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:
2. Delete Part
B, Monetary Rates, and insert in lieu thereof the following:
Indentured Apprentices - For apprentices employed by
employers bound by this award, other than those employed ship’s plumbing, the
following wage rates shall apply:
Item
No.
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Clause
No.
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Brief
Description
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Current
Amount
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SWC
2007
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Adjustment
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effective
from
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FFPP
2/4/2008
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1
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6(2)(a)(i),
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Journeyman Plumber (Other than
Ship’s
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(ii),(iii)
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Plumber) -
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Industry Allowance
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22.50
per week
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23.40
per week
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Tool Allowance
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22.50
per week
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23.40
per week
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Supplementary Payment
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52.10
per week
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52.10
per week
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Special Allowance
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7.70
per week
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7.70
per week
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6(2)(b)
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Registration Allowance
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0.60
per hour
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0.62
per hour
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Amount deducted from hourly
rate of
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journeyman plumber for Drainer
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0.05
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0.05
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2
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6(2)(c)(i),(ii),
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Ship’s Plumber -
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(iii),(iv)
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Industry Allowance
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11.90
per week
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12.38
per week
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Tool Allowance
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22.50
per week
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23.40
per week
|
|
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Supplementary Payment
|
52.10
per week
|
52.10
per week
|
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Special Allowance
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7.70
per week
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7.70
per week
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Registration Allowance
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0.60
per hour
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0.62
per hour
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6(2)(d)(iii)(a)
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Ships Plumbers Apprentice
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4.98
per week
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5.18
per week
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3
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7(i)(a)
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Plumber’s Licence
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0.77
per hour
|
0.80
per hour
|
4
|
7(i)(b)
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Gasfitter’s Licence
|
0.77
per hour
|
0.80
per hour
|
5
|
7(i)(c)
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Drainer’s Licence
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0.67
per hour
|
0.70
per hour
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6
|
7(i)(d)
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Plumber’s and Gasfitter’s
Licence
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1.04
per hour
|
1.08
per hour
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7
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7(i)(e)
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Plumber’s and Drainer’s
Licence
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1.04
per hour
|
1.08
per hour
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8
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7(i)(f)
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Gasfitter’s and drainer’s
Licence
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1.04
per hour
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1.08
per hour
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9
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7(i)(g)
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Plumber’s gasfitter’s and
Drainer’s
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Licence
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1.43per
hour
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1.49
per hour
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10
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7(ii)
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Licensed Drainer
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0.67
per hour
|
0.70
per hour
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11
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7(iii)(a)
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Lead Burner
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0.68
per hour
|
0.71
per hour
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12
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7(iii)(b)
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Lead Burner in Chemical Works
|
0.94
per hour
|
0.98
per hour
|
13
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7(iii)(c)(1)
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Oxyacetylene or Electric
Welding
|
0.48
per hour
|
0.50
per hour
|
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Certificate Minimum Payment
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3.37
per day
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3.50
per day
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14
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7(iii)(c)(2)
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Certificate Holder performing
welding
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0.70
per hour
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0.73
per hour
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to AS4041-1998 Minimum
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Minimum Payment
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5.36
per day
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5.57
per day
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15
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7(iii)(d)
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Computing quantities or
make-up
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estimates
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0.51
per hour
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0.53
per hour
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17
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9
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Leading Hands -
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In charge of up to two
employees
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0.70
per hour
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0.73
per hour
|
|
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In charge of three to five
employees
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0.83
per hour
|
0.86
per hour
|
|
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In charge of six to ten
employees
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1.08
per hour
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1.12
per hour
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In charge of ten or more
employees
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1.37
per hour
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1.42
per hour
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18
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10
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Employed on any chokage or oil
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chokage etc.
