Oil Refining Ops Award Classification Levels 2025–26
Rates effective 6 February 2026 · MA000072
Your classification level under the Oil Refining Ops Award determines your minimum pay rate. Being classified one level too low can cost you $2–4 per hour — more than $3,000 per year for a full-time worker.
Classification levels
Refinery Operations
Base rate: $28.15/hr · Casual: $35.19/hr
Base rate: $30.38/hr · Casual: $37.98/hr
Base rate: $32.87/hr · Casual: $41.09/hr
Base rate: $36.43/hr · Casual: $45.54/hr
Base rate: $39.23/hr · Casual: $49.04/hr
Lubricants Bitumen
Base rate: $27.58/hr · Casual: $34.47/hr
Base rate: $29.09/hr · Casual: $36.36/hr
Base rate: $30.32/hr · Casual: $37.90/hr
Base rate: $31.57/hr · Casual: $39.46/hr
Base rate: $32.84/hr · Casual: $41.05/hr
Maintenance
Base rate: $31.75/hr · Casual: $39.69/hr
Base rate: $33.79/hr · Casual: $42.24/hr
Base rate: $36.15/hr · Casual: $45.19/hr
Base rate: $37.61/hr · Casual: $47.01/hr
Clerical
Base rate: $27.95/hr · Casual: $34.94/hr
Base rate: $29.27/hr · Casual: $36.59/hr
Base rate: $30.17/hr · Casual: $37.71/hr
Base rate: $30.53/hr · Casual: $38.16/hr
Base rate: $31.09/hr · Casual: $38.86/hr
Base rate: $32.24/hr · Casual: $40.30/hr
Base rate: $33.86/hr · Casual: $42.33/hr
Base rate: $35.23/hr · Casual: $44.04/hr
See also: Pay rates by classification | Am I being underpaid?
Source: Classification levels are defined in the Oil Refining Ops Award (MA000072), published by the Fair Work Commission.
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