Plumbers
and Gasfitters (State) Award
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Application by NSW
Industrial Registrar.
(No. IRC 1880 of 2009)
Before Commissioner
Bishop
|
23 December 2009
|
VARIATION
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:
(e) The rates of pay
in this award include the adjustments payable under the State Wage Case of July
2009. These adjustments may be offset
against:
(i) any equivalent
over-award payments; and/or
(ii) award wage
increases since 29 May 1991 other than Safety net, State Wage Case and minimum
rates adjustments.
2. Delete Part B,
Monetary Rates, and insert in lieu thereof the following:
PART B
MONETARY RATES
Table 1 - Rates of
Pay
(i) Wages -
effective first full pay period on or after 23 December 2010
Item No.
|
Clause
No.
|
Classification
|
Amount
|
|
|
|
$
|
1
|
6.2.(a)(i)
|
Journeyperson Plumber Base Weekly Rate
|
369.10
|
|
|
Arbitrated Safety Net Adjustments
|
238.20 p/w
|
|
6.2.(a)(iii)
|
Hourly Rate
|
20.10
|
2
|
6.2(c)(i)
|
Ships Plumber Base Weekly Rate
|
369.10
|
|
|
Arbitrated Safety Net Adjustments
|
238.20 p/w
|
|
6.2(c)(iii)
|
Hourly Rate
|
19.77
|
(ii) Wages
Apprentices
Indentured Apprentices - For apprentices employed by
employers bound by this award, other than those employed ship’s plumbing, the
following wage rates shall apply:
Years of Service
|
Former Rate
|
Industry
|
Special
|
SWC 2009
|
Total
|
|
per week
|
Allowance
|
Allowance
|
|
per week
|
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
Building Industry
|
|
|
|
|
|
1st Year
|
219.11
|
25.00
|
17.10
|
6.10
|
267.31
|
2nd Year
|
320.26
|
25.00
|
25.30
|
9.00
|
379.56
|
3rd Year
|
421.80
|
25.00
|
32.50
|
11.80
|
491.10
|
4th Year
|
496.10
|
25.00
|
38.70
|
13.90
|
573.70
|
All Other Apprentices
|
|
|
|
|
|
1st Year
|
219.11
|
|
|
6.10
|
225.21
|
2nd Year
|
320.26
|
|
|
9.00
|
329.26
|
3rd Year
|
421.80
|
|
|
11.80
|
433.60
|
4th Year
|
496.10
|
|
|
13.90
|
510.00
|
Trainee Apprentices
Years of Service
|
Former Rate
|
Industry
|
Special
|
SWC 2009
|
Total
|
|
per week
|
Allowance
|
Allowance
|
|
per week
|
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
Building Industry
|
|
|
|
|
|
1st Year
|
247.45
|
25.00
|
18.40
|
6.90
|
297.75
|
2nd Year
|
359.91
|
25.00
|
27.90
|
10.10
|
422.91
|
3rd Year
|
465.62
|
25.00
|
35.30
|
13.00
|
538.92
|
4th Year
|
523.77
|
25.00
|
43.10
|
14.70
|
606.57
|
All Other Apprentices
|
|
|
|
|
|
1st Year
|
247.45
|
|
|
6.90
|
254.35
|
2nd Year
|
359.91
|
|
|
10.10
|
370.01
|
3rd Year
|
465.62
|
|
|
13.00
|
478.62
|
4th Year
|
523.77
|
|
|
14.70
|
538.47
|
Table 2 - Other
Rates and Allowances
Item
No.
|
Clause
No.
