Plan shift coverage without hiding the staffing assumptions
Operational calculators and guides for FTE, 24/7 coverage, headcount, relief factors, absence allowances, shift overlap, break coverage and skill-mix planning.
Useful structure, not false certainty.
A schedule can look covered while still ignoring leave, training, breaks, handovers or skill requirements. The tools make those assumptions explicit.
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FTE Calculator
Convert required annual work hours into full-time-equivalent staffing using a user-supplied annual hours assumption.
24/7 Coverage Calculator
Estimate raw weekly staffing hours and FTE needed to cover a fixed number of posts continuously.
Shift Headcount Calculator
Estimate average people required in a shift window from workload hours and productive hours per person.
Relief Factor Calculator
Estimate a simple relief multiplier from productive availability compared with paid or scheduled hours.
Absence Coverage Calculator
Estimate additional staffing capacity represented by a planning allowance for expected absences.
Shift Overlap Calculator
Estimate weekly overlap hours created by handover time between recurring shifts.
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Shift Coverage Basics
Translate required coverage into hours, FTE and actual schedule constraints.
FTE vs Headcount
Understand why a staffing requirement expressed as FTE does not equal a number of individual employees.
Planning 24/7 Staffing
Build from 168 weekly coverage hours before adding relief and scheduling realities.
Relief Factors Explained
Use a relief factor to show why one continuously needed position usually needs more than one employee worth of annual capacity.
Absence Allowances in Staffing Plans
Use historical or scenario allowances without making individual predictions.
Shift Overlap and Handover
Plan deliberate overlap for handoff, briefing and transition workload.
Safety, legal and professional boundaries
These are operational arithmetic tools, not employment-law, collective-agreement, payroll, occupational-safety or human-resources advice. Breaks, rest periods, overtime, maximum hours, scheduling notice, minimum staffing and qualifications vary by jurisdiction, contract, sector and workplace; verify the rules that actually apply.
Read the full disclaimer →Why user-supplied inputs matter
A transparent assumption is usually more useful than a universal number that ignores location, equipment, contracts or operating conditions.