Cook County Prevailing Wage for April 2015

(See explanation of column headings at bottom of wages)
Trade Name           RG TYP C Base   FRMAN M-F>8  OSA OSH H/W   Pensn  Vac  Trng  
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ASBESTOS ABT-GEN        ALL   38.200 38.700 1.5   1.5 2.0 13.78 10.12 0.000 0.500 
ASBESTOS ABT-MEC        BLD   35.100 37.600 1.5   1.5 2.0 11.17 10.76 0.000 0.720 
BOILERMAKER             BLD   45.650 49.760 2.0   2.0 2.0 6.970 17.81 0.000 0.400 
BRICK MASON             BLD   42.580 46.840 1.5   1.5 2.0 9.850 13.60 0.000 1.030 
CARPENTER               ALL   43.350 45.350 1.5   1.5 2.0 13.29 13.75 0.000 0.630 
CEMENT MASON            ALL   43.100 45.100 2.0   1.5 2.0 12.70 13.24 0.000 0.450 
CERAMIC TILE FNSHER     BLD   35.810  0.000 1.5   1.5 2.0 10.55 8.440 0.000 0.710 
COMM. ELECT.            BLD   39.000 41.800 1.5   1.5 2.0 8.420 11.98 1.100 0.700 
ELECTRIC PWR EQMT OP    ALL   46.100 51.100 1.5   1.5 2.0 10.76 14.87 0.000 0.460 
ELECTRIC PWR GRNDMAN    ALL   35.960 51.100 1.5   1.5 2.0 8.390 11.60 0.000 0.360 
ELECTRIC PWR LINEMAN    ALL   46.100 51.100 1.5   1.5 2.0 10.76 14.87 0.000 0.460 
ELECTRICIAN             ALL   44.000 47.000 1.5   1.5 2.0 13.33 14.77 0.000 0.750 
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTOR    BLD   50.800 57.150 2.0   2.0 2.0 13.57 14.21 4.060 0.600 
FENCE ERECTOR           ALL   35.840 37.840 1.5   1.5 2.0 13.01 11.51 0.000 0.300 
GLAZIER                 BLD   40.000 41.500 1.5   2.0 2.0 12.49 15.99 0.000 0.940 
HT/FROST INSULATOR      BLD   48.450 50.950 1.5   1.5 2.0 11.47 12.16 0.000 0.720 
IRON WORKER             ALL   43.000 45.000 2.0   2.0 2.0 13.45 20.65 0.000 0.350 
LABORER                 ALL   38.000 38.750 1.5   1.5 2.0 13.78 10.12 0.000 0.500 
LATHER                  ALL   43.350 45.350 1.5   1.5 2.0 13.29 13.75 0.000 0.630 
MACHINIST               BLD   44.350 46.850 1.5   1.5 2.0 6.760 8.950 1.850 0.000 
MARBLE FINISHERS        ALL   31.400 32.970 1.5   1.5 2.0 9.850 13.10 0.000 0.600 
MARBLE MASON            BLD   41.780 45.960 1.5   1.5 2.0 9.850 13.42 0.000 0.760 
MATERIAL TESTER I       ALL   28.000  0.000 1.5   1.5 2.0 13.78 10.12 0.000 0.500 
MATERIALS TESTER II     ALL   33.000  0.000 1.5   1.5 2.0 13.78 10.12 0.000 0.500 
MILLWRIGHT              ALL   43.350 45.350 1.5   1.5 2.0 13.29 13.75 0.000 0.630 
OPERATING ENGINEER      BLD 1 47.100 51.100 2.0   2.0 2.0 17.10 11.80 1.900 1.250 
OPERATING ENGINEER      BLD 2 45.800 51.100 2.0   2.0 2.0 17.10 11.80 1.900 1.250 
OPERATING ENGINEER      BLD 3 43.250 51.100 2.0   2.0 2.0 17.10 11.80 1.900 1.250 
OPERATING ENGINEER      BLD 4 41.500 51.100 2.0   2.0 2.0 17.10 11.80 1.900 1.250 
OPERATING ENGINEER      BLD 5 50.850 51.100 2.0   2.0 2.0 17.10 11.80 1.900 1.250 
OPERATING ENGINEER      BLD 6 48.100 51.100 2.0   2.0 2.0 17.10 11.80 1.900 1.250 
OPERATING ENGINEER      BLD 7 50.100 51.100 2.0   2.0 2.0 17.10 11.80 1.900 1.250 
OPERATING ENGINEER      FLT 1 52.450 52.450 1.5   1.5 2.0 16.60 11.05 1.900 1.250 
OPERATING ENGINEER      FLT 2 50.950 52.450 1.5   1.5 2.0 16.60 11.05 1.900 1.250 
OPERATING ENGINEER      FLT 3 45.350 52.450 1.5   1.5 2.0 16.60 11.05 1.900 1.250 
OPERATING ENGINEER      FLT 4 37.700 52.450 1.5   1.5 2.0 16.60 11.05 1.900 1.250 
OPERATING ENGINEER      FLT 5 53.950 52.450 1.5   1.5 2.0 16.60 11.05 1.900 1.250 
OPERATING ENGINEER      FLT 6 35.000 35.000 1.5   1.5 2.0 16.60 11.05 1.900 1.250 
OPERATING ENGINEER      HWY 1 45.300 49.300 1.5   1.5 2.0 17.10 11.80 1.900 1.250 
OPERATING ENGINEER      HWY 2 44.750 49.300 1.5   1.5 2.0 17.10 11.80 1.900 1.250 
OPERATING ENGINEER      HWY 3 42.700 49.300 1.5   1.5 2.0 17.10 11.80 1.900 1.250 
OPERATING ENGINEER      HWY 4 41.300 49.300 1.5   1.5 2.0 17.10 11.80 1.900 1.250 
OPERATING ENGINEER      HWY 5 40.100 49.300 1.5   1.5 2.0 17.10 11.80 1.900 1.250 
OPERATING ENGINEER      HWY 6 48.300 49.300 1.5   1.5 2.0 17.10 11.80 1.900 1.250 
OPERATING ENGINEER      HWY 7 46.300 49.300 1.5   1.5 2.0 17.10 11.80 1.900 1.250 
ORNAMNTL IRON WORKER    ALL   43.900 46.400 2.0   2.0 2.0 13.36 17.24 0.000 0.650 
PAINTER                 ALL   40.750 45.500 1.5   1.5 1.5 10.75 11.10 0.000 0.770 
PAINTER SIGNS           BLD   33.920 38.090 1.5   1.5 1.5 2.600 2.710 0.000 0.000 
PILEDRIVER              ALL   43.350 45.350 1.5   1.5 2.0 13.29 13.75 0.000 0.630 
PIPEFITTER              BLD   46.000 49.000 1.5   1.5 2.0 9.000 15.85 0.000 1.780 
PLASTERER               BLD   42.250 44.790 1.5   1.5 2.0 11.40 12.19 0.000 0.650 
PLUMBER                 BLD   46.650 48.650 1.5   1.5 2.0 13.18 11.46 0.000 0.880 
ROOFER                  BLD   40.100 43.100 1.5   1.5 2.0 8.280 10.54 0.000 0.530 
SHEETMETAL WORKER       BLD   41.530 44.850 1.5   1.5 2.0 10.48 20.06 0.000 0.690 
SIGN HANGER             BLD   31.310 33.810 1.5   1.5 2.0 4.850 3.280 0.000 0.000 
SPRINKLER FITTER        BLD   49.200 51.200 1.5   1.5 2.0 11.75 9.650 0.000 0.550 
STEEL ERECTOR           ALL   42.070 44.070 2.0   2.0 2.0 13.45 19.59 0.000 0.350 
STONE MASON             BLD   42.580 46.840 1.5   1.5 2.0 9.850 13.60 0.000 1.030 
SURVEY WORKER    -> NOT IN EFFECT      ALL   37.000 37.750 1.5   1.5 2.0 12.97 9.930 0.000 0.500 
TERRAZZO FINISHER       BLD   37.040  0.000 1.5   1.5 2.0 10.55 10.32 0.000 0.620 
TERRAZZO MASON          BLD   40.880 43.880 1.5   1.5 2.0 10.55 11.63 0.000 0.820 
TILE MASON              BLD   42.840 46.840 1.5   1.5 2.0 10.55 10.42 0.000 0.920 
TRAFFIC SAFETY WRKR     HWY   32.750 34.350 1.5   1.5 2.0 6.550 6.450 0.000 0.500 
TRUCK DRIVER         E  ALL 1 33.850 34.500 1.5   1.5 2.0 8.150 8.500 0.000 0.150 
TRUCK DRIVER         E  ALL 2 34.100 34.500 1.5   1.5 2.0 8.150 8.500 0.000 0.150 
TRUCK DRIVER         E  ALL 3 34.300 34.500 1.5   1.5 2.0 8.150 8.500 0.000 0.150 
TRUCK DRIVER         E  ALL 4 34.500 34.500 1.5   1.5 2.0 8.150 8.500 0.000 0.150 
TRUCK DRIVER         W  ALL 1 32.550 33.100 1.5   1.5 2.0 6.500 4.350 0.000 0.000 
TRUCK DRIVER         W  ALL 2 32.700 33.100 1.5   1.5 2.0 6.500 4.350 0.000 0.000 
TRUCK DRIVER         W  ALL 3 32.900 33.100 1.5   1.5 2.0 6.500 4.350 0.000 0.000 
TRUCK DRIVER         W  ALL 4 33.100 33.100 1.5   1.5 2.0 6.500 4.350 0.000 0.000 
TUCKPOINTER             BLD   42.800 43.800 1.5   1.5 2.0 8.180 12.66 0.000 0.650 

Legend:  RG (Region)
TYP  (Trade Type - All,Highway,Building,Floating,Oil & Chip,Rivers)
C  (Class)
Base (Base Wage Rate)
FRMAN (Foreman Rate)
M-F>8 (OT required for any hour greater than 8 worked each day, Mon through Fri.
OSA  (Overtime (OT) is required for every hour worked on Saturday)
OSH  (Overtime is required for every hour worked on Sunday and Holidays)
H/W  (Health & Welfare Insurance)
Pensn (Pension)
Vac (Vacation)
Trng (Training)

        

Explanations

COOK 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.

TRUCK DRIVERS (WEST) - That part of the county West of Barrington
Road.

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

The grouting, cleaning, and polishing of all classes of tile, whether
for interior or exterior purposes, all burned, glazed or unglazed
products; all composition materials, granite tiles, warning detectable
tiles, cement tiles, epoxy composite materials, pavers, glass,
mosaics, fiberglass, and all substitute materials, for tile made in
tile-like units; all mixtures in tile like form of cement, metals, and
other materials that are for and intended for use as a finished floor
surface, stair treads, promenade roofs, walks, walls, ceilings,
swimming pools, and all other places where tile is to form a finished
interior or exterior.  The mixing of all setting mortars including but
not limited to thin-set mortars, epoxies, wall mud, and any other
sand and cement mixtures or adhesives when used in the preparation,
installation, repair, or maintenance of tile and/or similar materials.
The handling and unloading of all sand, cement, lime, tile,
fixtures, equipment, adhesives, or any other materials to be used in
the preparation, installation, repair, or maintenance of tile and/or
similar materials.  Ceramic Tile Finishers shall fill all joints and
voids regardless of method on all tile work, particularly and
especially after installation of said tile work.  Application of any
and all protective coverings to all types of tile installations
including, but not be limited to, all soap compounds, paper products,
tapes, and all polyethylene coverings, plywood, masonite, cardboard,
and any new type of products that may be used to protect tile
installations, Blastrac equipment, and all floor scarifying equipment
used in preparing floors to receive tile.  The clean up and removal of
all waste and materials.  All demolition of existing tile floors and
walls to be re-tiled.

COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRICIAN

Installation, operation, inspection, maintenance, repair and service
of radio, television, recording, voice sound vision production and
reproduction, telephone and telephone interconnect, facsimile, data
apparatus, coaxial, fibre optic and wireless equipment, appliances and
systems used for the transmission and reception of signals of any
nature, business, domestic, commercial, education, entertainment, and
residential purposes, including but not limited to, communication and
telephone, electronic and sound equipment, fibre optic and data
communication systems, and the performance of any task directly
related to such installation or service whether at new or existing
sites, such tasks to include the placing of wire and cable and
electrical power conduit or other raceway work within the equipment
room and pulling wire and/or cable through conduit and the
installation of any incidental conduit, such that the employees
covered hereby can complete any job in full.

MARBLE FINISHER

Loading and unloading trucks, distribution of all materials (all
stone, sand, etc.), stocking of floors with material, performing all
rigging for heavy work, the handling of all material that may be
needed for the installation of such materials, building of
scaffolding, polishing if needed, patching, waxing of material if
damaged, pointing up, caulking, grouting and cleaning of marble,
holding water on diamond or Carborundum blade or saw for setters
cutting, use of tub saw or any other saw needed for preparation of
material, drilling of holes for wires that anchor material set by
setters, mixing up of molding plaster for installation of material,
mixing up thin set for the installation of material, mixing up of sand
to cement for the installation of material and such other work as may
be required in helping a Marble Setter in the handling of all
material in the erection or installation of interior marble, slate,
travertine, art marble, serpentine, alberene stone, blue stone,
granite and other stones (meaning as to stone any foreign or domestic
materials as are specified and used in building interiors and
exteriors and customarily known as stone in the trade), carrara,
sanionyx, vitrolite and similar opaque glass and the laying of all
marble tile, terrazzo tile, slate tile and precast tile, steps, risers
treads, base, or any other materials that may be used as substitutes
for any of the aforementioned materials and which are used on interior
and exterior which are installed in a similar manner.

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

MATERIAL TESTER 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 ENGINEER - 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
Conveyor (Truck Mounted); Concrete Paver Over 27E cu. ft; Concrete
Paver 27E cu. ft. and Under: Concrete Placer; Concrete Placing Boom;
Concrete Pump (Truck Mounted); Concrete Tower; Cranes, All; Cranes,
Hammerhead; Cranes, (GCI and similar Type); Creter Crane; Spider
Crane; Crusher, Stone, etc.; Derricks, All; Derricks, Traveling;
Formless Curb and Gutter Machine; Grader, Elevating; Grouting
Machines; Heavy Duty Self-Propelled Transporter or Prime Mover;
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);
Locomotives, All; Motor Patrol; Lubrication Technician; Manipulators;
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; Roto Mill Grinder;
Scoops - Tractor Drawn; Slip-Form Paver; Straddle Buggies; Operation
of Tie Back Machine; Tournapull; Tractor with Boom and Side Boom;
Trenching Machines.

Class 2. Boilers; 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, Inside Elevators; Hoists, Sewer Dragging Machine;
Hoists, Tugger Single Drum; Laser Screed; Rock Drill (Self-Propelled);
Rock Drill (Truck Mounted); Rollers, All; Steam Generators; Tractors,
All; Tractor Drawn Vibratory Roller; Winch Trucks with "A" Frame.

Class 3. Air Compressor; Combination Small Equipment Operator;
Generators; Heaters, Mechanical; Hoists, Inside Elevators (remodeling
or renovation work); Hydraulic Power Units (Pile Driving, Extracting,
and Drilling); Pumps, over 3" (1 to 3 not to exceed a total of 300
ft.); Low Boys; Pumps, Well Points; Welding Machines (2 through 5);
Winches, 4 Small Electric Drill Winches.

Class 4. Bobcats and/or other Skid Steer Loaders; Oilers; and Brick
Forklift.

Class 5. Assistant Craft Foreman.

Class 6. Gradall.

Class 7. Mechanics; Welders.


