Section 4 – Classifications and broadbands

Broadbands

  1. The below broadbands are provided at Treasury:

    Broadband title Corresponding APS classifications
    Treasury General Broadband 1 APS 1 – 4
    Treasury General Broadband 2 APS 5 – 6
    Treasury Graduate and Training Broadband APS 3 – 5

Advancement to a higher classification within a broadband

  1. Subject to clause 99, an employee is eligible to advance to a higher classification within a broadband where:
    1. sufficient work is available at the higher classification;
    2. they have gained the necessary skill and proficiencies to perform the more complex work; and
    3. they have achieved the relevant performance rating provided in the Performance Development System.
  2. Where an employee moves to a Treasury General Broadband because clause 104.2 or 105.2 applies, movement to a higher classification within the applicable Treasury General Broadband in the manner set out in clause 98 may only occur if 24 months have passed since the employee completed the Treasury Graduate Development Program.
  3. Clause 99 does not apply to an employee who completed the Treasury Graduate Development Program that commenced in 2022.
  4. Nothing in clauses 98 to 100 prevents an employee from advancing to a higher classification within a broadband at any time as the result of an appointment made following a merit selection process in which the employee was rated as suitable.

Movement from a broadband

  1. Movement from:
    1. Treasury General Broadband 1 to Treasury General Broadband 2,
    2. Treasury General Broadband 2 to Executive Level 1, and
    3. Executive Level 1 to Executive Level 2

    may occur only following a merit selection process.

Treasury Graduates

  1. Employees recruited to participate in the Treasury Graduate Development Program that starts in 2024 and onwards will commence:
    1. at the APS 3 classification;
    2. in the Treasury Graduate and Training Broadband;
    3. at the second pay point of the APS 3 classification; and
    4. be assigned a local title of Treasury Graduate.
  2. Movement from the Treasury Graduate and Training Broadband to Treasury General Broadband 1 will occur in either of the following circumstances (whichever occurs first):
    1. the employee is promoted to the APS 4 classification following a merit selection process, or
    2. the employee completes the Treasury Graduate Development Program at the APS 3 or APS 4 classification.
  3. Movement from the Treasury Graduate and Training Broadband to Treasury General Broadband 2 will occur in either of the following circumstances (whichever occurs first):
    1. the employee is promoted to the APS 5 or APS 6 classification following a merit selection process, or
    2. the employee completes the Treasury Graduate Development Program at the APS 5 classification.

Transitional arrangement for 2022 and 2023 Treasury Graduates

  1. At the commencement of this agreement, an employee who is a current or former participant in the 2022 or 2023 Treasury Graduate Development Program will move to the Treasury Graduate and Training Broadband where their classification is APS 4 or lower.
  2. An employee who is a current or former participant in the 2022 or 2023 Treasury Graduate Development Program will remain in Treasury General Broadband 2 where their classification is APS 5 or higher.

Other broadband arrangements

  1. The Secretary may determine the commencement salary and broadband progression requirements for other entry level employees who are engaged through a whole‑of‑government program.

Work Level Standards

  1. The APS Work Level Standards continue to operate and describe the work at each of the classification levels in this agreement, consistent with the Public Service Classification Rules 2000, made in accordance with section 23 of the Public Service Act 1999.