Select Labor for Work Plans

You use the Labor tab of the Plans tab to insert, view, or edit planned labor on an activity. If the activity has a job plan, all tasks and plan data are copied from the job plan to the work plan.  When you enter labor or craft information, the labor or craft's description and rate are displayed. When you insert, delete or modify quantities or hours, the Line Cost, Total Labor Hours, and Total Labor Cost fields are updated.

If you apply a price schedule to the activity, estimated labor prices are calculated. View the price information in the Line Price field of each labor code that you add. View all costs and prices in the View Costs and Prices window.

You can select labor for a work plan in the following ways:

• Select one or more crafts

• Select labor individually

To select one or more crafts:

1. Display the record for which you want to select crafts.

2. On the Labor tab of the Plans tab, click Select Craft.

3. In the Select Craft window, select a craft.

4. Click OK. Each selection creates a new row in the Labor table window.

5. Optional: Click View Details for the craft and edit the fields you want to change.

6. Click Save Activity .

To select labor individually:

1. Display the activity for which you want to select labor.

2. On the Labor tab, click New Row.

3. Perform one of the following actions:

• In the Labor Code field, specify a value. The labor's rate is displayed in the Rate field based on the labor's craft and skill level.

• In the Craft field, specify a value. The standard rate is specified for that craft. If there is a current approved Revision of the contract for that craft, the rate from that contract is used.

4. In the Task ID field, specify a value.

5. Optional: Edit the fields you want to change. The value in the Line Cost field is calculated.

6. Click Save Activity .

See Also

Create a Work Plan

View Entire Plan