Explanations

MERCER COUNTY

ELECTRICIAN (SOUTHEAST) - Townships of Ohio Grove, Suez, and North
Henderson.

The following list is considered as those days for which holiday rates
of wages for work performed apply: New Years Day, Memorial Day,
Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and
Veterans Day in some classifications/counties.  Generally, any of
these holidays which fall on a Sunday is celebrated on the following
Monday.  This then makes work performed on that Monday payable at the
appropriate overtime rate for holiday pay. Common practice in a given
local may alter certain days of celebration.  If in doubt, please
check with IDOL.

Oil and chip resealing (O&C) means the application of road oils and
liquid asphalt to coat an existing road surface, followed by
application of aggregate chips or gravel to coated surface, and
subsequent rolling of material to seal the surface.

EXPLANATION OF CLASSES

ASBESTOS - GENERAL - removal of asbestos material/mold and hazardous
materials from any place in a building, including mechanical systems
where those mechanical systems are to be removed.  This includes the
removal of asbestos materials/mold and hazardous materials from
ductwork or pipes in a building when the building is to be demolished
at the time or at some close future date.

ASBESTOS - MECHANICAL - removal of asbestos material from mechanical
systems, such as pipes, ducts, and boilers, where the mechanical
systems are to  remain.

CERAMIC TIEL FINISHER, MARBLE FINISHER, TERRAZZO FINISHER

Assisting, helping or supporting the tile, marble and terrazzo
mechanic by performing their historic and traditional work assignments
required to complete the proper installation of the work covered by
said crafts. The term "Ceramic" is used for naming the classification
only and is in no way a limitation of the product handled.  Ceramic
takes into consideration most hard tiles.

ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN

Installation, service and maintenance of low-voltage systems which
utilizes the transmission and/or transference of voice, sound, vision,
or digital for commercial, education, security and entertainment
purposes for the following:  TV monitoring and surveillance,
background/foreground music, intercom and telephone interconnect,
field programming, inventory control systems, microwave transmission,
multi-media, multiplex, radio page, school, intercom and sound burglar
alarms and low voltage master clock systems.

Excluded from this classification are energy management systems, life
safety systems, supervisory controls and data acquisition systems not
intrinsic with the above listed systems, fire alarm systems, nurse
call systems and raceways exceeding fifteen feet in length.

LABORER - BUILDING

Class 1:  General laborer, carpenter tender, tool cribman, salamander
tender, flagman, form handler, floor sweeper, material handler,
fencing laborer, cleaning  lumber, landscaper, unloading explosives,
laying of sod, planting/removal of trees, wrecking laborer, unloading
of Re-Bars, scaffold worker, signal man on crane.

Class 2:  Handling of materials treated with creosote, kettle men,
prime mover or motorized unit used for wet concrete or handling of
building materials,  vibrator operator, motar mixer, power tools used
under the jurisdiction of laborers, sand points, gunnite nozzle men,
welders, cutters, burners and torchmen,  chain saw operator,
jackhammer and drill operators, paving breakers, air tamping
hammerman, concrete saw operator, concrete burning machine operator,
coring machine operator - hod carrier and plasterer tender.

Class 3:  Caisson worker after 6 foot depth, dynamite man, asbestos
abatement worker, tunnel miners - mixerman (plaster only), pump man.

