Application by The New South Wales Plumbers and Gasfitters
Employees’ Union, industrial organisation of employees.
(No. IRC 722 of 2001)
1. Delete
paragraph (e) of subclause (2) of clause 6, Wages, of the award published 25
February 2000 (313 I.G. 709) as varied, and insert in lieu thereof the
following:
2. Delete Part
B, Monetary Rates, and insert in lieu thereof the following:
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Item
No.
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Clause No.
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Brief Description
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Amount
$
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1
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6(2)(a)(i),(ii), (iii)
6(2)(b)
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Journeyman Plumber (Other than Ship’s Plumber) -
Industry Allowance
Tool Allowance
Supplementary Payment
Special Allowance
Registration Allowance
Amount deducted from hourly rate of journeyman plumber for
Drainer
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18.50 per week
19.70 per week
52.10 per week
7.70 per week
0.50 per hour
0.05
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2
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6(2)(c)(i),(ii),
(iii),(iv)
6(2)(d)(iii)(a)
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Ship’s Plumber -
Industry Allowance
Tool Allowance
Supplementary Payment
Special Allowance
Registration Allowance
Ships Plumbers Apprentice
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9.70 per week
19.70 per week
52.10 per week
7.70 per week
0.50 per hour
4.10 per week
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3
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7(i)(a)
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Plumber’s Licence
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0.64 per hour
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4
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7(i)(b)
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Gasfitter’s Licence
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0.64 per hour
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5
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7(i)(c)
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Drainer’s Licence
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0.54 per hour
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6
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7(i)(d)
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Plumber’s and Gasfitter’s Licence
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0.85 per hour
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7
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7(i)(e)
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Plumber’s and Drainer’s Licence
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0.85 per hour
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8
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7(i)(f)
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Gasfitter’s and Drainer’s Licence
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0.85 per hour
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9
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7(i)(g)
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Plumber’s, Gasfitter’s and Drainer’s Licence
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1.17 per hour
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10
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7(ii)
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Licensed Drainer
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0.54 per hour
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11
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7(iii)(a)
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Lead Burner
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0.55 per hour
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12
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7(iii)(b)
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Lead Burner in Chemical Works
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0.76 per hour
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13
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7(iii)(c)(1)
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Oxyacetylene or Electric Welding Certificate
Minimum Payment
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0.40 per hour
2.77 per day
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14
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7(iii)(c)(2)
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Certificate Holder performing welding to AS4041 - 1998
Minimum
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0.57 per hour
4.39 per day
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15
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7(iii)(d)
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Computing quantities or make-up estimates
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0.42 per hour
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16
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8(i)
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Tool Allowance Apprentices
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19.70 per week
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17
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9
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Leading Hands -
In charge of up to two employees
In charge of three to five employees
In charge of six to ten employees
In charge of ten or more employees
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0.57 per hour
0.69 per hour
0.89 per hour
1.13 per hour
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18
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10
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Employed on any chokage or oil chokage etc.
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4.74 per day
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19
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11(i)
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Wet Work
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0.42 per hour
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20
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11(ii)
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Insulation Material
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0.51 per hour
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21
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11(iii)
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Cold Work
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0.42 per hour
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22
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11(iv)
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Work on WC’s, urinals, soil or waste pipes where used
principally by venereal patients
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0.51 per hour
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23
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11(v)
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Hot Work -
Between 46 and 54 degrees Celsius
Exceeding 54 degrees Celsius
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0.41 per hour
0.51 per hour
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24
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11(vi)
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Work with second-hand materials of an unusually dirty or
offensive nature
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0.42 per day
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25
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11(vii)
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Employed inside buildings where chlorine gas and/or
hydrogen sulphide gas re-manufactured
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0.52 per day
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26
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11(viii)
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Engaged on electric welding applicable to plumbing
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0.12 per hour
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27
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11(ix)
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Operator of explosive powered tools
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0.99 per day
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28
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11(x)(a)
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Work in maximum security
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1.06 per hour
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29
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11(x)(b)
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Work in geriatric hospital
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0.29 per hour
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30
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11(xi)
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Roof Repairs
Minimum Payment
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0.59 per hour
0.59
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31
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11(xiii)
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Employed in mental institutions
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0.36 per hour
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32
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11(xiv)
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Engaged in tunnel and sewer work and in underground shafts
exceeding 3 metres in depth
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0.43 per hour
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33
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11(xv)
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Engaged on alterations
or repairs to boilers, flues, furnaces, retorts and kilns
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1.12 per hour
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34
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11(xvi)
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Engaged on the construction of chimneys and air shafts
where construction exceeded 15 metres in height
Additional amount for work above each further 15 metres
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0.42 per hour
0.42 per hour
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35
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11(xvii)
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Employees required to work in a bosun’s chair or on a
swinging scaffold -
First 4 hours
For each hour thereafter
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3.03
0.63 per hour
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36
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11(xviii)
