PUBLIC HOSPITALS DENTAL ASSISTANTS (STATE) AWARD

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Application by Health Services Union and another.

 

(Nos. IRC 6920 of 1999, 655 of 2000 and 2703 of 2002)

 

 

VARIATION

 

1.          Delete subclause (v) of clause 2, Definitions, of the award published 8 December 2000 (320 I.G. 1136) and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(v)        "Employee" means a person employed in any Hospital or Area Health Service in the classification of Junior Dental Assistant or Dental Assistant, Grade 1 or 2.

 

(a)        Dental Assistant Grade 1 - means a person appointed as such who has successfully completed a qualification in a relevant field recognised by the Dental Assistant Education Council of Australia or up to the level of Certificate III issued by a tertiary education institution or qualifications deemed by the Health Administration Corporation to be equivalent.

 

(b)       Dental Assistant Grade 2 - means a person who is appointed to such a position and who has successfully completed a nationally recognised Dental Assisting Certificate course at Certificate Level IV or qualifications deemed by the Health Administration Corporation to be equivalent.

 

2.          Delete sub-clause (a) of Clause 5, Rates of Pay, of the above award and insert the following in lieu thereof?:

 

(a)        Rates of pay shall be in accordance with the rates of pay for Junior Dental Assistants and Dental Assistants Grades 1 and 2 as set out in the Health Professional and Medical Salaries (State) Award.

 

3.          Delete sub-clause (ii) of Clause 6, Area, Incidence and Duration, and insert the following in lieu thereof:

 

(ii)        It shall apply to those employees engaged in the classifications of Junior Dental Assistants and Dental Assistants Grades 1 and 2.

 

(iii)       The variation to clause 2, Definitions, clause 5, Rates of pay, and clause 6, Area, Incidence and Duration, take effect from the first full period to commence on or after 1 January 2004."

 

4.          This variation shall take effect from the first full pay period to commence on or after 1 January 2004.

 

 

M. J. WALTON  J, Vice-President.

J. P. GRAYSON  D.P.

J. McLEAY, Commissioner.

 

 

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