Paramedics and Control Centre Officers (State)
Award 2019
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Application by Ministry of Health.
(Case No. 229087 of 2018)
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Before Commissioner Sloan
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30 October 2019
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VARIATION
1. Delete
paragraphs (xx), (xxi) and (xxii) of subclause (b) of clause 5,
Classifications, of the award published 20 March 2020 (387 I.G. 125), and
insert in lieu thereof the following:
(xx) Duty Control
Centre Officer means an employee who has successfully completed the
requirements as set out for an Ambulance Control Centre Officer and who has
successfully completed the requirements for and is appointed to a Duty Control
Centre Officer position identified as such by the Service.
This category of employee will be involved in the
dispatch and movement of emergency and non-emergency ambulances utilising the
Service’s Computer Aided Dispatch and Telecommunication systems utilising
management skills.
This category of employee will be required to give advice
regarding emergency and non-emergency ambulance care and may be required to be
involved in emergency and routine patient transport utilising management skills
in addition to emergency and basic life support skills.
Provided that such an officer shall be required to
undertake and successfully complete further instruction/in service courses and
certification examinations as required by the Service every 3 years.
(xxi) Duty Control
Centre Officer - Paramedic
Paramedic officers are paid at the rates specified in
Table 1B of Section 8 Monetary Rates.
(xxii) Duty Control
Centre Officer - Non Paramedic
Non paramedic officers are paid at the rates specified
in Table 1B of Section 8 Monetary Rates.
(xxii) Senior Control
Centre Officer means an employee who has successfully completed the
requirements as set out for a Paramedic and who has successfully completed the
requirements for and is appointed to a Senior Control Centre Officer position
identified as such by the Service.
This category of employee will be involved in the
dispatch and movement of emergency and non- emergency ambulances utilising the
Service’s Computer Aided Dispatch and Telecommunication systems utilising
management skills.
This category of employee will be required to give advice
regarding emergency and non-emergency ambulance care and may be required to be
involved in emergency and routine patient transport utilising management skills
in addition to emergency and basic life support skills.
Provided that such an officer shall be required to
undertake and successfully complete further instruction/in service courses and
certification examinations as required by the Service every 3 years.
(xxiv) Aeromedical
Control Centre Officer means an employee who has successfully completed the
requirements for and is appointed to an Aeromedical Control Centre Officer
position identified as such by the Service. Provided that such an officer shall
be required to undertake and successfully complete further instruction/in
service courses and certification examinations as required by the Service every
3 years.
2. Delete Table
1B - Control Centre Staff - Wages of Section 8, Monetary Rates, and insert in
lieu thereof the following:
Table 1B - Control Centre Staff - Wages
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Classification
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Rate from 01/07/2019
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Rate from first full
pay period on or
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2.5%
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after 01/07/2019
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$ per week
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2.5%
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$ per week
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Ambulance Control Centre Officer - Non Paramedic
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Trainee
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1229.89
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1,260.64
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Year 1
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1264.75
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1,296.37
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Year 2
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1289.03
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1,321.26
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Ambulance Control Centre Officer - Paramedic
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Year 1
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1371.34
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1,405.63
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Year 2
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1470.87
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1,507.64
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Ambulance Control Centre Officer - Paramedic Specialist
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Year 1
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1505.73
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1,543.37
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Year 2
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1556.98
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1,595.90
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Year 3
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1605.44
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1,645.59
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Duty Control Centre Officer - Non Paramedic
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One Salary Rate
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1765.36
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1,809.49
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Duty Control Centre Officer - Paramedic
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One Salary Rate
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1814.25
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1,859.61
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Senior Control Centre Officer
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One Salary Rate
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1865.59
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1,912.23
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Aeromedical Control Centre Officer
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One Salary Rate
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1885.24
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1,901.62
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3. This variation
shall take effect from the first full pay period on and from 30 October 2019.
D. SLOAN, Commissioner
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Printed by the authority of the Industrial Registrar.