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Work on any structure at a height of more than 12.2 metres
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0.42 per hour
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37
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11(xix)
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Employees in sanitary works
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4.64 per day
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38
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11(xx)
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Employees in slaughtering yards
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0.28 per hour
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39
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11(xxii)(a)
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Employees working west and north of and excluding State
highway No. 17 etc, up to the Western Division
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0.69 per day
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40
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11(xxii)(b)
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Employees working in the Western Division
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1.12 per day
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41
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11(xxii)(c)
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Employees working in the southern districts
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1.12 per day
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42
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11(xxiii)
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Engaged in cramped position or without sufficient
ventilation
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0.51 per hour
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43
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11(xxiv)
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Employees required to use materials containing asbestos or
to work near asbestos
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0.51 per hour
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44
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11(xxv)
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Towers Allowance -
Exceeding 15 metres - for all work above 15 metres
For work above each further 15 metres
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0.42 per hour
0.42 per hour
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45
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11(xxvi)(c)
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Toxic Substances -
Employees using
Employee working in close proximity
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0.51 per hour
0.42 per hour
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46
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11(xxx)(d(
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Engaged in asbestos eradication
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1.40 per hour
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47
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12(i)
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Employees working in ballast tanks, oil tanks and side
tanks
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0.51 per hour
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48
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12(ii)
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Employees working in ship’s bilges or under engine room or
boiler room flooring
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0.39 per hour
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49
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12(iii)
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Employees working in and around diesel engines
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0.39 per hour
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50
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12(iv)
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Employees working in a confined space
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0.54 per hour
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51
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12(v)(1)
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Employees working inside a hull
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0.66 per hour
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52
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12(v)(2)
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Employees working in torpedo compartments, ballast tanks,
oil tanks, below floor plates
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1.18 per hour
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53
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12(vi)
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Plumber in pipe laundry
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0.84 per hour
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54
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13(iii)
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Multi-story Allowance -
from commencement to 15th floor
from 16th to 30th floor
from 31st to 45th floor
from 46th to 60th floor
from 61st floor onwards
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0.34 per hour
0.41 per hour
0.63 per hour
0.80 per hour
1.00 per hour
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55
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14(1)(a),(c)
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Fares Allowance
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12.60 per day
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56
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14(I)(h)
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Km Allowance
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0.69
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57
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14(1)(j)(b)(ii)
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Km Allowance
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0.37
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58
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15(i)
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Travelling Allowance (within the counties of Cumberland,
Northumberland or Camden) -
Apprentices -
1st year
2nd year
3rd year
4th year
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11.80 per day
12.25 per day
12.30 per day
12.50 per day
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59
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15(ii)
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Travelling Allowance (in the cities of Penrith, Newcastle
or Campbelltown - Apprentices -
1st year
2nd year
3rd year
4th year
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11.80 per day
12.25 per day
12.30 per day
12.50 per day
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60
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16(ii)(b)
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Living Away Allowance
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303.10 per week
43.40 per day
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61
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16(iii)(a)(iii)
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Travel Meal Allowance
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8.30
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62
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16(iii)(b)
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Travel Allowance - Return Journey
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15.30
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63
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16(v)(a)
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Travel Allowance - Weekend Return
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25.70
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64
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16(vi)(b)
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Camping Allowance
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129.00 per week
18.90 per day
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65
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17(iii)
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Travel Allowance - Apprentices
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15.30
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66
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17(iv)
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Living Away Allowance - Apprentices
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303.10 per week
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67
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18(iii)(vi)(a)
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Return Home Allowance
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25.70
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68
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18(vi)(b)
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Living Away Allowance
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303.10 per week
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69
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19(i)(ii)(b)
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Living Away Allowance - Apprentices
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303.10 per week
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70
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19(ii)(a)
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Return Home Allowance
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25.70
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71
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20(ii),(vii)(c)
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Meal Money
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8.30
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72
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21(v)
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Meal Money
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8.30
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73
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43(ii)
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First-aid Allowance
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1.79 per day
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74
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47(b)(i)
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Tool Reimbursement
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1,146.00
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3. This
variation shall take effect from the first full pay period to commence on or
after 12 March 2001.
I. TABBAA,
Commissioner.
Printed by the industrial Registrar.