diff --git a/api/src/work/dto/create-work.dto.ts b/api/src/work/dto/create-work.dto.ts
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+import { OmitType as Omit } from '@nestjs/swagger';
+import { WorkDTO } from './work.dto';
+
+export class CreateWorkDTO extends Omit(WorkDTO, ['work_id']) {}
diff --git a/api/src/work/dto/work.dto.ts b/api/src/work/dto/work.dto.ts
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+import { ApiProperty } from '@nestjs/swagger';
+
+export enum WorkType {
+  'LSU_ID',
+  'TICKET_ID',
+}
+
+export class WorkDTO {
+  @ApiProperty({
+    readOnly: true,
+    description: 'serially generated id for work',
+  })
+  work_id: number;
+
+  @ApiProperty({
+    description: 'id that references ticket',
+    example: 1,
+  })
+  ticket_id: number;
+
+  @ApiProperty({
+    minLength: 9,
+    maxLength: 9,
+    description: '9-digit number starting with 89',
+    example: 897584512,
+  })
+  lsu_id: number;
+
+  @ApiProperty({
+    description: 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS',
+    example: '2020-07-21 12:44:22',
+  })
+  start_datetime: string;
+
+  @ApiProperty({
+    description: 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS',
+    example: '2020-07-21 12:44:22',
+  })
+  end_datetime: string;
+}