Level of examination qualification

Rate of allowance $ per week

Basic Level: A Certificate awarded by a Registered Training Organisation that is accredited to deliver First Aid training. This would normally be based on a minimum of 8 hours training and would include the following:
• Expired air (EAR)
• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) )
• Life threatening emergencies and)
• General minor first aid treatment)

14.25

Advanced Level: Based on a minimum of 18 hours training, which builds on the base level training outlined above, and includes training in first aid management and procedures in a workplace environment.

17.74

Occupational or Specialist Level: Based on a minimum of 30 hours training, which builds on the advanced level training outlined above. The training required to meet this level will include the ability to competently render first aid in the workplace in the context of the A.C.T. Occupational Health and Safety legislation.

21.47

CLA Rate 1

An employee who:
is certified by the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI) as a Translator or Interpreter at level 1; or
is assessed to be at the equivalent levels by an individual or body approved by the director-general.

24.38

CLA Rate 2

An employee who:
is certified by the NAATI as a Translator or Interpreter at level 2; or
is assessed to be at the equivalent levels by an individual or body approved by the director-general.

48.78

1

Building trades employees
Electrical trades employees
Food services employees
Metal trades employees
Plant operators

Cold places
An employee required to work for more than one hour in places where the temperature is reduced by artificial means below 0 degrees Celsius.
Special conditions
Where the work continues for more than two hours an employee is entitled to a rest period of 20 minutes every two hours without loss of pay.

0.87

per hour

3.24%

2

Building trades employees
Civil construction employees
Electrical trades employees
Metal trades employees

Confined spaces
An employee required to work in a confined space, as defined.
“confined space” means a compartment, space or place the dimensions of which necessitate an employee working in a stooped or otherwise cramped position, or without proper ventilation.

1.06

per hour

3.94%

3

Building trades employees
Metal trades employees
Plant operators
Stores employees

Dirty work
Where an employee and a supervisor agree that work is of an unusually dirty or offensive nature.

0.87

per hour

3.24%

4

Building trades employees
Metal trades employees

Height
Employees engaged in the construction, erection, repair and/or maintenance of any structure over 15 metres, while working at a height of 15 metres or more directly above the nearest horizontal plane.

0.54

per hour

2.01%

For each additional 15 metres distance above the ground:

0.54

per hour

2.01%

5

Building trades employees
Electrical trades employees
Metal trades employees
Plant operators

Hot places
An employee required to work for more than one hour in the shade in places where the temperature is raised by artificial means to between 46 and 54 Celsius.

0.87

per hour

3.24%

6

Building trades employees
Electrical trades employees
Metal trades employees
Plant operators

Hot places
An employee required to work for more than one hour in the shade in places where the temperature is raised by artificial means to between 46 and 54 Celsius.

Special conditions
Where work continues for more than two hours in temperatures exceeding 54 Celsius, employees will be entitled to 20 minutes rest after every two hours work without deduction of pay. The temperature will be determined by the supervisor after consultation with the employees who claim the extra rate.

1.06

per hour

3.94%

7

Building employees
Civil construction employees
Metal trades employees
Stores employees

Wet places
An employee required to work in any place where clothing or boots become saturated by water, oil or another substance.
Special conditions
(1) Any employee who becomes entitled to this extra rate will be paid such rate only for the part of the day or shift that they are required to work in wet clothing or boots.
(2) This extra rate is not payable to an employee who is provided by the employer with suitable and effective protective clothing and/or footwear.

0.87

per hour

3.24%

1

Gardening employees
Rangers

Aquatic ponds
An employee required to work in water in aquatic ponds.

3.62

per day

13.51%

2

Building trades employees
Metal trades employees

Asbestos eradication
Employees directly employed on asbestos eradication, where the wearing of protective equipment (i.e. combination overalls and breathing equipment or similar apparatus) is required.

2.89

per hour

10.81%

3

Building trades employees
Electrical trades employees

Asbestos handling
Employees required to use materials containing asbestos or to work in close proximity to employees using such materials, where the wearing of protective equipment (i.e. combination overalls and breathing equipment or similar apparatus) is required.

1.06

per hour

3.94%

4

Civil construction employees
Plant operators

Barber-Greene operator
Employees attached to a Barber-Greene machine spreading hot-mix.

2.63

per day

9.81%

5

Building trades employees

Bitumen and asphalt
An employee handling hot bitumen or asphalt or dipping materials in creosote.

1.06

per hour

3.94%

6

Building trades employees

Brick cleaning
An employee required to clean down bricks using acids or other corrosive substances.

