Classification

Column 1

Column 2

Unloaded

Total All

Hourly Rate

purpose

(3(i)(a))

Hourly Rate

(3(i)(b))

$

$

(i) Daily Employees

Civil Construction Worker Grade 1 -

13.0079

14.82

Construction Worker - Other

Adzeperson, augerperson or sawperson

Assistant depot person

Axeperson

Ballast - labourer discharging from punt

Bridge foundations - labourer engaged in boring for (except

machine person)

Compressed and/or mastic asphalt labourer;

Caulker

Crusher feeder and sand roller attendant

Divers’ pumper

Flying fox - labourer

Forest devil - labourer

Incinerator attendant (Cockatoo Dockyard)

Labourer destroying rabbits (if required to provide transport $1.55

per day extra and $1.11 cents per week extra shall be paid for each

dog not exceeding two dogs)

Pole erecting - labourers erecting telegraph poles, electric lights

and/or power poles

Signalperson - cable way

Turfing, cutting and/or laying - including landscaping on civil

engineering construction - labourers engaged in underground Trench

& Excavation

Trench labourer 0.9m -3m (when required to use pneumatic

machines shall be paid at least machine person’s rates).

Irrigation

Labourer - boring test or other holes by hand

Labourer cutting noxious weeds with hoe

Layer-on of hot mastic asphalt compounds in supply channels,

expansion joints or cracks in concrete channels

Maintenance persons - in channels

Painter or layer of bitumen, colfix, laykol or any similar substance

Railway Construction

Group (A):

Back Bolter

Boxer-up

Drakesperson, Spagger or spragsperson

Cutting and/or breaking rails - labourer

Erector of grade indicators

Fettler

Heelperson

Jackperson (two to be paid alike)

Labourer erecting stanchions for the overhead wiring for railways

and tramways

Linker-in

Leverperson

Loading, unloading and/or stacking rails and/or sleepers and/or new

material - labourer

Packer on metal roads and/or in yards

Packers (two) with leverperson on metal roads and/or in yards in

gangs of eight or more employees

Packers (two) with leverpersons on muck roads in gangs of eight or

more employees

Punchperson, hydraulic and/or crowperson

Rail pressing - labourer

Re-railing and/or re-sleepering - labourer

Sleeper spacer and squarer

Straightening gang - labourer in

Road Construction and Maintenance

Tar and/or bituminous labourer - other

Land and Water Conservation & Irrigation

Labourer cleaning silt pits - irrigation area

Cylinder Sinking

Employees working in cylinders or caissons without air pressure

excavating earth other than rock, concrete, sandstone and/or strata

other than earth less than 6.1 metres deep (26 cents per shift extra for

each additional 6.1 metres of depth or part thereof)

Cylinder sinking - Benoto process - attendant

Civil Construction Worker Grade 2 -

13.2087

15.03

Railway Construction

Group (B):

Fastener, fisher-up and/or ratchet borer

Lifting ganger’s offsider

Rail welder’s assistant

Road Construction & Maintenance

Maintenance labourer

Bituminous gang labourer

All other attendants at stone handling plant

Maintenance patrolperson

Land and Water Conservation & Irrigation

Helper - Hand Boring Plant

Test Well Borer

Construction Worker Other

Bankperson - in connection with dredges including employees laying

or removing pipes between dredge and shore

Construction Workers Group 1

Amenities attendant (including camp)

Sanitary and/or garbage labourer

Clerical work - labourer

Labourer tarring bridge and/or other woodwork

Fencer

Traffic controller

General Labourer - not otherwise classified

Greaser

Labourer - bending, reinforcing steel

Labourer - planting, spraying and/or lopping trees

Labourer - loading, unloading and/or stacking materials

Other than cement

Machineperson’s assistant

Motor and/or pump attendant

Pile driver - topperson

Pile pointer, ringer and/or shoer

Scabbler

Temporary building - labourer erecting

Tipperson and/or loading tallyperson

Tradeperson’s labourer - on construction work

Civil Construction Worker Grade 3 -

13.9368

15.78

Construction Worker other

Barring down - labourers

Bridge carpenters’ labourer (including demolition work)

Laboratory testing assistant

Pipe - cement monier and/or concrete labourer engaged in the

manufacture of

Pipe layer and/or joiner

Pipe liner hand working inside pipe

Sand blast operator

Underground & Trench Excavation

Trench labourer 3m-6m

Irrigation

Labourer using hand trowels on cement or concrete channels -

known as laying on

Road Construction and Maintenance

Manual kerb extruding machine operator

Labourers engaged in the erection and placement of steel wire

Mattresses

Land & Water Conservation & Irrigation

Spray Operator

Railway Construction

Group (C):

