Explanations

STEPHENSON COUNTY

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.


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 TILE 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.

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN

Installing, manufacturing, assembling and maintaining sound and
intercom, protection alarm (security), fire alarm, master antenna
television, closed  circuit television, low voltage control for
computers and/or door monitoring, school communications systems,
telephones and servicing of nurse and emergency  calls, and the
installation and maintenance of transmit and receive antennas,
transmitters, receivers, and associated apparatus which operates in
conjunction  with above systems.  All work associated with these
system installations will be included EXCEPT the installation of
protective metallic conduit in new  construction projects (excluding
less than ten-foot, runs strictly for protection of cable) and 120
volt AC (or higher) power wiring and associated hardware.

LABORER, SKILLED - HIGHWAY

Individuals engaged in the following types of work, irrespective of
the site of the work:  asbestos abatement worker, handling of any
materials with any foreign matter harmful to skin or clothing, track
laborer, cement handlers, chloride handlers, the unloading and loading
with steel workers and re-bars, concrete workers wet, tunnel helpers
in free air, batch dumpers, mason tenders, kettle and tar men, tank
cleaners, plastic installers, scaffold workers, motorized buggies or
motorized unit used for wet concrete or handling of building
materials, laborers with de-watering systems, sewer workers plus
depth, rod and chainmen with technical engineers, rod and chainmen
with land surveyors, rod and chainmen with surveyors, vibrator
operators, cement silica, clay, fly ash, lime and plasters, handlers
(bulk or bag), cofferdam workers plus depth, on concrete paving,
placing, cutting and tying of reinforcing, deck hand, dredge hand, and
shore laborers, bankmen on floating plant, grade checker, power
tools, front end man on chip spreaders, cassion workers plus depth,
gunnite nozzle men, lead man on sewer work, welders, cutters, burners
and torchmen, chainsaw operators, jackhammer and drill operators,
layout man and/or drainage tile layer, steel form setter - street and
highway, air tamping hammermen, signal man on crane, concrete saw
operator, screedman on asphalt pavers, laborers tending masons with
hot material or where foreign materials are used, mortar mixer
operators, multiple concrete duct - leadsman, lumen, asphalt raker,
curb asphalt machine operator, ready mix scalemen (permanent, portable
or temporary plant), laborers handling masterplate or similar
materials, laser beam operator, concrete burning machine operator,
coring machine operator, plaster tender, underpinning and shoring of
buildings, pump men, manhole and catch basin, dirt and stone tamper,
hose men on concrete pumps, hazardous waste worker, lead base paint
abatement worker, lining of pipe, refusing machine, assisting on
direct boring machine, the work of laying watermain, fire hydrants,
all mechanical joints to watermain work, sewer worker, and tapping
water service and forced lift station mechanical worker.


OPERATING ENGINEERS - BUILDING

Class 1.  Asphalt Plant; Asphalt Spreader; Autograde; Backhoes with
Caisson Attachment; Batch Plant; Benoto (requires Two Engineers);
Boiler and Throttle Valve; Caisson Rigs; Central Redi-Mix Plant;
Combination Back Hoe Front End-loader Machine; Compressor and Throttle
Valve; Concrete Breaker (Truck Mounted); Concrete Conveyor; Concrete
Paver (over 27E cu. ft.): Concrete Paver (27 cu. ft. and under);
Concrete Placer; Concrete Pump (Truck Mounted); Concrete Conveyor
(Truck Mounted); Concrete Tower; Cranes, All; GCI and similar types
(required two operators only); Cranes, Hammerhead; Creter Crane;
Crusher, Stone, etc.; Derricks, All; Derricks, Traveling; Formless
Curb and Gutter Machine; Grader, Elevating; Grouting Machines;
Highlift Shovels or Front Endloader 2-1/4 yd. and over; Hoists,
Elevators, outside type rack and pinion and similar machines; Hoists,
one, two and three Drum; Hoists, Two Tugger One Floor; Hydraulic
Backhoes; Hydraulic Boom Trucks; Hydro Vac (and similar equipment -
excluding hose work and any sewer work); Locomotives, All; Lubrication
Technician; Manipulators; Motor Patrol; Pile Drivers and Skid Rig;
Post Hole Digger; Pre-Stress Machine; Pump Cretes Dual Ram; Pump
Cretes: Squeeze Cretes - Screw Type Pumps, Gypsum Bulker and Pump;
Raised and Blind Hole Drill; Rock Drill (self-propelled); Rock Drill -
Truck Mounted; Roto Mill Grinder; Scoops - Tractor Drawn; Slipform
Paver; Scrapers Prime Movers; Straddle Buggies; Tie Back Machine;
Tractor with Boom and Side Boom; Trenching Machines.

