Pay & Wages
Ventia Pay Rates 2026: Trades, Maintenance & Facilities Pay
What Ventia workers should be paid in 2026 — the Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award floor by classification, casual loading, penalties, and where the Ventia enterprise agreements sit.
Who covers Ventia workers — award or agreement?
Ventia is the infrastructure services company formed from Broadspectrum and Ventia, maintaining defence bases, telecommunications networks (Visionstream), roads, utilities and social housing across Australia and New Zealand. Its workforce spans telco technicians, facilities maintainers, cleaners, trades and project staff.
Ventia inherits and negotiates a large number of enterprise agreements across its contracts (below). The awards underneath depend on the site — the Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award 2020 for trades and maintenance, the Cleaning Services Award 2020 for facilities work, and the electrical contracting and telecommunications awards for network crews. The first two are tabled below.
The federal awards relevant to Ventia roles:
- Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award 2020 (MA000010)
- Cleaning Services Award 2020 (MA000022)
Workforce snapshot. In its 2024-25 report to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, Ventia Services Group Limited declared 13,073 employees across 12 reporting entities — 16.2% casual and 33.5% women, with 1,532 in management roles. Source: WGEA 2025 Public Data File, data.gov.au (CC-BY 3.0 AU).
Manufacturing award floor (1 July 2026)
The Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award 2020 (MA000010) C-scale adult minimums are:
| Classification | Permanent | Casual (incl. 25%) |
|---|---|---|
| C14 (entry level, first 3 months) | $25.74/hr | $32.17/hr |
| C13 (production employee, basic) | $26.44/hr | $33.05/hr |
| C12 (production employee, Cert I) | $27.08/hr | $33.85/hr |
| C11 (production employee, Cert II) | $27.97/hr | $34.96/hr |
| C10 (tradesperson, Cert III) | $29.45/hr | $36.81/hr |
| C9 (tradesperson, special class) | $30.38/hr | $37.98/hr |
| C8 (advanced tradesperson) | $31.30/hr | $39.13/hr |
| C7 | $32.13/hr | $40.16/hr |
| C6 (advanced technician) | $33.77/hr | $42.21/hr |
Source: Fair Work Commission modern awards pay database, current-operative rates (1 July 2026 annual wage review). Casual figures add the 25% casual loading.
Cleaning award floor — adults (1 July 2026)
The Cleaning Services Award 2020 (MA000022) adult minimums are:
| Classification | Permanent | Casual (incl. 25%) |
|---|---|---|
| Cleaning Services Employee Level 1 (general cleaning) | $27.08/hr | $33.85/hr |
| Cleaning Services Employee Level 2 (specialised cleaning, machinery, leading hand) | $27.97/hr | $34.96/hr |
| Cleaning Services Employee Level 3 (supervisor, carpet/pressure cleaning) | $29.45/hr | $36.81/hr |
Night, weekend and public holiday shifts attract the award's loadings on top; part-time cleaners must be paid the award minimum for every rostered hour, not a flat 'per site' rate.
Source: Fair Work Commission modern awards pay database, current-operative rates (1 July 2026 annual wage review). Casual figures add the 25% casual loading.
The Ventia enterprise agreements
Enterprise agreements set rates above the award, with their own classification structures and allowances. Current Ventia agreements in our corpus (71 in total):
- VENTIA AGFMA (SA) ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2024 — approved March 2026, nominal expiry 6 March 2030.
- Ventia Utility Services Pty Ltd Melbourne Metro Water Enterprise Agreement 2025 — approved October 2025, nominal expiry 10 October 2029.
- Ventia Australia Pty Ltd (Viva Energy Clyde / Gore Bay Sites - NSW) Enterprise Agreement 2026 — approved August 2026, nominal expiry 1 September 2029.
- Ventia Australia Pty Ltd Gorgon and Wheatstone Assets Enterprise Agreement 2025 — approved August 2025, nominal expiry 14 August 2029.
- Ventia and AWU Eastlink Control Room Enterprise Agreement 2026 — approved July 2026, nominal expiry 4 August 2029.
- Ventia (Maritime Asset Maintenance) Enterprise Agreement 2024 — approved April 2025, nominal expiry 7 April 2029.
- VENTIA (MILLMERRAN POWER STATION) ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2025 — approved April 2026, nominal expiry 22 December 2028.
- Ventia Australia Pty Ltd Pilbara Region Enterprise Agreement 2024 — approved December 2024, nominal expiry 20 December 2028.
Plus 63 more — search "Ventia" in our agreements database.
We don't reproduce agreement dollar figures here — the agreement covering your site, state and stream is the document to read. Find your agreement, then your classification, then your pay point, and compare it with your payslip. The award tables on this page are the floor every one of these agreements must beat.
Infrastructure services pay issues worth checking on any payslip
General award-compliance issues that come up across the infrastructure services sector. This is a checklist for your own payslip, not a finding about Ventia:
- Wrong C-level for the skills and qualifications actually used.
- Shift and overtime loadings absorbed into flat rates.
- Unpaid pre-start, PPE and handover time.
- Labour-hire pay gaps against directly employed staff doing the same job.
What to do if your pay looks wrong
Match your payslip to your classification in the agreement (or the award tables above), and price any gap with our back-pay calculator. Raise it in writing with payroll or your manager first — most underpayments are fixed at that step. Unresolved, the Fair Work Ombudsman (13 13 94) recovers underpayments at no cost, up to six years back, and your union can run the claim for you. Not sure which instrument covers you? Ask our AI advisor with your role and location.
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