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Plumbers and Gasfitters (State) Award
  
Date05/30/2008
Volume365
Part5
Page No.1817
DescriptionVSW - Variation following State Wage Case
Publication No.C6551
CategoryAward
Award Code 539  
Date Posted05/29/2008

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SERIAL C6551

 

Plumbers and Gasfitters (State) Award

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Application by The New South Wales Plumbers and Gasfitters Employees' Union, Industrial Organisation of Employees.

 

(No. IRC 367 of 2008)

 

Before Commissioner Ritchie

2 April 2008

 

VARIATION

 

1.          Delete paragraph (e) of subclause 6.2 of clause 6, Wages, of the award published 25 February 2000 (313 I.G. 709) and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

The rates of pay in this award include the adjustments payable under the State Wage Case of June 2007.  These adjustments may be offset against:

 

(i)         any equivalent over-award payments; and/or

 

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

 

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

 

PART B

 

MONETARY RATES

 

Table 1 - Rates of Pay

 

(i)         Wages - effective first full pay period on or after 25 March 2008

 

Item No.

Clause No.

Classification

Amount

 

 

 

$

1

6.2.(a)(i)

Journeyperson Plumber Base Weekly Rate

369.10

 

 

Arbitrated Safety Net Adjustments

199.00 p/w

 

6.2.(a)(iii)

Hourly Rate

18.91 p/h

2

6.2(c)(i)

Ships Plumber Base Weekly Rate

369.10

 

 

Arbitrated Safety Net Adjustments

199.00

 

6.2(c)(iii)

Hourly Rate

18.60

 

(ii)        Wages Apprentices

 

Indentured Apprentices - For apprentices employed by employers bound by this award, other than those employed ship’s plumbing, the following wage rates shall apply:

 

Years of Service

Former Rate

Industry

Special

SWC 2007

Total

 

per week

Allowance

Allowance

 

per week

 

$

$

$

$

$

Building Industry

 

 

 

 

 

1st Year

202.60

23.40

17.10

8.11

251.01

2nd Year

296.10

23.40

25.30

11.86

356.66

3rd Year

390.00

23.40

32.50

15.60

461.50

4th Year

458.70

23.40

38.70

18.30

539.10

All Other Apprentices

 

 

 

 

 

1st Year

202.60

 

 

8.11

210.71

2nd Year

296.10

 

 

11.86

307.96

3rd Year

390.00

 

 

15.60

405.60

4th Year

458.70

 

 

18.30

477.00

 

Trainee Apprentices

 

Years of Service

Former Rate

Industry

Special

SWC 2007

Total

 

per week

Allowance

Allowance

 

per week

 

$

$

$

$

$

Building Industry

 

 

 

 

 

1st Year

228.80

23.40

18.40

9.15

279.75

2nd Year

332.80

23.40

27.90

13.31

397.41

3rd Year

430.50

23.40

35.30

17.22

506.42

4th Year

484.30

23.40

43.10

19.37

570.17

All Other Apprentices

 

 

 

 

 

1st Year

228.80

 

 

9.15

237.95

2nd Year

332.80

 

 

13.31

346.11

3rd Year

430.50

 

 

17.22

447.72

4th Year

484.30

 

 

19.37

503.67

 

Table 2 - Other Rates and Allowances

 

Item No.

Clause No.

Brief Description

Current Amount

SWC 2007

 

 

 

 

Adjustment

 

 

 

 

effective from

 

 

 

 

FFPP 2/4/2008

1

6(2)(a)(i),

Journeyman Plumber (Other than Ship’s

 

 

 

(ii),(iii)

Plumber) -

 

 

 

 

Industry Allowance

22.50 per week

23.40 per week

 

 

Tool Allowance

22.50 per week

23.40 per week

 

 

Supplementary Payment

52.10 per week

52.10 per week

 

 

Special Allowance

7.70 per week

7.70 per week

 

6(2)(b)

Registration Allowance

0.60 per hour

0.62 per hour

 

 

Amount deducted from hourly rate of

 

 

 

 

journeyman plumber for Drainer

0.05

0.05

2

6(2)(c)(i),(ii),

Ship’s Plumber -

 