|
Brief
Description
|
Current
Amount
|
SWC
2009
|
|
|
|
|
Adjustment
|
|
|
|
|
effective
from
|
|
|
|
|
FFPP
23/12/10
|
1
|
6(2)(a)(i),
|
Journeyman Plumber (Other than
Ship’s
|
|
|
|
(ii),(iii)
|
Plumber) -
|
|
|
|
|
Industry Allowance
|
24.30
per week
|
25.00
per week
|
|
|
Tool Allowance
|
24.30
per week
|
25.00
per week
|
|
|
Supplementary Payment
|
52.10
per week
|
52.10
per week
|
|
|
Special Allowance
|
7.70
per week
|
7.70
per week
|
|
6(2)(b)
|
Registration Allowance
|
0.64
per hour
|
0.66
per hour
|
|
|
Amount deducted from hourly
rate of
|
|
|
|
|
journeyman plumber for Drainer
|
0.05
|
0.05
|
2
|
6(2)(c)(i),(ii),
|
Ship’s Plumber -
|
|
|
|
(iii),(iv)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Industry Allowance
|
12.90
per week
|
13.30
per week
|
|
|
Tool Allowance
|
24.30
per week
|
25.00
per week
|
|
|
Supplementary Payment
|
52.10
per week
|
52.10
per week
|
|
|
Special Allowance
|
7.70
per week
|
7.70
per week
|
|
|
Registration Allowance
|
0.64
per hour
|
0.66
per hour
|
|
6(2)(d)(iii)(a)
|
Ships Plumbers Apprentice
|
5.39
per week
|
5.54
per week
|
3
|
7(i)(a)
|
Plumber’s Licence
|
0.83
per hour
|
0.85
per hour
|
4
|
7(i)(b)
|
Gasfitter’s Licence
|
0.83
per hour
|
0.85
per hour
|
5
|
7(i)(c)
|
Drainer’s Licence
|
0.73
per hour
|
0.75
per hour
|
6
|
7(i)(d)
|
Plumber’s and Gasfitter’s
Licence
|
1.12
per hour
|
1.15
per hour
|
7
|
7(i)(e)
|
Plumber’s and Drainer’s
Licence
|
1.12
per hour
|
1.15
per hour
|
8
|
7(i)(f)
|
Gasfitter’s and drainer’s
Licence
|
1.12
per hour
|
1.15
per hour
|
9
|
7(i)(g)
|
Plumber’s gasfitter’s and
Drainer’s
|
1.55
per hour
|
1.59
per hour
|
|
|
Licence
|
|
|
10
|
7(ii)
|
Licensed Drainer
|
0.73
per hour
|
0.75
per hour
|
11
|
7(iii)(a)
|
Lead Burner
|
0.74
per hour
|
0.76
per hour
|
12
|
7(iii)(b)
|
Lead Burner in Chemical Works
|
1.02
per hour
|
1.05
per hour
|
13
|
7(iii)(c)(1)
|
Oxyacetylene or Electric
Welding
|
0.52
per hour
|
0.53
per hour
|
|
|
Certificate Minimum Payment
|
3.64
per day
|
3.74
per day
|
14
|
7(iii)(c)(2)
|
Certificate Holder performing
welding
|
0.76
per hour
|
0.78
per hour
|
|
|
to AS4041-1998 Minimum
|
|
|
|
|
Minimum Payment
|
5.79
per day
|
5.95
per day
|
15
|
7(iii)(d)
|
Computing quantities or
make-up
|
0.55
per hour
|
0.57
per hour
|
|
|
estimates
|
|
|
16
|
8(i)
|
Tool Allowance Apprentices
|
24.30
per wk
|
25.00
per wk
|
17
|
9
|
Leading Hands -
|
|
|
|
|
In charge of up to two
employees
|
0.76
per hour
|
0.78
per hour
|
|
|
In charge of three to five
employees
|
0.89
per hour
|
0.91
per hour
|
|
|
In charge of six to ten
employees
|
1.16
per hour
|
1.19
per hour
|
|
|
In charge of ten or more
employees
|
1.48
per hour
|
1.52
per hour
|
18
|
10
|
Employed on any chokage or oil
|
6.24
per day
|
6.41
per day
|
|
|
chokage etc.
