New south wales industrial gazette

PART A
Arrangement
PART A
Clause No. Subject Matter
1. Title

2. Rates of Pay

3. Additional Rates

4. Trainees

5. Hours of Work

6. Meal Times

7. Shift Work

8. Overtime

9. Payment of Wages

10. Holidays

11. Rates for Holidays and Sundays

12. Annual Leave

13. Long Service Leave

14. Sick Leave

15. Personal Carer’s Leave

16. Accident Pay

17. Tools of Trade

18. Clothing

19. General Conditions

20. Time and Wages Records

21. Posting of Notices

22. Definitions

23. Contract of Employment

24. Redundancy

25. Bereavement Leave

26. Jury Service

27. Health and Safety Committees

28. First Aid

29. Grievance Procedure

30. Parental Leave

31. Superannuation

32. Anti-Discrimination

32A. Secure Employment Provisions

33. Area, Incidence and Duration

PART B
MONETARY RATES
Table 1 - Wages

Table 2 - Juniors

Table 3 - Other Rates and Allowances
1. Title
This award shall be known as the Gelatine and Glue Industry (State) Award.
2. Rates of Pay
(a) Classification Structure -
Adhesive and Glue Stream - Gelatine and By-Products Stream

Grade	Classification Definition	Classification Definition
6	Team Leader	Team Leader
	An employee who is delegated responsibility	An employee who is delegated
		responsibility for general process
	for general process control operating under	control operating under guidelines
	instructions as issued by supervisors.	as issued by supervisors.
	An employee competent in personnel control,	An employee competent in personnel
	supervision for control, and the understanding	control, and the understanding of highly
	of highly technical machinery and equipment.	technical machinery and equipment.
	An employee overseeing the levels of	An employee overseeing the levels of
	responsibility contained in lower Grades.	responsibility contained in lower grades.
	Indicative of the major and substantive skills /	An employee involved in training of other
	tasks an employee at this level may perform	employees.
	are the following:
	Performance appraisal
	Quality control
	Production control
	Training of other employees
	Safety management.
5	Adhesives Workers Grade 5	Gelatine Worker Grade 5
	An employee competent to exercise discretion	An employee under minimal supervision
	with respect to their tasks.	and fulfilling the overall responsibility for
		Grade 4.
	Indicative of the major and substantive skills/	An employee responsible for ensuring that
	tasks an employee at this level may perform	general Plant operations are within
	the following:	operational guidelines.
	Batch preparation	Indicative skills / tasks an employee at this
	Operate Reactors	level may perform are the following:
	Keyboard skills at a level higher than G4	Keyboard skills at a level higher than G4.
	Assistance in on-the-job training to the level	Instrument control and an understanding of
	of the employee’s training and competence	refrigeration principles.
	Boiler (ticket)	An understanding of the parameters of
	Ability to look after the department when	product quality
	the Leading Hand is absent.	Assistance in on-the-job training to the
		level of the employee’s training and
		competence.

4	Adhesives Worker Grade 4	Gelatine Worker Grade 4
	An employee who is responsible for the	An employee under minimal supervision
	supervision of their own work area or able to	and who undertakes individual
	work under minimal supervision.	responsibility for work.
	Indicative of the major and substantive skills/	Indicative of the major and substantive
	tasks an employee at this level may perform are	skills/ tasks an employee at this level may
	the following	perform are the following:
	Dispatch administration	Dispatch administration
	Keyboard skills	Plant shutdown procedures
	Routine testing	Keyboard skills
	Raw material preparation	Specialised mobile vehicle
	Material requisition	Raw materials preparation
	Minor maintenance	Assistance in on-the-job training to the
	Assistance in on-the-job training to the level	level of the employee’s training and
	of the employee’s training and competence	competence.
	Boiler (ticket)	An employee with a trade certificate where
	Batch Adjustment under supervision.	applicable or trade equivalent skills.
	An employee with a trade certificate or trade
	equivalent skills.
	An employee who has completed a chemical
	plant operation certificate course, or an
	employee who has commenced an Associate
	Diploma or Advanced Certificate Course.
3	Adhesives Worker Grade 3	Gelatine Worker Grade 3
	An employee responsible for the quality of their	An employee who works in a team
	own work subject to detailed direction or an	environment or under general supervision.
	employee who works in a team environment or
	under general supervision.	An employee with training associated with
		multiple process requirements to enable the
	An employee who performs work above and	competent performance of work within the
	beyond the skills of an employee at G2.	scope of this grade.
	Indicative of the major and substantive skills /	Indicative of the major and substantive
	tasks an employee at this level may perform are	skills/ tasks an employee at this level may
	the following:	perform are the following:
	Forklift permit then ticket	Mobile plant permit then license
	Pre-test sampling	Receipt and dispatch of goods
	Training on batch sheets	Stock control of chemicals
	Weigh-off of finished products	Intermediate batch control under
		supervision
	Repetitive work in handling products	Use of and dosing with chemicals
	Dispatch of product	Monitoring of quality parameters
	Basic assistance to tradespersons	Simple function keyboard skills
	Assistance in on-the-job training to the level of	Basic understanding of electrical,
	the employee’s training and competence	instrument and mechanical operations
	Specialist cleaning	Assistance in on-the-job training to the
	Gatekeeping	level of the employee’s training and
	Gardening.	competence.
2	Adhesives Worker Grade 2	Gelatine Worker Grade 2
	An employee who has competently completed	An employee with an understanding of the
	one month’s experience as a Grade 1.	requirements for Grade 1.
	An employee required to work under routine	An employee working to guidelines and
	supervision work to the level of their training.	responsible for the quality of their own
		work to the level of their training.

