Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify operational requirements
- Current operations and exercises are identified and their resource requirements determined and recorded in accordance with organisational requirements.
- Contingency requirements are identified for possible operational problems and included in the planning cycle.
- Support activities are identified and included.
- Available resources are identified and prioritised in relation to the importance of operational tasks, risk management and workplace health and safety requirements.
- Allocate resources
- Develop rosters
- Rosters are devised to cover operational requirements while accounting for planned leave, possible absences and agreed working conditions.
- Rosters are developed to make best use of the available skill base to meet operational requirements and constraints and any strategic imperatives.
- Personal and cultural circumstances of staff as well as organisational requirements are taken into account where possible in the development of rosters.
- Rosters are developed that provide sufficient flexibility to allow for contingencies to be addressed if required.
- Rostering takes account of occupational health, safety and other legislative requirements.
- Communicate requirements
- Resource plans and rosters are circulated for review by those concerned to allow for input and enable unforeseen circumstances to be incorporated.
- Rosters are presented in the required format and within designated timelines so staff are aware of their responsibilities with sufficient lead time to organise personal arrangements if needed.
- Deploy, monitor and adjust resources
- Resources are deployed and operations continually monitored to ensure that objectives are achievable within resource and legal constraints.
- Operations are assessed at regular intervals against competing demands, to confirm priorities and monitor or adjust resource allocation and staff deployment.
- Resource allocation and staff rostering is reviewed at the completion of operations to identify areas for improvement and lessons learned.
- Maintain records