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Plumbers and Gasfitters (State) Award
  
Date02/26/2010
Volume369
Part6
Page No.1490
DescriptionVSW - Variation following State Wage Case
Publication No.C7444
CategoryAward
Award Code 539  
Date Posted02/26/2010

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SERIAL C7444

 

Plumbers and Gasfitters (State) Award

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Application by NSW Industrial Registrar.

 

(No. IRC 1880 of 2009)

 

Before Commissioner Bishop

23 December 2009

 

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:

 

(e)      The rates of pay in this award include the adjustments payable under the State Wage Case of June 2008.  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 23 December 2009

 

Item No.

Clause No.

Classification

Amount

 

 

 

$

1

6.2.(a)(i)

Journeyperson Plumber Base Weekly Rate

369.10

 

 

Arbitrated Safety Net Adjustments

221.70 p/w

 

6.2.(a)(iii)

Hourly Rate

19.59

2

6.2(c)(i)

Ships Plumber Base Weekly Rate

369.10

 

 

Arbitrated Safety Net Adjustments

221.70 p/w

 

6.2(c)(iii)

Hourly Rate

19.27

 

(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 2008

Total

 

per week

Allowance

Allowance

 

per week

 

$

$

$

$

$

Building Industry

 

 

 

 

 

1st Year

210.71

24.30

17.10

8.40

260.51

2nd Year

307.96

24.30

25.30

12.30

369.86

3rd Year

405.60

24.30

32.50

16.20

478.60

4th Year

477.00

24.30

38.70

19.10

559.10

All Other Apprentices

 

 

 

 

 

1st Year

210.71

 

 

8.40

219.11

2nd Year

307.96

 

 

12.30

320.26

3rd Year

405.60

 

 

16.20

421.80

4th Year

477.00

 

 

19.10

496.10

 

Trainee Apprentices

 

Years of Service

Former Rate

Industry

Special

SWC 2008

Total

 

per week

Allowance

Allowance

 

per week

 

$

$

$

$

$

Building Industry

 

 

 

 

 

1st Year

237.95

24.30

18.40

9.50

290.15

2nd Year

346.11

24.30

27.90

13.80

412.11

3rd Year

447.72

24.30

35.30

17.90

525.22

4th Year

503.67

24.30

43.10

20.10

591.17

All Other Apprentices

 

 

 

 

 

1st Year

237.95

 

 

9.50

247.45

2nd Year

346.11

 

 

13.80

359.91

3rd Year

447.72

 

 

17.90

465.62

4th Year

503.67

 

 

20.10

523.77

 

Table 2 - Other Rates and Allowances

 

Item No.

Clause No.

Brief Description

Current Amount

SWC 2008

 

 

 

 

Adjustment

 

 

 

 

effective from

 

 

 

 

FFPP 23/12/09

1

6(2)(a)(i),

Journeyman Plumber (Other than Ship’s

 

 

 

(ii),(iii)

Plumber) -

 

 

 

 

Industry Allowance

23.40 per week

24.30 per week

 

 

Tool Allowance

23.40 per week

24.30 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

0.62 per hour

0.64 per hour

 

 

Amount deducted from hourly rate of

0.05

0.05

 

 

journeyman plumber for Drainer

 

 

2

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

Ship’s Plumber -

 

 

 

(iii),(iv)

 

 

 

 

 

Industry Allowance

12.38 per week

12.90 per week

 

 

Tool Allowance

23.40 per week

24.30 per week

 

 

Supplementary Payment

52.10 per week

52.10 per week

 

 

Special Allowance

7.70 per week

7.70 per week

 

 

Registration Allowance

0.62 per hour

0.64 per hour

 

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

Ships Plumbers Apprentice

5.18 per week

5.39 per week

3

7(i)(a)

Plumber’s Licence

0.80 per hour

0.83 per hour

4

7(i)(b)

Gasfitter’s Licence

0.80 per hour

0.83 per hour

5

7(i)(c)

Drainer’s Licence

0.70 per hour

0.73 per hour

6

7(i)(d)

Plumber’s and Gasfitter’s Licence

1.08 per hour

1.12 per hour

7

7(i)(e)

Plumber’s and Drainer’s Licence

1.08 per hour

1.12 per hour

8

7(i)(f)

Gasfitter’s and drainer’s Licence

1.08 per hour

1.12 per hour

9

7(i)(g)

Plumber’s gasfitter’s and Drainer’s

1.49 per hour

1.55 per hour

 

 

Licence

 

 

10

7(ii)

Licensed Drainer

0.70 per hour

0.73 per hour

11

7(iii)(a)

