Concrete Products Award [MA000056]

This page is a summary of who the Concrete Products Award covers and doesn’t cover. Find a copy of the award at Concrete Products Award.

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Who the Concrete Products Award covers

The Concrete Products Award covers employers in the concrete products industry and their employees who fit within the classifications of the award.

The concrete products industry means fabricating or manufacturing cement or concrete products including:

  • concrete panels
  • concrete pipes
  • monier or concrete tubs
  • baths
  • sinks
  • ventilating shafts
  • troughs
  • blocks
  • rollers
  • tiles
  • pavers
  • slabs
  • gutter bridges
  • plates
  • pile armours
  • bridge piles.

It also includes preparing reinforcement of steel or wire to make the above products.

Examples of employers and employees covered by the Concrete Products Award include:

  • machine operators (including concrete vibrators, hydraulic flag press, splitter or cuber, automatic tile/ridge, pipe machines and other machines)
  • concrete machine operators
  • colour mixer/applicator operators
  • repairers
  • jointers
  • mould assemblers or strippers
  • reinforcement welding machine operators
  • cement moulders
  • fork-lift operators
  • boiler attendants
  • crane chasers
  • storemen.

The Concrete Products Award also covers labour hire businesses and their employees who are placed with an organisation in the concrete products industry.

Check the award for full information on who is covered and the classification descriptions.

Source reference: Concrete Products Award [MA000056] clause 4 and schedule A

Who the Concrete Products Award doesn't cover

Employers and employees who are involved in the manufacturing and/or transport of premixed concrete are not covered by the Concrete Products Award.

Check the award for full information on coverage and classifications.

Source reference: Concrete Products Award [MA000056] clause 4 and schedule A

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