{"id":567,"date":"2011-03-18T15:02:35","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T22:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.bmscentral.com\/employee-scheduling\/?p=567"},"modified":"2011-03-18T15:02:35","modified_gmt":"2011-03-18T22:02:35","slug":"employee-scheduling-example-247-12-hr-shifts-staff-with-only-night-availability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bmscentral.com\/learn-employee-scheduling\/employee-scheduling-example-247-12-hr-shifts-staff-with-only-night-availability\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee Scheduling Example: 24\/7, 12 hr shifts, staff with only night availability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>&#8220;My fire department\u00a0has 9 full-time employees and 5 volunteer employees. My volunteer employees can only work night shifts. I need a work schedule\u00a0with 4 employees on the day and night shift each, 24\/7. I also don&#8217;t want my employees to average more than 50 hours per week.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We first draw attention to the fact that there are 28 night shifts and 28 day shifts that need to be covered per week. With 5 volunteer employees who must work nights, we will need to schedule some of the full-time employees on the night shifts as well. We will also need to make sure we properly rotate employees from day to night shifts.<\/p>\n<p>To accomplish this shift schedule we will be building a rotation for 7 teams, assigning two employees to each team. One of the teams will need to include a full-time and a volunteer employee.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/bmscentral.com\/learn-employee-scheduling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/031811_2201_EmployeeSch1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To create a schedule file using Snap Schedule Employee Scheduling Software, follow these steps:<\/p>\n<p>1) Create a new schedule file. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snap-schedule.net\/videofiles\/EmptySchedule\/video.htm\">Click here<\/a> to see the video tutorial.<\/p>\n<p>2) Create 14 employees and 7 teams. Assign two employees to each team.<\/p>\n<p>3) Create two 12-hour shifts to cover the 24 hours of operation.<\/p>\n<p>4) Using the Manage Shift Patterns command, create a new shift pattern as shown<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/bmscentral.com\/learn-employee-scheduling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/031811_2201_EmployeeSch2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>5) Using the Manage Schedule Plan, create a new schedule plan as shown below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/bmscentral.com\/learn-employee-scheduling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/031811_2201_EmployeeSch3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>6) To generate employee work schedules (shift assignments)\u00a0from this plan, click on the Generate Schedule button and follow the on-screen instructions. Once completed, review the schedule assignments and make adjustments as required. Use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmscentral.com\" target=\"_blank\">Snap Schedule Employee Scheduling Software <\/a>to manage vacations, holidays, time offs, and to print and distribute work schedules.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;My fire department\u00a0has 9 full-time employees and 5 volunteer employees. My volunteer employees can only work night shifts. I need a work schedule\u00a0with 4 employees on the day and night shift each, 24\/7. 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