LABORER - HEAVY & HIGHWAY

Class 1:  Rod or chain man, flagman, dumpman, spotter, broom man,
landscaper, planting and removal of trees, fencing laborers,
dispatcher, ticket writer,  scaleman, cleaning of forms or lumber (in
bone yard), laying of sod, moving and/or maintenance of flares and
barricades.
Class 2:  Operation of all hand, electric, air, hydraulic or
mechanically powered tools under the jurisdiction of Laborers'
including jackhammers, tempers, air  spades, augers, concrete saws,
chain saws, utility saws, rock drills, vibrators, mortar mixer, power
and hand saw (when clearing timber) general laborer (not  elsewhere
covered), craft-tender, material checker, material handler, form
handler, concrete dumper, puddler, form setter helper, explosives
handler, dynamite  helper, center strip, reinforcing in concrete, wire
mesh handler and installer, prime mover or any mechanical device
taking the place of concrete buggy or  wheelbarrow, sandpoint setter,
asphalt kettleman.  Sheeting hammer drivers, laying and jointing of
telephone conduit, gas distribution men, pipe setter on  laterals,
drain tiles, culvert pipe, and storm sewer catch basin leads, catch
basins, manholes, batch dumpers, tank cleaners, cofferdam workers,
bankman on  floating plant, jointman with pipelayers.  Back-up man
(corker, joint maker) with pipe setter on sewer and water mains,
batterboard man or laser operator on  sewer and water main, labor in
ditch, or tunnel, on sewer or water mains and telephone conduit.
Cutters, burners, torchman, gravel box man, asphalt plant  laborers,
concrete plant laborer, deck hand, unloading of steel and rebar, laser
beam operator, wrecking laborers.

Class 3:  Asphalt raker or luteman, head form setter, head dynamite
man (powderman) head string or wireline man (on paving), pipe setter
on sewer or water  main, gunnite nozzle man, asphalt or concrete curb
machine operator, head grade man, head tunnel miner, concrete burning
machine operator, coring machine  operator, welder.

MATERIAL TESTER/INSPECTOR I:  Hand coring and drilling for testing of
materials; field inspection of uncured concrete and asphalt.

MATERIAL TESTER/INSPECTOR II:  Field inspection of welds, structural
steel, fireproofing, masonry, soil, facade, reinforcing steel,
formwork, cured concrete, and concrete and asphalt batch plants;
adjusting proportions of bituminous mixtures.

OPERATING ENGINEERS - BUILDING

Class 1. Shovel; Concrete Spreader; Dipper Dredge Operator; Dipper
Dredge Crane man; Dual Purpose Truck (boom, Boom, Winch, etc.);
Mechanic-Welder; Pile Driver; Boom Tractor or Side Boom; Trenching
Machine (40 H.P. and over); Building Hoist (1, 2 or 3 drums); Cleaning
and Priming Machine; Backfiller (throw bucket); Locomotive Engineer;
Concrete Paver; Slip Form Paver; Caisson Augering Machines; Mucking
Machine; Asphalt Heater-Planer Unit; Laser Screed; Pug Mill; Concrete
Conveyor or Pump; Mechanical loaded Log Chippers or similar machines;
Group Equipment Greaser; Off-Road Haul Units; Pipe Bending; Automatic
Curbing Machines; Blastholer; Self-Propelled Rotary Drill or similar
machines; Work Boat; Combination Concrete Finishing Machine and Float;
Asphalt Paver Screed Operator; Forklift (6,000 lb. cap. or over or
working heights 28 ft. and above); Chip Spreader; Straddle Carrier;
Asphalt Paver; Asphalt Plant Operator; Boring Machine (Directional,
Vertical, or Horizontal); Central Redi-Mix Plant Operator; Combination
Backhoe Front End loader; Concrete Breaker or Hydro-Hammer (excluding
walk-behinds); Concrete Wheel Saw (Large self-propelled - excluding
walk-behinds); Crusher (Stone, Concrete, Asphalt, etc.);
Curing-Tinning Machine; Excavator; Farm-type Tractor Operating Scoop
or Scraper or with Power Attachment; Grader; Motor Grader; Motor
Patrol; Auto Grader; Form Grader; Pull Grader; Sub Grader; Elevating
Grader; Guard Rail Post Driver; Hoists; Hydraulic Dredge Leverman or
Engineer; Hydro-Vac truck mounted or pull type (excluding hose work),
and similar equipment; Loader (Track, Rubber Tire, or Articulated);
Milling Machine (excluding walk-behinds); Road Widener-Shoulder
Spreader; Scraper (Self-Propelled); Self-Propelled Roller or Tire
Roller (on asphalt or Blacktop); Sheep Foot or Pad Foot Compactor
(excluding walk-behinds); Steel Track-Type Tractor (Dozer, Push Cat,
etc.); Transfer or Shuttle Buggy (excluding motorized wheel barrows
and Georgia buggies).