Class 2. Bobcat (over 3/4 cu. yd.); Boilers; Brick Forklift; Broom,
All Power Propelled; Bulldozers; Concrete Mixer (Two Bag and Over);
Conveyor, Portable; Forklift Trucks; Highlift Shovels or Front
Endloaders under 2-1/4 yd.; Hoists, Automatic; Hoists, Sewer Dragging
Machine; Hoists, Tugger Single Drum; Laser Screed; Rollers, All; Steam
Generators; Tractors, All; Tractor Drawn Vibratory Roller; Winch
Trucks with "A" Frame.

Class 3. Air Compressor; Asphalt Spreader; Combination - Small
Equipment Operator; Generators; Heaters, Mechanical; Hoists, Inside
Elevators - (Rheostat Manual Controlled); Hydraulic Power Units (Pile
Driving, Extracting, or Drilling - with a seat); Lowboys; Pumps, Over
3" (1 to 3 not to exceed total of 300 ft.); Pumps, Well Points;
Welding Machines (2 through 5); Winches, 4 Small Electric Drill
Winches; Bobcat (up to and including 3/4 cu. yd.).

Class 4. Elevator push button with automatic doors; Hoists, Inside;
Oilers; Brick Forklift.

Class 5. Assistant Craft Foreman

Class 6. Mechanics; Welders.

Class 7. Gradall


OPERATING ENGINEERS - HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION

Class 1. Asphalt Plant; Asphalt Heater and Planer Combination; Asphalt
Heater Scarfire; Asphalt Silo Tender; Asphalt Spreader; Autograder;
ABG Paver; Backhoes with Caisson Attachment; Ballast Regulator; Belt
Loader; Caisson Rigs; Car Dumper; Central Redi-Mix Plant; Backhoe
w/shear attachments; Combination Backhoe Front Endloader Machine, (1
cu. yd. Backhoe Bucket or over or with attachments); Concrete Breaker
(Truck Mounted); Concrete Conveyor; Concrete Paver over 27E cu. ft.;
Concrete Placer; Concrete Tube Float; Cranes, all attachments; Cranes,
Tower of all types; Creter Crane; Crusher, Stone, etc.; Derricks,
All; Derrick Boats; Derricks, Traveling; Directional Boring Machine
over 12"; Dredges; Formless Curb and Gutter Machine; Grader,
Elevating; Grader, Motor Grader, Motor Patrol, Auto Patrol, Form
Grader, Pull Grader, Subgrader; Guard Rail Post Driver Mounted;
Hoists, One, Two and Three Drum; Hydraulic Backhoes; Hydro Vac, Self
Propelled, Truck Mounted (excluding hose work and any sewer work);
Lubrication Technician; Manipulators; Pile Drivers and Skid Rig;
Pre-Stress Machine; Pump Cretes Dual Ram; Rock Drill - Crawler or Skid
Rig; Rock Drill - Truck Mounted; Rock/Track Tamper; Roto Mill
Grinder; Slip-Form Paver; Snow Melters; Soil Test Drill Rig (Truck
Mounted); Straddle Buggies; GCI Crane; Hydraulic Telescoping Form
(Tunnel); Tie Back Machine; Tractor Drawn Belt Loader; Tractor Drawn
Belt Loader with attached pusher; Tractor with Boom; Tractaire with
Attachments; Traffic Barrier Conveyor Machine; Raised or Blind Hole
Drills; Trenching Machine (over 12"); Truck Mounted Concrete Pump with
Boom; Truck Mounted Concrete Conveyor; Work Boat (no license required
- 90 h.p. or above); Underground Boring and/or Mining Machines; Wheel
Excavator; Widener (APSCO).