|
|
|
19
|
11(i)
|
Wet Work
|
0.55
per hour
|
0.57
per hour
|
20
|
11(ii)
|
Insulation material
|
0.69
per hour
|
0.71
per hour
|
21
|
11(iii)
|
Cold Work
|
0.55
per hour
|
0.57
per hour
|
22
|
11(iv)
|
Work on WC,s, urinals, soil or
waste
|
0.69
per hour
|
0.71
per hour
|
|
|
pipes where used principally
by
|
|
|
|
|
venereal patients
|
|
|
23
|
11(v)
|
Hot Work
|
|
|
|
|
between 46 and 54 degrees
Celsius
|
0.53
per hour
|
0.54
per hour
|
|
|
exceeding 54 degrees Celsius
|
0.69
per hour
|
0.71
per hour
|
24
|
11(vi)
|
Work with second-hand
materials of an
|
0.55
per day
|
0.57
per day
|
|
|
unusually dirty or offensive
nature
|
|
|
25
|
11(vii)
|
Employed inside buildings
where
|
0.70
per day
|
0.72
per day
|
|
|
chlorine gas and/or hydrogen
sulphide
|
|
|
|
|
gas re-manufactured
|
|
|
26
|
11(viii)
|
Engaged on electric welding
applicable
|
0.14
per hour
|
0.15
per hour
|
|
|
to plumbing
|
|
|
27
|
11(ix)
|
Operator of explosive powered
tools
|
1.31
per day
|
1.35
per day
|
28
|
11(x)(a)
|
Work in maximum security
|
1.40
per hour
|
1.44
per hour
|
29
|
11(x)(b)
|
Work in a geriatric hospital
|
0.37
per hour
|
0.38
per hour
|
30
|
11(xi)
|
Roof Repairs
|
0.78
per hour
|
0.80
per hour
|
|
|
Minimum Payment
|
0.78
|
0.80
|
31
|
11(xiii)
|
Employed in mental
institutions
|
0.47
per hour
|
0.48
per hour
|
32
|
11(xiv)
|
Engaged in tunnel and sewer
work and
|
0.56
per hour
|
0.58
per hour
|
|
|
in underground shafts
exceeding 3
|
|
|
|
|
metres in depth
|
|
|
33
|
11(xv)
|
Engaged on alterations or
repairs to
|
1.47
per hour
|
1.51
per hour
|
|
|
boilers, flues, furnaces,
retorts and kilns
|
|
|
34
|
11(xvi)
|
Engaged on the construction of
|
0.55
per hour
|
0.57
per hour
|
|
|
chimneys and air shafts where
|
|
|
|
|
construction exceeded 15
metres in
|
|
|
|
|
height
|
|
|
|
|
Additional amount for work
above each
|
0.55
per hour
|
0.57
per hour
|
|
|
further 15 metres
|
|
|
35
|
11(xvii)
|
Employees required to work in
a
|
3.99
|
4.10
|
|
|
bosun’s chair or on a swinging
|
|
|
|
|
scaffold - First 4 hours
|
|
|
|
|
For each hour thereafter
|
0.82
per hour
|
0.84
per hour
|
36
|
11(xviii)
|
Work on any structure at a
height of
|
0.55
per hour
|
0.57
per hour
|
|
|
more than 12.2 metres
|
|
|
37
|
11(xix)
|
Employees in sanitary works
|
6.14
per day
|
6.31
per day
|
38
|
11(xx)
|
Employees in slaughtering
yards
|
0.36
per hour
|
0.37
per hour
|
39
|
11(xxii)(a)
|
Employees working west and
north of
|
0.89
per day
|
0.91
per day
|
|
|
and excluding State Highway No
17
|
|
|
|
|
etc., up to the Western
Division
|
|
|
40
|
11(xxii)(b)
|
Employees working in the
Western
|
1.47
per day
|
1.51
per day
|
|
|
Division
|
|
|
41
|
11(xxii)(c)
|
Employees working in the
southern
|
1.47
per day
|
1.51
per day
|
|
|
districts
|
|
|
42
|
11(xxiii)
|
Engaged in cramped position or
without
|
0.69
per hour
|
0.71
per hour
|
|
|
sufficient ventilation
|
|
|
43
|
11(xxiv)
|
Employees required to use
materials
|
0.69
per hour
|
0.71
per hour
|
|
|
containing asbestos or to work
near
|
|
|
|
|
asbestos
|
|
|
44
|
11(xxv)
|
Towers Allowance
|
|
|
|
|
Exceeding 15 metres - for all
work
|
0.55
per hour
|
0.57
per hour
|
|
|
above metres
|
|
|
|
|
For work above each further 15
metres
|
0.55
per hour
|
0.57
per hour
|
45
|
11(xxvi)(c)
|
Toxic Substances
|
|
|
|
|
Employees using
|
0.69
per hour
|
0.71
per hour
|
