Annual Report - Appendix 10: Glossary Acronyms and Abbreviations

APPENDIX 10 - STAFFING INFORMATION

Number of APS Employees (Including Ongoing and Non-ongoing) as at 30 June 2005

Table 1: SES and Executive Professional Officers at 30 June 2005

Actual Classification	Female	Male	Total
Senior Executive Band 3	1	2	3
Senior Executive Band 2	7	11	18
Senior Executive Band 1	41	27	68
Chief Medical Officer	0	1	1
Medical Officer Class 6	1	1	2
Medical Officer Class 5	5	10	15
Senior Principal Research Scientist	1	2	3
Holder of Public Office*	2	1	3
Total	58	55	113

Includes inoperative staff.
Excludes staff on short-term acting arrangements (less than 3 months).

* Includes the Director, National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme.

Table 2: Staff numbers by Actual Classification at 30 June 2005

	Female		Male
Classification	Full time	Part time	Full time	Part time	Total
Secretary	1	0	0	0	1
Holder of Public Office	2	0	1	0	3
Senior Executive Band 3	1	0	2	0	3
Senior Executive Band 2	9	0	12	0	21
Senior Executive Band 1	46	0	28	2	76
Executive Level 2	210	14	156	5	385
Executive Level 1	482	92	294	20	888
APS6	528	122	236	8	894
APS5	394	68	153	5	620
APS4	241	37	66	3	347
APS3	138	19	43	2	202
APS2	51	16	25	0	92
APS1	8	24	5	29	66
Medical	14	2	27	2	45
Nursing	80	10	6	0	96
Professional*	163	50	177	6	396
Research Scientist	1	1	2	0	4
Technical**	28	11	52	4	95
Other***	4	0	3	0	7
Total	2,401	466	1,288	86	4,241

* Includes Professional, Engineer, Legal Officers and Public Affairs Officers.
** Includes Information Technology Officers.
*** Includes Cadets and Graduates.

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Table 3: Distribution of Actual Staff by Unit at 30 June 2005

	Female		Male
Unit	Ongoing	Non-ongoing	Ongoing	Non-ongoing	Total
Acute Care Division	165	3	72	3	243
Ageing and Aged Care Division	202	22	93	13	330
Audit and Fraud Control Branch	3	0	8	0	11
Business Group*	274	53	156	47	530
Executive	7	0	3	1	11
eHealth Implementation Group	14	7	10	3	34
Health Services Improvement Division	226	21	58	5	310
Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health	77	6	38	1	122
Medical and Pharmaceutical Services Division	152	17	90	9	268
National Health and Medical Research Council	82	19	41	8	150
Portfolio Strategies Division	92	13	47	3	155
Population Health Division	251	15	50	6	322
Primary Care Division Therapeutic Goods	145	5	49	1	200
Administration non-trust	21	2	27	1	51
Office of Gene Technology Regulator	28	4	18	6	56
National Industrial Chemical Notification and Assessment Scheme	16	5	14	7	42
Central Office Total	1,755	192	774	114	2,835
Australian Capital Territory Office	18	8	5	2	33
New South Wales Office	129	15	55	11	210
Northern Territory Office	42	3	14	1	60
Queensland Office	110	23	27	4	164
South Australia Office	57	5	32	0	94
Tasmania Office	30	9	11	5	55
Victoria Office	103	34	50	5	192
Western Australia Office	71	3	28	1	103
State Office Total	560	100	222	29	911
Core Department Total	2,315	292	996	143	3,746
Therapeutic Goods Administration trust	249	11	222	13	495
Departmental Total	2,564	303	1,218	156	4,241

Non-ongoing includes casual staff.
* Includes staff in Ministers’ and Parliamentary Secretary’s Offices.

Table 4: Distribution of Actual Staff by State at 30 June 2005

State	Core	TGATrust*	Total
Australian Capital Territory**	2,803	478	3,281
New South Wales	261	7 268
Victoria	193	8 201
Queensland	170		170
South Australia	97	2	99
Western Australia	106		106
Tasmania	56		56
Northern Territory	60		60
Total	3,746	495	4,241

Non-ongoing includes casual staff.
* Includes staff in Ministers’ and Parliamentary Secretary’s Offices.

