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SERIAL C7597

Building and Construction Industry (State) Award

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

STATE WAGE CASE 2010

(No. IRC 471 of 2010)

PURSUANT to the orders of the Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales made 16 December 2010, and pursuant to section 52 of the Industrial Relations Act, 1996 and consistent with Principle 8 of the Commission's Wage Fixing Principles the following variation is made.

G. M. GRIMSON Industrial Registrar.

VARIATION

1. Delete paragraph (a) of subclause 18.1 of 18, Classifications and Wage Rates, of the award published 31 August 2001 (327 I.G. 279), and insert in lieu thereof the following:

(a) Wage Rates - New Classification Structure

Subject to subclause (c) of this clause, the following amounts shall be applied where appropriate for the purposes of the calculation of the hourly rate under 18.3 of this award.

Classification	Weekly Rate	Relativity
	SWC 2010 (4.25%)
	$	%

Construction Worker Level 8 (CW8)	805.30	125
Construction Worker Level 7 (CW7)	779.90	120
Construction Worker Level 6 (CW6)	756.80	115
Construction Worker Level 5 (CW5)	735.60	110
Construction Worker Level 4 (CW4)	712.40	105
Construction Worker Level 3 (CW3)	689.10	100
Construction Worker Level 2 (CW2)	668.30	96
Construction Worker Level 1 (CW1(d))	653.30	92.4
Construction Worker Level 1 (CW1(c))	640.40	90
Construction Worker Level 1 (CW1(b))	631.00	88
Construction Worker Level 1 (CW1(a))	617.10	85

Old Wage Group	New Wage	Hourly Rate
	Group	SWC 2010 (4.25%)
		$

Carpenter Diver	CW8	29.68
Foreperson (as defined)	CW8	26.05
Sub Foreperson	CW7	24.66
Carver	CW5	21.63
Special Class Tradesperson (Carpenter and/or
Joiner, Stonemason)	CW5	21.63
Special Class Tradesperson (Plasterer)	CW5	21.51
Special Class Tradesperson (Bricklayer)	CW5	21.42

Marker or Setter Out (Artificial Stoneworker,
Stonemason, Bridge and Wharf Carpenter,	CW4	21.01
Carpenter and/or Joiner, Marble and Slateworker)
Marker or Setter Out (Caster, Fixer, Floorlayer
Specialist, Plasterer )	CW4	20.88
Marker or Setter Out (Bricklayer, Tilelayer, Hard
Floor Coverer)	CW4	20.79
Marker or Setter Out (Roof Tiler, Slate Ridger or
Roof Fixer)	CW4	20.65
Marker or Setter Out (Painter)	CW4	20.44
Letter Cutter	CW4	21.01
Signwriter	CW4	20.44
Artificial Stoneworker, Carpenter and/or
Joiner, Bridge and Wharf Carpenter,	CW3	20.37
Marble and Slate Worker, Stonemason,
Caster, Fixer, Floorlayer Specialist, Plasterer	CW3	20.25
Bricklayer, Tilelayer	CW3	20.16
Roof Tiler, Slate Ridger, Roof Fixer	CW3	20.02
Painter	CW3	19.81
Shophand	CW3	19.63
Quarryworker	CW3	19.63
Labourer (1) - Rigger, Dogger	CW3	19.63
Machinist	CW3	19.63
Labourer (2) - Scaffolder (as defined), Powder
Monkey, Hoist or Winch Driver, Foundation	CW2	19.07
Shaftsworker (as defined), Steel Fixer including
Tack Welder, Concrete Finisher (as defined)
Labourer (3) - Trades labourer, Jack Hammerman,	CW1(d)	18.66
Mixer Driver (concrete), Gantry Hand or Crane
Hand, Crane Chaser, Cement Gun Operator,
Concrete Cutting or Drilling Machine Operator,
Concrete Gang including Concrete Floater (as
defined), Roof Layer (malthoid or similar material),
Dump Cart Operator, Concrete Formwork stripper,
Mobile Concrete Pump Hoseman or Line Hand
Plasterer’s Assistant	CW1(d)	18.66
Terrazzo Assistant	CW1(d)	18.66
Labourer (4) - Builders Labourer other than as
specified herein)	CW1(c)	18.31

2. Delete paragraph (f) of subclause 18.1 of the said clause 18, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

(f) The rates of pay in this award include the adjustments payable under State Wage Case 2010. These adjustments may be offset against:

(i) any equivalent overaward payments and/or

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

3. Delete subparagraphs 18.1.2.1, 18.1.2.2 and 18.1.2.3 of paragraph 18.1.2 Wage Rates - Apprentices, of the said clause 18, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

18.1.2.1 Carpenters, Joiners, Bricklayers, Painters, etc., Plasterers, etc., Roof Tilers, Fibrous Plasterer, Plasterboard Fixer, Stonemasons, Tilelayers, Floorlaying.

