Horse and Greyhound Training Award
Industry award for the horse and greyhound training industry - training and preparation of animals for thoroughbred, trotting, harness and greyhound racing. Functions: pre-training, grooming, feeding, handling, stabling, exercising, cleaning/care/maintenance of stables and equipment, care/leading-in of horses at race meetings. 7 classifications (Stable Employee → Trainer); standard rate is Stable Foreman ($1,068.40/wk = $28.12/hr) per cl 2 def. Excluded: apprentice jockeys when undertaking trial/race-riding for which they receive payment (cl 4.3). 38 hrs/wk Mon-SAT only - Sundays are OUTSIDE ordinary hours and treated as OT (200% min 3 hrs FT/PT, 250% casual). Apprentice jockey rates derived from Track Rider weekly ($982.40), NOT relevant classification. 6 default super funds per PR794707 ppc 23Jan26.
Fully built. Rates, allowances, penalties and any required apprentice / junior rates are all wired to the rate resolver and have been verified against the consolidated award text and the latest pay guide.
What's built
- All 7 cl 13.1 classifications at corrected July 2025 figures (PR786546 ppc 1Jul25): Stable Employee $24.28/hr → Trainer $30.68/hr. Standard rate = Stable Foreman $28.12/hr.
- Cl 13.3 junior rates 6 age bands (15→20yo at 55/60/65/70/80/95%) with NEAREST-10-CENT rounding (D1).
- Cl 13.4 apprentice 4-tier × Yr12-status matrix configured (D2): not-Yr12 (50/60/75/90%) vs completed-Yr12 (55/65/75/95%).
- Cl 13.4 apprentice jockey weekly $ derived from Track Rider basis (D3): $491.20 → $933.28 across years/Yr12 status.
- Cl 13.4(b)/(c) adult apprentice GREATER-OF rules (D4/D5): max(80% relevant classification, percentage rate) for 1st year; max(lowest adult Stable Employee $922.70, percentage rate) for 2+ year.
- Cl 13.4(d-e) adult apprentice prior-employment protection (D6): no reduction in min rate if 6+ months FT or 12+ months PT/regular casual immediately before training agreement.
- Cl 15.2(a) racecourse attendance distance-tier (D9): $30.01 within 75km + $7.07 per additional 50km.
- Cl 15.2 allowances: meal at race meeting $14.98, OT meal no-notice $18.28, boots/cap/vest subsidy $5.46/wk for track riders.
- Cl 17 OT: FT/PT 1.5x first 3 hrs / 2x after; Casual 1.875x first 3 / 2.5x after (loading-inc multiplicative). Sunday FT/PT 200% min 3 hrs; Sunday Casual 250% min 3 hrs (D16).
- Cl 23.4 PH: 200% (FT/PT) / 250% (Casual additive via cl 10.4(b) all-purpose loading - D15). NO minimum payment.
- Cl 17.3 stand-by/watch-keeping at OT rates (D13).
- Cl 11A right to disconnect with on-call exception cl 11A.4 - must respond if being paid stand-by under cl 17.3 (D17).
- All 6 default super funds per cl 16.4 (substituted PR794707 ppc 23Jan26): AustralianSuper, HOSTPLUS Superannuation Fund, Australian Retirement Trust, AMP Super Fund, Russell Investments Master Trust, CareSuper.
- Cl 10 casual employment: restricted to short-term/emergency/un-rosterable (D10), 12-week conversion right (D11), min 3 hrs daily, NOT MORE than once per day, transport home if dismissed away from usual workplace.
- Cl 11.2 4-day + 2-half-day roster pattern (D12) with half days END BY 12 NOON (cl 11.3); roster posted Monday of preceding week.
- Cl 12 breaks: 15-min PAID morning rest break counted as time worked (D14); 30-min unpaid meal break between hour 5 and 6 of shift for shifts >6 hrs.
Known limitations
- Apprentice jockey rates (D3) encoded as configuration entries - per-employee rate computation requires payroll engine to apply Year × Yr12-status matrix to Track Rider base. AwardClassification dimensional rows are future work.
- Adult apprentice MAX-of comparators (D4/D5) are application-level - schema stores both alternatives as configuration; resolver picks greater.
- Casual engagement restriction (D10) requires application-level enforcement at hire/engagement time; configuration captures the criteria only.
- Half-day-by-12-noon roster validator (D12) requires runtime enforcement against rostered hours; configuration stores `half_day_must_end_by=12:00`.
- 15-min PAID morning rest break (D14) cannot be expressed in standard AwardShiftSetting (which only stores ONE break) - captured via configuration only.
- PH casual 250% (D15) is the practical effect of cl 10.4(b) all-purpose loading attaching to cl 23.4 PH penalty. Documented but the bare 200% reading of cl 23.4 alone could be argued; resolver pays 250% to be safe.
Setup & special instructions
- Standard rate = Stable Foreman $1,068.40/wk = $28.12/hr (cl 2 def). Used for percentage-based references.
- Apprentice jockey rates derived from Track Rider ($982.40/wk), NOT the relevant classification (cl 13.1 fn 1).
- Junior rounding is to NEAREST 10 CENTS (not 5c). Different from MA000093 (5c rounding).
- Adult apprentice rates use GREATER OF the relevant classification rate (80% for 1st yr, 100% lowest adult for 2+ yr) OR the cl 13.4(a) percentage rate.
- Sundays are OUTSIDE ordinary hours. Sunday work = OT under cl 17.1(b)/(b). Casuals get 250% (incl loading); FT/PT get 200% with min 3 hrs.
- PH = 200% (FT/PT) or 250% (Casual) with NO minimum payment. Substitution by employer-employee agreement (cl 23.2/23.3).
- Casual engagement is RESTRICTED to short-term/emergency/un-rosterable work (cl 10.1). HR must validate at hire/engagement.
- Casual conversion at 12 consecutive weeks of regular pattern (cl 10.6) - NES s.66B 6-month pathway also applies.
- Right to disconnect on-call exception (cl 11A.4): employee MUST respond if being paid stand-by time under cl 17.3.
- 6 default super funds per cl 16.4 PR794707 ppc 23Jan26.
- Half days end by 12 NOON (cl 11.3) when 4-day+2-half pattern used. Roster posted Monday of preceding week.
- 15-min PAID morning rest break counted as time worked (cl 12.1) - separate from 30-min unpaid meal break taken between hour 5 and hour 6 (cl 12.2).
- Coverage exclusion: apprentice jockeys when undertaking trial/race-riding for which they receive payment (cl 4.3).
- • Horse training
- • Greyhound training
- • Thoroughbred racing
- • Trotting
- • Harness racing
- • Stables
- • Track riding
- • Jockey
- • Apprentice jockey
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