AN170096 – Silviculture and Afforestation Award
(a) Facilities provided at a Depot shall include:
(i) Hot and cold water for employees
(ii) A lunch room with suitable tables, seating accommodation and facilities for washing eating utensils.
(iii) A suitable locker for those employees who request one.
(iv) Shower facilities
(v) Washing and sanitary conveniences which are to be kept in a clean and hygienic condition.
(vi) Facilities provided at a Depot will be available during normal working hours to employees. For employees working in the field, these facilities will be available outside normal working hours except for those employees involved in the use of dangerous chemicals or in the event of accidental spillage of oil or fluid of such a nature requiring a change of clothing. Where a shower is required, the maximum duration shall be for 30 minutes in the employer’s time and paid for at the ordinary prescribed rate.
(b) Facilities provided in the field shall include
(i) Mobile caravans equipped with a stove and suitable table / seating facilities.
(ii) Clean water for washing and drinking.
(iii) A suitable locker for those employees who request one.
(iv) The employer will provide a room for the drying of wet clothes.
(c) Provided that the provision of this clause shall not apply to persons engaged in fire suppression duties where a fire is burning out of control requiring emergency attendance or regeneration burns and the mopping up operations associated with regeneration burns or wild fires.
