Some examples of reports that you maybe involved with are briefly discussed below. LABOR DISTRIBUTION REPORTS AND  TIMEKEEPING Labor reporting, such as that included in a Monthly Situation Report and a Deployment Completion Report (both  of  which  are  discussed  below),  is  of  great importance  to  the  operation  of  Seabee  units.  It  provides management with data that is necessary to determine labor expenditures on project work for calculation of statistical labor costs and to compare actual construction performance with estimating standards. It also serves to determine  the  effectiveness  of  labor  utilization  in performing  administrative  and  support  functions,  both for  internal  unit  management  and  for  development  of planning standards by higher command. For labor reporting to be effective, an accurate labor accounting  or  timekeeping  system  is  mandatory.  This system must permit the day-by-day accumulation of labor utilization data insufficient detail and in a reamer that  allows  ready  compilation  of  information  required by   the   operations   officer   in   the   management   of manpower resources and in the preparation of reports to higher authority. The timekeeping system used in Naval Construction   Force   units   is   described   in COMSECOND/THIRDNCBINST  5312.1  series.  For the purpose of our TRAMAN discussion, only the most important aspects of the system are covered. In the system, the basic unit for measuring labor is the man-hour which, as you know, is the amount of labor  produced  by  one  person  working  1  hour  of  time. Man-days are computed on the basis of an 8-hour day regardless  of  the  length  of  the  scheduled  workday. therefore,  if  an  individual  has  worked  a  scheduled 9 hours in 1 day, he or she has expended 9 ÷ 8 = 1.125 man-days  of  effort.  Similarly,  ten  persons  working 9 hours in a scheduled workday is equivalent to 11.25 man-days. All labor is considered as being either productive labor or overhead.  Productive labor  includes  all  labor that   directly   or   indirectly   contributes   to   the accomplishment  of  the  mission,  including  military operations  and  readiness,  disaster  control  operations, training, and, of course, construction operations. For the latter-construction   operations-productive   labor   is further accounted for in two categories as follows: 1. Direct  labor   includes   all   labor   expended directly on assigned construction tasks, either in the field or in the shop, and which contributes directly to the completion  of  the  end  product.  For  EAs,  this  includes, for example, surveying on a tasked construction project, travel time to and from project sites, and the preparation of  as-built  drawings. 2. Indirect labor comprises  all  labor  required  to support construction operations, but which does not produce an end product itself. This category is further subdivided   under   various   codes   listed   in COMSECOND/THIRDNCBINST 5312.1 series. One of the codes, X02 - operations and engineering, lists such  work  as  drafting  (other  than  as-built  preparation), surveying (for other than tasked projects), materials testing,  and  timekeeping  as  indirect  labor. Overhead labor is not considered to be productive labor in that it does not contribute directly or indirectly to the end product. It includes all labor that must be reported regardless of the assigned mission. Examples of overhead labor are the work performed by personnel assigned to the S-1 department, leave and liberty, and time spent getting haircuts and going to the exchange during working hours. It also includes time lost due to inclement  weather  and  waiting  for  transportation. MONTHLY SITUATION REPORT (SITREP) Each deployed battalion submits a monthly report of its construction operations to either Commander, SECOND   Naval   Construction   Brigade   (COM- SECONDNCB)   or   Commander,   THIRD   Naval Construction   Brigade   (COMTHIRDNCB).   The recipient  brigade  depends  upon  which  theater  of operations the battalion is in. The report, transmitted in a  naval  message  format,  provides  a  review  of  the battalion’s  construction  activities  during  the  reporting period.  For  each  project  tasked  to  the  battalion (including the main body and each detail site), the SITREP  lists  the  scheduled  and  actual  percentages  of project   completion,   the   remaining   direct-labor man-days  needed  to  complete  the  project,  and  the estimated usable completion date (UCD) of the project. For each tasked project, the SITREP provides also a brief comment describing the main work performed during the reporting period. Additionally, the SITREP includes  a  personnel  summary  for  the  main  body  and detail sites and a direct-labor capability analysis. The capability  analysis  compares  the  battalion’s  total remaining  direct-labor  man-day  availability  with  the total remaining man-days needed to complete all project tasking. For  further  discussion  of  the  SITREP  format  and requirements, you should refer to the  NMCB  Operations Officer’s  Handbook,   COMSECOND/THIRDNCB- INST 5200.2 series. This instruction, simply called the 14-2