0.81

per hour

3.01%

7

Building trades employees

Brick cutting
If on any site there is a brickcutting machine, only one bricklayer on that site will operate the cutting machine and will, whilst so engaged, be paid an allowance.

1.06

per hour

3.94%

8

Plant operators
Metal trades employees

Cleaning economisers, etc.
An employee required to work externally on economisers or boilers under fire (where temperature money is not paid), or on tractors or brickmaking machinery.

0.54

per hour

2.01%

An employee required to work internally on economisers or boilers (where temperature money is not paid).

2.67

per hour

9.96%

9

Building trades employees

Construction/repairs to boilers, flues, etc
An employee performing the duties of Bricklayer or Builder’s Labourer, engaged on the construction or alteration or repairs to boilers, flues, furnaces, retorts, kilns, ovens, ladles and similar refractory work or on acid furnaces, acid stills, acid towers and all other acid resisting brickwork.

2.30

per hour

8.57%

10

Metal trades employees

Diesel engines –
An employee performing repairs and renewals inside any crankcase.
Payment for work performed other than in the crankcase will only occur when the employer considers it is warranted.

2.81

per day

10.5%

11

Building trades employees

Dry polishing of tiles
Employees engaged on dry polishing tiles where machines are used.

1.06

per hour

3.94%

12

Building employees
Civil construction employees
Electrical trades employees
Metal trades employees

Epoxy-based materials – close proximity
Employees required to work in close proximity to employees engaged on work under item 12 so as to be affected by the materials specified.

0.87

per hour

3.24%

13

Building trades employees
Civil construction employees
Electrical trades employees
Metal trades employees
Food services employees

Epoxy-based materials – use
Employees who use epoxy-based materials and all materials which include or require the addition of a catalyst hardener and reactive additives or two-pack catalyst system.

1.06

per hour

3.94%

14

Building employees
Civil construction employees
Electrical trades employees
Metal trades employees

Explosive powered tools
An operator of explosive powered tools, holding the appropriate certification, who is required to use an explosive powered tool.

2.05

per day

7.64%

15

Building employees
Electrical trades employees
Metal trades employees

Fumes
An employee required to work in a place where fumes of sulphur or other acid or other offensive fumes are present.

1.06

per hour

3.94%

16

Building trades employees

Heavy blocks
Employees employed laying blocks (other than concrete blocks for plugging purposes) will be paid the following additional rates:

Where the blocks weigh over 5.5kg and under 9kg

0.87

per hour

3.24%

Where the blocks weigh 9kg or over and up to 18kg

1.55

per hour

5.79%

Where the blocks weigh over 18kg

2.19

per hour

8.18%

17

Building trades employees

Height work - painting trades:
An employee working on any structure at a height of more than nine (9) metres where an adequate fixed support not less than 0.75 metres wide is not provided.

0.81

per hour

3.01%

18

Civil construction workers
Plant operators
Rangers

Insanitary / sewerage sludge
An employee called upon to work in insanitary conditions or unload sewerage sludge.

3.18

per day

11.89%

19

Building employees
Electrical trades employees
Metal trades employees

Insulation
An employee handling charcoal, pumice, granulated cork, silicate of cotton, insulwool, slag wool, limpet fibre, vermiculite, or other recognised insulating material of a like nature, associated with similar disabilities in its use.

Special conditions
This extra rate will also apply to an employee working in the immediate vicinity who is affected by the use of such materials.

1.06

per hour

3.94%

20

Building trades employees – plumbers

Leadburning
An employee performing trade level plumbing functions or apprentices to that trade engaged on lead burning.

1.06

per hour

3.94%

21

Civil construction employees

Live sewer work
‘Live sewer work’ means work carried out in situations where there is direct aerial connection with a sewer though which sewerage is flowing.
Where aerial connection with such sewer is blocked by a disc, plug, water seal or other means the live sewer rate shall not apply.
An employee in receipt of the live sewer rate shall not be entitled to the extra rate in item 15.

0.77

per hour

2.86%

22

Building trades employees

Plaster or composition
An Employees using a plaster or composition spray.

0.87

per hour

3.24%

23

Civil construction employees
Gardening employees
Rangers
Metal trades employees

Rain
Employees who are required to work in rain.

11.70

per day

43.7%

24

Building trades employees

Roof repairs
Employees engaged on repairs to roofs.

1.06

per hour

3.94%

25

Building trades employees

Second hand timber
Where, whilst working with second-hand timber, an employee’s tools are damaged by nails, dumps or other foreign matter on the timber.

