The rules proposed and published at State Register, Volume 32, Number 52, pages 2253-2262, June 23, 2008 (32 SR 2253), are adopted
with the following modifications:
5200.1030 BASIS FOR HIGHWAY AND HEAVY CONSTRUCTION DETERMINATIONS.
Subp. 2a. Projects to be surveyed, criteria. The determinations shall be made from projects on which construction work was done
in the 12 months preceding the survey which are located in the area and where the estimated total cost of completing the project is $25,000
or more.
C. If work is performed by a class of labor not named defined by part 5200.1100, Master Job Classifications, the contracting agency
shall assign a wage rate and the commissioner of labor and industry shall review and certify the assigned wage rate based on the most similar
trade or occupation from the area wage determination. Within 90 days, the Commissioner of Labor and Industry must determine that the
work is included in an existing Master Job Classification or initiate the rulemaking procedure so that the classification will be named defined
in the Master Job Classifications in part 5200.1100.
5200.1035 BASIS FOR COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION DETERMINATIONS.
Subp. 2. Projects to be surveyed, criteria. From information on file and submitted by interested persons, the determinations shall be
made from projects on which construction work was done in the 12 months preceding the survey, which are located in the county or, if
necessary, from adjacent counties, and where the estimated total cost of completing the project is $2,500 or more.
E. If work is performed by a class of labor not named in defined by part 5200.1100, Master Job Classifications, the Commissioner
of Labor and Industry shall certify a wage rate which reflects the most similar trade or occupation from the project wage determination.
Within 90 days, the Commissioner of Labor and Industry must determine that the work is included in an existing Master Job Classification
or initiate the rulemaking procedure so that the classification will be named defined in the Master Job Classifications in part 5200.1100.
5200.1100 MASTER JOB CLASSIFICATIONS.
Subp. 2. Laborers.
Code No. Position Title
101 Laborer, common (general labor work)
102 Laborer, skilled (assisting skilled craft journeyman)
103 Laborer, Landscaping (gardener, sod layer and nursery operator)
104 Flag person
105 Watch person
106 Blaster
107 Pipelayer (water, sewer and gas)
108 Tunnel miner
109 Underground and open ditch laborer (eight feet below starting grade level)
110 Survey field technician (operate total station, GPS receiver, level, rod or range poles, steel tape measurement;
mark and drive stakes; hand or power digging for and identification of markers or monuments; perform
and check calculations; review and understand construction plans and land survey materials). This classification
does not apply to the work performed on a prevailing wage project by a land surveyor who is licensed. (Cite 33 SR 1599) State Register, Monday 23 March 2009 Page 1599
pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, sections 326.02 to 326.15.
111 Traffic control person (temporary signage)
112 Quality control tester (field and covered off-site facilities; testing of aggregate, asphalt, and concrete materials);
limited to Minnesota Department of Transportation highway and heavy construction projects
where the Minnesota Department of Transportation has retained quality assurance professionals to review
and interpret the results of quality control testers’ services provided by the contractor.
Subp. 2a. Special equipment.
Code No. Position Title
201 Articulated hauler
202 Boom truck
203 Landscaping equipment, includes hydro seeder or mulcher, sod roller, farm tractor with attachment specifically
seeding sodding, or plant, and two-framed forklift (excluding front, posi-track, and skid steer loaders),
no earthwork or grading for elevations
204 Off-road truck
205 Truck for pavement marking or removal (one or two person operators)
Subp. 3. Power equipment operators - highway and heavy projects. For purposes of parts 5200.1000 to 5200.1120, contractors
must use codes and classifications in this subpart for paying and documenting equipment operators working on highway and heavy type
construction projects.