Class 2. Batch Plant; Bituminous Mixer; Boiler and Throttle Valve;
Bulldozers; Car Loader Trailing Conveyors; Combination Backhoe Front
Endloader Machine (less than 1 cu. yd. Backhoe Bucket or over or with
attachments); Compressor and Throttle Valve; Compressor, Common
Receiver (3); Concrete Breaker or Hydro Hammer; Concrete Grinding
Machine; Concrete Mixer or Paver 7S Series to and including 27 cu.
ft.; Concrete Spreader; Concrete Curing Machine, Burlap Machine,
Belting Machine and Sealing Machine; Concrete Wheel Saw (large
self-propelled - excluding walk-behinds and hand-held); Conveyor Muck
Cars (Haglund or Similar Type); Drills, all; Finishing Machine -
Concrete; Highlift Shovels or Front Endloader; Hoist - Sewer Dragging
Machine; Hydraulic Boom Trucks (All Attachments); Hydro Blaster; All
Locomotives, Dinky; Off-Road Hauling Units; Non-Self Loading Dump;
Ejection Dump; Pump Cretes: Squeeze Cretes - Screw Type Pumps, Gypsum
Bulker and Pump; Roller, Asphalt; Rotary Snow Plows; Rototiller,
Seaman, etc., self-propelled; Scoops - Tractor Drawn; Self-Propelled
Compactor; Spreader - Chip - Stone, etc.; Scraper; Scraper - Prime
Mover in Tandem (Regardless of Size); Tank Car Heater; Tractors, Push,
Pulling Sheeps Foot, Disc, Compactor, etc.; Tug Boats.

Class 3.  Boilers; Brooms, All Power Propelled; Cement Supply Tender;
Compressor, Common Receiver (2); Concrete Mixer (Two Bag and Over);
Conveyor, Portable; Farm-Type Tractors Used for Mowing, Seeding, etc.;
Fireman on Boilers; Forklift Trucks; Grouting Machine; Hoists,
Automatic; Hoists, All Elevators; Hoists, Tugger Single Drum; Jeep
Diggers; Low Boys; Pipe Jacking Machines; Post-Hole Digger; Power Saw,
Concrete Power Driven; Pug Mills; Rollers, other than asphalt; Seed
and Straw Blower; Steam Generators; Stump Machine; Winch Trucks with
"A" Frame; Work Boats; Tamper - Form - Motor Driven.

Class 4.  Air Compressor - Small and Large; Asphalt Spreader, Backend
Man; Bobcat (Skid Steer) all; Brick Forklift; Combination - Small
Equipment Operator; Directional Boring Machine up to 12"; Generators;
Heaters, Mechanical; Hydraulic Power Unit (Pile Driving, Extracting,
or Drilling); Hydro-Blaster; Light Plants, All (1 through 5); Pumps,
over 3" (1 to 3 not to exceed a total of 300 ft.); Pumps, Well Points;
Tractaire; Trencher 12" and under; Welding Machines (2 through 5);
Winches, 4 Small Electric Drill Winches.

Class 5. Oilers and Directional Boring Machine Locator.

Class 6. Field Mechanics and Field Welders

Class 7. Gradall and machines of like nature.

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.  Two or three Axle Trucks.  A-frame Truck when used for
transportation purposes; Air Compressors and Welding Machines,
including those pulled by  cars, pick-up trucks and tractors;
Ambulances; Batch Gate Lockers; Batch Hopperman; Car and Truck
Washers; Carry-alls; Fork Lifts and Hoisters; Helpers;  Mechanics
Helpers and Greasers; Oil Distributors 2-man operation; Pavement
Breakers; Pole Trailer, up to 40 feet; Power Mower Tractors;
Self-propelled Chip  Spreader; Skipman; Slurry Trucks, 2-man
operation; Slurry Truck Conveyor Operation, 2 or 3 man; Teamsters;
Unskilled dumpman; and Truck Drivers hauling  warning lights,
barricades, and portable toilets on the job site.

Class 2.  Four axle trucks; Dump Crets and Adgetors under 7 yards;
Dumpsters, Track Trucks, Euclids, Hug Bottom Dump Turnapulls or
Turnatrailers when pulling  other than self-loading equipment or
similar equipment under 16 cubic yards; Mixer Trucks under 7 yeards;
Ready-mix Plant Hopper Operator, and Winch Trucks,  2 Axles.

Class 3.  Five axle trucks; Dump Crets and Adgetors 7 yards and over;
Dumpsters, Track Trucks, Euclids, Hug Bottom Dump Turnatrailers or
turnapulls when  pulling other than self-loading equipment or similar
equipment over 16 cubic yards; Explosives and/or Fission Material
Trucks; Mixer Trucks 7 yards or over;  Mobile Cranes while in transit;
Oil Distributors, 1-man operation; Pole Trailer, over 40 feet; Pole
and Expandable Trailers hauling material over 50 feet long; Slurry
trucks, 1-man operation; Winch trucks, 3 axles or more;
Mechanic--Truck Welder and Truck Painter.

Class 4.  Six axle trucks; Dual-purpose vehicles, such as mounted
crane trucks with hoist and accessories; Foreman; Master Mechanic;
Self-loading equipment  like P.B. and trucks with scoops on the front.


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.