Business Equipment Maintenance
(State) Award, The
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Application by Australian
Business Industrial, Industrial Organisation of Employers and State Peak
Council.
(No. IRC 3656 of 2006)
Before The Honourable
Justice Wright, President
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21 December 2006
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VARIATION
1. Insert in
clause 1, Definitions, of the award published on 16 May 1997 (298 I.G. 531),
the following new definition for School based apprentice:
"School based apprentice" is an employee who
is undertaking an apprenticeship under a training contract while also enrolled
in the Higher School Certificate. The
school based apprenticeship may commence upon the completion of the Year 10
School Certificate exams. Such school
based apprenticeships are undertaken at a minimum Certificate III Australian
Qualifications Framework (AQF) qualification level as specified in the relevant
Vocational Training Order pursuant to the Apprenticeship and Traineeship Act
2001.
2. Insert after
subclause (vii) of Clause 3, Wages, the following new subclause (viii):
(viii) Wages for
school based apprentice
(a) The hourly
rates for full time apprentices as set out in this Award shall apply to school
based apprentices for total hours worked including time deemed to be spent in
off-the job training.
(b) For the
purposes of subclause (a) of this clause, where a school based apprentice is a
full time school student, the time spent in off-the-job training for which the
school based apprentice is paid is deemed to be 25 per cent of the actual hours
worked on-the-job each week. The wages paid for training time may be averaged
over the school term or year.
(c) Where this
Award specifies a weekly rate for full time apprentices the hourly rate shall
be calculated by dividing the applicable weekly rate by 38.
3. Insert after
subclause (G), Leave Reserved of Clause 30, Other Conditions - Apprentices, the
following new subclauses:
(H) Progression
through Wage Structure for School Based Apprentices
(a) School based
apprentices progress through the wage scale at the rate of 12 months’
progression for each two years of employment as an apprentice.
(b) The rates of
pay are based on a standard apprenticeship of four years. The rate of progression
reflects the average rate of skill acquisition expected from the typical
combination of work and training for a school based apprentice undertaking the
applicable apprenticeship.
(I) Conversion
from a school based to a full time apprenticeship
Where an apprentice converts from a school based to a
full-time apprenticeship, all time spent as a full-time apprentice counts for
the purpose of progression through the wage scale set out in this Award. This
progression applies in addition to the progression achieved as a school based
apprentice.
(J) Conditions of
Employment for School Based Apprentices
Except as provided by this award, school based
apprentices are entitled to pro rata entitlements of all other conditions of employment
contained in this Award.
(K) Disputes and
Disciplinary Matters
The provisions of the Apprenticeship and Traineeship
Act 2001 shall apply for the resolution of disputes and disciplinary
matters.
4. This
variation shall take effect from 1 January 2007.
F.
L. WRIGHT J
, President
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Printed by
the authority of the Industrial Registrar.