Electrical Contracting Industry Awards Comparison —Federal & NAPSAs — Summary Scope provisions

AP791396CRV - Fed / AP819377CRN - Fed / AP819348 - Fed / AN120191 - NSW / AN120192 - NSW / AN140103 - Qld / AN150050 - SA / AN160108 - WA
National Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Industry Award 1998 / Electrical Engineering and Contracting Industries (Northern Territory) Award 2002 / Electroskills Industry Training Award 2002 / Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Industry (State) Award 2004 / Electricians, &c. (State) Award / Electrical contracting Industry Award - State 2003 / Electrical Contracting Industry (South Australia) Award / Electrical Contracting Industry Award R 22 of 1978
Area
ACT / 
NT / 
Vic /  / 
NSW /  /  /  / 
Qld / 
SA /  /  / 
WA / (N.B. No wage rates listed for WA) / 
Tas / 
Organisations
Electrical Contractors Association /  /  / (WA)
Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia /  /  /  / 
Territory Construction Association / 
Electrotechnology Industry Group Training Company Ltd / 
Vic Tec Ltd / 
Plumbing, Electrical, Electronic and Refrigeration Training Organisation / 
Electrical Trades Union of Australia / (NSW Branch) / (NSW Branch) / (Qld Branch) / (SA Branch)
AP791396CRV - Fed / AP819377CRN - Fed / AP819348 - Fed / AN120191 - NSW / AN120192 - NSW / AN140103 - Qld / AN150050 - SA / AN160108 - WA
National Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Industry Award 1998 / Electrical Engineering and Contracting Industries (Northern Territory) Award 2002 / Electroskills Industry Training Award 2002 / Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Industry (State) Award 2004 / Electricians, &c. (State) Award / Electrical contracting Industry Award - State 2003 / Electrical Contracting Industry (South Australia) Award / Electrical Contracting Industry Award R 22 of 1978
Exemptions / Excludes the manufacturing section of the business of manufacturers/vendors of plant or equipment in high or low tension power stations (cl 6.3) / Excludes the manufacturing section of the business of employers and the maintenance and repair, by direct employees, in the manufacturing industry (cl 5.2.3) / No mention / Excludes the vending, manufacturing and repair/installation section of businesses engaged in manufacturing and vending of plant. (cl 32.4) / • Hospitals, public charitable institutions or ambulance employees
• Employees of specified transport authorities, water boards, metal companies, cement companies, city councils, electrical authorities, wire industry, and gas companies.
• Specified employees within the jurisdiction of specified industrial committees (see detailed scope) / • Employees covered by the Mount Isa Mines Limited Award
• Employees of sugar mills, refineries and distilleries where employee engaged in electrical work on buildings, plant or equipment owned by employer / Excludes the manufacturing section of the business of employers who are manufacturers or vendors of plant equipment installing/maintaining plant equipment in power stations and/or substations for the generation/transmission of electric power / Excludes the manufacturing section of the business of any respondents
• Employers in respect of employees covered by other awards/agreements under the Workplace Relations Act 1996
• Employers in respect of employees in public sector / • Tubemakers of Australia Limited
• Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited / • In and about coal, limestone, mineral other than coal, diamond and gembearing mines, mining dredges, ore cluicing, smelting, refining, treatment, and reduction works
• Various media/publishing employers (see detailed scope)
• Board of Fire Commissioners of NSW
• Electrical tradesman’s assistants employed under the Crown Employees (Tradesman’s Assistants) Award
• State Dockyard, Newcastle is exempt from sick leave, annual leave, long service leave, bereavement leave, other leave
• Koppers Australia Pty Ltd is exempt from spread of hours (cl 17) / • Employees of employers with electrical licences solely for the purpose of employees carrying out electrical work on site, or performing electrical work incidental to the principle commercial activity of employer / Cl 40: “Skilled Engineering” and “Drake Industrial” are not required to observe the requirements of clause 14 (payment of wages), cl 31 – seniority of termination, cl 32 – trade union training, cl 33 – union steward, cl 36 - superannuation

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