jobhour

plural jobhours

1. A measure of time required to do a particular job or set of tasks.

   On a normal engineering/construction project, use of jobhours as the unit of time is common.

   1990, Robert L. Kimmons, Project Management Basics: A Step by Step Approach, CRC Press, page 47

   1 more example

   ... pay-roll of mechanics at the bench, motormen, conductors, etc., who would be paid by the job-hour, trip or day

   1902, William Dennis Marks, The Finances of Gas and Electric Light and Power Enterprises, W.D. Marks, 1902. page 26 (this quote also appeared in later editions)

2. Synonym of workhour.

   Synonyms: workhour