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Crown Employees (Heritage Stoneworks) Wages Staff Award 2021
  
Date06/25/2025
Volume397
Part14
Page No.3064
DescriptionVIRC - Variation by Industrial Relations Commission
Publication No.C10001
CategoryAward
Award Code 1279  
Date Posted06/25/2025

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Crown Employees (Heritage Stoneworks) Wages Staff Award 2021

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Application by Industrial Relations Secretary.

 

(Case No. 342942 of 2024)

 

Before The Honourable Justice Taylor

The Honourable Justice Chin

The Honourable Justice Paingakulam

20 December 2024

 

VARIATION

 

1.         Delete subclauses 2 and 3 of clause 2, Definitions of the award published 8 October 2021 (390 I.G. 605) and reprinted 1 December 2023 (395 I.G. 1387) and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

2.1      "Department" and "employer" means the NSW Department of Planning Housing and Infrastructure.

 

2.2      "Secretary" means the Secretary of the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure.

 

2.         Delete subclause 4.2 of clause 4, Incidence and Period of Operation, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

4.2      This award shall take effect on 1 July 2024 and remains in force until 30 June 2025 or until varied or rescinded, the period for which it was made already having expired.

 

3.         Delete Part B - Rates & Allowances, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

PART B

 

RATES & ALLOWANCES

 

Rates

 

From the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2024, the rates of pay set out under the heading 2024/25 shall be payable.  These rates represent a 3.5% wage increase from 1 July 2024.

 

Legend: pf = per fortnight, pw = per week, pd = per day, ph = per hour

 

Table 1 A - Wages Classification and Wage Schedules

 

Item

Award Code

Clause

Description

2023/24

2024/25

Percentage increase for wage and wage related allowances

4.0%

3.5%

1

1279

7.1

Level 1

92%

2,246.50 pf

2,325.10 pf

2

1279

7.1

Level 2

95%

2,321.50 pf

2,402.80 pf

3

1279

7.1

Level 3

97.50%

2,384.90 pf

2,468.40 pf

4

1279

7.1

Level 4

100%

2,441.70 pf

2,527.20 pf

5

1279

7.1

Level 5

105%

2,579.50 pf

2,669.80 pf

6

1279

7.1

Level 6

110%

2,686.10 pf

2,780.10 pf

7

1279

7.1

Level 7

115%

2,808.30 pf

2,906.60 pf

8

1279

7.1

Level 8

120%

2,930.00 pf

3,032.50 pf

9

1279

7.1

Level 9

126%

3,077.00 pf

3,184.70 pf

10

1279

7.1

Level 10 Step 1

133%

3,237.90 pf

3,351.20 pf

11

1279

7.1

Level 10 Step 2

135%

3,307.40 pf

3,423.20 pf

12

1279

7.1

Level 11 Step 1

139%

3,404.20 pf

3,523.30 pf

13

1279

7.1

Level 11 Step 2

142%

3,476.50 pf

3,598.20 pf

14

1279

7.1

Level 11 Step 3

147%

3,603.20 pf

3,729.30 pf

15

1279

7.1

Level 12 Step 1

152%

3,715.10 pf

3,845.10 pf

16

1279

7.1

Level 12 Step 2

156%

3,823.00 pf

3,956.80 pf

 

Table 1B - Survey and Spatial Classification and Wage Schedules

 

Item

Award Code

Clause

Description

2023/24

2024/25

Percentage increase for wage and wage related allowances

4.0%

3.5%

17

1279

7.1

Survey and Spatial Classification - Level 1

2,246.50 pf

2,325.10 pf

18

1279

7.1

Survey and Spatial Classification - Level 2

2,321.50 pf

2,402.80 pf

19

1279

7.1

Survey and Spatial Classification - Level 3

2,384.90 pf

2,468.40 pf

20

1279

7.1

Survey and Spatial Classification - Level 4

2,441.70 pf

2,527.20 pf

 

Table 1C - Apprentice Classification and Wage Schedules

 

Item

Award Code

Clause

Description

2023/24

2024/25

Percentage increase for wage and wage related allowances

4.0%

3.5%

Three Year Program

 

 