Class 2.  Asphalt Booster; Fireman and Pump Operator at Asphalt Plant;
Mud Jack; Distributor; Self-propelled Roller (other than provided for
in Class I); Pump Operator (more than one well-point pump); Trench
Machine (under 40 H.P.); Forklift (less than 6,000 lb. cap. or working
heights below 28 ft.); Gypsum Pump; Conveyor over 20 H.P.; Light
Plant; Boiler (Engineer or Fireman); Mechanical Broom; Driver on Truck
Crane or similar machines; Elevator (Permanent inside or Temporary
outside); Farm-Type Tractor (without Power Attachment); Grout Pump
(excluding hose work).

Class 3. Skid Loader; Oiler; Mechanic's Helper; Mechanical Heater
(other than steam boiler); Small Outboard Motor Boat (Safety Boat and
Life Boat); Engine Driven Welding Machine; Water Pumps; Air Compressor
(400 c.f.m. or over); Deck Engineers.

Class 4.  Leadman - Mechanic or Equipment Greaser.

Class 5.  Track Excavator with Bucket (4 cubic yard and up to but not
including 6 cubic yard).

Class 6. Track Excavator with Bucket (6 cubic yard and over).

Class 7. Crane (Friction or Hydraulic, regardless of size or
attachments); Tow or Push Boat.

OPERATING ENGINEERS- HIGHWAY

Class 1. Shovel; Concrete Spreader; Dipper Dredge Operator; Dipper
Dredge Crane man; Dual Purpose Truck (Boom, Winch, etc.);
Mechanic-Welder; Pile Driver; Boom Tractor or Side Boom; Building
Hoist (1, 2 or 3 drums); Cleaning and Priming Machine; Backfiller
(throw bucket); Locomotive Engineer; Concrete Paver; Slip Form Paver;
Caisson Augering Machines; Mucking Machine; Asphalt Heater Planer
Unit; Laser Screed; Pug Mill; Concrete Conveyor or Pump (excluding
truck-mounted); Mechanical loaded Log Chippers or similar machines;
Group Equipment Greaser; off-road haul units; Pipe Bending; Automatic
Curbing Machines; Blastholer; Self-propelled Rotary Drill or similar
machines; Work Boat; Combination Concrete Finishing Machine and Float;
Asphalt Paver Screed Operator; Forklift (6,000 lb. cap. or over or
working heights above 28 ft.); Chip Spreader; Asphalt Paver; Asphalt
Plant Operator; Boring Machine (Directional, Vertical, or Horizontal);
Central Redi-Mix Plant Operator; Combination Backhoe Front End
loader; Concrete Breaker or Hydro-Hammer (excluding walk-behinds);
Concrete Wheel Saw (Large self-propelled - excluding walk-behinds);
Crusher (Stone, Concrete, Asphalt, etc.); Curing-Tinning Machine;
Excavator; Farm-Type Tractor Operating Scoop or Scraper with Power
Attachment; Grader; Motor Grader; Motor Patrol; Auto Grader; Form
Grader; Pull Grader; Sub Grader; Elevating Grader; Guard Rail Post
Driver; Hoists; Hydraulic Dredge Leverman or Engineer; Hydro-Vac truck
mounted or pull type, and similar equipment; Loader (Track, Rubber
Tire, or Articulated); Milling Machine (excluding walk-behinds); Road
Widener-Shoulder Spreader; Scraper (self-propelled); Self-propelled
Roller or Tire Roller (on asphalt or Blacktop); Sheep Foot or Pad Foot
Compactor (excluding walk-behinds); Steel Track-Type Tractor (Dozer,
Push Cat, etc.); Transfer or Shuttle Buggy (excluding motorized wheel
barrows and Georgia buggies); Trenching Machine (40 H.P. and over).

Class 2. Asphalt Booster; Fireman and Pump Operator at Asphalt Plant;
Mud Jack; Farm-Type Tractor without Power attachment; Distributor;
Straddle Carrier; Self-propelled Roller or Compactor (other than
provided for in Class I); Pump Operator (more than one well-point
pump); Trench Machine (under 40 H.P.); Forklift (less than 6,000  lb.
capacity or working heights below 28 ft.); Conveyor over 20 H.P.; Air
Compressor (400 c.f.m. or over); Light Plant; Boiler (Engineer or
Fireman); Mechanical Broom; Driver on Truck Crane or similar machines;
Elevator (Permanent inside or Temporary outside); Grout Pump
(excluding hose work).