Code No. Position Title
Group 1
301 All truck and crawler cranes 50 tons and over and doing pile driving, sheeting, caisson work, rotary drilling,
and boring
Group 2
302 Helicopter pilot
303 Concrete pump
304 All cranes with over 135-foot boom, excluding jib
305 Dragline, crawler, hydraulic backhoe (track or wheel mounted) and/or other similar equipment with shoveltype
controls three cubic yards and over manufacturer’s rated capacity including all attachments
306 Grader or motor patrol
307 Pile driving
308 Tugboat - 100 h.p. and over when license required
Group 3
309 Asphalt bituminous stabilizer plant
310 Cableway
311 Concrete mixer, stationary plant
312 Derrick (guy or stiffleg) (power) (skids or stationary)
313 Dragline, crawler, hydraulic backhoe (track or wheel mounted) and/or similar equipment with shovel-type
controls, up to three cubic yards manufacturer’s rated capacity including all attachments
314 Dredge or engineers, dredge (power) and engineer
315 Front end loader, five cubic yards and over including attachments
316 Locomotive crane operator
317 Mixer (paving) concrete paving, road mole, including mucking operations, Conway or similar type
318 Mechanic - welder on power equipment
319 Tractor - boom type
320 Tandem scraper
321 Truck crane - crawler crane
322 Tugboat 100 h.p. and over
Group 4
323 Air track rock drill
324 Automatic road machine (CMI or similar)
325 Backfiller operator
326 Concrete batch plant operator
327 Bituminous rollers, rubber tired or steel drummed (eight tons and over)
328 Bituminous spreader and finishing machines (power), including pavers, macro surfacing and micro surfacing,
or similar types (operator and screed person)
329 Brokk or R.T.C. remote control or similar type with all attachments
330 Cat challenger tractors or similar types pulling rock wagons, bulldozers, and scrapers
331 Chip harvester and tree cutter
332 Concrete distributor and spreader finishing machine, longitudinal float, joint machine, and spray machine
333 Concrete mixer on jobsite
334 Concrete mobil
335 Crushing plant (gravel and stone) or gravel washing, crushing and screening plant
336 Curb machine
337 Directional boring machine
338 Dope machine (pipeline)
339 Drill rigs, heavy rotary or churn or cable drill
340 Dual tractor
341 Elevating grader
342 Fork lift or straddle carrier
343 Fork lift or lumber stacker
344 Front end, posi-track, or skid steer loaders, over one cubic yard up to five cubic yards with attachments
345 GPS remote operating of equipment
346 Hoist engineer (power)
347 Hydraulic tree planter
348 Launcher person (tanker person or pilot license)
349 Locomotive
350 Milling, grinding, planing, fine grade, or trimmer machine
351 Multiple machines, such as air compressors, welding machines, generators, pumps
352 Pavement breaker or tamping machine (power driven) might mite similar type
353 Pickup sweeper, one cubic yard and over hopper capacity
354 Pipeline wrapping, cleaning or bending machine
355 Power plant engineer, 100 KWH and over
356 Power actuated horizontal boring machine, over six inches
357 Pugmill
358 Pumpcrete
359 Rubber-tired farm tractor with backhoe including attachments
360 Scraper
361 Self-propelled soil stabilizer
362 Slip form (power driven) (paving)
363 Tie tamper and ballast machine
364 Tractor, bulldozer
365 Tractor, wheel type, over 50 h.p. with PTO unrelated to landscaping
366 Trenching machine (sewer, water, gas) excludes walk behind trencher
367 Tub grinder, morbark, or similar type
368 Well point dismantling or installation
Group 5
369 Air compressor, 600 CFM or over
370 Bituminous roller (under eight tons)
371 Concrete saw (multiple blade) (power operated)
372 Form trench digger (power)
373 Front end, skid steer, or posi-track loaders, up to and including one cubic yard with attachments
374 Gunite gunall
375 Hydraulic log splitter
376 Loader (barber greene or similar type)
377 Post hole driving machine/post hole auger
378 Power actuated auger and boring machine
379 Power actuated jack
380 Pump
381 Self-propelled chip spreader (flaherty or similar)
382 Sheep foot compactor with blade - 200 h.p. and over
383 Shouldering machine (power) apsco or similar type including self-propelled sand and chip spreader
384 Stump chipper and tree chipper
385 Tree farmer (machine)
386 Vibratory driver or extractor for piling or sheeting operations
Group 6
387 Cat, challenger, or similar type of tractors, when pulling disk or roller
388 Conveyor
389 Dredge deck hand
390 Fire person or tank car heater
391 Gravel screening plant (portable not crushing or washing)
392 Greaser (tractor)
393 Lever person
394 Oiler (power shovel, crane, truck crane, dragline, crushers, and milling machines, or other similar heavy
equipment)
395 Power sweeper
396 Sheep foot roller and rollers on gravel compaction, including vibrating rollers
397 Tractor, wheel type, over 50 h.p., unrelated to landscaping
Subp. 5.Special crafts.
Code No. Position Title
701 Heating and frost insulators
702 Boilermakers
703 Bricklayers
704 Carpenters
705 Carpet layers (linoleum)
706 Cement masons
707 Electricians
708 Elevator constructors
709 Glaziers
710 Lathers
711 Ground person
712 Ironworkers
713 Lineman
714 Millwright
715 Painters (including hand brushed, hand sprayed, and the taping of pavement markings)
716 Piledriver (including vibratory driver or extractor for piling and sheeting operations)
17 Pipefitters - steamfitters
718 Plasterers
719 Plumbers
720 Roofer
721 Sheet metal workers
722 Sprinkler fitters
723 Terrazzo workers/marble setters workers
724 Tile setters
725 Tile finishers. (The scope of work of a tile finisher is not as broad as tile setter. The finisher work includes
mixing grout, grouting, and surfacing all types of tile, cutting tile, and sealing surfaces. Tile setters set the tile,
repair and patch tile, lay out the work, and install substrates; install showers, counter tops, floors, and
steps; lay quarry tile; install ceilings, mantels, hearths, swimming pools, domes, columns, and arches; and
perform other work not performed by tile finishers.)
726 Drywall taper
727 Wiring system technician
728 Wiring system installer
729 Asbestos abatement worker
730 Sign erector |