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Information on Certified Agreements and Australian Workplace Agreements

Table 5: SES and equivalent Executive Professionals with Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs) current at 30 June 2005

	Number of Approved AWAs
Level	Female	Male	Total
Senior Executive Band 3	1	2	3
Senior Executive Band 2	3	9	12
Senior Executive Band 1	38	21	59
Chief Medical Officer	0	1	1
Medical Officer Class 6	1	1	2
Medical Officer Class 5	4	10	14
Senior Principal Research Scientist	1	1	2
Total	48	45	93

This table includes SES and equivalent Executive Professionals who had an approved AWA and were employed by the
Department at 30 June 2005.

Table 6: Non-SES with Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs) current at 30 June 2005

Level	Number of Approved AWAs
Medical Officers 1-4	15
Other non-SES staff	373
Total	388

This table includes staff who had an approved AWA and were employed by the Department at 30 June 2005.
Staff who were on leave at 30 June 2005 have been included in the figures.

Table 7: APS Levels Salary Structures

Classification	Salary Ranges as at 1 July 2004	September 2004 3.5% increase
Executive Level 2	90,205*	93,362
Executive Level 2	88,699	91,803
Executive Level 2	85,832	88,836
Executive Level 2	78,694	81,448
Executive Level 2	74,634	77,246

Executive Level 1	72,250	74,779
Executive Level 1	68,829	71,238
Executive Level 1	65,960	68,269

APS 6	60,552	62,671
APS 6	59,226	61,299
APS 6	56,277	58,247
APS 6	53,674	55,553

APS 5	51,353	53,150
APS 5	49,978	51,727
APS 5	48,655	50,358

APS 4	47,265	48,919
APS 4	45,964	47,573
APS 4	44,734	46,300

APS 3	43,763	45,295
APS 3	41,778	43,240
APS 3	40,601	42,022
APS 3	39,483	40,865

APS 2	37,284	38,589
APS 2	36,247	37,516
APS 2	35,191	36,423
APS 2	34,166	35,362

APS 1	32,830	33,979
APS 1	31,303	32,399
APS 1	30,267	31,326
APS 1	29,233	30,256
At 20 years	26,602	27,533
At 19 years	23,679	24,508
At 18 years	20,463	21,179
Under 18 years	17,540	18,154

* Retention point for staff classified as Senior Professional Officer Engineering Grade A at the time of translation to the Australian Public Service
(APS) Classification Structure.

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Table 8: Professional 1 Salary Structure

Local title	APS classification	Salary Ranges as at 1 July 2004	September 2004 3.5% increase
Professional 1	APS 5	51,353	53,150
	APS 5	49,978	51,727
	APS 4	45,964	47,573
	APS 4##	44,734	46,300
	APS 3#	41,778	43,240
	APS 3	40,601	42,022

# Salary on commencement for a 3 year degree.
## Salary on commencement for a 4 year degree (or higher).

Table 9: Medical Officer Salary Structure

Local title	Salary Ranges as at 1 July 2004	September 2004 3.5% increase
Medical Officer Class 4	111,915	115,832
	105,637	109,334
	101,675	105,234
Medical Officer Class	3 97,620	101,037
	93,236	96,499
Medical Officer Class 2	87,858	90,933
	83,385	86,303
Medical Officer Class 1	76,200	78,867
	69,030	71,446
	64,139	66,384
	59,207	61,279

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Table 10: Legal Salary Structure

Local title	APS classification	Salary Ranges as at 1 July 2004	September 2004 3.5% increase
Legal 2	Executive Level 2	93,826	97,110
		90,956	94,139
		85,904	88,911

Legal 1	Executive Level 1	79,859	82,654
	Executive Level 1	72,450	74,986
	Executive Level 1	65,960	68,269

	APS 6	58,995	61,060
	APS 6	55,890	57,846
	APS 6	52,785	54,632

	APS 5	49,680	51,419
	APS 4	46,575	48,205
	APS 3	43,470	44,991

Table 11: Public Affairs Salary Structure

Local title	APS classification	Salary Ranges as at 1 July 2004	September 2004 3.5% increase
Senior Public Affairs 2	Executive Level 2	93,077	96,335
		90,205	93,362
Senior Public Affairs 1	Executive Level 2	85,832	88,836
Public Affairs 3	Executive Level 1	79,866	82,661
		74,634	77,246
		69,842	72,286
Public Affairs 2	APS 6	60,615	62,737
	APS 6	56,277	58,247
	APS 6	53,674	55,553
Public Affairs 1	APS 5	51,353	53,150
	APS 5	49,978	51,727
	APS 4	47,265	48,919
	APS 4*	44,734	46,300

* This level is generally reserved for staff with less than two years experience.

