WD 05-2521

WD 05-2521 (Rev.-8) was first posted on www.wdol.gov on 05/19/2009

REGISTER OF WAGE DETERMINATIONS UNDER | U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

THE SERVICE CONTRACT ACT | EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION

By direction of the Secretary of Labor | WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION

| WASHINGTON D.C. 20210

| Wage Determination No.: 2005-2521 Shirley F. Ebbesen Division of | Revision No.: 8 Director Wage Determinations| Date Of Revision: 05/14/2009 State: Texas

Area: Texas Counties of Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, De Witt, Edwards, Gillespie, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, Kinney, McMullen, Medina, Real, Uvalde, Val Verde, Wilson

**Fringe Benefits Required Follow the Occupational Listing**

OCCUPATION CODE - TITLE MINIMUM WAGE RATE

01000 - Administrative Support And Clerical Occupations

01261 - Personnel Assistant (Employment) I 16.57 01262 - Personnel Assistant (Employment) II 18.53 01263 - Personnel Assistant (Employment) III 20.66

05000 - Automotive Service Occupations 05005 - Automobile Body Repairer, Fiberglass 18.25

05130 - Motor Equipment Metal Mechanic 17.43

05220 - Motor Vehicle Mechanic Helper 13.22

07000 - Food Preparation And Service Occupations

09000 - Furniture Maintenance And Repair Occupations

11000 - General Services And Support Occupations

11210 - Laborer, Grounds Maintenance 11.41

12000 - Health Occupations

12015 - Certified Physical Therapist Assistant 23.85

12130 - Medical Laboratory Technician 15.46

12210 - Nuclear Medicine Technologist 29.06

12317 - Scheduler (Drug and Alcohol Testing) 18.26 13000 - Information And Arts Occupations

13054 - Library Information Technology Systems Administrator 22.04

14000 - Information Technology Occupations

14072 - Computer Programmer II (1) 14073 - Computer Programmer III (1) 14074 - Computer Programmer IV (1) 14101 - Computer Systems Analyst I (1) 14102 - Computer Systems Analyst II (1) 14103 - Computer Systems Analyst III (1) 14150 - Peripheral Equipment Operator 15.30 14160 - Personal Computer Support Technician 21.20 15000 - Instructional Occupations 15010 - Aircrew Training Devices Instructor (Non-Rated) 26.31 15020 - Aircrew Training Devices Instructor (Rated) 31.12 15030 - Air Crew Training Devices Instructor (Pilot) 37.30 15050 - Computer Based Training Specialist / Instructor 26.31

15095 - Technical Instructor/Course Developer 22.75

16000 - Laundry, Dry-Cleaning, Pressing And Related Occupations

16070 - Finisher, Flatwork, Machine 8.35 16090 - Presser, Hand 8.35 16110 - Presser, Machine, Drycleaning 8.35 16130 - Presser, Machine, Shirts 8.35 16160 - Presser, Machine, Wearing Apparel, Laundry 8.35

16250 - Washer, Machine 9.05 19000 - Machine Tool Operation And Repair Occupations 19010 - Machine-Tool Operator (Tool Room) 16.35 19040 - Tool And Die Maker 19.26 21000 - Materials Handling And Packing Occupations

21080 - Production Line Worker (Food Processing) 11.74

23000 - Mechanics And Maintenance And Repair Occupations

23181 - Electronics Technician Maintenance I 21.53 23182 - Electronics Technician Maintenance II 23.33 23183 - Electronics Technician Maintenance III 24.48

23311 - Fuel Distribution System Mechanic 16.62 23312 - Fuel Distribution System Operator 13.10 23370 - General Maintenance Worker 14.66 23380 - Ground Support Equipment Mechanic 19.22 23381 - Ground Support Equipment Servicer 15.10 23382 - Ground Support Equipment Worker 16.10

23410 - Heating, Ventilation And Air-Conditioning Mechanic 17.27 23411 - Heating, Ventilation And Air Contditioning Mechanic (Research Facility) 18.28 23430 - Heavy Equipment Mechanic 17.18

23530 - Machinery Maintenance Mechanic 17.14

23820 - Pneudraulic Systems Mechanic 17.15

23890 - Sheet-Metal Worker, Maintenance 17.37 23910 - Small Engine Mechanic 14.20 23931 - Telecommunications Mechanic I 21.97 23932 - Telecommunications Mechanic II 23.13 23950 - Telephone Lineman 20.66 23960 - Welder, Combination, Maintenance 17.15

24000 - Personal Needs Occupations 24570 - Child Care Attendant 9.45

24620 - Family Readiness And Support Services Coordinator 9.78 24630 - Homemaker 13.69 25000 - Plant And System Operations Occupations

25210 - Water Treatment Plant Operator 16.46 27000 - Protective Service Occupations

