WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION. Industrial Relations Act 1979. Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union, Industrial Union of Workers, West Australian Branch and Western Australian Meat Marketing Corporation. No. 791 of 1994. Meat Industry (Western Australian Lamb Marketing Board) Award, 1981. No. A 37 of 1981. SENIOR COMMISSIONER G.G. HALLIWELL. 24 October 1994. Order. HAVING heard Mr T.R. Kucera on behalf of the Applicant and Mr P. Wishart on behalf of the Respondent, and by consent, the Commission, pursuant to the powers conferred on it under the Industrial Relations Act 1979 hereby orders— That the Meat Industry (Western Australian Lamb Marketing Board) Award, 1981 be varied in accordance with the following Schedule and that such variation shall have effect from the beginning of the first pay period commencing on or after the 26th September, 1994. (Sgd.) G.G. HALLIWELL, [L.S.] Senior Commissioner. Schedule. 1. Clause 2.—Arrangement: Immediately following Clause 31.—Skills Acquisition insert a new clause 31A as follows: 31 A. Classification Structure 2. Clause 8.—Rates of Wages: Delete this clause and insert in lieu thereof the following: 8.—Rates of Wages. (1) Rates: The following are the minimum weekly rates of wages payable to employees covered by this Award and shall include an Arbitrated Safety Net Adjustment of $8.00 per week as expressed hereunder. The $8.00 Arbitrated Safety Net Adjustment shall be absorbed against any amount currently paid whether by over award payment (except Additional Payment resulting from Minimum Rates Adjustment) or enterprise agreement in excess of the rates expressed hereunder. Base Supple- Addi- Award Rate mentaiy tional Rate Payment Payment (Over Award) $ $ $ $ (a) Entry Level 333.80 8.00 — 341.80 (Relativity of 80% of C10 rate in Metal Trades (General) Award) (b) Level 1 319.20 53.40 — 372.60 (Aligned with €12 rate in Metal Trades (General) Award with relativity of 87.4% of C10 rate) (c) Level 2 337.40 56.10 3.20 396.70 (Aligned with C11 rate in Metal Trades (General) Award with relativity of 92.4% of C10 rate) WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL GAZETTE 74 W.A.I.G. Payment Payment (Over (d) Level 3 365.20 60.00 — 425.20 (Aligned with CIO rate in Metal Trades (General) Award with relativity of 100%) (2) Divisor: Payment of hourly wages shall be calculated on the basis of a 40 hour divisor. (3) Junior Employees: Junior employees shall be paid the minimum weekly rates based on the percentages of the total wage applicable to the adult classification for the work being performed. % Under 18 years of age 60 18 to 19 years of age 70 19 to 20 years of age 80 20 to 21 years of age 90 3. Clause 31.—Skills Acquisition: Immediately following this clause insert a new clause as follows: 31 A.—Classification Structure. The skills required in the workplace are broadly grouped into the following levels of the classification structure. Entry Level—80% of the Trade Rate (C10). New employees at this level are undertaking on-the-job training during an initial period of employ- ment of six months. Such training may include information on the company or enterprise, occupational health and safety requirements, plan layout, quality ' - control/assurance production techniques, work and documentation procedure, training requirements and career path opportunities. An employee would also be expected to demonstrate that he/she has the attitude and ability to work in a team environment. An employee at this level performs routine labouring duties essentially of a manual nature, works under direct supervision, exercises minimal judgement, works to defined procedures, may perform general cleaning duties and is undertaking on-the-job training to enable him or her to work at Level I. During the initial six months of employment, an employee with previous experience in the Meat Industry may request to have his/her competence assessed by die Plant Manager (or his/her nominee) in conjunction with the Shed Delegate. If the employee demonstrates his/her competence in the tasks required by the criteria for Level I to the satisfaction of both the Plant Manager (or his/her nominee) and Shed Delegate, he/she will progress to Level I. If the employee is unable to demonstrate the required competence, he/she shall not request another assessment within three months. After three months employment at Entry Level, an employee with no previous experience in the Meat Industiy may request to have his/her competence assessed by the Plant Manager (or his/her nominee) in conjunction with the Shed Delegate. If the employee demonstrates his/her competence in the tasks required by the criteria for Level I to the satisfaction of both the Plant Manager (or his/her nominee) and Shed Delegate, he/she will progress to Level I. If the employee is unable to demonstrate the required competence, the balance of the initial six months employment will be completed before he/she progresses to Ixvel I. LEVEL I C12—87.4 % OF THE TRADE RATE (C10) Has completed on-the-job training to enable the employee to perform work within the scope of this level. At this level an employee: (1) Is responsible for the quality of their own work, subject to routine supervision. (2) Works under routine supervision, either individually or in a team environment. (3) Exercises discretion within their level of skills and training. Indicative of the tasks which an employee at this level will be capable of performing, are the following: • Operates flexibly between production sta- tions: • Operates machinery and equipment that perform routine functions; • Engage in one or more of the following: receiving, despatching, weighing, distribut- ing, sorting, checking, stamping and packing; • Operates manual equipment including fork lifts, pallet trucks and hand trolleys; • Has the ability to measure accurately; • Assists in the provision of on-the-job training in conjunction with trades persons and/or supervisors and trainers; • Is responsible for basic inventory control in the context of production process; • Carcass and/or primal cut trimming to a customer specification and export require- ments. LEVEL II C11—92.4% OF THE TRADE RATE (C10) Has completed on-the-job training to enable the employee to perform work within the scope of this level. At this level an employee performs work above and beyond the skills of an employee at Level I and to the level of their training: (1) Works according to complex instruction and procedures. (2) Assists in the provision of on-the-job training to a limited degree. (3) Co-ordinates work in a team environment or works individually under general supervi- sion. (4) Is responsible for assuring the quality of their own work. Indicative of the tasks which an employee at this level will be (competent to perform) capable of performing, are the following: • Operates a band saw competently so as to be able to perform all cuts to customer specifi- cation and export requirements with a mini- mum of wastage; • Maintain band saw equipment; • Machine setting, loading and operation; • Use of tools and equipment within the scope of (basic non—trades) maintenance; • Basic quality checks on the work of others; • Assists in the provision of on-the-job training in conjunction with supervisorsArainers; LEVEL III C10—100% OF THE TRADE RATE (TRADE CER- TIFICATE OR FIVE YEARS TRAINED) A Level III holds a Trade Certificate or is able to demonstrate that he/she can exercise the skills and knowledge of that trade. At this level an employee performs work above and beyond the skills of an employee at Plant Operator Level I and Level II and to die level of their training. Indicative of the tasks which an employee at this level will be capable of performing, are the following: • Able to properly care for the tools of trade (i.e. a knife); • Know the cutting lines and natural seams of a lamb carcass and all the bone joints; • Able to remove meat cuts without damage, i.e. knife scores to other cuts, by following the prescribed cutting lines to produce the required product; • Able to work in a safe manner and not endanger other employees; • Understand and apply quality control tech- niques; • Perform work under limited supervision, either individually or in a team environment; • Perform non-trade tasks incidental to the work; • Perform work, which while primarily involv- ing the skills of the employee's trade, is incidental or peripheral to the primary task and facilitates the completion of the whole task. Such incidental or peripheral work would not require additional formal technical training; • Is able to inspect products and/or materials for conformity with established operational standards; • Assists in the provision of on-the-job training in conjunction with supervisors/trainers. (2) An employee at each level will be required to carry out work as the employer may reasonably require, subject to the limits of their skills competence and training. METALS AND ENGINEERING RAPID METAL DEVELOPMENTS (AUST) PTY LTD AWARD 1993 No. A4 of 1993.