|
|
Employees working in close
proximity
|
0.55
per hour
|
0.57
per hour
|
46
|
11(xxxi)(d)
|
Engaged in asbestos
eradication
|
1.85
per hour
|
1.90
per hour
|
47
|
12(i)
|
Employees working in ballast
tanks, oil
|
0.69
per hour
|
0.71
per hour
|
|
|
tanks and side tanks
|
|
|
48
|
12(ii)
|
Employees working in ship’s
bilges or
|
0.50
per hour
|
0.51
per hour
|
|
|
under engine room or boiler
room
|
|
|
|
|
flooring
|
|
|
49
|
12(iii)
|
Employees working in and
around
|
0.50
per hour
|
0.51
per hour
|
|
|
diesel engines
|
|
|
50
|
12(iv)
|
Employees working in a
confined space
|
0.73
per hour
|
0.75
per hour
|
51
|
12(v)(1)
|
Employees working inside a
hull
|
0.86
per hour
|
0.88
per hour
|
52
|
12(v)(2)
|
Employees working in torpedo
tube
|
1.57
per hour
|
1.61
per hour
|
|
|
compartments, ballast tanks,
oil tanks,
|
|
|
|
|
below floor plates
|
|
|
53
|
12(vi)
|
Plumber in pipe laundry
|
1.11
per hour
|
1.14
per hour
|
54
|
13(iii)
|
Multi-story Allowance -
|
|
|
|
|
From commencement to 15tth
floor
|
0.45
per hour
|
0.46
per hour
|
|
|
from 16th to 30th floor
|
0.53
per hour
|
0.54
per hour
|
|
|
from 31st to 45th floor
|
0.82
per hour
|
0.84
per hour
|
|
|
from 46th to 60th floor
|
1.06
per hour
|
1.09
per hour
|
|
|
From 61st floor onwards
|
1.32
per hour
|
1.36
per hour
|
55
|
14(1)(a)(c)
|
Fares Allowance
|
14.35
per day
|
14.75
per day
|
56
|
14(I)(h)
|
km Allowance
|
0.78
km
|
0.80
km
|
57
|
14(I)(j)(b)(ii)
|
km Allowance
|
0.42
km
|
0.43
km
|
58
|
15(i)
|
Travelling
Allowance (within the counties of Cumberland, Northumberland, or Camden) -
Apprentices
-
|
|
|
|
|
1st year
|
12.79
per day
|
13.15
per day
|
|
|
2nd year
|
13.26
per day
|
13.63
per day
|
|
|
3rd year
|
13.31
per day
|
13.68
per day
|
|
|
4th year
|
13.52
per day
|
13.90
per day
|
59
|
15(ii)
|
Travelling
Allowance (in the cities of Penrith, Newcastle or Campbelltown) - Apprentices
|
|
|
|
|
1st year
|
12.79
per day
|
13.15
per day
|
|
|
2nd year
|
13.26
per day
|
13.63
per day
|
|
|
3rd year
|
13.31
per day
|
13.68
per day
|
|
|
4th year
|
13.52
per day
|
13.90
per day
|
60
|
16(ii)(b)
|
Living Away Allowance
|
362.23 per wk
|
372.37 per wk
|
|
|
|
51.79 per day
|
53.24 per day
|
61
|
16(iii)(a)(iii)
|
Travel Meal Allowance
|
10.61
|
10.91
|
62
|
16(iii)(b)
|
Travel Allowance - Return
Journey
|
17.26
|
17.74
|
63
|
16(v)(a)
|
Travel Allowance - Weekend
Return
|
29.12
|
29.94
|
64
|
16(v)(b)
|
Camping Allowance
|
144.35 per wk
|
148.39 per wk
|
|
|
|
20.70 per day
|
21.28 per day
|
65
|
17(iii)(d)
|
Travel Allowance Apprentices
|
17.26
|
17.74
|
66
|
17(iv)
|
Living Away Allowance
Apprentices
|
336.73 per wk
|
346.16 per wk
|
67
|
18(iii)(iv)(a)
|
Return Home Allowance
|
29.12
|
29.94
|
68
|
18(vi)(b)
|
Living Away Allowance
|
336.73 per wk
|
346.16 per wk
|
69
|
19(i)(ii)(b)
|
Living Away Allowance Apprentices
|
336.73 per wk
|
346.16 per wk
|
70
|
19(ii)(a)
|
Return Home Allowance
|
29.12 per hr
|
29.94 per hr
|
71
|
20(ii),(vii)(c)
|
Meal Money
|
10.61
|
10.91
|
72
|
21(v)
|
Meal Money
|
10.61
|
10.91
|
73
|
43(ii)
|
First-aid Allowance
|
2.35
|
2.42
|
74
|
47(b)(i)
|
Tool Refurbishment
|
1,360.32
|
1,398.41
|
3. This variation
shall take effect from the first full pay period on or after 23 December 2010.
E.
A. R. BISHOP, Commissioner
____________________
Printed by the
authority of the Industrial Registrar.