We have constructed lists of shift patterns (rosters, rotas)  used in "discontinuous" operations covering 7 days a week. A discontinuous operation is one in which shifts are rostered to cover part of the day but not the full 24 hours. They are based on the following number of teams:

2 teams
3 teams
3.5 teams
4 teams
5 teams
6 teams
7 teams
12 teams
14 teams

Each list is available in the following formats:

Microsoft Excel spreadsheet
Microsoft Word document
RotaBase (a database of rotas that can be opened by our two software products, RotaBase and RotaView)

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2 teams

Early and late shifts - average of 5 per week

2 teams
alternating weeks of earlies and lates
Word document
Mon-Fri: 5/6th of a team on early, 5/6th on late
Sat-Sun: 5/6th team on early (or days)
5 weekends worked in 12
1 example 
Mon-Fri: 9/10th of a team on early, 9/10th on late
Sat-Sun: 1/2 team on early (or days)
1 weekend worked in 4
1 example

Day shifts - average of 3.5 per week

2 teams
on each day of the week: one team on days; one team resting
average shifts rostered per team per week = 3.5
average rest days per team per week = 3.5
based on a day shift of 12 hours, average hours rostered per week = 42
5 examples

3 teams

Early and late shifts - average of 4.67 per week

3 teams
on each day of the week: one team on earlies; one team on lates; one resting
average shifts rostered per team per week = 4.67
average rest days per team per week = 2.33
typical period covered during day = 17 hours (for example: early 0600-1430, late 1430-2300. Assuming unpaid mealbreaks, average hours rostered per week per team = 39.67)
rotating earlies and lates (9 examples)
dedicated earlies and  dedicated lates (6 examples)

Early and lates (Mon-Fri) days (Sat-Sun) - average of 4 per week

3 teams
Word document
Mon-Fri:one team on earlies; one team on lates; one resting
Sat-Sun: one team on days; two resting
average of one weekend worked in three
average shifts rostered per team per week = 4
average rest days per team per week = 3
based on 9-hour early and late shifts (Mon-Fri) and 12-hour day shift (Sat-Sun), average hours per week = 38
5 examples

Early and late shifts (ratio of earlies to lates 3:4) - average of 4.08 per week

3 teams
each team split into 4 groups
on each day of the week: one team on earlies; one team on lates; one resting
on the early shift, one of the 4 groups on rest day
on each day of the week, 3 groups on early and 4 groups on late
average shifts rostered per team per week = 4.08
average rest days per team per week = 2.91
typical period covered = 18 to 20 hours 
based on 9-hour shifts (18 hours covered in the day), average hours per week = 36.75
2 examples

Early and late shifts (ratio of earlies to late: Mon-Fri = 3:5, Sat-Sun = 3:4) - average of 4.5 per week

3 teams
each team split into 4 groups
on each day of the week: one team on earlies; one team on lates; one resting
from the early shift, one of the 4 groups rostered on lates (Mon-Fri) or rest day (Sat-Sun) 
each day of the week: 3 groups on early
Mon-Fri: 5 groups on late
Sat-Sun: 4 groups on late
average shifts rostered per team per week = 4.5
average rest days per team per week = 2.5
typical period covered = 16 to 18 hours 
based on 8-hour shifts (16 hours covered in the day), average hours per week = 36
6 examples

Day shifts - average of 4.67 per week

3 teams
on each day of the week: two teams on days; one resting
average shifts rostered per team per week = 4.67
average rest days per team per week = 2.33
assuming  shifts are 8-hours paid, average hours rostered per week = 37.3
5 examples

Day and relief shifts - average of 4.67 per week

3 teams
on each day of the week: one team on days; one on relief and one resting
average shifts rostered per team per week = 4.67
average rest days per team per week = 2.33
assuming  shifts are 8-hours paid, average hours rostered per week = 37.3
13 examples

Early, late and some day shifts - average of 5 per week

3 teams
on each day of the week: one team on earlies and one team on lates
on one day of the week: in addition to the early and late shift, the third team on days
typical period covered each day = 16 hours (for example, early:06:00-14:00 and late: 14:00-22:00)
average shifts rostered per team per week = 5
average rest days per team per week = 2
assuming  shifts are 8-hours paid, average hours rostered per week = 40
5 examples

Day shifts - average of 5 per week

3 teams
on 6 days of the week: two teams on days; one resting
on 1 day of the week: three teams on days
average shifts rostered per team per week = 5
average rest days per team per week = 2
assuming  shifts are 8-hours paid, average hours rostered per week = 40
5 examples

