
	waters machinery or plant and/or syrup filler operator	420.90
5.	Assistant syrup maker	420.90
6.	Employee engaged on routine in-line testing	420.90
7.	Employee operating labelling palletising or de-palletising, case packing or
	unpacking or carton packing machines	419.30
8.	Storeman (as defined)	413.40
9.	Employees engaged on bottling or canning line operations including
	operating bottle washer, removing empty bottles from cases, or
	placing empty bottles on conveyors, sight inspecting, filling cases with full
	bottles, and stacking cases on pallets, fruit juice extracting cordial and/or
	syrup room (other than in Classification No. 1, 2 and 5), loader on or off
	motor trucks, cleaner, storeman and warehouse employee, store assistant (as
	defined), plastic blow moulding machines operator and/or employee
	attending, feeding or operating shrink wrap machine.	413.40
10	Case, crate, box and/or pallet repairer	413.40
11.	Fork lift driver with lifting capacity of:
	(a) up to and including 5000 kg	432.90
	(b) Over 5000 kg and/or including twin forklift	444.30
12.	All other adult employees	413.40
13.	Trainee - first four weeks of service	413.40
	Motor wagon drivers - The rate of wages prescribed by the Transport
	Industry (State) Award, as varied from time to time, shall be applicable to
	employees classified as motor wagon drivers.
	For establishments with a flow rate of less than 7000 litres per hour
14.	Grade 1B Soft Drink Industry Employee	413.40
15.	Grade 2B Soft Drink Industry Employee	430.10
16.	Grade 3B Soft Drink Industry Employee	458.60
17.	Grade 4B Soft Drink Industry Employee	473.50

 

Table 2 - Other Rates and Allowances

 

Item No.	Clause No.	Brief Description	Amount
			$
1	5(iii)	Employees handling caustic soda	0.58 per hour extra
2	5(iv)	Employees working in a cold room	0.48 per hour extra
3	5(v)	Leading Hands - 3 to 10 employees	16.60 per week extra
		More than 10 employees	26.50 per week extra
4	5(vi)	First-aid Attendant	2.04 per day or shift

 

4.          This variation shall take effect from the first full pay period to commence on or after 6 August 2001.

 

 

 

 

R. J. PATTERSON, Commissioner.

 

 

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