The Continental shift schedule is a fast rotating shift pattern that uses 4 teams and three 8-hr shifts to provide 24/7 coverage. Each team rotates through a sequence of 2, 2, and 3 consecutive day shifts, swing shifts, night shifts, or days off. The following is a typical team schedule for a 4-week (28 days) repeat cycle: Week 1: 2 day shifts, 3 swing shifts, 2 night shifts Week 2:… Read More »Continental Shift Schedule for 24/7 Shift Coverage
The Panana schedule is is a slow rotating shift pattern that uses 4 teams and two 12-hr shifts to provide 24/7 coverage. The working and non-working days follow this pattern: 2 days on, 2 days off, 3 days on, 2 days off, 2 days on, 3 days off. Each team works the same shift (day or night) for 28 days then switches over to the other shift for the next… Read More »Panama Schedule for 24/7 Shift Coverage
This is a fast rotating shift pattern that uses 4 teams and two 12-hr shifts to provide 24/7 coverage. Each team works a sequence of 2 day shifts, followed by 2 night shifts, then taking 4 days off in each 8-day period. After 8 days, the same sequence starts over. Characteristics Plan ID C4TR12-1 Name Fast 12 Plan Applicability 24/7 operations Teams Required 4 Shifts Day (12-hr), Night (12-hr)… Read More »Fast 12 Shift Pattern | 24/7 Shift Coverage
Similar to the 21 Team Fixed 8 5D Plan, this plan is a fixed (no rotation) plan that uses 21 teams and three 8-hr shifts to provide 24/7 coverage. It maximizes the number of consecutive days off while still averaging 40 hours per week. Over a 7 week cycle, each employee has two 3 consecutive days off and is required to work 6 consecutive days on 5 of the 7… Read More »21 Team Fixed 8 Hour 6D Shift Pattern | 24/7 Shift Covarage
This is a fixed (no rotation) plan that uses 21 teams and three 8-hr shifts to provide 24/7 coverage. Each employee is scheduled to work 5 days, 40 hours per week, and take 2 days off. On any given day, 15 teams will be scheduled to work and 6 teams will be off. Each shift will be staffed by 5 teams so the minimum number of employees per shift is… Read More »21 Team Fixed 8 Hour 5D Shift Pattern | 24/7 Shift Coverage
This is a fixed (no rotation) shift pattern that uses 3 teams working 24-hr shifts to provide 24/7 coverage. Each team repeats the following sequence over a 63 day period: 1 day on, 1 day off, 1 day on, 1 day off, 1 day on, 4 days off. Characteristics Plan ID C3TF24-1 Name 3 Team Fixed 24 Plan Applicability 24/7 operations Teams Required 3 Shifts Day (24-hr) Repeat Cycle… Read More »3 Team Fixed 24 Hour Shift Pattern | 24/7 Shift Coverage
This plan uses 3 teams and two 12-hr shifts to provide 24/7 coverage. Each team works 7 consecutive day shifts, 7 consecutive night shifts, then takes 7 days off. Characteristics Plan ID C3TR12-3 Name Extended 12 Plan Applicability 24/7 operations Teams Required 3 Shifts Day (12-hr), Night (12-hr) Repeat Cycle 21 days Rotation Rotating between day and night shifts every week Average Hours per Week 56 Staffing Fluctuation Balanced from… Read More »Extended 12 Hour Shift Pattern | 24/7 Shift Coverage
This shift pattern supports 24/7 operations with lower staffing demands for the swing and night shifts. On any given day, the day shift is staffed by 2 teams while the swing and the night shift are each staffed by only one team. The plan uses 6 teams with each team rotating through the following 3-4 shift sequences during a 6 week period: Week 1: 3 day shifts, 4 swing shifts… Read More »Low Night Demand Shift Pattern | 24/7 Shift Coverage
This is a fast rotation shift pattern that uses 4 teams and a combination of three 8-hr shifts on weekdays and two 12-hr shifts on weekends to provide 24/7 coverage. Each team rotates through the following shift sequence over a 4 week period: Week 1: Five 8-hr day shifts, two 12-hr day shifts Week 2: Three days off, two 8-hr night shifts, two 12-hr night shifts Week 3: Three 8-hr… Read More »8 Plus 12 Shift Pattern | 24/7 Shift Coverage
This is a fast rotation shift pattern that uses 3 teams and two 12-hr shifts to provide 24/7 coverage. Each team rotates through the following sequence every six days: 2 day shifts, 2 night shifts, and 2 days off. Characteristics Plan ID C3TR12-2 Name DDNNOO Plan Applicability 24/7 operations Teams Required 3 Shifts Day (12-hr), Night (12-hr) Repeat Cycle 6 days Rotation Fast rotation between day and night shifts… Read More »DDNNOO Shift Pattern | 24/7 Shift Coverage