(i) Indentured Apprentice - The minimum rates of wages for four-year apprentices shall be as follows:

Year	Base Rate	Percentage	Industry	Special	Total Per
	Per Week	relative to CW3	Allowance	Allowance	Week
		Trade Rate	Per Week	Per Week
	SWC 2010		SWC 2010
	(4.25%)		(4.25%)
	$	%	$	$	$
1^st year	282.50	41	26.20	17.10	325.80
2nd year	392.80	57	26.20	25.30	444.30
3^rd year	530.60	77	26.20	32.50	589.30
4^th year	606.40	88	26.20	38.70	671.30

(ii) Trainee Apprentice

Year	Base Rate	Percentage	Industry	Special	Total Per
	Per Week	relative to CW3	Allowance	Allowance	Week
		Trade Rate	Per Week	Per Week
	SWC 2010		SWC 2010
	(4.25%)		(4.25%)
	$	%	$	$	$
1^st year	317.00	46	26.20	18.40	361.60
2nd year	434.10	63	26.20	27.80	488.10
3^rd year	571.90	83	26.20	35.30	633.40
4^th year	633.90	92	26.20	40.10	700.20

18.1.2.2 Civil Engineering Construction Carpenters:

Year	Base Rate	Percentage	Industry	Special	Total Per
	Per Week	relative to CW3	Allowance	Allowance	Week
		Trade Rate	Per Week	Per Week
	SWC 2010		SWC 2010
	(4.25%)		(4.25%)
	$	%	$	$	$
1^st year	337.70	49	26.20	20.00	383.90
2nd year	454.80	66	26.20	28.10	509.10
3^rd year	578.80	84	26.20	35.30	640.30
4^th year	668.50	97	26.20	41.40	736.10

18.1.2.3 Pilot Three Stage Bricklayers’ Course

(a) These rates apply to apprentices who are engaged through the Master Builders’ Association of New South Wales and the Housing Industry Group Apprenticeship Schemes and who are enrolled or to be enrolled in the three stage Technical and Further Education course.

(b) These rates shall also apply whilst the apprentice is attending college in the following fashion:

Stage I - First 8 weeks - full time at 35 hours per week	28 weeks - 1 day per week

Stage II - 36 weeks	1 day per week

(c) The above provisions relating to the pilot bricklayers course, the course itself, and the rates herein prescribed shall only apply to employed apprentices.

(d) Leave is reserved in relation to the payment applicable during attendance at college for the advanced modules (30 weeks - 1 day per week, i.e. 6 x 40 hour modules) for those apprentices who have successfully completed the requirements of stage II.

(i) Indentured Apprentices:

The minimum rate of wages for apprentice bricklayers shall be as follows:

Stage	Base Rate	Percentage	Industry	Special	Total Per
	Per Week	relative to CW3	Allowance	Allowance	Week
		Trade Rate	Per Week	Per Week
	SWC 2010		SWC 2010
	(4.25%)		(4.25%)
	$	%	$	$	$
1^st six months	282.50	41	26.20	16.80	325.50
2nd six months	392.80	57	26.20	24.80	443.80
2nd year	496.10	72	26.20	31.90	554.20
3^rd year	599.50	87	26.20	37.90	663.60

(ii) Trainee Apprentices:

The minimum rate of wages for trainee apprentice bricklayers shall be as follows:

Stage	Base Rate	Percentage	Industry	Special	Total
	Per Week	relative to CW3	Allowance	Allowance	Per Week
		Trade Rate	Per Week	Per Week
	SWC 2010		SWC 2010
	(4.25%)		(4.25%)
	$	%	$	$	$
1^st six months	303.20	44	26.20	18.00	347.40
2nd six months	420.30	61	26.20	27.30	473.80
2nd year	530.60	77	26.20	34.60	591.40
3^rd year	606.40	88	26.20	39.30	671.90

4. Delete paragraph 18.1.3 Adult Apprentices, of the said clause 18, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

18.1.3 Adult Apprentices

Definition - An adult apprentice means an employee engaged as an apprentice who at the time of apprenticeship is of or above the age of 21 years.