Leader linker-in

Rail welder

Operators of track laying renewal machines as follows:

(i) Sleeper gantry operator

(ii) Sleeper feed operator

(iii) Sleeper pick-up operator

(iv) Rail alignment operator

Assistant operator of track tamping machine

Operator of "Pan Driver" machine or similar

Group (D):

Operator Ballast Regulating Machine

Concrete Construction

Central Motor Batch Plant Operator (this rate is inclusive of any

extra payment)

Concrete Worker - including floater form erector and/or stripper,

jazzerperson and/or tamperperson, concrete cutting or drilling

machine operator, kerb and/or gutter layer

Labourer bending, reinforcing steel to pattern or plan

Cement gun operator - other

Assistant concrete pump operator

Pressure grouter’s assistant

Construction Worker - Group 2

Bricklayer’s labourer

Cement - labourer loading, unloading and/or stacking

Crane chaser

Erector structural steel

Greaser attending machinery cable way above ground level

Worker - placing precast blocks and metal strips in reinforced earth

constructions

Machine drill and/or tool sharpener

Machineperson and/or pneumatic pickperson

Timberperson up to 6.1m in depth

Pegperson and/or employee boning

Powder monkey’s assistant

Preload wire winding machine operator

Rigger’s assistant and/or hemp rope splicer

Storeperson

Civil Construction Worker Grade 4 -

14.2368

16.09

Construction Worker other

Wharf Preservation Operator - this rate is inclusive of any extra

payment for the use of creosote and working afloat in a scow

Concrete Construction

Central concrete batch plant - weigher and batcher (this rate is

inclusive of any extra payment)

Cement Gun Operator - wet - underground

Manhole builder

Concrete finisher

Concrete kerb finisher & patcher (steel, wooden, rubber or

mechanical trowels)

Labourer placing and/or tack welding, reinforcing steel

Pressure grouter

Underground & Trench Excavation

Tunnel miner - assisting

All other labour in tunnelling crew

Trench labourer over 6.1-12.2 m

Road Construction & Maintenance

Hot mix plant operator, other

Field assistant

Storeperson

Store handling plant attendant

Labourers engaged in the erection and placement of steel wire box

Gabions

Land and Water Conservation & Irrigation

Driller - hand boring plant

Construction Worker Group 3

Augerperson - pneumatic or electrically powered augers and/or

timber boring machines

Frankipile operator

Pile driver

Powder monkey

Scaffolder (certificated)

Timberperson over 6.1m in depth

Wire rope splicer (not being a certified rigger)

Civil Construction Worker Grade 5 -

14.6424

16.51

Construction Worker other

Pile driver - loading on sheer legs or pile frame up to 30.5 tonnes

Lift

Operator of mobile track drill independent rotation

Concrete  Construction

Cement gun operator - dry - underground

Road Construction & Maintenance

Hot mix operator - plant with capacity of under 1474.2kg per batch

Pug Mill Rated Capacity 1474.2kg per batch or equivalent

Land and Water Conservation & Irrigation

Gemco drill operator

Trainee channel attendant

Railway Construction

Group (E):

Operator track tamping machine

Construction Worker Group 4

Dogperson

Rigger (certificated) and wire rope splicer

Civil Construction Worker Grade 6 -

14.9924

16.87

Construction Worker other

Pile driver - loading on sheer legs or pile frame over 30.5 tonnes lift

Road Construction & Maintenance

Pug mill rated capacity 1474.7kg but less than 6000kg

Underground & Trench Excavation

Tunnel miner

Shaft miner

Concrete liner in tunnel

Mechanical miner operator

Civil Construction Worker Grade 7 -

15.0979

16.98

Road Construction & Maintenance

Pug mill rated capacity of 6000kg or more

Land & Water Construction & Irrigation

Purcussion Drill Operator - Research

Civil Construction Worker Grade 8 -

15.1534

17.04

Construction Worker other

Labourer - using boat for the recovery of flotsam and jetsam

Civil Construction Worker Grade 9 -

15.4863

17.38

Underground & Trench Excavation

Miner attending tunnel boring machine

Civil Construction Worker Grade 10 -

16.0316

17.94

Underground & Trench Excavation

Miner operating tunnel boring machine

Youths

% of Civil Construction

Worker Grade 2

At 15 years of age

50.5

At 16 years of age

61.5

6.67

8.28

At 17 years of age

71.5

8.12

9.78

9.44

11.15

Cylinder Sinking

Air lock attendant

99.68

113.50

Employee working in cylinders or caissons with air pressure in earth

other than rock, concrete, sandstone and/or strata other than earth

less than 6.1 metres deep (26 cents per shift extra for each additional

6.1 metres of depth or part thereof)

