4.1 This industry award covers employers throughout Australia in the raw wool testing, skin, hide and wool storage services industry and their employees in the classifications listed in clause 13 - Classifications and minimum wage rates to the exclusion of any other modern award.
4.2 The raw wool testing, skin, hide and wool storage services industry means the receipt, handling, processing (including sampling, testing, blending or dumping), storage, shipping or transport of skins, hide and wool.
4.6 This award covers any employer which supplies labour on an on-hire basis in the industry set out in clause 4.1 in respect of on-hire employees in classifications covered by this ward, and those on-hire employees, while engaged in the performance of work for a business in that industry. this subclause operates subject to the exclusions from coverage in this award.
4.7 This award covers employers which provide group training services for trainees engaged in the industry and/or parts of industry set out in clause 4.1 and those trainees engaged by a group training service hosted by a company to perform work at a location where the activities described herein are being performed. This subclause operates subject to the exclusions from
coverage in this award.
4.8 Where an employer is covered by more than one award, an employee of that employer is covered by the award classification which is most appropriate to the work performed by the employee and to the environment in which the employee normally performs work.
NOTE: Where there is no classification for a particular employee in this award it is possible that the employer and that employee are covered by an award with occupational coverage.
3. Definitions and interpretation
3.1 In this award, unless the contrary intention appears:
on-hire means the on-hire of an employee by their employer to a client, where such employee works under the general guidance and instruction of the client or a representative of the client.
raw wool testing laboratory means a testing laboratory independent of the sale transaction and having undertaken to carry out tests in accordance with the current International Wool Textile Organisation Core Test Regulations. Raw wool includes greasy wool, wool which has been scoured, carbonised, washed or solvent degreased, scoured skin wools, washed skin wools. It consists of wool fibre together with variable amounts of vegetable matter and extraneous alkali-insoluble impurities, mineral matter, wool waxes, suint and moisture. Greasy wool is wool from the sheep's back or sheepskins, which have not been scoured, solvent degreased, carbonised or otherwise processed.
sampling means all or any of the functions and duties required to be performed in connection with, or incidental to, the obtaining of wool samples for testing and, in particular, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes:
• the drawing of samples manually and/or the operation of mechanical sampling equipment;
• attendance at sampling lines in wool stores;
• the weighing of bales and recording of bale weights as a sworn weigher; and
• the clerical functions associated with the identification of bales and samples
Sampling assistant means an employee engaged by a raw wool testing laboratory and required to perform sampling functions and duties, who has not completed a period of service which in aggregate is equivalent to the ordinary time worked in 12 months by a full-time employee.
Sampling officer means an employee engaged by a raw wool testing laboratory and required to perform sampling functions and duties, who has completed a period of service which in aggregate is equivalent to the ordinary time worked in 12 months by a full-time employee.
Senior sampling officer means a raw wool testing laboratory employee who, in addition to performing sampling functions and duties without direct supervision, is required to accept additional responsibilities such as the planning, organising and supervision of sampling by other employees, the administration of the company's operations in a centre or specific area and/or officially representing the employer in discussions with representatives of other wool industry companies.
Senior testing officer means a raw wool testing laboratory employee who, in addition to performing testing functions and duties without direct supervision, is required to accept additional responsibilities, such as the planning, organising and supervision of testing by other employees, the administration of the company's operations in a specific area, undertaking a range of quality control duties and/or participating in stock control, purchasing, etc. associated with the testing operations.
testing means all or any of the functions and duties required to be performed in connection with, or incidental to, the testing of wool, seeds, grain, grasses and wool grease samples, and in particular, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes:
• the operation of various types of laboratory apparatus, testing equipment and machines;
• the weighing of container and/or samples, subsamples and test specimens using laboratory balances provided and the recording of such weights;
• the clerical functions associated with the identification, control batching, etc. of samples, subsamples, test specimens and containers; and
• the use of such chemicals and the handling of samples as required by the procedures laid down from time to time.
Testing assistant means an employee engaged by a raw wool testing laboratory and required to perform testing functions and duties, who has not completed a period of service which in aggregate is equivalent to the ordinary time worked in 12 months by a full-time employee.
Testing officer means an employee engaged by a raw wool testing laboratory and required to perform testing functions and duties, who has completed a period of service which in aggregate is equivalent to the ordinary time worked in twelve months by a full-time employee.