18.1.3.1 Carpenters, Joiners, Bricklayers, Painters, etc., Plasterers, etc., Roof Tilers, Fibrous Plasterer, Plasterboard Fixer, Stonemasons, Tilelayers, Floorlaying

(i) Indentured Apprentices:

Year	Base Rate	Percentage	Industry	Special	Total Per
	Per Week	relative to CW3	Allowance	Allowance	Week
		Trade Rate	Per Week	Per Week
	SWC 2010		SWC 2010
	(4.25%)		(4.25%)
	$	%	$	$	$
1^st year	461.70	67	26.20	17.10	505.00
2nd year	461.70	67	26.20	25.30	513.20
3^rd year	530.60	77	26.20	32.50	589.30
4^th year	606.40	88	26.20	38.70	671.30

(ii) Trainee Apprentices:

Year	Base Rate	Percentage	Industry	Special	Total Per
	Per Week	relative to CW3	Allowance	Allowance	Week
		Trade Rate	Per Week	Per Week
	SWC 2010		SWC 2010
	(4.25%)		(4.25%)
	$	%	$	$	$
1^st year	461.70	67	26.20	18.40	506.30
2nd year	468.60	68	26.20	27.80	522.60
3^rd year	578.80	84	26.20	35.30	640.30
4^th year	640.80	93	26.20	40.10	707.10

18.1.3.2 Civil Engineering Construction Carpenters - for adult apprentices the minimum rates shall be as follows:

Year	Base Rate	Percentage	Industry	Special	Total Per
	Per Week	relative to CW3	Allowance	Allowance	Week
		Trade Rate	Per Week	Per Week
	SWC 2010		SWC 2010
	(4.25%)		(4.25%)
	$	%	$	$	$
1^st year	461.70	67	26.20	20.00	507.90
2nd year	488.20	71	26.20	28.10	542.50
3^rd year	585.80	85	26.20	35.30	647.30
4^th year	668.50	97	26.20	41.40	736.10

5. Delete the table appearing in subclause 18.4 Leading hands, of the said clause 18, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

Item No.	Description	Weekly Base	Amount
			per hour
		SWC 2010 (4.25%)	SWC 2010 (4.25%)
		$	$
(i)	In charge of not more than 1 person	16.80	0.46
(ii)	In charge of 2 and not more than 5 persons	36.90	1.00
(iii)	In charge of 6 and not more than 10 persons	47.00	1.27
(iv)	In charge of more than 10 persons	62.80	1.70

6. Delete the amount "78 cents" appearing in subclause 18.5 Carpenter - Diver allowance, of the said clause 18, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

80 cents

7. Delete the table in subclause 18.7 Foreperson and Sub Foreperson Allowances, of the said clause 18, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

Classification	Per Week
	SWC 2010 (4.25%)
	$
Foreperson (as defined)	92.90
Sub-Foreperson	66.80

8. Delete the table in paragraph 18.8.2 Refractory bricklaying allowance, of the said clause 18, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

Classification	Per hour
	SWC 2010 (4.25%)
	$
Refractory Bricklayer	1.82
Refractory Bricklayer’s Assistant	1.56

9. Delete the amount of "$25.10" appearing in subclause 24.1, Industry Allowance, of clause 24, Allowances, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

$26.20

10. Delete the amounts of "$12.29" and "$2.45" appearing in subclause 24.2, Underground Allowance, of the said clause 24, and insert in lieu thereof the following amounts "$12.81" and "$2.55" respectively.

