The Contract (non-company) Personnel Total Hours category should include all contract hours worked, both straight-time and overtime. Report actual hours worked; do not convert overtime hours to straight time. If a task is of the type of work that could normally be assigned to an employee and a contractor performed the work, the hours should be reported in this column. Include all hours inside the refinery and outside in contractor facilities for any contractor whose expenses are included in Table 4 as Contract Maintenance Labor Expense or as Other Contract Services. Be sure to include hours for contractors’ indirect personnel (support, administrative and other overhead activities) who are working inside the refinery or at the contractors’ facilities on your behalf. Include purchasing and procurement if the contractor purchases materials
for your site. Include on-site safety and timekeeping. As an example, an energy study performed
by an engineering consultant in the Study Year should have the consultant hours reported on Table 6. Also include hours for services provided by chemical vendors and paid for as part of the cost of the chemical. If detailed data are not available from the contractor, estimate hours for all of these categories. We expect that most refineries will report contractor personnel hours for the following activity categories: non-turnaround field maintenance, vendor shops, and refinery laboratory.