Employee working in cylinders or caissons with air pressure in rock,

98.87

112.66

concrete, sandstone and/or strata other than earth less than 6.1metres

deep (26 cents per shift extra for each additional 6.1 metres of depth

106.10

120.12

or part thereof)

Construction Workers - other

Diver - six hour day

115.80

130.13

Diver’s attendant - six hour day

104.70

118.68

(ii) Weekly Employees

Rotary Earth Digger 48.5 - 74.6

526.20

578.80

Rotary Earth Digger Operator 74.6-111.9

535.80

588.40

Rotary Earth Digger Operator over 111.9

544.90

597.50

Rotary Earth Digger Operator assistant

471.20

523.80

Driller-Operator-Shot drilling machine; large - 38 hours and 35

543.50

596.10

hours per week

Driller-Operator-Diamond/shot drilling machine; small

530.40

583.00

Driller-Operators assistant-Diamond / shot drilling machine; large

508.60

561.20

Driller-Operators assistant-Diamond / shot drilling machine; small

508.20

560.80

Driller operator shot drilling - Tamrock D.N.A.

587.70

640.30

800 Drill Operator

(Note: Operator setting diamonds and/or keeping safe custody of

diamonds shall be paid 5 cents per hour in addition to the above

rates.)

Premix and Asphalt, central asphalt depot -Snr Operator

613.20

665.80

Automatic kerb extruding, trimmer and paver machine operator

(i) 48.5kw and under

540.50

593.10

(ii) 48.5kw to 97kw

560.90

613.50

Slipform concrete paving machine operator

576.30

628.90

Curing and texture machine operator

542.90

595.50

Traffic line Marking-operator or machine attendant

539.20

591.80

Other attendant

523.30

575.90

Tow Truck attendant-Sydney Harbour Bridge

536.20

588.80

Artesian and Sub Artesian Bores:

Assistant Cable tool rigs

495.20

547.80

Helpers - cable tool rigs

492.40

545.00

Assistants - rotary hammer drill rigs

528.80

581.40

Helpers - rotary hammer drill rigs

527.00

579.60

Item No.

Clause No.

Brief Description

Amount

$

1

3(iii)(a)

Sick Leave -

per week

23.00

per hour

0.6052

2

3(ii)(b)

Industry Allowance

per week

21.10

per hour

0.5552

3

3(iv)

Leading Hand in charge of -

More than 2 and up to 5 employees

0.48

More than 5 and up to 10 employees

0.69

More than 10 employees

0.89

4

5(i)(a)

Working in Rain

2.39

5

5(ii)(a)(1)

Wet Places

0.48

6

5(ii)(a)(4)(i)

Work in water over 45.5 cm

3.18

7

5(ii)(a)(4)(ii)

Work in water over 91.4 cm

3.85

8

5(ii)(b)

Work in slurry

0.43

9

5(iii)

Snow over 15.2 cm

3.85

Snow over 2.5 cm & less than 15.2 cm

2.59

10

5(iv)

Confined space

0.59

11

5(v)(a)

Distant places

1.01

Distant places - western division

1.66

12

5(v)(b)

Distant places - Snowy River etc

1.66

13

5(vi)

Road Construction - Distant places

1.01

14

5(vii)

Height Money

0.48

15

5(viii)

Explosive powered tools

1.09

16

5(ix)

Heavy Blocks -

Over 5.5kg and up to 9 kg

0.48

Over 9kg and up to 18kg

0.86

Over 18kg

1.21

17

5(x)

Roof repairs

0.48

18

5(i)(a)

Epoxy based materials

0.59

19

5(xi)(c)

Working in close proximity to the above

0.48

20

5(xii)

Cleaning down brickwork

0.43

21

5(xiii)

Refractory Brickwork

1.44

22

5(xiv)(a)

Towers Allowance -

Above 15 metres

0.48

Each further 15 metres

0.48

23

5(xv)

Coal wash

0.48

24

5(xvi)

Tow Truck Attendant

0.63

25

5(xvii)

Dust Allowance

10.56

26

17

Meal Allowance

10.20

Each Subsequent meal

8.50

27

24(iii)(k)(1)

Return Home Allowance

39.25

Each Additional 10km over 100km

1.70

28

24(iii)(k)(4)

Camping Allowance

18.90

29

25(i)(a)

Excess fares

13.30

30

25(i)(a)

Excess fares - transport provided

5.10

31

25(i)(b)

Travel pattern loading

8.50

32

26(iv)(a)(b)

Country Allowance - unbroken week

364.90

33

26(iv)(c)(1)

Return Home Allowance

39.25

Each additional 10km over 100km

1.70

34

26(vi)

Meal whilst travelling

10.20

35

26(vi)

Bed Allowance whilst travelling

51.90

36

27(iii)

First Aid Allowance

2.13