Staffing, peaks

Home office and field staffing (average and peak). 

General Approximate Construction Hours Approximate Engineering Hours Process Design Hours Project Duration/Peak Staffing Example Plan Contents Planning Rules of Thumb... 

The duration of the construction period as well as the peak staffing required can be determined from Fig. 5.1. 

Project durations and peak engineering and construction staffing can now be estimated with the aid of Fig. 5.1 and the pertinent rules of thumb in Section 5.1. 

This can be done easily by first laying out the duration of the various construction activities over the estimated 10-month construction duration period in the sequence indicated in Fig. 9.1. The estimated hours for each activity are then distributed over their corresponding durations and totaled, as illustrated in Fig. 9.2, to draw the projected construction staffing and progress curves. The staffing curve peak is 115 versus the 135 estimated with the rules of thumb in the conceptual estimate. 

After the durations have been adjusted, the estimated hours adjusted for productivity, if required, are distributed over the new durations to develop a revised peak staffing and construction progress curve. 

Fig. 9.2 shows that the field staff would peak at 115 workers instead of the anticipated 133 estimated with the validity check. It also shows the peak staffing for each discipline thus providing an excellent tool for an intelligent survey of local labor availability and contractors capabilities. 

In-house staffing is based on long-term workload projections, which focus on the peaks rather than the valleys. The CRO is used as a back-up, when the workload exceeds projections, or when staffing levels fall due to a hiring freeze. The CRO is treated as an extension of in-house staff and may be asked to relocate its personnel to the sponsor s site. In order to minimize risk, the sponsor contracts the minimum range of services and retains the critical activities for its own staff. The decision to use a CRO is delayed until all other options are exhausted. CRO evaluation and selection occurs at the eleventh hour in a crisis atmosphere, where time is the major concern, rather than quality or cost. 

Evidence is mixed about the use of contractors in the U.S. nuclear power industry. Some industry observers (e.g., Miller, 1998, pg. 27) recommended that power plant purchasers consider Staffing for baseload operation, using...contractors for peaks and outages, suggesting that outsourcing may increase with deregulation. However, economies of scale associated with... 

Most of CHEMTREC s Emergency Services specialists work a rotating shift of two 12-hour days, two 12-hour nights, and four days off. In addition to the 12 personnel assigned to shifts, two people work on weekdays during peak periods. The staffing schedule ensures that there are always enough personnel to handle the number of calls, which can be as many as 250 calls per day. 

While occasionally an OHS issue is of such immediate importance that peak employer associations and peak union bodies become involved, this is rare. More commonty, it is likely that an OHS issue arises which is common to mai r workplaces. It may be an old issue, such as fatigue at work, but with a new face, due to changes in workplace organizational structures, staffing and economics. The issue can then be dealt with at the tripartite OHS policy body level (where such a body exists). An expert working party... 

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