MA000025
MA000025: electrical contracting payroll rules
MA000025 covers electrical contracting work, with licence-based grades, tool and vehicle allowances, travel time, and distant work provisions. Project Payroll maps each electrician's grade, applies allowances automatically and interprets overtime and travel from approved hours.
Clause by clause
What the award says, and what we do with it
Grades 1–10
- What it does
- Licence and experience based rates
- How we apply it
- Mapped per worker, maintained as licences progress
Tool allowance
- What it does
- Weekly amount for tradespeople
- How we apply it
- Applied per week worked
Travel time & fares
- What it does
- Time and cost of travel to job
- How we apply it
- Calculated from job locations on the timesheet
Distant work
- What it does
- Living away and accommodation
- How we apply it
- Applied against the project's distant-work flag
Overtime & callout
- What it does
- Penalties and minimum engagement
- How we apply it
- Interpreted from actual hours, including minimum callout periods
MA000025 questions
Are apprentices handled?
Yes, with year-of-apprenticeship progression applied automatically on the anniversary date.
How is travel time paid?
As the award prescribes for the job's distance band, applied from the timesheet rather than estimated.
Do you handle service and project work together?
Yes. A worker can move between service calls and project work in the same week.
Are vehicle allowances costed to jobs?
Yes, to the same cost code the hours were booked against.
Reviewed August 2026. General information about MA000025, not legal advice — always check the current award text and your agreement.