The Plumbing and Fire Sprinklers Award 2020 covers employers throughout Australia in the industry of the provision of plumbing and/or fire sprinkler fitting services by contract in respect of work done by their employees as listed in the classifications, to the exclusion of any other Modern Award.
Plumbing means plumbing, gasfitting, roof plumbing, lead burning, ship plumbing, heating, air conditioning or ventilation plumbing, irrigation installation, pipe-fitting or domestic engineering work, whether prefabricated or not, engaged on-site or in construction work or any work in or in connection with:
Sheet lead, galvanised iron or other classes of sheet metal or any other materials which supersede the materials usually fixed by plumbers;
Lead, wrought, cast or sheet iron, copper, brass or other classes of pipework;
Water (hot or cold), steam, gas, air, vacuum, heating or ventilating appliances, fittings, services or installations; or
House, ship, sanitary, chemical or general plumbing or drainage and irrigation.
Fire sprinkler fitting means the erection, fitting, fixing, altering, inspecting, testing, maintaining, retrofitting, overhauling or repairing of apparatus, pipes and/or fittings in and/or outside of buildings, ships or other structures for the extinguishment of fire by automatic sprinklers and/or other fire protection systems
