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A government services employee (GSE) provides grounds, facilities and maintenance support with South Australian government schools and preschools.
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Duties
Duties of a government services employee include:
- labour-intensive work
- operating machinery or facilities
- equipment and machinery maintenance at a schooling site
- landscape and flora maintenance of the schooling site
- building maintenance.
Appointment details and conditions
Appointment details
- Full-time or part-time appointment with leave conditions – working 48 of 52 weeks per year.
- Entitled to paid sick leave, recreation leave and special leave, long service leave and payment for public holidays not worked.
- Casual appointment with 25% loading .
- Not entitled to any paid leave except long service leave.
Employment conditions
Government service employees are weekly paid employees.
Salary and conditions of employment are contained in the:
- SA public sector wages parity enterprise agreement: weekly paid 2022 (PDF 13MB)
- SA Government services award (PDF 909KB)
- other awards or agreements applicable from time to time.