Manpower, Rosters and the Cost of a Post
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Most of the cost of guarding is people. A client who asks for "one guard at the gate, day and night" is really asking for four or five people, once you count every hour of the week, weekly rest, leave and absence. An agency that prices a post as if it needs fewer people either loses money, or quietly underpays its guards, overworks them, or leaves posts empty.
This module shows how to work out the manpower a post really needs, how shift patterns change the cost, what goes into the price of a post, and why a price that looks too low usually is.
Focus: count the hours, plan for relief, build the cost honestly, and pay people correctly and on time.
Learning objectives
- Work out how many guards a post needs, including relief.
- Compare common shift patterns and their effect on cost and fatigue.
- List the parts of the cost of a post.
- Explain the main statutory wage costs and how they are worked out.
- Spot a price that cannot cover lawful wages and dues.
- Choose and run an attendance system without collecting more personal data than you need.
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