11. Delete the table appearing in paragraph 24.5.3 of subclause 24.5 Multi-story allowance, of the said clause 24, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

Floor Levels	Amount per
	hour extra
	SWC 2010 (4.25%)
	$
From commencement of building to fifteenth floor level	0.48
From sixteenth floor level to thirtieth floor level	0.56
From thirty-first floor level to forty-fifth floor level	0.88
From forty-sixth floor level to sixtieth floor level	1.14
From sixty-first floor level onwards	1.42

12. By deleting the table appearing in subclause 25.5 Swing Scaffold, of clause 25 Special Rates, and inserting:

Height of Bracing	First Four Hours	Each additional
		Hour
	SWC 2010 (4.25%)	SWC 2010 (4.25%)
	$	$
0 - 15 storeys	4.27	0.88
16 - 30 storeys	5.51	1.15
31 - 45 storeys	6.53	1.32

46 - 60 storeys	10.69	2.21
greater than 60 storeys	13.64	2.81

solid plasterers when working off a swing scaffold	0.11 per hour

13. Delete the table appearing in subclause 25.15 Heavy Blocks, of the said clause 25, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

	Amount per hour
	SWC 2010 (4.25%)
	$
Where the blocks weigh over 5.5 kg and under 9 kg	0.59
Where the blocks weigh 9 kg or over up to 18 kg	1.08
Where the blocks weigh over 18 kg	1.50

14. Delete the table appearing in subclause 25.41 Table of Special Rates, of the said clause 25, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

Item No.	Clause No.	Description	Amount
			SWC 2010 (4.25%)
			$
1	25.1	Insulation Work	0.74 p/h
2	25.2	Hot Work
		Between 46° and 54°	0.59 p/h
		Beyond 54°	0.74 p/h
3	25.3	Cold Work	0.59 p/h
4	25.4	Confined Space	0.74 p/h
5	25.6	Explosive Powered tools	1.41 p/d
6	25.7	Wet Work	0.59 p/h
7	25.8	Dirty Work	0.59 p/h
8	25.9	Towers Allowance
		Work above 15 metres	0.59 p/h
		Each further 15 metres	0.59 p/h
9	25.10	Toxic Substances
		Using toxic substances	0.74 p/h
		In close proximity	0.59 p/h
10	25.12	Materials containing asbestos	0.74 p/h
11	25.13	Furnace Work	1.56 p/h
12	25.14	Acid Work	1.56 p/h
13	25.16	Cleaning down brickwork	0.53 p/h
14	25.17	Bagging	0.53 p/h
15	25.18	Bitumen Work	0.74 p/h
16	25.19	Plaster or composition spray	0.59 p/h
17	25.20	Slushing	0.59 p/h
18	25.21	Dry polishing of tiles	0.74 p/h
19	25.22	Cutting tiles	0.74 p/h
20	25.23	Second hand timber	2.32 p/d
21	25.24	Roof repairs -Employees other than slaters and roof tilers	0.74 p/h
22	25.24(i)	Roof Repairs - Slaters and roof tilers
		Height over 15 metres	0.53 p/h
	25.24(ii)	35° pitch	0.74 p/h
		40° pitch	1.08 p/h
23	25.25	Computing quantities	4.27 p/d
24	25.26	Height work - painting tradespersons	0.53 p/h
25	25.27	Height work - bridge and wharf carpenters
		8 metres from ground, deck, etc.	0.59 p/h
		Each additional 3 metres	0.10 p/h
26	25.28	Grindstone Allowance	6.30 p/w
27	25.31	Certificate Allowance	0.59 p/h
28	25.32	Spray Application - painters	0.59 p/h
29	25.33	Cutting bricks	0.74 p/h
30	25.34(a)	District Allowances
		Districts west and north	0.87 p/d
		Western Division	1.43 p/d
31	25.34(b)	District Allowances
		NSW border to Dalgety	1.43 p/d
32	25.34(c)	District Allowances
		Road and bridge construction and repair	0.46 p/d
33	25.35	Pneumatic tools - stonemason	3.22 p/d
34	25.36	Asbestos Eradication	1.98 p/h
35	25.37	Laser safety officer	2.44 p/d
36	25.38	Illawarra road and general construction	0.59 p/h
37	25.39	Suspended Perimeter Work Platform	0.90 p/h
38	25.40	Labourers on refractory brickwork	4.42 per
			call back
39	25.41	First Aid Allowances
		Minimum qualification	2.52 p/d
		Higher qualification	3.96 p/d

15. This variation shall take effect from the first full pay period to commence on or after 16 December 2010.

G. M. GRIMSON Industrial Registrar.

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