Class 3. Oiler; Mechanic's Helper; Mechanical Heater (other than steam
boiler); Small Outboard Motor Boat (Safety Boat and Life Boat);
Engine Driven Welding Machine; skid steer.

Class 4.  Leadman - Mechanic or Equipment Greaser.

Class 5.  Track Excavator with Bucket (4 cubic yard and up to but not
including 6 cubic yard).

Class 6. Track Excavator with Bucket (6 cubic yard and over).

Class 7. Truck mounted Concrete Conveyor or Pumps Extending to 90 ft.
or more.

Class 8.  Crane (Friction or Hydraulic, regardless of size or
attachments); Tow or Push Boat.

SURVEY WORKER - Operated survey equipment including data collectors,
G.P.S. and robotic instruments, as well as conventional levels and
transits.

TRUCK DRIVER - BUILDING, HEAVY AND HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION
Class 1.  Drivers on 2 axle trucks hauling less than 9 ton.  Air
compressor and welding machines and brooms, including those pulled by
separate units, truck driver  helpers, warehouse employees, mechanic
helpers, greasers and tiremen, pickup trucks when hauling materials,
tools, or workers to and from and on-the-job  site, and fork lifts up
to 6,000 lb. capacity.

Class 2.  Two or three axle trucks hauling more than 9 ton but hauling
less than 16 ton.  A-frame winch trucks, hydrolift trucks, vactor
trucks or similar  equipment when used for transportation purposes.
Fork lifts over 6,000 lb. capacity, winch trucks, four axle
combination units, and ticket writers.

Class 3.  Two, three or four axle trucks hauling 16 ton or more.
Drivers on water pulls, articulated dump trucks, mechanics and working
forepersons, and  dispatchers.  Five axle or more combination units.

Class 4.  Low Boy and Oil Distributors.

Class 5.  Drivers who require special protective clothing while
employed on hazardous waste work.
TRUCK DRIVER - OIL AND CHIP RESEALING ONLY.

This shall encompass laborers, workers and mechanics who drive
contractor or subcontractor owned, leased, or hired pickup, dump,
service, or oil distributor trucks.  The work includes transporting
materials and equipment (including but not limited to, oils, aggregate
supplies, parts, machinery and tools) to or from the job site;
distributing oil or liquid asphalt and aggregate; stock piling
material when in connection with the actual oil and chip contract.
The Truck Driver (Oil & Chip Resealing) wage classification does not
include supplier delivered materials.




Other Classifications of Work:

For definitions of classifications not otherwise set out, the
Department generally has on file such definitions which are available.
If a task to be performed is not subject to one of the
classifications of pay set out, the Department will  upon being
contacted state which neighboring county has such a classification and
provide such rate, such rate being deemed to exist by reference in
this  document.  If no neighboring county rate applies to the task,
the Department shall undertake a special determination, such special
determination  being then deemed to have existed under this
determination.  If a project requires these, or any classification not
listed, please contact IDOL at 217-782-1710 for  wage rates or
clarifications.

LANDSCAPING

Landscaping work falls under the existing classifications for laborer,
operating engineer and truck driver.  The work performed by landscape
plantsman and  landscape laborer is covered by the existing
classification of laborer.  The work performed by landscape operators
(regardless of equipment used or its size) is  covered by the
classifications of operating engineer.  The work performed by
landscape truck drivers (regardless of size of truck driven) is
covered by the  classifications of truck driver.

MATERIAL TESTER & MATERIAL TESTER/INSPECTOR I AND II

Notwithstanding the difference in the classification title, the
classification entitled "Material Tester I" involves the same job
duties as the classification entitled "Material Tester/Inspector I".
Likewise, the classification entitled "Material Tester II" involves
the same job duties as the classification entitled "Material
Tester/Inspector II".