Lead Burner

0.71 per hour

0.74 per hour

12

7(iii)(b)

Lead Burner in Chemical Works

0.98 per hour

1.02 per hour

 

13

7(iii)(c)(1)

Oxyacetylene or Electric Welding

0.50 per hour

0.52 per hour

 

 

Certificate Minimum Payment

3.50 per day

3.64 per day

14

7(iii)(c)(2)

Certificate Holder performing welding

0.73 per hour

0.76 per hour

 

 

to AS4041-1998 Minimum

 

 

 

 

Minimum Payment

5.57 per day

5.79 per day

15

7(iii)(d)

Computing quantities or make-up

0.53 per hour

0.55 per hour

 

 

estimates

 

 

16

8(i)

Tool Allowance Apprentices

23.40 per wk

24.30 per wk

17

9

Leading Hands -

 

 

 

 

In charge of up to two employees

0.73 per hour

0.76 per hour

 

 

In charge of three to five employees

0.86 per hour

0.89 per hour

 

 

In charge of six to ten employees

1.12 per hour

1.16 per hour

 

 

In charge of ten or more employees

1.42 per hour

1.48 per hour

18

10

Employed on any chokage or oil

6.00 per day

6.24 per day

 

 

chokage etc.

 

 

19

11(i)

Wet Work

0.53 per hour

0.55 per hour

20

11(ii)

Insulation material

0.66 per hour

0.69 per hour

21

11(iii)

Cold Work

0.53 per hour

0.55 per hour

22

11(iv)

Work on WC,s, urinals, soil or waste

0.66 per hour

0.69 per hour

 

 

pipes where used principally by

 

 

 

 

venereal patients

 

 

23

11(v)

Hot Work

 

 

 

 

between 46 and 54 degrees Celsius

0.51 per hour

0.53 per hour

 

 

exceeding 54 degrees Celsius

0.66 per hour

0.69 per hour

24

11(vi)

Work with second-hand materials of an

0.53 per day

0.55 per day

 

 

unusually dirty or offensive nature

 

 

25

11(vii)

Employed inside buildings where

0.67 per day

0.70 per day

 

 

chlorine gas and/or hydrogen sulphide

 

 

 

 

gas re-manufactured

 

 

26

11(viii)

Engaged on electric welding applicable

0.13 per hour

0.14 per hour

 

 

to plumbing

 

 

27

11(ix)

Operator of explosive powered tools

1.26 per day

1.31 per day

28

11(x)(a)

Work in maximum security

1.35 per hour

1.40 per hour

29

11(x)(b)

Work in a geriatric hospital

0.36 per hour

0.37 per hour

30

11(xi)

Roof Repairs

0.75 per hour

0.78 per hour

 

 

Minimum Payment

0.75

0.78

31

11(xiii)

Employed in mental institutions

0.45 per hour

0.47 per hour

32

11(xiv)

Engaged in tunnel and sewer work and

0.54 per hour

0.56 per hour

 

 

in underground shafts exceeding 3

 

 

 

 

metres in depth

 

 

33

11(xv)

Engaged on alterations or repairs to

1.41 per hour

1.47 per hour

 

 

boilers, flues, furnaces, retorts and kilns

 

 

34

11(xvi)

Engaged on the construction of

0.53 per hour

0.55 per hour

 

 

chimneys and air shafts where

 

 

 

 

construction exceeded 15 metres in

 

 

 

 

height

 

 

 

 

Additional amount for work above each

0.53 per hour

0.55 per hour

 

 

further 15 metres

 

 

35

11(xvii)

Employees required to work in a

3.84

3.99

 

 

bosun’s chair or on a swinging

 

 

 

 

scaffold - First 4 hours

 

 

 

 

For each hour thereafter

0.79 per hour

0.82 per hour

36

11(xviii)

Work on any structure at a height of

0.53 per hour

0.55 per hour

 

 

more than 12.2 metres

 

 

37

11(xix)

Employees in sanitary works

5.90 per day

6.14 per day

38

11(xx)

Employees in slaughtering yards

0.35 per hour

0.36 per hour

 

39

11(xxii)(a)

Employees working west and north of

0.86 per day

0.89 per day

 

 

and excluding State Highway No 17

 

 

 

 

etc., up to the Western Division

 

 

40

11(xxii)(b)

Employees working in the Western

1.41 per day

1.47 per day

 

 

Division

 

 

41

11(xxii)(c)

Employees working in the southern

1.41 per day

1.47 per day

 

 

districts

 

 

42

11(xxiii)

Engaged in cramped position or without

0.66 per hour

0.69 per hour

 

 

sufficient ventilation

 

