Trades & day rates

Keep the list of site trades with their day rate and overtime rate, used to cost daily-wage workers on every project's labour sheet.

Trades & day rates is the list of site trades, such as mason or steel fixer, with a day rate for each. The rate fills every daily-wage line on the projects' labour sheets.

Before you begin

• Your role needs View Site Labour Sheets to see the list and Edit Site Labour Sheets to change it. See Users & Roles.

Where to find it

Open Projects → Projects → Trades & day rates. The Labour tab of a project also links to it.

The first time the list opens, it holds common trades, such as Mason, Carpenter and Helper / labourer. Their day rates start at 0.

Set the rates

1. Type the Day rate for a trade, for example Rs 2,500 for a mason.
2. Type the Overtime per hour, for example Rs 350.
3. Click outside the box. The row saves at once.

Add a trade

1. In the last row, type the trade's name, for example Shuttering carpenter.
2. Type its Day rate and Overtime per hour.
3. Click Add, or press Enter.

Stop using or remove a trade

• Untick In use to hide a trade from the Trade list on labour sheets.
• Click Remove to take a trade off the list.

Common questions

Does changing a rate change old sheets? No. Each line keeps the rate it was saved with. New lines take the new rate.

Can a worker be paid a different rate? Yes. Type the rate in Day rate on that labour sheet line.

How is overtime costed? Overtime hours on the line × the trade's Overtime per hour.