The capacity of doing work by an artisan or skilled labour in the form of quantity of work per

day is known as the task work or out turn of the labour. The out-turn of work per artisan
varies to some extent according to the nature, size, height, situation, location, etc., In
bigger cities where specialized and experienced labour is available the out-turn is greater
than small towns and country sides.  In well organized work less labour is required.

The following may be taken as the approximate quantity of work or out turn or task for an
average artisan per day.

SNo. Particulars of items Quantity Perday

1.       B rick wo rk in lime o r ce men t mo rta r in 1. 25 cu m (4 5 cu f t )pe r ma so n
fo un da t io n a nd p lint h
2.       B rick wo rk in lime o r ce men t mo rta r in 1. 00 cu m (3 5 cu f t )pe r ma so n
su p e rst ru ct u re
3.       B rick wo rk in mu d mo rt a r in fo un da t io n 1. 50 cu m (5 5 cu f t )pe r ma so n
an d p lin th
4.       B rick wo rk in mu d mo rt a r in 1. 25 cu m (4 5 cu f t )pe r ma so n
su p e rst ru ct u re
5.       B rick in ce men t o r lime mo rta r in a rche s 0. 55 cu m (2 0 cu f t )pe r ma so n
6.       B rick in ce men t o r lime mo rta r in ja ck 0. 55 cu m (2 0 cu f t )pe r ma so n
a rch e s
7.       Ha lf b rick wa ll in pa rt it io n 5. 00 sq m (5 0 sq f t )pe r ma so n
8.       Cou rse d ru b b le sto n e ma son ry in lime 0. 80 cu m (3 0 cu f t )pe r ma son
ce me n t mo rt a r in clud in g d re ssing
9.       Ran do m ru b b le sto n e ma son ry in lime o r 1. 00 cu m (3 5 cu f t )pe r ma so n
ce me n t mo rt a r
1 0.       Ash la rs ma so n ry in lime o r ce me nt 0. 40 cu m (1 5 cu f t )pe r ma so n
mo rta r
1 1.       St on e a rch wo rk 0. 40 cu m (1 5 cu f t )pe r ma so n
1 2.       L ime con cre t e in f ou nd at io n o r f loo r 8. 50 cu m (3 00 cu ft )p e r ma son
1 3.       L ime con cre t e in ro of t e rra cin g 6. 00 cu m (2 00 cu ft )p e r ma son
1 4.       L ime con cre t e 1 :2 ; 4 5. 00 cu m (1 75 cu ft )p e r ma son
1 5.       RB wo rk 1. 00 cu m (3 5 cu f t )pe r ma so n
1 6.       RCC wo rk 3. 00 cu m (1 25 cu ft )p e r ma son
1 7.       12 mm (1 / 2 ) p la ste rin g wit h ce me nt o r 8. 00 sq m (8 0 sq f t )pe r ma so n
lime mo rt a r
1 8.       Po in t in g wit h ce men t o r lime mo rta r 10 .0 0 sq m (1 00 sq ft )p e r ma son
1 9.       Wh ite wa sh in g o r co lou r wa sh ing coa t s 70 .0 0 sq m (7 00 sq ft )p e r wh ite
wa she r
2 0.       Wh ite wa sh in g o r co lou r wa sh ing coa t s 20 0. 00 sq m (2 00 0 sqf t )p e r wh it e
wa she r
2 1.       Pa in t in g o r va rn ish ing do o rs o r win d o ws 25 sq m (2 50 sq ft )p e r p ain te r
on e coa t
2 2.       Coa l t a rrin g o r so ligu m p a in t in g o ne 35 .0 0 sq m (3 50 sq ft )p e r p ain te r
co a t
2 3.       Pa in t in g la rge su rf a ce o ne coa t 35 .0 0 sq m (3 50 sq ft )p e r p ain te r
2 4.       Dist e mpe rin g on e coa t 35 .0 0 sq m (3 50 sq ft )p e r p ain te r
2 5.       2. 5 cm(1 ’) CC f lo o r 7. 50 sq m (7 5 sq f t )pe r p a in t e r
2 6.       Flag sto re f loo r la yin g wit h lime o r 10 .0 0 sq m (1 00 sq ft )p e r p ain te r
ce me n t mo rt a r e xclu d ing L C
2 7.       B rick on ed ge in f lo o r lime o r ce me nt 7. 00 sq m (7 0 sq f t )pe r p a in t e r
mo rta r e xclud in g LC
2 8.       B rick ba t f lo o r as in ab ove 8. 00 sq m (8 0 sq f t )pe r p a in t e r
2 9.       Timb e r f ra min g sa l o r t ea k woo d 0. 07 cu m (2 . 5 cu f t )pe rca rp en te r
 3 0.       Timb e r f ra min g sa l o r cou n t ry     woo d 0. 15 cu m (5 cu ft )p e r ca rp e nt e r
3 1.       Doo r a nd wind o w shu t te rs p an e led o r 0. 15 sq m (7 sq ft ) p e r ca rp en t e r
g la zed
       
