2025 WAIRC 00470
Ambulance Service Employees' Award, 1969

1B. - MINIMUM ADULT AWARD WAGE

(1) No employee aged 21 or more shall be paid less than the minimum adult award wage unless otherwise provided by this clause.

(2) The minimum adult award wage for full-time employees aged 21 or more working under an award that provides for a 38-hour week is $953.00 per week.

The minimum adult award wage for full-time employees aged 21 or more working under awards that provide for other than a 38-hour week is calculated as follows: divide $953.00 by 38 and multiply by the number of ordinary hours prescribed for a full-time employee under the award.

The minimum adult award wage is payable from the beginning of the first pay period commencing on or after 1 July 2025.

(3) The minimum adult award wage is deemed to include all State Wage order adjustments from State Wage Case decisions.

(4) Unless otherwise provided in this clause adults aged 21 or more employed as casuals, part-time employees or piece workers or employees who are remunerated wholly on the basis of payment by results, shall not be paid less than pro rata the minimum adult award wage according to the hours worked.

(5) Employees under the age of 21 shall be paid no less than the wage determined by applying the percentage prescribed in the junior rates provision in this award (if applicable) to the minimum adult award wage, provided that no employee shall be paid less than any applicable minimum rate of pay prescribed by the Minimum Conditions of Employment Act 1993.

(6) The minimum adult award wage shall not apply to apprentices, employees engaged on traineeships or government approved work placement programs or employed under the Commonwealth Government Supported Wage System or to other categories of employees who by prescription are paid less than the minimum award rate, provided that no employee shall be paid less than any applicable minimum rate of pay prescribed by the Minimum Conditions of Employment Act 1993.

(7) Liberty to apply is reserved in relation to any special category of employees not included here or otherwise in relation to the application of the minimum adult award wage.

(8) Subject to this clause the minimum adult award wage shall –

(a) Apply to all work in ordinary hours.

(b) Apply to the calculation of overtime and all other penalty rates, superannuation, payments during any period of paid leave and for all purposes of this award.

(9) Minimum Adult Award Wage

The rates of pay in this award include the minimum weekly wage for employees aged 21 or more payable under the 2025 State Wage order. Any increase arising from the insertion of the minimum wage will be offset against any equivalent amount in rates of pay received by employees whose wages and conditions of employment are regulated by this award which are above the wage rates prescribed in the award. Such above award payments include wages payable pursuant to enterprise agreements, consent awards or award variations to give effect to enterprise agreements and over award arrangements. Absorption which is contrary to the terms of an agreement is not required.

Increases under previous State Wage Case Principles or under the current Statement of Principles, excepting those resulting from enterprise agreements, are not to be used to offset the minimum wage.

(10) Adult Apprentices

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this clause, the minimum adult apprentice wage for a full-time apprentice aged 21 years or more working under an award that provides for a 38-hour week is $791.30 per week.

(b) The minimum adult apprentice wage for a full-time apprentice aged 21 years or more working under an award that provides for other than a 38-hour week is calculated as follows: divide $791.30 by 38 and multiply by the number of ordinary hours prescribed for a full-time apprentice under the award.

(c) The minimum adult apprentice wage is payable from the beginning of the first pay period commencing on or after 1 July 2025.

(d) Adult apprentices aged 21 years or more employed on a part-time basis shall not be paid less than pro rata the minimum adult apprentice wage according to the hours worked.

(e) The rates paid in the paragraphs above to an apprentice 21 years of age or more are payable on superannuation and during any period of paid leave prescribed by this award.

(f) Where in this award an additional rate is expressed as a percentage, fraction or multiple of the ordinary rate of pay, it shall be calculated upon the rate prescribed in this award for the actual year of apprenticeship.