	An employee responsible for the quality of their
	own work to the level of their training.	Indicative of the major and substantive
		skills/tasks an employee at this level may
	Indicative of the major and substantive skills /	perform are the following:
	tasks which an employee at this level may
	perform are the following:	Product sampling
		Simple batch control
	Repetitive work in handling products (single	Final product blending and packaging
	process)
	Dispatch of product	Assistance in on-the-job training to
	Weigh-off of finished product	the level of the employee's training and
	Assistance in on-the-job training and	competence.
	competence.
1	Adhesive Worker Grade 1	Gelatine Worker Grade 1
	An employee who is able to perform routine	An employee who is able to undertake
		work of a light nature including duties
	duties including general labouring and	associated with routine cleaning,
	cleaning to the standard of their training.	proprietary packaging and basic ground
		work.
	An employee exercising minimal judgement
	and working under direct supervision.	An employee who shall undertake
		induction training which may encompass
		on-site information regarding safety
	An employee who shall undertake up to 38	requirements, hygiene requirements,
	hours induction training which may include	conditions of employment, and
	information on the enterprise, conditions of	personnel organisation.
	employment, employment, training and
	career path opportunities, plant layout, work	Progression from Grade 1 to a higher grade
	and documentation procedures, occupational	should be achievable for all employees.
	health and safety, and equal employment
	opportunity.
	An employee with less than one month’s
	training and experience in the industry.

(b) Explanation of Operation of Structure -

(i) In classifying each employee, the individual will be provided with, for personal reference and understanding, a written classification which categorises the position occupied by that individual and details therein the broad work functions by enumeration of some specific elements of that job role.
(ii) Each individual occupying a specific classified position under this award is intended to then be mostly and regularly employed by the employer, whilst so classified, on the substantive job function of that particular classification subject to being able to be required to perform incidental work as defined herein to the level of training and competence of the employee.
(iii) "Major and substantial" or "major and substantive" in reference to a classified position is intended to refer to the primary role of that position, its key elements, which as the major substance of the function are readily recognised and ascertainable by reference to the work mostly done and which forms the significant part of that job role for which the individual is employed, classified and paid.
(iv) "Incidental" work means the doing of work which, of itself, is not the major or substantive job role of that classified position but, on a common sense and practical basis, is reasonable for that employee to be expected to carry out and is within the same or lower skill level context of the substantive duties which that employee is employed to perform.
(v) Employees shall perform work within their skill and competence provided such flexible work practices are not designed to promote de-skilling.
(vi) Whilst employees may be required to perform a wider range of duties, this flexibility is not meant to result in employees being required to regularly and consistently perform tasks unrelated to their principal function and which are at the lower level of skill than the work they usually perform.
(c) Wage Rates - An adult employee of a classification specified hereunder shall be paid not less than the rate per week assigned to that classification in which the employee is working as set out in Table 1 - Adult Wages, of Part B, Monetary Rates.
(d) Junior Employees: Juniors shall be paid the percentages of the appropriate adult rate specified in Table 2 - Juniors, of Part B, Monetary Rates.
(e) The wages for junior employees shall be calculated to the nearest five cents, any broken part of five cents in the result not exceeding two cents shall be disregarded.
(f) The rates of pay in this award include the adjustments payable under the State Wage Case 2007. 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.