HEALTH EMPLOYEES DENTAL TECHNICIANS (STATE) AWARD
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Notice of award review pursuant to section 19 of the
Industrial Relations Act 1996.
(No. IRC 1069
of 2001)
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Before Mr Deputy President Grayson
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11 July 2001
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REVIEWED AWARD
PART A
1. ARRANGEMENT
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CLAUSE NO
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SUBJECT MATTER
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1
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ARRANGEMENT
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2
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DEFINITIONS
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3
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PROGRESSION
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4
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PREVIOUS INDUSTRY SERVICE
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5
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SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES
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6
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CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
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7
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GRADING AND CLASSIFICATION OF OFFICERS
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8
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AREA, INCIDENCE AND DURATION
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PART B
MONETARY RATES
TABLE 1 - ALLOWANCES
2. DEFINITIONS
Unless the context otherwise indicates or requires the
several expressions hereunder defined shall have their respective meanings
assigned to them.
"Association" means the Health and Research
Employees Association of New South Wales.
"Corporation" means the Health Administration
Corporation of New South Wales
"Hospital" means a public hospital as defined
under section 15 of the Health Services
Act, 1997.
"Service" unless the context otherwise indicates
or requires means service or experience as a Dental Technician before and/or
after commencement of this award in any one or more hospitals in New South
Wales, including the United Dental Hospital of Sydney, or any other hospital
acceptable to the Corporation.
"Industry Service" unless the context otherwise
indicates or requires means service before and/or after commencement of this
award in any hospital and/or laboratory acceptable to the Corporation.
"Employee" means a person or persons employed in
any hospital as defined.
"Industrial Committee" means the Public Health
Employees (State) Industrial Committee.
3. PROGRESSION
Progression from Grade 1 Dental Technician to Grade 2 Dental
Technician is dependent on the fulfilment of the following criteria:
(i) having at
least 3 years experience as a registered dental technician; and
(ii) (a) successful
completion of the first year of the Dental Prosthetics course conducted by the
Department of Technical and Further Education; or
(b) having qualifications deemed by the
Health Administration Corporation to be equivalent to the first year of the
Dental Prosthetics course; and
(iii) demonstrating
skills in excess of those required of a Dental Technician Grade 1; and
(iv) being proficient in, and spending the
major part of his/her time engaged in, one or more of the following areas of
work:
- orthodontic
appliances;
- cast metal
denture techniques;
- crown and
bridge;
- osseo-integrated
implant technology;
- maxillo facial and complicated
prosthetics, including overdentures, obturators, precision attachments and
magnets, occlusal splints, complete and partial dentures requiring complicated
(that is crossbite, class II and class
III jaw relationship) tooth arrangements in balanced occlusion.
4. PREVIOUS INDUSTRY
SERVICE
Previous industry service shall be taken into account in
determining the commencing salary of an employee to be paid in accordance with
rates set in the Health Professional and Medical Salaries (State) Award made 12
October 1998.
5. SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES
(a) The minimum rates of salaries for
employees under this award shall be as set out in the Health Professional and
Medical Salaries (State) Award for the following classifications: Dental
Technicians-Trainee (Stages 1 to 4), Dental Technicians-Grades 1 to 3; and
Chief Dental Technician (Westmead).
(b) Allowances
shall be paid to employees under this award as follows:
(i) A technician required to carry out
laboratory procedures in the construction of splints shall be paid an allowance
of the amount set out in item 1 of Table 1, Allowances, of Part B;
(ii) A technician in receipt of the Dental
Technician’s Certificate Allowance prior to September 1981 shall be paid that
allowance at the rate of the amount set in item 2 of the said Table 1.
6. CONDITIONS OF
EMPLOYMENT
The conditions of employment of an employee employed in a
public hospital shall be those contained in the Public Hospital (Professional
and Associated Staff) Conditions of Employment (State) Award published 13 March
1985 and reprinted 8 November 1991 (265 IG 1430), as varied
7. GRADINGS AND
CLASSIFICATION OF OFFICERS
Nothing in clause 3-Progression, or clause 4-Previous
Industry Service, shall affect the right of the Association to apply to the
Industrial Commission of New South Wales for the settlement of any dispute
arising from the grading of an employee under this award.
8. AREA, INCIDENCE AND
DURATION
This award shall apply to all persons employed in the
classifications identified in subclause (a) of clause 5, Salaries and
Allowances.
This award is made following a review under section 19 of
the Industrial Relations Act 1996 and
replaces the Health Employees Dental Technicians (State) Award published 16
July 1999 (310 I.G. 1153).
The award published 16 July 1999 took effect from the first
full pay period to commence on or after 17 March 1999.
The changes made to the award pursuant to the Award Review
pursuant to section 19 (6) of the Industrial
Relations Act 1996 and Principle 26 of the Principles for Review of Awards
made by the Industrial Relations Commission of the New South Wales on 18
December 1998 (308 IG 307) take effect on and from 11 July 2001.
This award remains in force until varied or rescinded, the period
for which it was made already having expired.
PART B
MONETARY RATES
TABLE 1 - ALLOWANCES
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Item No
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Clause
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Brief Description
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Amount
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1
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5(b)(i)
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Construction of Splints
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$6.00 per week
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2
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5(b)(ii)
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Certificate Allowance
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$2.30 per week
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J. P. GRAYSON, D.P.
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Printed by the authority
of the Industrial Registrar.