Calculated Labor for Establishing a Computerized Inventory for 10,000 Trees Using Data Developed from Fort Worth Study
| Item | Person-hours (PHRS) | PHRS PER Tree | Labor Cost of $5.00/hr. wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-inventory training time for data collection persons (2 persons × 4 hours/person) | 8 | .0008 | $0,004 |
| Travel to and from beginning and end of data collection (½ hr/day × 2 persons × 48 days) | 48 | .0048 | 0.024 |
| Labor required to record data on data collection sheets (48 days × 8 hrs/day × 2 persons) | 768 | .0768 | 0.384 |
| Labor required to digitize information (30 sec/tree × 10,000 trees ÷ 3600 sec/hour) | 84 | .0084 | 0.042 |
| Labor required to key-punch data (15 sec/tree × 10,000 trees ÷ 3600 sec/hour) | 42 | .0042 | 0.021 |
| TOTAL | 950 | .095 | 0.475 |