Employment category Code N

Codification:
1 = Ongoing – Senior Officer
Should only be used for ongoing staff who are Senior Officers. For temporarily employed Senior Officers, use category 13.
NOTE: No longer applicable to employees under the Government Sector Employment Act 2013.

2 = Ongoing – Other than Senior Officers and Senior Executives
Staff employed on a continuing basis to perform ongoing functions. This includes staff occupying externally funded positions and ongoing staff on temporary transfer or appointment. Staff on higher duties and Departmental Liaison Officers based within a Minister’s Office who are paid through the agency’s payroll are also included.

3 = Temporary Employee
The employee has been engaged for a nominated fixed term to undertakes the duties of a specific person or work on a specific task or project. The employee is paid at the rate that applies to the role and is entitled to leave and other benefits generally available to ongoing staff. Information about casual, sessional, and seasonal staff is recorded in categories 6 and 7. Temporary Senior Officers are assigned to category 13.

5 = Contract Non-executive
Any non-executive staff employed on the basis of individual contracts. For assistance in determining what constitutes ‘non-executive’ see definition of ‘executive’ at category 12.

6 = Casual
Employee engaged to perform duties on an ‘as-required’ basis. Usually paid at an hourly rate equal to the relevant classification level of the position with a loading.

7 = Sessional or Seasonal
Staff engaged to work for session periods or at particular times of the year.

8 = Cadet
This category includes cadets studying towards a tertiary qualification, a cadetship that operates for the period of the study, and cadets who work part-time or full-time for the employer at a rate of pay specific to the cadet program.

9 = Trainee
Employees engaged for a specific period of time to undertake a combination of work, on-the-job training, and formal training/education. Features of traineeships include paid employment under an award or agreement, training contracts registered with the TAFE NSW, a qualification delivered by a Registered Training Organisation and recognition under the Apprenticeship and Traineeship Act. Traineeships Occur in a range of areas including multi-media, information technology, sport and recreation, hospitality, retain and primary industries.

10 = Apprentice
An apprenticeship combines work and structured training leading to a recognised qualification, as recognised under the NSW Apprenticeship and Traineeship Act. Generally, apprenticeships last four years and cover trade areas such as building and construction, cooking, engineering, and manufacturing. Apprentices conduct paid employment under an award or agreement. Training contracts are registered with the TAFE NSW and qualifications are delivered by a Registered Training Organisation. 

11 = Retained Firefighters – Fire & Rescue NSW (FRNSW) use only
Retained Firefighters are part-time firefighters and ongoing employees of FRNSW. They are paid a fortnightly retainer plus an hourly rate for each hour that they attend for incidents, drills, training, and other requirements.
NOTE: Recruit Firefighters (Firefighters in training at the FRNSW College) should be coded under category 2.

12 = Contract - senior executive not in Public Service senior executive or Aligned Executive Service (NSW Health, NSW Police and Transport NSW)
This category is used by agencies that employ executives, but not under the following acts:
• Part 4, Divisions 2, 3 and 4 of the Government Sector Employment Act 2013
• NSW Health Service senior executives employed under Chapter 9, Part 3, 0f the Health Services Act 1997
• NSW Police Force senior executives employed under Part 5 of the Police Act 1990
• Transport Service senior executives employed under Part 7A of the Transport Administration Act 1988

Senior Executive positions should have the following features:
• Employment governed by a contract of employment between the employee and the employer
• Remuneration packages based on total cost to the employer
• Written performance agreements which incorporate government targets
• Play a key role in delivery of government policy, programs or services, are accountable for delivery of key outputs at the agency level and exercise managerial control in their area of accountability
NOTE: See 3.11 in Definitions for advice on employees acting in executive roles

13 = Temporary Senior Officer
For temporary senior officers only.
NOTE: No longer applicable to employees under the Government Sector Employment Act 2013

14 = Temporary Teachers (Department of Education only)
Temporary Teachers are employed under the Crown Employees (Teachers in Schools and TAFE and Related Employees) Salaries and Conditions Award for one engagement full-time for four weeks or more or in one engagement for one to four days per week for two terms or more.

15 = Statutory Appointees or Tipstaves
Applies to all agencies that employ statutory appointees or tipstaves

16 = NSW Police – transitional Police senior executives and transitional Administrative senior executives subject to the provisions of Part 32 of Schedule 4 of the Police Act 1990.
NOTES: See 3.11 in Definitions for advice on employees acting in executive roles.
NSW Police Force senior executives under this category will progressively transition to category 19 following the implementation of the provisions contained in Part 32 of Schedule 4 to the Police Act 1990.

17 = Graduate
Graduates are from a range of academic disciplines and as a condition of employment may participate in:
• Mentoring programs
• Performance assessment and feedback
• Employed over a defined period of time

18 = Contract – Public Service senior executive
Senior executives in the public service employed under Part 4, Division 4 of the Government Sector Employment (GSE) Act 2013.
Also includes Secretaries and Agency heads under Part 4, Divisions 2 and 3 of the GSE Act.
NOTE: See 3.11 in Definitions for advice on employees acting in executive roles.

19 = Contract – Aligned Executive Service (NSW Health, NSW Police and Transport NSW only)
Senior executives employed under the following Acts:
• NSW Health Service senior executives employed under Chapter 9, Part 3 0f the Health Services Act 1997
• NSW Police Force senior executives employed under Part 5 of the Police Act 1990
• Transport Service senior executives employed under Part 7A of the Transport Administration Act 1988
NOTE: See 3.11 in Definitions for advice on employees acting in executive roles.

20 = Transport Service Senior Manager (Transport NSW only)
The Transport Administration Act 1988, Part 7A, Section 68J advises:
“The remuneration level for Transport Senior Managers is to be less than that for any Transport Service senior executive and more than for a clerk (grade 12) in the Public Service with general administrative duties.”

11 for use by Fire & Rescue NSW
14 for use by Department of Education
16 for use by NSW Police for employees still in transition
19 for use by NSW Health, Transport NSW, and NSW Police
20 for use by Transport NSW