9. - RATES OF PAY

The minimum rate of weekly wages payable to officers covered by this award shall be as follows:

(1)
(a)
Ambulance Officer Grade I (Transport)
$
ASNA
TOTAL








1st year
426.90
641.80
1068.70


2nd year
432.00
643.70
1075.70


3rd year and thereafter
436.50
645.30
1081.80







(b)
Ambulance Officer Grade I











1st year
426.90
641.80
1068.70


2nd year
432.00
643.70
1075.70


3rd year and thereafter
436.50
645.30
1081.80







(c)
Ambulance Officer Grade II











1st year
464.10
653.00
1117.10


2nd year
469.10
654.90
1124.00


3rd year and thereafter
473.70
656.40
1130.10







(d)
Ambulance Officer Grade III
491.20
663.10
1154.30







(e)
Ambulance Officer Grade III with Certificate Allowance
535.60
679.70
1215.30







(f)
Where appointed as such the following shall apply:











Station Officers











Grade I
547.40
684.40
1231.80


Grade II
559.10
688.70
1247.80







(g) The rates of pay in this award include arbitrated safety net adjustments available since December 1993, under the Arbitrated Safety Net Adjustment Principle.

These arbitrated safety net adjustments may be offset against any equivalent amount in the rate of pay received by employees since 1 November 1991 above the rate prescribed in the Award, except where such absorption is contrary to the terms of an industrial agreement.

Increases in rates of pay otherwise made under the State Wage Case Principles, excepting those resulting from enterprise agreements, are not to be used to offset arbitrated safety net adjustments.

(2) In addition to the weekly rates prescribed in subclause (1) of this clause the following amounts shall be paid for weekend penalties and shift loadings in accordance with Clause 33. - Appendix of this award.

(a)
Ambulance Officer Grade I
$




1st year
151.53

2nd year
153.16

3rd year and thereafter
154.59



(b)
Ambulance Officer Grade II





1st year
163.40

2nd year
165.00

3rd year and thereafter
166.46



(c)
Ambulance Officer Grade III
172.05



(d)
Ambulance Officer Grade III


with Certificate Allowance
185.58



(e)
Station Officers





Grade I
189.34

Grade II
193.08

(3) In addition to the weekly rates prescribed in subclause (1) and (2) of this clause the following amounts shall be paid for regularly worked overtime being an average of two hours over an eight week cycle of shifts worked by those Officers employed to work the hours prescribed in paragraph (a) of subclause (1) and (2) of Clause 7. - Hours of Duty of this award.

(a)
Ambulance Officer Grade I
$




1st year
12.50

2nd year
12.63

3rd year and thereafter
12.75



(b)
Ambulance Officer Grade II





1st year
13.48

2nd year
13.61

3rd year and thereafter
13.73



(c)
Ambulance Officer Grade III
14.19



(d)
Ambulance Officer Grade III


with Certificate Allowance
15.31



(e)
Station Officers





Grade I
15.62

Grade II
15.92

(4) An Ambulance Officer who has been fully employed for one year or more shall be credited with his/her years of service on promotion to a higher grade.

(5) To become entitled to the rates prescribed in subclauses (1), (2) and (3) of this clause the Officers shall at all times wear a uniform approved by the Association and shall hold an appropriate motor vehicle driver's licence.

All training programmes and examination schedules agreed by the Union and the Association for promotional and proficiency purposes shall be under the jurisdiction and administration of the Association.

(6) (a) To be entitled to the certificate allowances as prescribed in paragraph (d) of subclauses (1), (2) and (3) of this clause an Officer will be required:

(i) to have passed the Grade III requirements of the West Australian Ambulance Training Centre, hold the rank of Grade III and to have completed five years' service; or

(ii) to hold the rank of Grade III and to have passed the TAFE authorised Certificate in Emergency Care.

(b) The Certificate in Emergency Care will not be used as a pre-requisite for promotion to the rank of Station Officer for those officers employed prior to January 1984.

(7) Ambulance officers who have been trained to give medication by intra-muscular injections or test blood sugar levels or perform intravenous cannulation shall be paid a flat allowance of $15.00 per week provided that it shall be paid on Annual Leave, Long Service Leave and Sick Leave.