OPERATIONAL AMBULANCE OFFICERS (STATE) AWARD

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Application by Ambulance Service of New South Wales.

 

(No. IRC 7207 of 2004)

 

 

VARIATION

 

1.          Delete the definitions “Trainee Ambulance Operations Centre Officer” and “Ambulance Operations Centre Officer” appearing in clause 5, Classifications, of the award published 10 July 1998 (305 I.G. 905), as varied, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

“Trainee Ambulance Operations Centre Officer” means an employee who is required to undertake and successfully completes the requirements for appointment to an Ambulance Operations 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 Telecommunications systems.  Inter alia this category of employee will receive training and certification by the Service in Occupational Health and Safety, Ambulance First Aid, Medical Terminology, Computer Aided Dispatch and Telecommunications Systems, Computer mapping, emergency vehicle movement co-ordination, Equal Employment Opportunity, Anti-discrimination and Anti-harassment.

 

Ambulance Officer Grade 1, Ambulance Officer Grade 2, Station Officer Grade 1, Station Officer Grade 2 and District Officers are to be paid in addition to their current wage, the Operations Centre Allowance as set out in Item 1 of Table 2 - Other Rates and Allowances, of Part B, Monetary Rates.

 

“Ambulance Operations Centre Officer” means an employee who has successfully completed the requirements as set out for Trainee Ambulance Operations Officer and who is appointed to an Ambulance Operations 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 Telecommunications systems.

 

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 two (2) years.

 

Ambulance Officer Grade 1, Ambulance Officer Grade 2, Station Officer Grade 1, Station Officer Grade 2 and District Officers are to be paid in addition to their current wage, the Operations Centre Allowance as set out in Item 1 of Table 2 - Other Rates and Allowances, of Part B, Monetary Rates.

 

Ambulance Officer Grade 1, Ambulance Officer Grade 2, Station Officer Grade 1, Station Officer Grade 2 and District Officers who are permanently appointed to positions of Ambulance Operations Centre Officer are to be paid the wage applicable for an Ambulance Officer as set out in Table 1 - Wages, of the said Part B, up to the maximum rate applicable for Ambulance Officer Grade 2, Year 7 and are to be paid, in addition to their wages and allowances, the operation centre allowance as set out in the said Item 1.

 

The parties agree that this classification will remain a source of alternate duties for injured officers requiring short term rehabilitation as a result of a workplace injury in which case they will need to be provided with training and successfully complete the requirements set out for a Trainee Ambulance Operations Centre Officer.

 

2.          This variation shall take effect on and from 23 September 2005 and remain in force until 30 June 2006, except for the last paragraph appearing in the definition of "Ambulance Operations Centre Officer" which shall remain in force until the award is rescinded.

 

 

 

R. P. BOLAND  J.

 

 

 

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