Public sector values and employment principles
The manual’s employment policies and practices are consistent with the principles, e.g. merit and equity with regards to selection processes to ensure that applicants are assessed and evaluated fairly and equitably based on key selection criteria and other accountabilities without discrimination.
Occupational Health & Safety
The goal of the ARBV’s Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) Policy is to ensure all staff (and others) accessing the ARBV’s premises remain safe and healthy with a continued commitment to OH&S compliance, active risks and hazards assessment and control.
A revised OH&S Policy was approved by the Board in February 2022. A major focus of the year was establishing CovidSafe practices and ensuring compliance with State Government directives as they evolved over the course of the pandemic. A COVIDSafe Plan and a range of related guidelines and practices were implemented to support a safe return to the office.
The ARBV’s target for 2021-2022 was for zero OH&S incidents leading to claims which was achieved. No incidents, hazards or near misses or lost time were reported during the 2021-2022 year.
The ARBV’s Workcover premium rate at the completion of 2021-2022 is 0.6115%. This is below the applicable State Government Administration industry classification rate of 0.6360%. ARBV’s performance rating of 0.961508 is 3.84% better than the industry average.
Workforce Data
The Architects Registration Board of Victoria employed 14 staff (10.1 full time equivalent), compared to 10 staff (9.4 full time equivalent) on 30 June 2021.
Employees have been correctly classified in workforce data collections.
All employees, except executive officers, are covered by the ARBV Enterprise Agreement.
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2021-22 |
2020-21 |
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Classification |
Number (headcount) |
FTE |
Number (headcount) |
FTE |
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Executive Officer |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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VPS 7 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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VPS 6 |
2 |
1.3 |
2 |
2 |
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VPS 5 |
4 |
2.1 |
2 |
2 |
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VPS 4 |
1 |
0.6 |
2 |
2 |
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VPS 3 |
5 |
4.1 |
2 |
1.6 |
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VPS 2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.8 |
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Total |
14 |
10.1 |
10 |
9.4 |
Notes:
- All figures reflect employment levels during the last full pay period in June of each year.
- Excluded from workforce data; employees on leave without pay or absent on secondment, graduates, external contractors/consultants and temporary staff employed by employment agencies.
- Ongoing employees includes people engaged on an open-ended contract of employment and executives engaged on a standard executive contract who were active in the last full pay period of June.
- “FTE” stands for Full time equivalent.
- The ARBV uses Victorian Public Sector (VPS) Salaries and Classification and Value Range Descriptors.
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