3 2.       Doo r a nd wind o w shu t te rs p an e led o r 0. 80 sq m (0 . 80 sqf t )p e rca rpe nt e r
ba tt e ne d
3 3.       Sa win g h a rd wo od 4. 00 sq m (4 0 sq f t ) pe r p a ir of
sa we rs
3 4.       Sa win g so f t wo od 6. 00 sq m (6 0 sq f t ) pe r p a ir of
sa we rs
3 5.       S in g le   a lla h ab ad   t ilin g o r ma ng a lo re 6. 00 sq m (6 0 sq f t ) pe r t ile la ye r
t iling
3 6.       Dou b le   a lla h ab ad   t ilin g 4. 00 sq m (4 0 sq f t ) pe r t ile la ye r
3 7.       B re a king o f b rick b a lle st 40 mm (1 1 /2 ”) 0. 75 cu m (3 5 cu f t )pe r la bo u re r
ga ug e o r b re a ke r
3 8.       B re a king o f b rick b a lle st 25 mm (1 ”) 0. 55 cu m (2 0 cu f t )pe r la bo u re r
ga ug e o r b re a ke r
3 9.       B re a king o f st on e b a lle st 4 0 mm (11 / 2 ”) 0. 40 cu m (1 0 cu f t )pe r la bo u re r
ga ug e o r b re a ke r
4 0.       B re a king o f st on e b a lle st 2 5 mm (1 ”) 0. 25 cu m (1 0 cu f t )pe r la bo u re r
ga ug e o r b re a ke r
4 1.       Ash la r sto ne d re ssing 0. 70 cu m (2 5 cu f t )pe rst o ne cu tt e r
4 2.       Flag sto n e d re ssing 1. 50 sq m (2 5 sq f t )pe rst o ne cu tt e r
4 3.       Ea rt h wo rk in e xca va t ion in o rd ina ry so il 3. 00 cu m (1 00 cu ft )p e r b eld e r
ma zdo o r
4 4.       Ea rt h wo rk in e xca va t ion in h a rd so il 2. 00 cu m (7 5 cu f t )pe r b e ld e r
ma zdo o r
4 5.       Exca vat io n in so il 1. 00 cu m (3 5 cu f t )pe r b e ld e r
ma zdo o r
4 6.       Nu mbe r o f b ricks la id by a ma son in 60 0 b ricks p e r ma so n
b rick wo rk up to a h e ig h t o f 3 m(1 0 ”)
4 7.       A mo u nt o f wo rk d on e b y a ma zd oo r    
he lpe r p e r da y
  Mix 3. 00 cu m (1 00 cu ft )mo rt a r p e r
ma zdo o r
  De live r b rick 40 00 no s to a d ista n ce o f 1 5 m
(50 ”) pe r ma zd o o r
  De live r mo rta r 5. 5 cu m (2 00 cu ft ) pe r ma zd oo r
4 8.       Sca f fo ld ing co st f o r sin g le st o re y Re. 0 .5 0p e r (Re st . 1. 5 %cu f t ) of
bu ild ing cu m b rick wo rk.

Items 46,47 and 48 are based on the committee report on rates and cost government of
India.