OPERATING ENGINEERS - HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION

Class 1. Asphalt Plant; Asphalt Heater and Planer Combination; Asphalt
Heater Scarfire; Asphalt Spreader; Autograder/GOMACO or other similar
type machines: ABG Paver; Backhoes with Caisson Attachment; Ballast
Regulator; Belt Loader; Caisson Rigs; Car Dumper; Central Redi-Mix
Plant; 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
Cranes of all types: Creter Crane: Spider Crane; Crusher, Stone, etc.;
Derricks, All; Derrick Boats; Derricks, Traveling; Dredges;
Elevators, Outside type Rack & Pinion and Similar Machines; Formless
Curb and Gutter Machine; Grader, Elevating; Grader, Motor Grader,
Motor Patrol, Auto Patrol, Form Grader, Pull Grader, Subgrader; Guard
Rail Post Driver Truck Mounted; Hoists, One, Two and Three Drum; Heavy
Duty Self-Propelled Transporter or Prime Mover; Hydraulic Backhoes;
Backhoes with shear attachments up to 40' of boom reach; Lubrication
Technician; Manipulators; Mucking Machine; 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; Hydraulic Telescoping Form (Tunnel);
Operation of Tieback Machine;  Tractor Drawn Belt Loader; Tractor
Drawn Belt Loader (with attached pusher - two engineers); Tractor with
Boom; Tractaire with Attachments; Traffic Barrier Transfer Machine;
Trenching; Truck Mounted Concrete Pump with Boom; Raised or Blind Hole
Drills (Tunnel Shaft); Underground Boring and/or Mining Machines 5
ft. in diameter and over tunnel, etc; Underground Boring and/or Mining
Machines under 5 ft. in diameter; 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; 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; Hydro
Excavating (excluding hose work); Laser Screed; All Locomotives,
Dinky; Off-Road Hauling Units (including articulating) Non
Self-Loading Ejection Dump; Pump Cretes: Squeeze Cretes - Screw Type
Pumps, Gypsum Bulker and Pump; Roller, Asphalt; Rotary Snow Plows;
Rototiller, Seaman, etc., self-propelled; Self-Propelled Compactor;
Spreader - Chip - Stone, etc.; Scraper - Single/Twin Engine/Push and
Pull; Scraper - Prime Mover in Tandem (Regardless of Size); Tractors
pulling attachments, 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.;
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; Combination - Small Equipment Operator;
Directional Boring Machine; Generators; Heaters, Mechanical; Hydraulic
Power Unit (Pile Driving, Extracting, or Drilling); Light Plants, All
(1 through 5); Pumps, over 3" (1 to 3 not to exceed a total of 300
ft.); Pumps, Well Points; Vacuum Trucks (excluding hose work); Welding
Machines (2 through 5); Winches, 4 Small Electric Drill Winches.

Class 5. SkidSteer Loader (all); Brick Forklifts; Oilers.

Class 6. Field Mechanics and Field Welders

Class 7. Dowell Machine with Air Compressor; Gradall and machines of
like nature.

OPERATING ENGINEER - FLOATING

Class 1.  Craft Foreman; Master Mechanic; Diver/Wet Tender; Engineer;
Engineer (Hydraulic Dredge).

Class 2.  Crane/Backhoe Operator; Boat Operator with towing
endorsement; Mechanic/Welder; Assistant Engineer (Hydraulic Dredge);
Leverman (Hydraulic Dredge); Diver Tender.

Class 3.  Deck Equipment Operator, Machineryman, Maintenance of Crane
(over 50 ton capacity) or Backhoe (115,000 lbs. or more); Tug/Launch
Operator; Loader/Dozer and like equipment on Barge, Breakwater Wall,
Slip/Dock, or Scow, Deck Machinery, etc.

Class 4.  Deck Equipment Operator, Machineryman/Fireman (4 Equipment
Units or More); Off Road Trucks; Deck Hand, Tug Engineer, Crane
Maintenance (50 Ton Capacity and Under) or Backhoe Weighing (115,000
pounds or less); Assistant Tug Operator.

Class 5.  Friction or Lattice Boom Cranes.

Class 6. ROV Pilot, ROV Tender

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

TERRAZZO FINISHER

The handling of sand, cement, marble chips, and all other materials
that may be used by the Mosaic Terrazzo Mechanic, and the mixing,
grinding, grouting, cleaning and sealing of all Marble, Mosaic, and
Terrazzo work, floors, base, stairs, and wainscoting by hand or
machine, and in addition, assisting and aiding Marble, Masonic, and
Terrazzo Mechanics.

TRAFFIC SAFETY

Work associated with barricades, horses and drums used to reduce lane
usage on  highway work, the installation and removal of temporary lane
markings, and the installation and removal of  temporary road signs.

TRUCK DRIVER - BUILDING, HEAVY AND HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION - EAST & WEST

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 yards;
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.

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".