 

43

11(xxiv)

Employees required to use materials

0.66 per hour

0.69 per hour

 

 

containing asbestos or to work near

 

 

 

 

asbestos

 

 

44

11(xxv)

Towers Allowance

 

 

 

 

Exceeding 15 metres - for all work

0.53 per hour

0.55 per hour

 

 

above metres

 

 

 

 

For work above each further 15 metres

0.53 per hour

0.55 per hour

45

11(xxvi)(c)

Toxic Substances

 

 

 

 

Employees using

0.66 per hour

0.69 per hour

 

 

Employees working in close proximity

0.53 per hour

0.55 per hour

46

11(xxxi)(d)

Engaged in asbestos eradication

1.78 per hour

1.85 per hour

47

12(i)

Employees working in ballast tanks, oil

0.66 per hour

0.69 per hour

 

 

tanks and side tanks

 

 

48

12(ii)

Employees working in ship’s bilges or

0.48 per hour

0.50 per hour

 

 

under engine room or boiler room

 

 

 

 

flooring

 

 

49

12(iii)

Employees working in and around

0.48 per hour

0.50 per hour

 

 

diesel engines

 

 

50

12(iv)

Employees working in a confined space

0.70 per hour

0.73 per hour

51

12(v)(1)

Employees working inside a hull

0.83 per hour

0.86 per hour

52

12(v)(2)

Employees working in torpedo tube

1.51 per hour

1.57 per hour

 

 

compartments, ballast tanks, oil tanks,

 

 

 

 

below floor plates

 

 

53

12(vi)

Plumber in pipe laundry

1.07 per hour

1.11 per hour

54

13(iii)

Multi-story Allowance -

 

 

 

 

From commencement to 15tth floor

0.43 per hour

0.45 per hour

 

 

from 16th to 30th floor

0.51 per hour

0.53 per hour

 

 

from 31st to 45th floor

0.79 per hour

0.82 per hour

 

 

from 46th to 60th floor

1.02 per hour

1.06 per hour

 

 

From 61st floor onwards

1.27 per hour

1.32 per hour

55

14(1)(a)(c)

Fares Allowance

13.80 per day

14.35 per day

56

14(I)(h)

km Allowance

0.75 km

0.78 km

57

14(I)(j)(b)(ii)

km Allowance

0.40 km

0.42 km

58

15(i)

Travelling Allowance (within the counties of Cumberland, Northumberland, or Camden) -

Apprentices -

 

 

 

 

1st year

12.30 per day

12.79 per day

 

 

2nd year

12.75 per day

13.26 per day

 

 

3rd year

12.80 per day

13.31 per day

 

 

4th year

13.00 per day

13.52 per day

59

15(ii)

Travelling Allowance (in the cities of Penrith, Newcastle or Campbelltown) - Apprentices

 

 

 

 

1st year

12.30 per day

12.79 per day

 

 

2nd year

12.75 per day

13.26 per day

 

 

3rd year

12.80 per day

13.31 per day

 

 

4th year

13.00 per day

13.52 per day

 

60

16(ii)(b)

Living Away Allowance

348.30 per wk

362.23 per wk

 

 

 

49.80 per day

51.79 per day

61

16(iii)(a)(iii)

Travel Meal Allowance

10.20

10.61

62

16(iii)(b)

Travel Allowance - Return Journey

10.60

17.26

63

16(v)(a)

Travel Allowance - Weekend Return

28.00

29.12

64

16(v)(b)

Camping Allowance

138.80 per wk

144.35 per wk

 

 

 

19.90 per day

20.70 per day

65

17(iii)(d)

Travel Allowance Apprentices

16.60

17.26

66

17(iv)

Living Away Allowance Apprentices

323.78 per wk

336.73 per wk

67

18(iii)(iv)(a)

Return Home Allowance

28.00

29.12

68

18(vi)(b)

Living Away Allowance

323.78 per wk

336.73 per wk

69

19(i)(ii)(b)

Living Away Allowance Apprentices

323.78 per wk

336.73 per wk

70

19(ii)(a)

Return Home Allowance

28.00 per hr

29.12 per hr

71

20(ii),(vii)(c)

Meal Money

10.20

10.61

72

21(v)

Meal Money

10.20

10.61

73

43(ii)

First-aid Allowance

2.26

2.35

74

47(b)(i)

Tool Refurbishment

1,308.00

1,360.32

 

3.        This variation shall take effect from the first full pay period on or after 23 December 2009.

 

 

 

 

E. A. R. BISHOP, Commissioner

 

 

____________________

 

 

Printed by the authority of the Industrial Registrar.

 

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