28000 - Recreation Occupations 28041 - Carnival Equipment Operator 9.64 28042 - Carnival Equipment Repairer 10.13 28043 - Carnival Equpment Worker 8.04

28510 - Recreation Aide/Health Facility Attendant 10.09

29000 - Stevedoring/Longshoremen Occupational Services

30000 - Technical Occupations 30010 - Air Traffic Control Specialist, Center (HFO) (2) 35.15 30011 - Air Traffic Control Specialist, Station (HFO) (2) 24.24 30012 - Air Traffic Control Specialist, Terminal (HFO) (2) 26.69

30491 - Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Technician I 22.34 30492 - Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Technician II 27.03 30493 - Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Technician III 32.40 30494 - Unexploded (UXO) Safety Escort 22.34 30495 - Unexploded (UXO) Sweep Personnel 22.34 30620 - Weather Observer, Combined Upper Air Or Surface Programs (2) 19.55 30621 - Weather Observer, Senior (2) 21.72 31000 - Transportation/Mobile Equipment Operation Occupations

99000 - Miscellaneous Occupations 99030 - Cashier 9.07 99050 - Desk Clerk 8.80 99095 - Embalmer 17.09 99251 - Laboratory Animal Caretaker I 9.59 99252 - Laboratory Animal Caretaker II 10.32

99842 - Vending Machine Repairer Helper 10.75

ALL OCCUPATIONS LISTED ABOVE RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS:

HEALTH & WELFARE: $3.24 per hour or $129.60 per week or $561.60 per month

VACATION: 2 weeks paid vacation after 1 year of service with a contractor or successor; 3 weeks after 5 years, and 4 weeks after 15 years. Length of service includes the whole span of continuous service with the present contractor or successor, wherever employed, and with the predecessor contractors in the performance of similar work at the same Federal facility. (Reg. 29 CFR 4.173)

HOLIDAYS: A minimum of ten paid holidays per year, New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday, Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. (A contractor may substitute for any of the named holidays another day off with pay in accordance with a plan communicated to the employees involved.) (See 29 CFR 4174)

THE OCCUPATIONS WHICH HAVE PARENTHESES AFTER THEM RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS (as numbered):

1) COMPUTER EMPLOYEES: Under the SCA at section 8(b), this wage determination does not apply to any employee who individually qualifies as a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional employee as defined in 29 C.F.R. Part 541. Because most Computer System Analysts and Computer Programmers who are compensated at a rate not less than $27.63 (or on a salary or fee basis at a rate not less than $455 per week) an hour would likely qualify as exempt computer professionals, (29 C.F.R. 541.400) wage rates may not be listed on this wage determination for all occupations within those job families. In addition, because this wage determination may not list a wage rate for some or all occupations within those job families if the survey data indicates that the prevailing wage rate for the occupation equals or exceeds $27.63 per hour conformances may be necessary for certain nonexempt employees. For example, if an individual employee is nonexempt but nevertheless performs duties within the scope of one of the Computer Systems Analyst or Computer Programmer occupations for which this wage determination does not specify an SCA wage rate, then the wage rate for that employee must be conformed in accordance with the conformance procedures described in the conformance note included on this wage determination.

Additionally, because job titles vary widely and change quickly in the computer industry, job titles are not determinative of the application of the computer professional exemption. Therefore, the exemption applies only to computer employees who satisfy the compensation requirements and whose primary duty consists of:

(1) The application of systems analysis techniques and procedures, including consulting with users, to determine hardware, software or system functional specifications;

(2) The design, development, documentation, analysis, creation, testing or modification of computer systems or programs, including prototypes, based on and related to user or system design specifications;

(3) The design, documentation, testing, creation or modification of computer programs related to machine operating systems; or

(4) A combination of the aforementioned duties, the performance of which requires the same level of skills. (29 C.F.R. 541.400).

2) AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS AND WEATHER OBSERVERS - NIGHT PAY & SUNDAY PAY: If you work at night as part of a regular tour of duty, you will earn a night differential and receive an additional 10% of basic pay for any hours worked between 6pm and 6am. If you are a full-time employed (40 hours a week) and Sunday is part of your regularly scheduled workweek, you are paid at your rate of basic pay plus a Sunday premium of 25% of your basic rate for each hour of Sunday work which is not overtime (i.e. occasional work on Sunday outside the normal tour of duty is considered overtime work).

HAZARDOUS PAY DIFFERENTIAL: An 8 percent differential is applicable to employees employed in a position that represents a high degree of hazard when working with or in close proximity to ordinance, explosives, and incendiary materials. This includes work such as screening, blending, dying, mixing, and pressing of sensitive ordance, explosives, and pyrotechnic compositions such as lead azide, black powder and photoflash powder. All dry-house activities involving propellants or explosives. Demilitarization, modification, renovation, demolition, and maintenance operations on sensitive ordnance, explosives and incendiary materials. All operations involving regrading and cleaning of artillery ranges.

