WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION. Industrial Relations Act 1979. The Federated Miscellaneous Workers' Union of Australia, W.A. Branch and Coca Cola Bottlers, Perth & Others. No. 317 of 1992. COMMISSIONER J.F. GREGOR. 5 May 1992. Order. HAVING heard Ms D Blaskett on behalf of the Applicant and Mr P Robertson on behalf of the Respondents, and by consent, the Commission, pursuant to the powers conferred on it under the Industrial Relations Act 1979 hereby orders — That the Aerated Water and Cordial Manufacturing Industry Award 1975 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 30th day of April 1992. (Sgd.) J.F. GREGOR, [L.S.] Commissioner. Schedule. 1. Clause 10. —Wages: Delete this clause and insert in lieu thereof the following: 10. —Wages. (1) For employees employed pursuant to this award by Coca Cola Bottlers (Perth) Ltd, Cadbury Schweppes Pty Ltd and Pepsi-Seven Up Bottlers Australia Pty Ltd only, the minimum rate payable shall be: Weekly Rate $ (a) Production Employee — Grade 1 385.40 Shall mean an employee classified as such who is engaged on work in connection with or incidental to the production and distribution opera- tions of the employer and who may be required to regularly carry out any general duties together with the specific duties listed hereunder: Specific Duties —Grade 1 • Employees engaged in bottling or canning line operations who are not in charge of operating machines. • Operators of bottle washing ma- chines. • Inspecting or sighting empty or full bottles. • Stacking cases on pallets. • Fruit Juice extracting. • General Hand. (b) Production Employee —Grade 2 410.00 Shall mean an employee classified as such who is engaged on work in connection with or incidental to the production and distribution opera- tions of the employer and who in addition to the duties of a Produc- tion Employee —Grade 1 may be required to regularly carry out the specific duties listed hereunder. Specific Duties —Grade 2 • Syrup and/or cordial makers mixing recipes or formulae who are not solely responsible for ensuring adherence to quality standards of batches. • Operators of Filling machines. • Operators of labelling, palletis- ing or depalletising, case pack- ing or unpacking, carton or multi packing machines. • Employees engaged on routine line testing. • Forklift Driver. • Truck Driver. Provided that drivers who are re- quired to collect money during any week or portion of a week as part of their duties and account for it shall be paid $3.60 for such a week in addition to the rate of wage prescribed above. (c) Production Employee —Grade 3 430.50 Shall mean an employee classified as such who is engaged on work in connection with or incidental to the production and distribution opera- tions of the employer and who in addition to the duties of a Produc- tion Employee —Grade 2 may be required to regularly carry out the specific duties listed hereunder. 1076 WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL GAZETTE 72 W.A.I.G. Specific Duties—Grade 3 • Syrup and/or cordial makers mixing recipes or formulae who are solely responsible for ensur- ing adherence to quality stan- dards of batches. • Operators of bottle washing, fill- ing, labelling, palletising or de- palletising, case packing or un- packing, carton or multi packing machines or forklifts who are competent and required to oper- ate at least three such different machines one of which may be a forklift truck. • Driver Forklift carrying truck, (d) Provided that, where an employee will, as a result of the implementa- tion of the new grading structure receive an increase in excess of that allowed by the Structural Effi- ciency Principle, the additional amounts will be phased in as follows: • the increases will be phased in over four equal instalments which will become payable at not less than six monthly inter- vals. • the first instalment will not be available earlier than 23 Febru- ary 1990. (2) For all other employees employed pursuant to this award and not specified in subclause (1) of this clause, the minimum rate of wage payable shall be: Weekly Rate (a) Cordial and/or syrup maker mixing recipe or formulae who is responsi- ble for ensuring that the correct qualities and quantities of ingredi- ents are included in batches (b) Filler Operator: (i) for lines with a rate capacity of under 150 units per minute (ii) for ail other lines (c) Driver of motor vehicle Provided that drivers who are re- quired to collect money during any week or portion of a week as part of their duties and account for it shall be paid $3.50 for such week in addition to the rate of wage prescribed above. (d) Driver of Fork Lift: (i) less than three months' expe- rience Weekly Rate (h) All others (3) Junior Employees: (a) Except as provided for in paragraph (b) of this subclause junior employees shall receive the prescribed percentage of the adult rate for the class of work on which they are engaged. % 16 years of age and under 50 At 17 years of age 60 At 18 years of age 75 At 19 years of age 90 At 20 years of age Adult Rates (b) Where a person is employed pursuant to this Award by Coca Cola Bottlers (Perth) Ltd or Cadbury Schweppes Pty Ltd and he/she is 20 years of age or less then the rate of wage payable shall be as specified in subclause (1) of this clause according to the appropriate classifications. (4) Leading Hands: In addition to the appropriate rate prescribed in this clause a leading hand shall be paid — Per Week $ (a) If placed in charge of not less than 3 and not more than 10 other employees 16.50 (b) If placed in charge of more than 10 and not more than 20 other employees 25.40 (c) If placed in charge of more than 20 other employees 33.70 392.50 378.50 387.30 387.70 (ii) thereafter (e) Employees operating labelling, palletising or depalletising, case packing or unpacking or carton packing machines (f) Employees engaged on routine line testing (g) Employees engaged on bottling or canning line operations including operating bottle washer, removing empty bottles from cases or plac- ing empty bottles on conveyors, sighting, inspecting, filling cases with full bottles and stacking on pallets, fruit juice extracting, cor- dial and/or syrup room 377.00 387.60 380.60 370.40 CSBP AND FARMERS AWARD 1990 No. A 19 of 1989.