STATE TRANSIT AUTHORITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES BUS ENGINEERING MAINTENANCE AWARD 2001

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Application by Public Employment Office.

 

(No. IRC 3663 of 2006

 

 

VARIATION

 

1.          Insert after clause 11 Apprentices of the award published 6 March 2001 (Print PR901979) the following new clause 11A.

 

11A.  School Based Apprentices

 

(a)        Definition

 

A school based apprentice is an employee who is undertaking an apprenticeship under a training contract while also enrolled in the Higher School Certificate.

 

(b)        Wages

 

(i)         The hourly rates for full time apprentices as set out in this Award shall apply to school based apprentices for total hours worked including time deemed to be spent in off-the-job training.

 

(ii)        For the purposes of subclause (b)(i) of this clause, where a school based apprentice is a full time school student, the time spent in off the job training for which the school based apprentice is paid is deemed to be 25 per cent of the actual hours worked on the job each week.

 

(iii)       The wages paid for training time may be averaged over the school term or year.

 

(iv)       Where this Award specifies a weekly rate for full time apprentices, the hourly rate shall be calculated by dividing the applicable weekly rate by 38.

 

(c)        Progression through the Wage Structure

 

(i)         School based apprentices progress through the wage scale at the rate of 12 months’ progression for each two years of employment as an apprentice.

 

(ii)        The rates of pay are based on a standard apprenticeship of four years. The rate of progression reflects the average rate of skill acquisition expected from the typical combination of work and training for a school based apprentice undertaking the applicable apprenticeship.

 

(d)        Conversion from a school based apprentice to a full time apprenticeship

 

Where an apprentice converts from a school based to a full-time apprenticeship, all time spent as a full-time apprentice counts for the purpose of progression through the wage scale set out in this Award. This progression applies in addition to the progression achieved as a school based apprentice.

 

 

 

 

 

(e)        Conditions of Employment

 

Except as provided by this clause, school based apprentices are entitled to pro rata entitlements of all other conditions of employment contained in this Award.

 

2.          This variation shall take effect on and from 1 January 2007.

 

* An award made by the AIRC and converted to a State Award by s.19(3) of Sch. 4 of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002.

 

 

F. L. WRIGHT J , President

 

 

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Printed by the authority of the Industrial Registrar.