A 4 percent differential is applicable to employees employed in a position that represents a low degree of hazard when working with, or in close proximity to ordance, (or employees possibly adjacent to) explosives and incendiary materials which involves potential injury such as laceration of hands, face, or arms of the employee engaged in the operation, irritation of the skin, minor burns and the like; minimal damage to immediate or adjacent work area or equipment being used. All operations involving, unloading, storage, and hauling of ordance, explosive, and incendiary ordnance material other than small arms ammunition. These differentials are only applicable to work that has been specifically designated by the agency for ordance, explosives, and incendiary material differential pay.

** UNIFORM ALLOWANCE **

If employees are required to wear uniforms in the performance of this contract (either by the terms of the Government contract, by the employer, by the state or local law, etc.), the cost of furnishing such uniforms and maintaining (by laundering or dry cleaning) such uniforms is an expense that may not be borne by an employee where such cost reduces the hourly rate below that required by the wage determination. The Department of Labor will accept payment in accordance with the following standards as compliance:

The contractor or subcontractor is required to furnish all employees with an adequate number of uniforms without cost or to reimburse employees for the actual cost of the uniforms. In addition, where uniform cleaning and maintenance is made the responsibility of the employee, all contractors and subcontractors subject to this wage determination shall (in the absence of a bona fide collective bargaining agreement providing for a different amount, or the furnishing of contrary affirmative proof as to the actual cost), reimburse all employees for such cleaning and maintenance at a rate of $3.35 per week (or $.67 cents per day). However, in those instances where the uniforms furnished are made of "wash and wear" materials, may be routinely washed and dried with other personal garments, and do not require any special treatment such as dry cleaning, daily washing, or commercial laundering in order to meet the cleanliness or appearance standards set by the terms of the Government contract, by the contractor, by law, or by the nature of the work, there is no requirement that employees be reimbursed for uniform maintenance costs.

The duties of employees under job titles listed are those described in the "Service Contract Act Directory of Occupations", Fifth Edition, April 2006, unless otherwise indicated. Copies of the Directory are available on the Internet. A links to the Directory may be found on the WHD home page at http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/ or through the Wage Determinations On-Line (WDOL) Web site at http://wdol.gov/.

REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL CLASSIFICATION AND WAGE RATE {Standard Form

1444 (SF 1444)}

Conformance Process:

The contracting officer shall require that any class of service employee which is not listed herein and which is to be employed under the contract (i.e., the work to be performed is not performed by any classification listed in the wage determination), be classified by the contractor so as to provide a reasonable relationship (i.e., appropriate level of skill comparison) between such unlisted classifications and the classifications listed in the wage determination. Such conformed classes of employees shall be paid the monetary wages and furnished the fringe benefits as are determined. Such conforming process shall be initiated by the contractor prior to the performance of contract work by such unlisted class(es) of employees. The conformed classification, wage rate, and/or fringe benefits shall be retroactive to the commencement date of the contract. {See Section 4.6 (C)(vi)} When multiple wage determinations are included in a contract, a separate SF 1444 should be prepared for each wage determination to which a class(es) is to be conformed.

The process for preparing a conformance request is as follows:

1) When preparing the bid, the contractor identifies the need for a conformed occupation) and computes a proposed rate).

2) After contract award, the contractor prepares a written report listing in order proposed classification title), a Federal grade equivalency (FGE) for each proposed classification), job description), and rationale for proposed wage rate), including information regarding the agreement or disagreement of the authorized representative of the employees involved, or where there is no authorized representative, the employees themselves. This report should be submitted to the contracting officer no later than 30 days after such unlisted class(es) of employees performs any contract work.

3) The contracting officer reviews the proposed action and promptly submits a report of the action, together with the agency's recommendations and pertinent information including the position of the contractor and the employees, to the Wage and Hour Division, Employment Standards Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, for review. (See section 4.6(b)(2) of Regulations 29 CFR Part 4).

4) Within 30 days of receipt, the Wage and Hour Division approves, modifies, or disapproves the action via transmittal to the agency contracting officer, or notifies the contracting officer that additional time will be required to process the request.

5) The contracting officer transmits the Wage and Hour decision to the contractor.

6) The contractor informs the affected employees.

Information required by the Regulations must be submitted on SF 1444 or bond paper.

When preparing a conformance request, the "Service Contract Act Directory of Occupations" (the Directory) should be used to compare job definitions to insure that duties requested are not performed by a classification already listed in the wage determination. Remember, it is not the job title, but the required tasks that determine whether a class is included in an established wage determination. Conformances may not be used to artificially split, combine, or subdivide classifications listed in the wage determination.