CONTENTS

 

INTRODUCTION                                                                                                        1

 

BASIC ROTAS ONLY                                                                                                 5

 

NO ROTATION IN BLOCKS OF SHIFTS, RAPID ROTATION ACROSS

BLOCKS OF SHIFTS                                                                                                                                          5

 

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1      Blocks of 2 shifts followed by 2 Rest days                                                                                     6

2      Blocks of 2 shifts with 1 rest day after Days and 3 after Nights                                                 8

3      Blocks of 2 shifts with 1 rest day after Nights and 3 after Days                                                 10

4      Blocks of 2 and 3 shifts followed by 2 or 3 Rest days                                                                  12

5      Blocks of 2 and 3 shifts followed by 2 or 3 Rest days. Variant 1                                                14

6      Blocks of 3 shifts followed 3 Rest days                                                                                          16

7      Blocks of 3 shifts with 2 rest days after Days and 4 after Nights                                               18

8      Blocks of 3 shifts with 1 rest days after Days and 5 after Nights                                               20

9      Blocks of 3 and 4 shifts followed by 2 or 8 Rest days                                                                  22

10   Blocks of 3 and 4 shifts followed by 2 or 8 Rest days (Variant 1)                                              24

11   Blocks of 3 and 4 shifts followed by 1, 3 and 9 Rest days                                                          26

12   Blocks of 4 shifts followed by 4 Rest days                                                                                     28

13   Blocks of 4 shifts with 3 rest days after Days and 5 after Nights                                                30

14   Blocks of 4 shifts with 2 rest days after Days and 6 after Nights                                                32

15   Blocks of 4 shifts followed by 2 rest days and one 10 day rest day period every 32 days    34

16   Blocks of 4 shifts with 1 rest day after Days and 7 after Nights                                                 36

17   Blocks of 4 shifts followed by 2 rest days and one 16 day rest period every 8 weeks          38

18   Blocks of 4 and 5 shifts followed by 4 or 5 Rest days                                                                  40

19   Blocks of 4 and 5 shifts followed by 4 or 5 Rest days. Variant 1.                                               42

20   Blocks of 4 and 5 shifts followed by 4, 5 or 6 Rest days                                                             44

21   Blocks of 5 shifts followed by 5 Rest days                                                                                     46

22   Blocks of 5 shifts with 7 rest days after Days and 3 after Nights.                                              48

23   Blocks of 5 shifts with 2 rest days after Days and 8 after Nights.                                              50

 

NO ROTATION IN BLOCKS OF SHIFTS, SLOW ROTATION ACROSS

BLOCKS OF SHIFTS                                                                                                                                          53

 

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24   Blocks of 2 shifts followed by 2 Rest days (28 day switch point)                                              54

25   Blocks of 2 and 3 shifts followed by 2 or 3 Rest days (14 day switch point)                           56

26   Blocks of 2 and 3 shifts followed by 2 or 3 Rest days (14 day switch point) Variant 1          58

27   Blocks of 3 shifts followed by 3 Rest days (42 day switch point)                                               60

28   Blocks of 4 shifts followed by 4 Rest days (32 day switch point)                                               62

29   Blocks of 5 shifts followed by 5 Rest days (35 day switch point)                                               64

 

RAPID  ROTATION WITHIN BLOCKS OF SHIFTS.                                                                                       67

 

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30   Blocks of 4 shifts (2x2) followed by 4 Rest days                                                                           68

31   Blocks of 4 shifts followed by 2 or 6 rest days                                                                              70

32   Blocks of 4 shifts followed by 2 rest days and one 10 day rest period every 32 days           72

33   Blocks of 4 shifts followed by 2 rest days and one 16 day rest period every 8 weeks          74

34   Blocks of 4 and 5 shifts followed by 4 or 5 Rest days                                                                  76

35   Blocks of 6 shifts (3x3) followed by 6 Rest days                                                                           78

36   Blocks of 6 shifts(3x3) followed by 3 or 9 Rest days                                                                    80

 

 

MIXTURE OF NO ROTATION IN BLOCKS OF SHIFTS, RAPID ROTATION ACROSS

BLOCKS OF SHIFTS, SLOW ROTATION ACROSS BLOCKS OF SHIFTS, AND RAPID

ROTATION WITHIN BLOCKS OF SHIFTS.                                                                                                     83

 

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37   Blocks of 3 or 4 shifts followed by 1, 2 or 9 Rest days                                                                 84

38   Blocks of 4 shifts followed by 2 rest days and one 16 day rest period every 8 weeks          86

39   Blocks of 4 shifts followed by 2 rest days and one 16 day rest period every 8 weeks          88

        Variant 1

40   Blocks of 4 and 5 shifts followed by 4 or 5 Rest days                                                                  90

 

 

COMBINATIONS OF TWO, OR MORE, BASIC ROTAS                                          93

 

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41   Rota 12 with Rota 38                                                                                                                         94

42   Rota 12 with Rotas 10 and 17                                                                                                         96

43   Rota 12 with Rotas 10 and 39                                                                                                         98

44   Rota 30 with Rota 33.                                                                                                                        100

45   Rota 30 with Rotas 32 and 33                                                                                                         102

 

 

GLOSSARY                                                                                                                105

 

BESPOKE ROTAS                                                                                                                                    139