 

 

(iii),(iv)

 

 

 

 

 

Industry Allowance

11.90 per week

12.38 per week

 

 

Tool Allowance

22.50 per week

23.40 per week

 

 

Supplementary Payment

52.10 per week

52.10 per week

 

 

Special Allowance

7.70 per week

7.70 per week

 

 

Registration Allowance

0.60 per hour

0.62 per hour

 

6(2)(d)(iii)(a)

Ships Plumbers Apprentice

4.98 per week

5.18 per week

3

7(i)(a)

Plumber’s Licence

0.77 per hour

0.80 per hour

4

7(i)(b)

Gasfitter’s Licence

0.77 per hour

0.80 per hour

5

7(i)(c)

Drainer’s Licence

0.67 per hour

0.70 per hour

6

7(i)(d)

Plumber’s and Gasfitter’s Licence

1.04 per hour

1.08 per hour

7

7(i)(e)

Plumber’s and Drainer’s Licence

1.04 per hour

1.08 per hour

8

7(i)(f)

Gasfitter’s and drainer’s Licence

1.04 per hour

1.08 per hour

9

7(i)(g)

Plumber’s gasfitter’s and Drainer’s

 

 

 

 

Licence

1.43per hour

1.49 per hour

10

7(ii)

Licensed Drainer

0.67 per hour

0.70 per hour

11

7(iii)(a)

Lead Burner

0.68 per hour

0.71 per hour

12

7(iii)(b)

Lead Burner in Chemical Works

0.94 per hour

0.98 per hour

13

7(iii)(c)(1)

Oxyacetylene or Electric Welding

0.48 per hour

0.50 per hour

 

 

Certificate Minimum Payment

3.37 per day

3.50 per day

14

7(iii)(c)(2)

Certificate Holder performing welding

0.70 per hour

0.73 per hour

 

 

to AS4041-1998 Minimum

 

 

 

 

Minimum Payment

5.36 per day

5.57 per day

15

7(iii)(d)

Computing quantities or make-up

 

 

 

 

estimates

0.51 per hour

0.53 per hour

17

9

Leading Hands -

 

 

 

 

In charge of up to two employees

0.70 per hour

0.73 per hour

 

 

In charge of three to five employees

0.83 per hour

0.86 per hour

 

 

In charge of six to ten employees

1.08 per hour

1.12 per hour

 

 

In charge of ten or more employees

1.37 per hour

1.42 per hour

18

10

Employed on any chokage or oil

 

 

 

 

chokage etc.

5.77 per day

6.00 per day

19

11(i)

Wet Work

0.51 per hour

0.53 per hour

20

11(ii)

Insulation material

0.63 per hour

0.66 per hour

21

11(iii)

Cold Work

0.51 per hour

0.53 per hour

22

11(iv)

Work on WC,s, urinals, soil or waste

 

 

 

 

pipes where used principally by

 

 

 

 

venereal patients

0.63 per hour

0.66 per hour

23

11(v)

Hot Work

 

 

 

 

between 46 and 54 degrees Celsius

0.49 per hour

0.51 per hour

 

 

exceeding 54 degrees Celsius

0.63 per hour

0.66 per hour

24

11(vi)

Work with second-hand materials of an

 

 

 

 

unusually dirty or offensive nature

0.51 per hour

0.53 per day

25

11(vii)

Employed inside buildings where

 

 

 

 

chlorine gas and/or hydrogen sulphide

 

 

 

 

gas re-manufactured

0.64 per day

0.67 per day

26

11(viii)

Engaged on electric welding applicable

 

 

 

 

to plumbing

0.12 per hour

0.13 per hour

27

11(ix)

Operator of explosive powered tools

1.21 per day

1.26 per day

28

11(x)(a)

Work in maximum security

1.30 per hour

1.35 per hour

29

11(x)(b)

Work in a geriatric hospital

0.35 per hour

0.36 per hour

30

11(xi)

Roof Repairs

0.72 per hour

0.75 per hour

 

 

Minimum Payment

0.72

0.75

31

11(xiii)

Employed in mental institutions

0.43 per hour

0.45 per hour

32

11(xiv)

