1. Working with others

2. Recap Week 4 6/8/2013
NQF
- Industry codes and regulations
- National Law
- NQS and assessing in the workplace

3. Week 5 13/8/2013
Awards
• Awards outline the pay and conditions for the
workers covered by that award. Awards are
legally binding and are negotiated between
the unions, employers and Fair Work Australia
• You can visit their website and look up the
award you work under or any other award
Google: Fair Work Australia
Find an Award, Modern Award, Children’s Services
Award

4. Awards
ACTIVITY 1
Using your iPads, type in FAIR WORK OMBUDSMAN to find the
necessary links to the awards for the children's services industry.
What did you find?

5. Awards
ACTIVITY 1 (cont)
Children's Services Award 2010
Educational Services (Teachers) Award 2010
Clerks - Private Sector Award 2010
Cleaning Services Award 2010

6. Awards
ACTIVITY 2
Using your iPads, type in
1) FAIR WORK OMBUDSMAN – EMPLOYMENT- AGREEMENTS
2) FAIR WORK OMBUDSMAN – EMPLOYMENT- NES
….to find the necessary information regarding work place
agreements for the children's services industry.
What did you find out? Discuss.

7. Case Scenario
ACTIVITY 3 – Working in groups of 3
Using the knowledge you have gained from the last 2 sessions
today, each group is to role play one scenario each in relation to
the awards/unions/industrial relations. Suggested ideas are 1) Being dismissed from work due to....?
2) Concerns about your hours of pay – what you are receiving is
less than what have worked....
3) You are working with a co-worker who has exactly the same
qualification as you, yet she takes charge of the room and is on