IRA Reports - Best Practices Note

For more accurate IRA reporting results, it is best practice to create detailed journeyman and apprentice 

craft/classifications. Doing so allows contractors to report the specific journeyman hours spent directly training 

apprentices, providing administrators with an accurate journeyman to apprentice ratio. 

Assuming a federal wage decision is already assigned to the IRA project, administrators with Full Administrator, 

Business Manager, and Limited Admin credentials can create detailed journeyman and apprentice 

craft/classifications. Start by going to the Setup tab>> Prevailing Wage Setup>> Add/Edit Project Wage Data>> 

select your IRA project>> copy the applicable journeyman craft/classification and proceed with the following:

• Journeyman craft/classifications: it is best practice to add “JM” to the end of the craft name. 
• Apprentice craft/classifications: it is best practice to add “JM” to the end of the craft name and “APPR” or “Apprentice” to the classification. 

For detailed steps on copying craft/classifications, please refer to the Administrator User Guide > Prevailing Wage 

Setup. Here is an example of a detailed IRA journeyman craft/classification from the administrator side: 

On the contractor side, contractors will see the regular and detailed craft when entering a certified payroll report. To 

report the specific training journeyman and apprentice hours, contractors must select the detailed craft. To report 

non-training journeyman hours, contractors can select the regular (non-detailed) craft. It is also best practice for 

administrators to discuss this expectation with their contractors for IRA projects: