(1) “Department” means Department of Labor and Industry of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

(2) “Locality” means any political subdivision, or combination of the same, within the county in which the public work is to be performed. When no workmen for which a prevailing minimum wage is to be determined hereunder are employed in the locality, the locality may be extended to include adjoining political subdivisions where such workmen are employed in those crafts or trades for which there are no workmen employed in the locality as otherwise herein defined.

(3) “Maintenance work” means the repair of existing facilities when the size, type or extent of such facilities is not thereby changed or increased.

(4) “Public body” means the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, any of its political subdivisions, any authority created by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and any instrumentality or agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

(5) “Public work” means construction, reconstruction, demolition, alteration and/or repair work other than maintenance work, done under contract and paid for in whole or in part out of the funds of a public body where the estimated cost of the total project is in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), but shall not include work performed under a rehabilitation or manpower training program.

(6) “Secretary” means the Secretary of Labor and Industry or his duly authorized deputy or representative.

(7) “Workman” includes laborer, mechanic, skilled and semi-skilled laborer and apprentices employed by any contractor or subcontractor and engaged in the performance of services directly upon the public work project, regardless of whether their work becomes a component part thereof, but does not include material suppliers or their employes who do not perform services at the job site.

(8) “Work performed under a rehabilitation program”, means work arranged by and at a State institution primarily for teaching and upgrading the skills and employment opportunities of the inmates of such institutions.

(9) “Advisory Board” means the board created by section 2.1 of this act.¹

(10) “Appeals Board” means the board created by section 2.2 of this act.²