3.39

per day

12.66%

26

Electrical trades employees

Sewerage pit work
An employee employed on work which involves entering a sewerage pit for the purpose of servicing, disconnecting and/or removal or replacement of electrical equipment.

9.61

per day

35.9%

27

Civil construction employees
Metal trades employees

Sewerage tunnels
Employees cleaning chokeage in pumps conveying sewerage or working in sewerage tunnels.

12.61

per day

47.1%

28

Building trades employees

Slushing
An employee engaged in “Slushing”.

0.87

per hour

3.24%

29

Gardening employees
Rangers

Spray gangs
Employees engaged in spray gangs on destruction of weeds and/or vermin.

5.23

per day

19.53%

Plant operators

Employees using high pressure sprays for this purpose

6.64

per day

24.78%

30

Building trades employees – painters

Spraypainting
An employee performing trade level painting functions engaged on all spray painting carried out in other than a properly constructed booth.

0.87

per hour

3.24%

31

Building trades employees
Electrical trades employees
Metal trades employees

Swing scaffold
An employee required to work from any type of swing scaffold or any scaffold suspended by rope or cable, bosun’s chair, or a suspended scaffold requiring the use of steel or iron hooks or angle irons.

6.26

per day for first four hours

23.39%

32

Building trades employees
Electrical trades employees
Metal trades employees

Swing scaffold
Fifth and subsequent hours.

1.30

per hour for fifth and subsequent hours

4.86%

33

Building trades employees

Tile cutting
An employee engaged at cutting tiles by electric saw.

1.06

per hour

3.94%

34

Metal trades employees

Trenches
An employee required to work in trenches deeper than 1.8 metres and less than 0.9 metres in width.

1.49

per day

5.56%

35

Building trades employees
Civil construction employees
Metal trades employees
Not payable to employees engaged on “pot and drive” work of 3.5 m or less.

Underground
An employee required to work underground.
Where a shaft is to be sunk to a depth greater than 6 metres, the payment of the underground allowance will commence from the surface.

3.74

per day

13.97%

36

Civil construction employees

Unsewered toilet
Any employee, other than a lavatory attendant or street cleaner, called upon to attend at unsewered toilets.

2.05

per day

7.64%

37

Civil construction employees

Unusually obnoxious work
Work involving offensive and/or obnoxious material.

5.54

per day

20.69%

38

Building services employees

Window cleaning
An employee required to work on the outside of multi-storey buildings from scaffolds or similar devices.

5.54

per day

20.69%

39

Civil construction employees

Working aloft
Employees who, in the performance of their work, are required to work aloft:

• when working at a height exceeding 12 metres, but not exceeding 24 metres above the ground or nearest horizontal plane

0.50

per hour

1.85%

• when working at a height exceeding 24 metres, but not exceeding 60 metres above the ground or nearest horizontal plane

0.81

per hour

3.01%

Daily minimum

1.41

per day

5.25%

• when working at a height exceeding 60 metres from the ground or nearest horizontal plane

1.59

per hour

5.94%

Daily minimum

3.53

per day

13.2%

40

Forestry employees
Gardening employees

Working aloft - trees
An employee who is required to climb trees to a height greater than 6 metres from the ground.

4.67

per day

17.45%

First aid—basic level

12.17

14.25

53.2

Per week

First aid—advanced level

12.17

17.74

66.23

Per week

First aid—Occupational or Specialist Level

12.17

21.47

80.17

Per week

Community language—CLA Rate 1

12.18(a)

24.38

91.03

Per week

Community language—CLA Rate 2

12.18(a)

48.78

182.15

Per week

Pest inspection certificate

12.19

5.55

20.73

Per week

Electrical trades employee - licence allowance

12.20

30.48

113.8

Per week

Plumber’s licence allowance

12.21

39.96

149.2

Per week

Construction Industry Allowance

12.24(a)

38.24

142.8

Per week

Plumbing tradespeople - disability allowance

12.25(a)

28.73

107.27

Per week

Compute quantities

12.27

6.27

23.42

Per day

Plant operator - sideline allowance

12.28

0.46

1.7

Per hour

Senior plant operator

12.29

20.49

76.5

Per week

Plant operator - Kerrick cleaner

12.30

3.42

12.76

Per day

Diamond driller

12.31

6.41

23.93

Per week

Pest Control Unit

12.32

14.09

52.6

Per week

Gardener in charge

12.33

9.21

34.4

Per week

On-call—per night

16.11.3(b)(i)

13.76

51.4

Per night

Close call—per night

16.11.4(d)(i)

27.52

102.76

Per night