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Table 12: Research Scientist Salary Structure

Local title	APS classification	Salary Ranges as at 1 July 2004	September 2004 3.5% increase
Senior Principal Research Scientist	Executive Level 2	117,405	121,514
		106,020	109,731
Principal Research Scientist	Executive Level 2	102,211	105,788
		98,501	101,949
		95,789	99,142
		93,248	96,512
		90,376	93,539
Senior Research Scientist	Executive Level 2	90,205	93,362
		84,570	87,530
		78,694	81,448
		74,634	77,246
Research Scientist	Executive Level 1	70,877	73,358
	Executive Level 1	64,677	66,941
	APS 6	56,382	58,355
	APS 6	53,437	55,307
	APS 6	51,983	53,802

Table 13: Graduate APS Salary Structure - Commencement Salary*

Classification	Qualification held on commencement	Salary Ranges as at 1 July 2004	September 2004 3.5% increase
Graduate APS			38,589
	Higher degree – eg. Masters	36,950
	1st class honours	36,049
	2nd class honours	35,133
	Courses of at least 4 years	34,238
	3 year degree	33,317

* Graduate APS salaries are no longer determined according to the qualification held by the staff member on commencement.

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Table 14: Cadet APS Salary Structure

Classification	Salary Ranges as at 1 July 2004	September 2004 3.5% increase
Cadet full time study	16,348	16,920
	14,877	15,398
	13,242	13,705
	11,444	11,845
	9,809	10,152
Cadet Practical Training	32,701	33,846
	30,947	32,030
	30,134	31,189
	29,156	30,176
	26,532	27,461
	23,617	24,444
	20,409	21,123
	17,494	18,106

Table 15: SES and Senior Medical Officer Indicative Salary Bandwidths*

Classification	Minimum	Maximum
Senior Executive Band 1	108,000	123,000
Senior Executive Band 2	130,000	155,000
Senior Executive Band 3	165,000	185,000
Medical Officer Class 5	123,165	128,340
Medical Officer Class 6	135,585	141,795

* These are indicative as the Secretary may approve salary rates outside these bands.

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Table 16: Non-salary benefits - Core Department including the Therapeutic Goods Administration group of regulators

Non-SES staff–Certified
Agreement

Access to employee assistance program.
Extended purchased leave.
Flextime.
Study assistance.
Support for professional and personal development.
Award scheme.
Flexible working locations including, where appropriate, access to lap-top computers, dial in facilities, and mobile phones.
Access to negotiated discount registration/membership fees to join a fitness or health club.
Reimbursement of eyesight testing and eyewear costs prescribed specifically for use with screen based equipment.
Influenza and hepatitis B vaccinations for staff who are required to come into regular contact with members of the community classified as at increased risk with regard to influenza.
Flexible working hours.
Parental leave.
Leave for personal compelling reasons and exceptional circumstances.
Pay-out of additional duty in certain circumstances.
Recognition of travel time.

Non-SES staff–
Australian Workplace
Agreements

All the above benefits except flextime.
Private use of motor vehicles or an allowance in lieu (not all officers).

Information on Performance Pay

Table 17: SES Performance-based Payments, 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005

Level	Number	Aggregated Amount	Average	Minimum	Maximum
SES Bands 2 and 3	20	$259,792	$12,990	$6,000	$20,959
SES Band 1	76	$569,531	$7,494	$929	$16,950
Total	96	$829,323	-	-	-

The above figures include Executive Professional classifications.
Ratings and performance payments made in 2004-05 relate to assessments for the 2003-04 cycle.
Due to the small numbers of staff at the SES Band 3 level, details for SES Bands 2 and 3 have been combined.
The above figures include CRS Australia SES details.

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Table 18: Non-SES Performance-based Payments, 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005

Level	Number	Aggregated Amount	Average	Minimum	Maximum
Medical Officers 3 and 4	13	$72,878	$5,606	$1,111	$13,430
Other non-SES staff - DoHA	299	$1,300,032	$4,348	$658	$10,644
Other non-SES staff - CRS Australia	1,303	$1,447,310	$1,111	$41	$5,006
Total	1,615	$2,820,220	-	-	-

Figures have been aggregated to preserve employees’ privacy.
Performance payments made in 2004-05 relate to assessments for the 2003-04 cycle.
CRS Australia has a certified agreement that allows all eligible staff access to performance based pay.
The Department of Health and Ageing only has performance payments available to staff with a current AWA in place.