Explanations

FORD COUNTY

BRICKMASON, MARBLE, TERRAZZO, AND TILE MASON (SOUTH) - That part of
the county South  of Roberts.

CARPENTERS & PILEDRIVERS (SOUTH) - That part of the county South of an
East-West line between  the Southwest corner of Iroquois County to
Rt. 54 North of Gibson City.

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN (NORTH) - Rogers, Mona, Pella, and Brenton
Townships.

ELECTRICIAN (SOUTH) - Sullivant, Peach Orchard, Lyman, Wall, Dix,
Drummer, Patton, and Button.

ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN (SOUTH) - All townships EXCEPT Rogers,
Mona, Pella, and Brenton Townships.

IRONWORKERS (NORTH) - That part of the county North of an East-West
line including Melvin and  Sibley.

TRUCK DRIVERS (NORTH) - That part of the county in the "neck" area
North of Roberts.


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.

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN - North

Installation, operation, inspection, maintenance, repair and service
of radio, television, recording,  voice, sound and vision production
and reproduction, telephone and telephone interconnect, facsimile,
equipment and appliances used for domestic, commercial, educational
and entertainment purposes, pulling  of wire through conduit but not
the installation of conduit.

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.

ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN - South

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, SKILLED - BUILDING

The skilled laborer building (BLD) classification shall encompass the
following types of work, irrespective of the site of the work: caisson
workers plus depth, gunnite nozzle men, lead man on sewer work,
welders, cutters, burners and torchmen, chain saw operators, paving
breaker, jackhammer and drill operators, layout man and/or drainage
tile layer, steel form setters - street and highway, air tamping
hammerman, signal man on crane, concrete saw operator, screenman on
asphalt pavers, front end man on chip spreader, laborers tending
masons with hot materials or where foreign materials are used,
multiple concrete duct-leadman, luteman, 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 tenders, underpinning and shoring of buildings,
material selector when working with fire-brick or castable material,
fire watch, signaling of all power equipment, and tree topper or
trimmer when in connection with construction.

LABORER, SKILLED - HIGHWAY

The skilled laborer heavy and highway (HWY) classification shall
encompass the following types of work, irrespective of the site of the
work: handling of materials treated with oil, creosote, asphalt
and/or any foreign materials harmful to skin or clothing, track
laborers, 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, 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,
vibrator operators, mortar mixer operators, cement silica, clay, fly
ash, lime and plasters, handlers (bulk or bag), cofferdam workers plus
depth, on concrete paving, placing, cutting and tying or reinforcing,
deck hand, dredge hand shore laborers, bankmen on floating plant,
asphalt workers with machine, and layers, grade checker, power tools,
stripping of all concrete forms excluding paving forms, dumpmen and
spotters, when necessary, caisson workers plus depth, gunnite nozzle
men, welders, cutters, burners and torchmen, chain saw operators,
paving breaker, jackhammer and drill operators, layout man and/or
drainage tile layer, steel form setters - street and highway, air
tamping hammerman, signal man on crane, concrete saw operator,
screedman on asphalt pavers, front end man on chip spreader, multiple
concrete duct, luteman, asphalt raker, curb asphalt machine operator,
ready mix scalemen (portable or temporary plant), laser beam operator,
concrete burning machine operator, and coring machine operator.

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 - SOUTH

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 - BUILDING, HEAVY AND HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION - NORTH

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.


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.


OPERATING ENGINEERS - BUILDING, HEAVY AND HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION
Class 1. Draglines, Derricks, Shovels, Gradalls, Mechanics, Tractor
Highlift, Tournadozer, Concrete Mixers with Skip, Tournamixer, Two
Drum Machine, One Drum Hoist with Tower or Boom, Cableways, Tower
Machines, Motor Patrol, Boom Tractor, Boom or Winch Truck, Winch or
Hydraulic Boom Truck, Tournapull, Tractor Operating Scoops, Bulldozer,
Push Tractor, Asphalt Planer, Finishing Machine on Asphalt, Large
Rollers on Earth, Rollers on Asphalt Mix, Ross Carrier or similar
Machine, Gravel Processing Machine, Asphalt Plant Engineer, Paver
Operator, Dredging Equipment, or Dredge Engineer, or Dredge Operator,
Central Mix Plant Engineer, CMI or similar type machine, Concrete
Pump, Truck or Skid Mounted, Engineer or Rock Crusher Plant, Concrete
Plant Engineer, Ditching Machine with dual attachment, Tractor Mounted
Loaders, Hydro Crane, Standard or Dinkey Locomotives, Scoopmobiles,
Euclid Loader, Soil Cement Machine, Back Filler, Elevating Machine,
Power Blade, Drilling Machine, including Well Testing, Caissons, Shaft
or any similar type drilling machines, Motor Driven Paint Machine,
Pipe Cleaning Machine, Pipe Wrapping Machine, Pipe Bending Machine,
Apsco Paver, Boring Machine, (Head Equipment Greaser), Barber-Greene
Loaders, Formless Paver, (Well Point System), Concrete Spreader, Hydra
Ax, Span Saw, Marine Scoops, Brush Mulcher, Brush Burner, Mesh
Placer, Tree Mover, Helicopter Crew (3), Piledriver-Skid or Crawler,
Stump Remover, Root Rake, Tug Boat Operator, Refrigerating Machine,
Freezing Operator, Chair Cart- Self-Propelled, Hydra Seeder, Straw
Blower, Power Sub Grader, Bull Float, Finishing Machine,
Self-Propelled Pavement Breaker, Lull (or similar type Machine), Two
Air Compressors, Compressors hooked in Manifold, Chip Spreader, Mud
Cat, Sull-Air, Fork Lifts (except when used for landscaping work),
Soil Stabilizer (Seaman Tiller, Bo Mag, Rago Gator, and similar types
of equipment), Tube Float, Spray Machine, Curing Machine, Concrete or
Asphalt Milling Machine, Snooper Truck-Operator, Backhoe, Farm
Tractors (with attachments), 4 Point Lift System (Power Lift or
similar type), Skid-Steer (Bob Cat or similar type), Wrecking Shears,
Water Blaster.

Class 2. Concrete Mixers without Skips, Rock Crusher, Ditching Machine
under 6', Curbing Machine, One Drum Machines without Tower or Boom,
Air Tugger, Self-Propelled Concrete Saw, Machine Mounted Post Hole
Digger, two to four Generators, Water Pumps or Welding Machines,
within 400 feet, Air Compressor 600 cu. ft. and under, Rollers on
Aggregate and Seal Coat Surfaces, Fork Lift (when used for landscaping
work), Concrete and Blacktop Curb Machine, One Water Pump, Oilers,
Air Valves or Steam Valves, One Welding Machine, Truck Jack, Mud Jack,
Gunnite Machine, House Elevators when used for hoisting material,
Engine Tenders, Fireman, Wagon Drill, Flex Plane, Conveyor, Siphons
and Pulsometer, Switchman, Fireman on Paint Pots, Fireman on Asphalt
Plants, Distributor Operator on Trucks, Tampers, Self-Propelled Power
Broom, Striping Machine (motor driven), Form Tamper, Bulk Cement
Plant, Equipment Greaser, Deck Hands, Truck Crane Oiler-Driver, Cement
Blimps, Form Grader, Temporary Heat, Throttle Valve, Super Sucker
(and similar type of equipment).

Class 3. Power Cranes, Truck or Crawler Crane, Rough Terrain Crane
(Cherry Picker), Tower Crane, Overhead Crane.

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.