Automotive, Metals and Engineering Industrial Union of Employees, Queensland v Queensland Confederation of Industry Limited, Union of Employers and Others [1995] QIRC 408 (1995) 150 QGIG 294

294 QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL GAZETTE [ 15 September, 1995 ################################################## ##### QUEENSLAND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS CO MMI SS IO N INDUSTRIAi. RELATIONS ACT 19 90 Vocational Education. Training and Employment Act 1991 s. 83( I) - app li cation for order Automotive, Metals and Engineering 1ndu strial Un ion of Em ployees, Queensland AND Queensland Confederation of Industry Limited, Union of Employers and Others (No. B/3 78o/!995J FIXING OF WAGES PAYABL E TO TRA INEES COMM ISSIONER NUHER 25 AuW1 995 ORDER TH IS matter coming on for hearing before the Commission at Brisbane on 25 August 1995, this Commission do th orde r as follows as from the twenty-fifth day of August 1995:- " L This Order applies to trainees engaged under the Australian Vocational Training System (A VTS) Higher Engineer in g Tradesperson Training Program. A trainee is a person who is employed under a cont rac t of trainin<> with an employer to complete the training qualification fo r the s;e,ial Class Engineeri ng Tradesperson Level 11 (C7) classification in the Engineering Award - State. 1635 1_1.DOC 'r ( '( •t '.) 15 September, 1995] QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL GAZETTE The training ou tcome of the program is an Australian Qualifications Framework - Certificate 4. 2. The training program is com petency based an utilizes the Metal and Eng ineering Industry Competency Standards and associated un i! points weighting. (a) The program consists of 5 s ta ges with payment for the first 4 stages co ns istent wi th pay ment in ex isting apprentice training programs (% of C I O rate), and the final stage expressed as a percentage of the exit rate, C7 in the Engineering Award - State. (b) A trainee shall be pa id as follows:- Competency Percentage \ Veigh ti ng Nom inal Time Stage o fCIO (Assessed) (Cumulative) 4 .. 5. TOTAL % .... 40 ...... ... ..... .. .... 55 ..... .. 75 90 Perc,entagc ofC7 % 49 po in ts 9 months 21 po in ts 18 months 20 po ints 27 months 22 points 36 months 20 poi nts 45 months 132 points 45 months 3. Tool Allowance - During the tenn of this tra in ing program, an employer shall, in respect of eac h stage of the program supply eac h trainee with tools of trade of no less than $300 retail value or sha ll pay to the trainee $300 for the purpose of pu rchasing tools. This is co nsistent with the annua l retail va lue of tools required to be sup plied to apprentices undertaking an Engineering Tradesperson - Mechanical apprenticeship. As this is a pilot program. the tool allowance will be monitored by the AVTS Project Management Committee and the in dus trial parties involved, and assessed as to its adequacy after the first 12 months. Supply of tools under this provision shall in all other respects be consistent with the Order of the Commission in Case No . 8729 or 1980 ( I 15 QGIG 834) 4. Trainees who comp lete the prog ram and who are assessed as co mpetent in the tota l unit points will be cla5si fi ed at C7, provided they are required to ap ply the competenc ies gained. Where trainees do not meet the outcomes of the program, provided they have completed a minimum of 96 poin ts (2 4 modu les), they will receive 1he qua lifi cation o f Engineering Tradesperson Mechanical, Fa brication, Electrical or Electronic, in the s tream in which they have acquired a minimum of 10 modules in the core stream competencies. 5. All other conditions of emp loyment fo r trainees shall be as per the Eng in ee ring Award - State. 6. T his Order w ill co me into effect from 25 August 1995 and shall remain in fo rce fo r a period of 4 years. •·. Dated this twenty-fifth day of August, 19 9 5. By the Commission, (L.S.J R. H. BLUMSOM. Industrial Registrar. Operative Date: 2 5 August I 995 Order - Apprentices' Rates of Pay Released: 30 August 1995 295 1635l_JDOC -- 1 of 1 --