2025 WAIRC 00639
Security Officers' Award

21. - CLASSIFICATION STRUCTURE AND WAGE RATES

(1) CLASSIFICATION STRUCTURE

An employer shall classify existing and new employees, as a security officer at a level 1 to 4, according to the criteria set out below. Existing employees, and new employees upon engagement, shall be informed by the employer of the classification into which they have been placed.

(a) SECURITY OFFICER - LEVEL 1

(i) A Security Officer - Level 1 is an employee who performs work to the level of his or her training.

(ii) Indicative of the tasks which an employee at this level may perform are the following;

(aa) Watch, guard or protect premises and/or property;

(bb) Be stationed at an entrance and/or exit, whose principal duties shall include the control of movement of persons, vehicles, goods and/or property coming out of or going into premises or property, including vehicles carrying goods of any description, to ensure that the quantity and description of such goods is in accordance with the requirements of the relevant document and/or gate pass and who also may have other duties to perform and shall include an area or door attendant or commissionaire in a commercial building;

(cc) Respond to basic fire/security alarms at their designated post;

(dd) In performing the duties referred to above the officer may be required to use electronic equipment such as hand-held scanners and simple closed circuit television systems utilising basic keyboard skills.

(b) SECURITY OFFICER - LEVEL 2

(i) A Security Officer - Level 2 is an employee who performs work above and beyond the skills of an employee at Level 1 to the level of his or her training.

(ii) Indicative of the tasks which an employee at this level may perform are the following:

(aa) Duties of securing, watching, guarding and/or protecting as directed, including responses to alarm signals and attendances at and minor non-technical servicing of automatic teller machines, and is required to patrol in a vehicle two or more separate establishments or sites; or

(bb) Monitors and responds to electronic intrusion detection or access control equipment terminating at a visual display unit and/or computerised printout (except for simple closed circuit television systems).

(cc) May be required to perform the duties of Security Officer - Level 1.

(dd) Monitors and acts upon walk through magnetic detectors; and/or monitor, interpret and act upon screen images using x-ray imaging equipment.

(ee) The operation of a public weighbridge by a Security Officer appropriately licensed to do so.

(c) SECURITY OFFICER - LEVEL 3

(i) A Security Officer - Level 3 is an employee who performs work above and beyond the skills of an employee at Level 2 to the level of his or her training.

(ii) Indicative of the tasks which an employee at this level may perform are the following:

(aa) The monitoring and operation of integrated intelligent building management and security systems terminating at a visual display unit or computerised printout which requires data input from the Security Officer.

(bb) A Security Officer, who in the opinion of the Employer has no previous relevant experience at this level, and is undertaking the tasks of a Security Officer Level 4 whilst undergoing training and gaining experience during the first 6 months of employment as such.

(iii) A Security Officer Level 3 is also required to perform the duties of a Security Officer - Level 1 and/or Security Officer - Level 2.

(d) SECURITY OFFICER - LEVEL 4

(i) A Security Officer - Level 4 is an employee who performs work above and beyond the skills of an employee at Level 3 to the level of his or her training.

(ii) Indicative of the tasks which an employee at this level may perform are the following:

(aa) Monitoring, recording, inputting information or reacting to signals and instruments related to electronic surveillance of any kind within a central station.

(bb) Keyboard operation to alter the parameters within an integrated intelligent building management and/or security system.

(cc) The co-ordinating, monitoring or recording of the activities of Security Officers utilising a verbal communications system within a central station.

(iii) A Security Officer Level 4 is also required to perform the duties of Security Officers at Levels 1 and/or 2 and/or 3.

(2) WAGE RATES

(a) The minimum rate of wage payable under this award shall be as follows:

Classification
Minimum Rate

$


Security Officer-Level 1
981.90
Security Officer-Level 2
1001.40
Security Officer-Level 3
1014.70
Security Officer-Level 4
1028.20

(b) 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.

(3) A probationary Security Officer shall be paid 97.07% of the weekly wage rate prescribed for a Security Officer - Level 1 or Security Officer - Level 2 whichever is applicable and, if the officer is a casual, the casual loading referred to in subclause (3)(b) of Clause 6. – Types of Employment in the award.

(4) Senior Officials:

Any officer placed in charge of other officers shall be paid in addition to the appropriate wage prescribed, the following:



Per Week
$
(a)
if placed in charge of not less than 3 and not more than 10 other officers
26.90
(b)
if placed in charge of not less than 10 and not more than 20 other officers
41.40
(c)
if placed in charge of more than 20 other officers
53.10


22. – 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.