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5.77
per day
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6.00
per day
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19
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11(i)
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Wet Work
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0.51
per hour
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0.53
per hour
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20
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11(ii)
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Insulation material
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0.63
per hour
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0.66
per hour
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21
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11(iii)
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Cold Work
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0.51
per hour
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0.53
per hour
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22
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11(iv)
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Work on WC,s, urinals, soil or
waste
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|
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pipes where used principally
by
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venereal patients
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0.63
per hour
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0.66
per hour
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23
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11(v)
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Hot Work
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between 46 and 54 degrees
Celsius
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0.49
per hour
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0.51
per hour
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exceeding 54 degrees Celsius
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0.63
per hour
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0.66
per hour
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24
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11(vi)
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Work with second-hand
materials of an
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unusually dirty or offensive
nature
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0.51
per hour
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0.53
per day
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25
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11(vii)
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Employed inside buildings
where
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chlorine gas and/or hydrogen
sulphide
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|
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gas re-manufactured
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0.64
per day
|
0.67
per day
|
26
|
11(viii)
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Engaged on electric welding
applicable
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|
|
|
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to plumbing
|
0.12
per hour
|
0.13
per hour
|
27
|
11(ix)
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Operator of explosive powered
tools
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1.21
per day
|
1.26
per day
|
28
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11(x)(a)
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Work in maximum security
|
1.30
per hour
|
1.35
per hour
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29
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11(x)(b)
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Work in a geriatric hospital
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0.35
per hour
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0.36
per hour
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30
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11(xi)
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Roof Repairs
|
0.72
per hour
|
0.75
per hour
|
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Minimum Payment
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0.72
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0.75
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31
|
11(xiii)
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Employed in mental
institutions
|
0.43
per hour
|
0.45
per hour
|
32
|
11(xiv)
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Engaged in tunnel and sewer
work and
|
|
|
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in underground shafts
exceeding 3
|
|
|
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metres in depth
|
0.52
per hour
|
0.54
per hour
|
33
|
11(xv)
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Engaged on alterations or
repairs to
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|
|
|
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boilers, flues, furnaces,
retorts and kilns
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1.36
per hour
|
1.41
per hour
|
34
|
11(xvi)
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Engaged on the construction of
|
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chimneys and air shafts where
|
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construction exceeded 15
metres in
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height
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0.51
per hour
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0.53
per hour
|
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Additional amount for work
above each
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further 15 metres
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0.51
per hour
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0.53
per hour
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35
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11(xvii)
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Employees required to work in
a
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|
|
|
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bosun’s chair or on a swinging
|
|
|
|
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scaffold - First 4 hours
|
3.69
|
3.84
|
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|
For each hour thereafter
|
0.76per
hour
|
0.79
per hour
|
36
|
11(xviii)
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Work on any structure at a
height of
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|
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more than 12.2 metres
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0.51
per hour
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0.53
per hour
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37
|
11(xix)
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Employees in sanitary works
|
5.67
per day
|
5.90
per day
|
38
|
11(xx)
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Employees in slaughtering
yards
|
0.34
per hour
|
0.35
per hour
|
39
|
11(xxii)(a)
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Employees working west and
north of
|
|
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|
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and excluding State Highway No
17
|
|
|
|
|
etc., up to the Western
Division
|
0.83
per day
|
0.86
per day
|
40
|
11(xxii)(b)
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Employees working in the
Western
|
|
|
|
|
Division
|
1.36
per day
|
1.41
per day
|
41
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11(xxii)(c)
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Employees working in the
southern
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|
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districts
|
1.36
per day
|
1.41
per day
|
42
|
11(xxiii)
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Engaged in cramped position or
without
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sufficient ventilation
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0.63
per hour
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0.66
per hour
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43
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11(xxiv)
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Employees required to use
materials
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containing asbestos or to work
near
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|
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asbestos
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0.63
per hour
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0.66
per hour
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44
|
11(xxv)
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Towers Allowance
|
|
|
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|
Exceeding 15 metres - for all
work
|
|
|
|
|
above metres
|
0.51
per hour
|
0.53
per hour
|
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For work above each further 15
metres
|
0.51
per hour
|
0.53
per hour
|
45
|
11(xxvi)(c)
|
Toxic Substances
|
|
|
|
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Employees using
|
0.63
per hour
|
0.66
per hour
|
|
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Employees working in close
proximity
|
0.51
per hour
|
0.53
per hour
|
46
|
11(xxxi)(d)
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Engaged in asbestos
eradication
|
1.71
per hour
|
1.78
per hour
|
47
|
12(i)
|
Employees working in ballast
tanks, oil
|
|
|
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tanks and side tanks
|
0.63
per hour
|
0.66
per hour
|
48
|
12(ii)
|
Employees working in ship’s
bilges or
|
|
|
|
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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
|
|
|
|
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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.