projects involving different operations, codes for direct labor may vary from one activity to another.) Use direct labor codes in reporting each hour spent by each of your crewmembers during each workday on an assigned activity code.

Submit your reports on a daily labor distribution report form (timekeeping card). Views A and B of figure 1-3 show typical timekeeping cards. The form provides a breakdown, by man-hours, of the activities in the various labor codes for each crewmember for each day on any given project. The form is reviewed at the company level by the staff and platoon commander. The company commander then initials the report and sends it to the operations department. The management division of the operations department tabulates the report, along with those received from all other companies and departments in the unit. This consolidated report is the means by which the operations office analyzes the labor

Figure 1-3.—Typical timekeeping cards (A and B).