Engaged in tunnel and sewer work and

 

 

 

 

in underground shafts exceeding 3

 

 

 

 

metres in depth

0.52 per hour

0.54 per hour

33

11(xv)

Engaged on alterations or repairs to

 

 

 

 

boilers, flues, furnaces, retorts and kilns

1.36 per hour

1.41 per hour

34

11(xvi)

Engaged on the construction of

 

 

 

 

chimneys and air shafts where

 

 

 

 

construction exceeded 15 metres in

 

 

 

 

height

0.51 per hour

0.53 per hour

 

 

Additional amount for work above each

 

 

 

 

further 15 metres

0.51 per hour

0.53 per hour

35

11(xvii)

Employees required to work in a

 

 

 

 

bosun’s chair or on a swinging

 

 

 

 

scaffold - First 4 hours

3.69

3.84

 

 

For each hour thereafter

0.76per hour

0.79 per hour

36

11(xviii)

Work on any structure at a height of

 

 

 

 

more than 12.2 metres

0.51 per hour

0.53 per hour

37

11(xix)

Employees in sanitary works

5.67 per day

5.90 per day

38

11(xx)

Employees in slaughtering yards

0.34 per hour

0.35 per hour

39

11(xxii)(a)

Employees working west and north of

 

 

 

 

and excluding State Highway No 17

 

 

 

 

etc., up to the Western Division

0.83 per day

0.86 per day

40

11(xxii)(b)

Employees working in the Western

 

 

 

 

Division

1.36 per day

1.41 per day

41

11(xxii)(c)

Employees working in the southern

 

 

 

 

districts

1.36 per day

1.41 per day

42

11(xxiii)

Engaged in cramped position or without

 

 

 

 

sufficient ventilation

0.63 per hour

0.66 per hour

43

11(xxiv)

Employees required to use materials

 

 

 

 

containing asbestos or to work near

 

 

 

 

asbestos

0.63 per hour

0.66 per hour

44

11(xxv)

Towers Allowance

 

 

 

 

Exceeding 15 metres - for all work

 

 

 

 

above metres

0.51 per hour

0.53 per hour

 

 

For work above each further 15 metres

0.51 per hour

0.53 per hour

45

11(xxvi)(c)

Toxic Substances

 

 

 

 

Employees using

0.63 per hour

0.66 per hour

 

 

Employees working in close proximity

0.51 per hour

0.53 per hour

46

11(xxxi)(d)

Engaged in asbestos eradication

1.71 per hour

1.78 per hour

47

12(i)

Employees working in ballast tanks, oil

 

 

 

 

tanks and side tanks

0.63 per hour

0.66 per hour

48

12(ii)

Employees working in ship’s bilges or

 

 

 

 

under engine room or boiler room

 

 

 

 

flooring

0.46 per hour

0.48 per hour

49

12(iii)

Employees working in and around

0.46 per hour

0.48 per hour

 

 

diesel engines

 

 

50

12(iv)

Employees working in a confined space

0.67 per hour

0.70 per hour

51

12(v)(1)

Employees working inside a hull

0.80 per hour

0.83 per hour

52

12(v)(2)

Employees working in torpedo tube

 

 

 

 

compartments, ballast tanks, oil tanks,

 

 

 

 

below floor plates

1.45 per hour

1.51 per hour

53

12(vi)

Plumber in pipe laundry

1.03 per hour

1.07 per hour

54

13(iii)

Multi-story Allowance -

 

 

 

 

From commencement to 15tth floor

0.41 per hour

0.43 per hour

 

 

from 16th to 30th floor

0.49 per hour

0.51 per hour

 

 

from 31st to 45th floor

0.76 per hour

0.79 per hour

 

 

from 46th to 60th floor

0.98 per hour

1.02 per hour

 

 

From 61st floor onwards

1.22 per hour

1.27 per hour

73

43(ii)

First-aid Allowance

2.17 per day

2.26

 

3.          This variation shall take effect from the first full pay period on or after 2 April 2008.

 

 

 

D. W. RITCHIE, Commissioner.

 

 

____________________

 

 

Printed by the authority of the Industrial Registrar.

 

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