3.5 teams

Early and late shifts - average of 4 per week

3.5 teams
Rotas based on 7 half-teams. A team consists of 2 half-teams. One half-team can be paired with any other half-team. Can be implications regarding mix of skills, grades etc.
on each day of the week: two half-teams on earlies, two half-teams on lates and 3 half-teams resting
average shifts rostered per team per week = 4
average rest days per team per week = 3
typical period covered each day = 20 hours (for example, early:04:00-14:00 and late: 14:00-24:00)
assuming  shifts are 10-hours paid, average hours rostered per week = 40
4 examples

4 teams

Day shifts - average of 5.25 per week

4 teams
on each day of the week: three teams on days
average shifts rostered per team per week = 5.25
average rest days per team per week = 1.75
assuming 8-hour shifts, average hours per week = 42
10 examples

Early and late shifts + day shift, Mon-Fri - average of 4.75 per week

4 teams
on each day of the week: one team on earlies; one team on lates
Mon-Fri, one team on days
average shifts rostered per team per week = 4.75
average rest days per team per week = 2.25
assuming 8-hour shifts, average hours per week = 38
4 examples

Early and late shifts + day shift, two days a week - average of 4 per week

4 teams
on each day of the week: one team on earlies; one team on lates
on two days of the week, one team on days
average shifts rostered per team per week = 4
average rest days per team per week = 3
assuming 10-hour shifts, average hours per week = 40
4 examples

5 teams

Early, day and late shifts - average of 4.2 per week

5 teams
on each day of the week: one team on earlies; one team on lates, and one team on days
average shifts rostered per team per week = 4.2
average rest days per team per week = 2.8
assuming 9-hour shifts, average hours per week = 37.8
assuming 10-hour shifts, average hours per week = 42
13 examples

6 teams

Early, day and late shifts - average of 3.5 per week

6 teams
on each day of the week: one team on earlies; one team on lates, and one team on days
average shifts rostered per team per week = 3.5
average rest days per team per week = 3.5
assuming 10-hour shifts, average hours per week = 35
assuming 12-hour shifts, average hours per week = 42
8 examples

Day shifts, reduced cover at weekends  - average of 5 per week

6 teams
average shifts rostered per team per week = 5
average rest days per team per week = 2
assuming 8-hour shifts, average hours per week = 40
Mon-Fri: 5 teams on; Sat: 3 team on; Sun: 2 teams on (4 examples)
Ratio of shifts - Mon: Tue: Wed: Thu: Fri: Sat: Sun = 15:16:16:16:15:6:6 (1 example)

Day shifts, reduced cover at weekends  - average of 4.83 per week

6 teams
Mon-Fri: 5 teams on
Sat-Sun: 2 team on
average shifts rostered per team per week = 4.83
average rest days per team per week = 2.17
assuming 8-hour shifts, average hours per week = 38.67
5 examples

7 teams

Early, late and day shifts - average of 5 per week

7 teams
on each day of the week, two teams on early, two teams on late and two teams resting
average shifts rostered per team per week = 5
average rest days per team per week = 2
assuming  shifts are 8-hours paid, average hours rostered per week = 40
3 examples

Day shifts - average of 5 per week

7 teams
on each day of the week: five teams on days; two teams resting
average shifts rostered per team per week = 5
average rest days per team per week = 2
assuming  shifts are 8-hours paid, average hours rostered per week = 40
3 examples

Day shifts - average of 4.86 per week

7 teams
Mon-Sat 5 teams, Sun: 4 teams
average shifts rostered per team per week = 4.86
average rest days per team per week = 2.14
assuming  shifts are 8-hours paid, average hours rostered per week = 38.9
1 example
Microsoft Word document

12 teams

Early and late shifts (ratio 3:4) - average of 4.08 per week

12 teams
on each day of the week: 3 teams on earlies; 4 teams on lates; 5 resting
average shifts rostered per team per week = 4.08
average rest days per team per week = 2.91
typical period covered = 18 to 20 hours 
based on 9-hour shifts (18 hours covered in the day), average hours per week = 36.75
2 examples

14 teams

Early and late shifts - average of 5 per week

14 teams
on each day of the week:  five teams on early, five teams on late and four  teams resting
average shifts rostered per team per week = 5
average rest days per team per week = 2
assuming  shifts are 8-hours paid, average hours rostered per week = 40
3 examples

Day shifts with reduced weekend cover - average of 5 per week

14 teams
average shifts rostered per team per week = 5
average rest days per team per week = 2
assuming  shifts are 8-hours paid, average hours rostered per week = 40
Mon-Fri: 12 teams rostered; Sat-Sun: 5 teams rostered (1 example)