Managing Shift Patterns Workshop

All inclusive in-person course in London 5th March 2026. Join our 'Managing Shift Patterns' workshop to simplify shifts with an additional 16 hours of videos, software & books. https://shiftpatterns.com/services/managing-shift-patterns-workshop/

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Course curriculum

1. Welcome to How to Manage Your Shift Operation
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2. Introduction to How to Manage Your Shift Pattern
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3. How to use this course
4. Before we begin...
1. Introduction to Calculating How Many Staff you Need.
2. How many staff do you need?
3. The Calculation
4. The Equation
5. Calculating Your Workload
6. Providing for Holidays
7. Covering for Absences
8. Allowing for Training
9. Rounding Procedures
10. Examples of security, production and maintenance operations
11. Incorporating Unpaid Breaks
12. Calculating Banked Hours
13. Preloading the Workload
14. Overtime Budget
15. Skills Mix Ratio
16. Using Part-time Employees
17. Working with Teams
18. European Working Time Directive
19. Headcount: How many staff do you need?
20. Headcount
21. Staffing Level Profile
22. Summary of Calculating How Many Staff You Need
23. How Many Staff do I need Quiz
1. Introduction to Annualised Hours
2. Calculating Annualised Hours
3. Annualised Hours
1. Introduction to Designing a Shift Pattern
2. Most Popular Shift Patterns
3. Office Shift Pattern
4. Shift Patterns
5. Shift Pattern Quiz
1. VisualrotaX
2. Software Download
3. Staff Records Tab
4. Information Tab
5. Report Tab
6. VisualrotaX Quiz
1. Introduction to Holiday Management
2. Managing Holidays
3. Holiday Quota Tool
4. Holiday Resource Management
5. Holiday Management Tools
6. Holiday Management Plan
7. Holidays Excluded Shift Pattern
8. Holiday Management Summary
9. Holiday Management Quiz
1. Introduction to Holidays Included
2. How to Change to Holidays Included
3. Hours Calculation
4. Example of Holidays Included Shift Pattern
5. 4on 4off examples
6. Holidays Included Shift Patterns Miscellaneous Topics
7. Swapping Shifts
8. Holidays Included Summary
9. Holidays Included Quiz
1. Introduction to Absence Cover
2. Why you need a Cover Arrangement
3. Notification Policy
4. Primary Principles
5. Cover Strategies
6. Scheduled Cover Options
7. Paying for Absence Cover
8. Cover Duration
9. Skills and Skills Matrix
10. Setting Up A Fairness Criteria
11. Overtime & Absence Cover
12. Number of Staff On-Call
13. Absence Summary
14. Absence Cover Quiz
1. Minimising Fatigue at Work
2. Rat Race
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3. Staff Correctly and Save Money
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4. Fatigue Quiz
1. Introduction to Banked Hours
2. Uses of Banked Hours
3. Calculating Banked Hours
4. What Happens in Practice
5. Fairness and Banked Hours
6. Bank Hours Quiz
1. Introduction to including training in your shift pattern
2. Including Training in your Shift Pattern
3. Training Matrix
4. Creating a Training Rota
5. Summary
6. Training Quiz
1. Business Sustainability in an Emergency
2. What if there is an emergency
3. Emergency Cover
4. Shift Pattern Examples
5. Overtime Payment Methods
1. Congrats! Here's what's next...
2. More resources for you
3. Course Notes on How to Manage Your Shift Operation
4. Glossary
5. Shift Pattern Review
6. New Starter
7. Staggered Lunch Breaks
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8. Shift Allowance
9. Before you go...

About this course

£660.00
103 lessons
16 hours of video content

Dr Moore

Managing Shift Patterns Workshop

Course curriculum

Welcome to the course!

Calculating How Many Staff You Need

Annualised Hours

Shift Patterns

VisualrotaX

Holiday Management Plan

Holidays Included Shift Arrangements

Absence Cover Arrangements

Fatigue

Banked Hours

Training

Emergency Shift Patterns

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