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In order to set up rate to pay an contract operator for load-based attributes you need to set up a 'Pay Contract' for the contract operator. Select Contracts | Payment Contracts | Contract Setup from the Main Menu. This link explains how to use the 'Pay Contract Wizard' in order to set up a pay contract.
The key steps involved in setting up a pay contract for a operator employed by a subcontractor in the wizard are:
Step 2: Select the Worker (not an employee) for the Pay Contract
In this step you select the contract operator you want to pay. In order to do this you must click on the 'Type' Worker/Operator which fills the list on the left with your contract operators. You then select the contract operator (you can only select one at a time) you want to pay. Technically, The Logger's Edge will pay the operator's employer.
Note that there is an entry called "DRIVER" This entry is very powerful in that it acts like a wild card for operators. If you select DRIVER you can pay the employer of the equipment operator who is entered on the load slip. Thus, if you want to pay all operators based on identical terms, you can setup one pay contract using the DRIVER wild card and it will cover all workers. Moreover, if I use an DRIVER contract, but want to pay one worker an exception rate, you can set up a specific contract for that contract operator. The Logger's Edge is smart enough to choose the specific worker contract when a DRIVER contract might otherwise apply.
Example. I have five equipment operators that work for me that get paid $2.00/Tonne, with the exception of Jeff Kent whose employer gets $2.10. I set up one contract that pays "DRIVER" to cover all contract operators, including Jeff Kent. I then setup another contract to pay Jeff Kent specifically -- this contract will trump the "DRIVER" contract so that Jeff's employer will only be paid only once.
Step 6. Enter Pay Rate
This is the step where you enter the rate you want to pay the contract operator. A detailed explanation is available in the link: Setting up a Pay Rates: Calculate Pay based on Load Attributes. The screen below shows an example of the rate screen.
The two requirements for an contract operator to be paid according to a pay contract are
(1) that the block must match the block of the load (or the block entry must be blank), and
(2) that the activity must match the activity on the load slip.
In this screen you can set up the rate breaks you want to use to pay the contract operator. In row 1 (in the example above) I have entered a blank for the block, indicating I want a rate of $7.00/M3 to apply to delimbing for ALL blocks. In row 2, I have entered an 'exception' rate that indicates that if the delimbing is performed in block '03-RAINBOW-2991', I want to pay $8.00/M3. The rate in row 3, is the same as in row 2, except that it has an effective date of 6/1/2004 -- meaning the rate of $9.00/M3 will apply for loads delivered on or after 6/1/2004. For loads delivered between 1/1/2004 and 5/31/2004, on block 03-RAINBOW-2991, the rate of $8.00/M3 is operative.