2025 WAIRC 00642
Show Grounds Maintenance Worker's Award

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.




27. - WAGES

(1) The minimum rates of wages per week payable to workers covered by this award shall be the wages prescribed in subclause (2) of this clause.





Rate Per Week$
ASNA
TOTAL






(2)
(a)
Motor Vehicle Drivers -











Not exceeding 25cwt capacity


953.00








Exceeding 25cwt but not exceeding 3 tons capacity


953.00








Exceeding 3 tons but under 6 tons capacity


953.00








Exceeding 6 tons and over but under 7 tons capacity


953.00








Exceeding 7 tons and over but under 8 tons capacity


953.00







(b)
Machine Drivers -











Operator-powered roller under 8 tons


953.00








Operator-powered roller 8 tons and over


953.00








Operator-powered vibrating roller under 4 tons


953.00








Operator-powered vibrating roller 4 tons and over


953.00








Operator-powered road roller pneumatic tyred 8 tons and over


953.00








Operator-tractor-pneumatic tyred without power operated attachments -











(i) Classes 1 and 2


953.00








(ii) Classes 3, 4, 5 and 6 (including tractors tilting or a one man hitch trailer)


953.00








(iii) Over Class 6


953.00








Operator-tractor-pneumatic tyred with power operated attachments -











(i) Classes 1 and 2


953.00








(ii) Classes 3, 4, 5 and 6 (not including tractors tilting or a one man hitch trailer)


953.00








(iii) Over Class 6 and up to and including 230 engine horsepower


953.00








(iv) Over Class 6 with power operated attachments in excess of 230 engine horsepower


953.00








Operator - Graders -











(i) Drawn Graders


953.00








(ii) Grader - power operated below 50 net engine horsepower


953.00








(iii) Grader - power operated 50 to 100 net engine horsepower


953.00








(iv) Grader - power operated above 100 net engine horsepower


953.00








Operator of portable petrol driven crosscut or circular saw


953.00







(c)
Gardeners -











Propagator


953.00








Nurserymen, first class gardeners appointed as such by the employer and street tree pruners


953.00








Gardeners planting out and attending flower beds and assisting nurserymen


953.00








Hand power motor mower


953.00








Hand rotary hoe and operators of other machines


953.00








Sprayers or fumigators of noxious weeds and/or pests vermin, mosquitoes, or ants or workers employed in destroying blackberry bush or boxthorn -











(i) Hand operated


953.00








(ii) Power Operated


953.00







(d)
General -











Track hands


953.00








Machine man (jackhammer)


953.00








Concrete slab layer


953.00








Concrete kerb layer


953.00








Concrete finisher


953.00








Others


953.00







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) For the purpose of paragraph (b) of subclause (2) of this clause -

(a) Pneumatic tyred tractors up to 230 power take-off h.p. are classified as follows -

Class
Power Take-Off Horse Power


1
Up to 15
2
Over 15 up to 25
3
Over 25 up to 35
4
Over 35 up to 45
5
Over 45 up to 60
6
Over 60 up to 80
7
Over 80 up to 100
8
Over 100

(b) Pneumatic tyred tractors over 230 power take-off h.p. are classified as indicated in the margins table of this clause.

(c) Self-propelled rollers are classified by weight complete including maximum ballast.

(d) Back hoe when attached to a tractor shall be considered as a power operated attachment to the tractor.

(4) (a) Leading hands placed in charge of not less than three or more than ten other workers shall be paid $15.00 per week above the rates of wage of the workers whose work they direct.

(b) Leading hands placed in charge of more than ten but not more than 20 other workers shall be paid $22.70 per week above the rate of wage of the workers whose work they direct.

(c) Leading hands placed in charge of more than 20 other workers shall be paid $29.50 per week above the rate of wage of the workers whose work they direct.