Australian Capital Territory

PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT ACT 1994

Public Sector Management Amendment Standards 2001

Disallowable Instrument No 348

Under section 251 of the Public Sector Management Act 1994 (the Act), I APPROVE the making of the Management Standards made by Instrument 1/1994 as subsequently amended, as set out in Schedule A to this Instrument.

Dated this          12th	day of            December	2001

Jon Stanhope MLA
CHIEF MINISTER

Under section 251 of the Public Sector Management Act 1994, I

1.	MAKE those parts of the relevant Management Standards as specified in Schedule A to this Instrument.

Dated this        19th	day of          December	2001

Richard Grant Moss
Commissioner for Public Administration

SCHEDULE A TO DISALLOWABLE INSTRUMENT No 348

COLUMN 1			COLUMN 2		COLUMN 3	
PART			INSTRUMENT		AMENDMENT DESCRIPTION	
Part	Page	Part/Rule Description	Number
	Date		
Standard 2
Part 10	69	Part 10- Structure and Classification Standards
Rule 12-Qualifications and salary advancement for offices	1/1994	1/7/94	Insert new clause 12.33 in Standard 2 Part 10 Rule 12.

PART 10 – STRUCTURE AND CLASSIFICATION STANDARDS

RULE 12 – Qualifications and salary advancement for offices

12.33	Dental Assistants 1/2

Salary Advancement Provisions
•	A Dental Assistant who does not hold the Dental Assistant Educational Council of Australia (DAECA) Certificate or equivalent will not advance beyond the fourth salary point of Dental Assistant 1/2.

•	A Dental Assistant who has successfully completed a course of study which will lead to holding (or who already holds) the DAECA Dental Assistant Certificate or equivalent will be advanced to the fifth salary point in the salary scale of Dental Assistant 1/2.

Equivalent means a nationally recognised portable dental assistant certificate from a recognised educational institution or a comparable qualification, which in the opinion of the Chief Executive is appropriate to the duties of the office.

•	A Dental Assistant who has successfully completed a course of study which will lead to holding (or who already holds) both the DAECA Dental Assistant Certificate and DAECA Radiography Certificate or equivalents will be advanced to the sixth salary point in the salary scale of Dental Assistants 1/2.

Equivalents mean a nationally recognised portable dental assistant certificate from a recognised educational institution and other qualifications relevant to the duties of the office, (eg. Dental Radiography Certificate) or a comparable qualification, which in the opinion of the Chief Executive is appropriate to the duties of the office.