Public Transit
Finding the right balance between logistical efficiency and employee fatigue is a constant challenge across all modes of transportation. For over 27 years CIRCADIAN has worked across every transportation sector to find creative win-win solutions to dispatching, scheduling, training and staffing issues.
Challenges
- Variable Workload – To meet customer needs, the transit schedules have inherent peaks in morning and afternoon rush hours. Scheduling these peaks can be a challenge without utilising a preponderance of “split” schedules.
- Scheduling Concerns – Because of the need for split schedules, employees often are forced to work long hours with minimal time at home on work days.
- Fatigue Management Plans – Gone are the days when simply having a fatigue management plan met the regulatory needs.
- Maximising Schedule Efficiency – Much care goes into maximising utilising equipment and crews. Deadheading and unproductive costs must be minimised to keep costs under control.
- Retaining Workforce – As the workforce ages, the health effects of shift work lifestyle become greater leading to absenteeism and staff turnover.
How CIRCADIAN AUSTRALIA can help you:
- Staffing Level Analysis – Using CIRCADIAN’s staffing software for transit, we can identify the ideal number of employees and crews to meet operational needs.
- Shift Schedule Optimisation - CIRCADIAN AUSTRALIA works with both managers and employees to identify a set of ideal schedule solutions to meet business and family/social needs as well as minimise the need for split schedules.
- Fatigue Risk Management Systems - Comprehensive fatigue management programs will map out the course of action to maintain high safety standards while reducing costs associated with fatigue-related errors and incidents.
- Managing a Shift Work Lifestyle – These programs assist shift workers with managing their personal health, which will help minimise healthcare costs and reduce turnover and absenteeism.
- Fatigue Training Online – The premier online fatigue management training program for the 24/7 workforce. This web-based system offers specialised training programs providing workers with practical solutions to maintain altertness, productivity, safety and high performance on-duty and get better sleep off-duty.