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4 LEAVE4.10 ROSTERED DAYS OFF4.10.1 GENERALFull time general assistants and farm assistants work an eight hour day and accrue 0.4 of anhour per day worked towards one rostered day off in a twenty working day cycle.4.10.2 ARRANGEMENT OF ROSTERED DAYS OFFThe rostered day off should be determined by the staff member and the school principal. It maybe taken on a rostered basis or accumulate and be taken during the next school vacation or asotherwise agreed upon. General assistants and principals should monitor the accrual ofrostered days off to ensure that they are taken appropriately. For farm assistants refer toSection 4.10.4.Once set the rostered day off may not be changed in a current cycle unless there are genuineunforeseen circumstance prevailing.4.10.3 EFFECT OF OTHER LEAVECredit towards rostered days off continues to accumulate while a staff member is on recreation,military, family and community service, personal/carer's, study, special and sick leave. Where astaff member's rostered day off falls during a period of sick leave, the staff member's sick leavewill not be debited for that day.Where a staff member is absent on extended leave and/or workers compensation during acycle and returns prior to, or on, the rostered day off, time absent during that cycle shall beregarded as accruing time towards the next rostered day off as per Section 4.10.1. A staffmember who is on extended leave and/or workers' compensation for a full cycle is not entitledto a rostered day off for that cycle.4.10.4 FARM ASSISTANTSFull time farm assistants take their rostered day off on a Monday or a Friday. Rostered days offmay be accrued up to a limit of six.Farm assistants who have not worked a complete cycle receive pro rata entitlements.4.10.5 RETIREMENT/RESIGNATIONAs a general rule, all accrued rostered days off should be exhausted prior to a staff member’slast day of duty.Handbook for non teaching staff in schools 2007 Page 4 - 48