HEALTH EMPLOYEES DENTAL TECHNICIANS (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 clause 1, Arrangement, of the award published 7 December 2001 (330 IG 37), and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

1.  Arrangement

 

Clause No.          Subject Matter

 

1.         Arrangement

2.         Definitions

3.         Classifications

4.         Previous Industry Service

5.         Salaries and Allowances

6.         Conditions of Employment

7.         Grading and Classification of Officers

8.         Area, Incidence and Duration

 

2.          Delete clause 3, Progression, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

3.  Classifications

 

(a)        "Trainee Dental Technician" - means a person appointed as such who is undertaking the Diploma of Dental Technology conducted by NSW TAFE or an equivalent course in Dental Technology.

 

(b)        "Dental Technician - Grade 1" - means a person appointed as such who has successfully completed the Diploma of Dental Technology conducted by NSW TAFE or an equivalent course in Dental Technology.

 

(c)        "Dental Technician - Grade 2" - means a Dental Technician who fulfils 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 NSW TAFE; 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 their 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 over-dentures, oburators, precision attachments and magnets, occlusal splints, complete and partial dentures requiring complicate (that is crossbite, class II and class III jaw relationship) tooth arrangements in balance occlussion.

 

(d)        "Dental Technician - Grade 3" - means a Dental Technician who fulfils the following criteria:

 

(i)         having at least 6 years experience as a registered Dental Technician.

 

(ii)        successfully completed all qualifications of a Dental Technician Grade 1 of 2 or qualifications deemed by the Health Administration Corporation to be equivalent; and

 

(iii)       shows a high level of competency

 

(e)        "Dental Technician - Grade 4" - means a Dental Technician appointed to such a position and who undertakes the following duties and/or role:

 

(i)         meets all the requirements of a Dental Technician Grade 3; and

 

(ii)        manages a Section/Unit, which includes the responsibility of supervising the work and activities of other Dental Technicians.

 

3.          Delete clause 5, Salaries and Allowances, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

5.  Salaries and Allowances

 

The rate of salaries of employees under this award shall be set out in the Health Professional and Medical Salaries (State) Award.

 

4.          Delete clause 7, Grading and Classification of Officers, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

7.  Grading and Classification of Officers

 

Nothing in clause 3 - Classification, 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.

 

5.          Insert at end of clause 8, Area, Incidence and Duration, the following new paragraph:

 

The variations to clause 3, Classifications, Clause 5, Salaries and Allowances, and deletion of Table 1, Allowances in Part B, Monetary Rates, take effect from the first full period to commence on or after 1 January 2004.

 

6.          Delete Part B, Monetary Rates.

 

7.          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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