21

1279

7.1

Apprentice 3 Year 1

1,521.10 pf

1,574.30 pf

22

1279

7.1

Apprentice 3 Year 2

1,911.60 pf

1,978.50 pf

23

1279

7.1

Apprentice 3 Year 3

2,184.00 pf

2,260.40 pf

Four Year Program

24

1279

7.1

Apprentice 4 Year 1

1,187.40 pf

1,229.00 pf

25

1279

7.1

Apprentice 4 Year 2

1,521.10 pf

1,574.30 pf

26

1279

7.1

Apprentice 4 Year 3

1,911.60 pf

1,978.50 pf

27

1279

7.1

Apprentice 4 Year 4

2,184.00 pf

2,260.40 pf

 

Table 2A - Wage Related Allowances

 

Item

Award Code

Clause

Description

2023/24

2024/25

Percentage increase for wage and wage related allowances

4.0%

3.5%

Special Allowances                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

28

1279

7.4.1

All-purpose special allowance -Stonemason-carvers

163.50 pf

169.20 pf

29

1279

7.4.2

All-purpose special allowance -Electricians

162.70 pf

168.40 pf

30

1279

7.4.3

All-purpose special allowance -Plumbers

25.80 pf

26.70 pf

All Purpose Allowances

31

1279

8.7.3.1

All-purpose allowance - General (Heritage and Building Services Group employees and apprentices other than (Slater)/Plumber/Drainer

68.40 pf

70.80 pf

32

1279

8.7.3.2

All-purpose allowance -(Slater)/Plumber/Drainer employees and apprentices

76.90 pf

79.60 pf

Other Allowances

33

256

 

Electrician Licence

56.58 pw

58.55 pw

34

256

 

Plumber, Gasfitters, Drainers License

2.83 ph

2.93 ph

35

256

 

Registration allowance

1.12 pd

1.16 pd

36

256

 

First Aid allowance                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

3.96 pd

4.10 pd

37

1279

8.8.1

Thermostatic mixing valves allowance

0.77 ph

0.80 ph

38

1279

8.9.1

Driving van allowance

3.16 pd

3.27 pd

 

Table 2B - Expense Related Allowances

 

Item

Award Code

Clause

Description

From the first full pay period on or after 1.7.23

(i.e. 7.3% March 2023 Sydney CPI)

From the first full pay period on or after 1.7.24

(i.e. 3.8% March 2024 Sydney CPI)

39

1279

8.6.1.1

Tool Allowance for:

75.90 pf

78.80 pf

 

 

 

Carpenter/Joiner

 

 

 

Stonemason-carver

 

 

 

Stonemason

 

 

 

Plumber

 

 

 

Electrician

 

 

 

Plasterer

40

1279

8.6.1.2

Tool Allowance for:

54.10 pf

56.15 pf

 

 

 

Bricklayer

41

1279

8.6.1.3

Tool Allowance for:

39.40 pf

40.90 pf

 

 

 

Slate & Tiler

42

1279

8.6.1.4

Tool Allowance for:

18.30 pf

19.00 pf

 

 

 

Painter

43

1279

8.3.2

Private vehicle use

0.94 per km

0.98 per km

44

1279

8.3

Fares and Travelling Time

29.50 pd

30.60 pd

45

 

 

(fares)

17.76 pd

18.45 pd

46

 

 

(travelling time)

11.76 pd

12.20 pd

47

1279

8.4.7

Distance work - transporting tools

28.49 pd

29.55 pd

48

1279

8.4.8.1

Distance work - per day

88.28 pd

91.65 pd

49

1279

8.4.8.2

Distance work - per week

618.05 pw

641.550 pw

50

1279

8.5.1

Loss of tools

2198.68

2,282.00

 

Method of Adjustment

 

Wages - fortnightly rates

 

Fortnightly wage rates are rounded to the nearest 10 cents, with figures less than 5 cents going to the lower amount, and figures 5 cents or more going to the higher amount.

 

Allowances

 

Wage related allowances (such as a first aid allowance) are increased by 3.5 per cent.

 

Daily, fortnightly and weekly allowances are rounded to the nearest 5 cents, with figures less than 5 cents going to the lower amount, and figures 5 cents or more going to the higher amount. hourly and per shift allowances are rounded to the nearest cent.

 

Expense related allowances (such as meal and travelling allowances) are in accordance with the Crown Employees (Skilled Trades) Award.

 

4.         This variation shall take effect from the first full pay period commencing on or after 1 July 2024.

 

 

 

I. TAYLOR  J, President

D. CHIN  J, Vice President

J. PAINGAKULAM  J, Deputy President

 

 

____________________

 

 

Printed by the authority of the Industrial Registrar.

 

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