Lists of example shift patterns
We have constructed lists of example shift patterns (rosters, rotas) for continuous work based on 5 teams.
Spreadsheets, documents and RotaBases available:
 | 8 hour shifts |
| 12 hour shifts |
| 8 hour (weekdays) and 12 hour shifts (weekends) |
The traditional way of covering a 24/7 continuous operation is to use a 4-team system, based on 42 hours per week. However, some organisations need to cover with a lower number of weekly hours. The average number of hours that need to be rostered in a 5-team system is 33.6 hours, assuming paid mealbreaks and no handovers between shifts, which is lower than the typical contracted working week. There are a number of methods of using the "spare" hours, the difference between contracted weekly hours and the required rostered hours (ie. 33.6)
| annualised hours, in which a person is contracted to work a given number of hours per year and typically has fully or partially rostered holiday |
| use of a float (reserve, relief) team to cover holiday, sickness and other absence or operational requirements |
| additional rostered spare shifts |
| longer shifts with overlaps (handovers) |
Annualised hours
In addition to standard shift patterns based on 8, 12 or a mix of 8 and 12 hour shifts, we can also provide you with examples of annual rosters. Often, an organisation will construct an annual roster based on two different shift patterns - one with long breaks built in during the holiday periods, such as summer, and the other with rest days more evenly spread out . We can also construct bespoke annual rosters, taking into account, for example, shutdowns.
Contact
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Resource Analysts LtdTel: +44 (0)1273 202880 Email: info@rostering.co.uk