Evaluation of a 12-hour/day shift schedule

Conference · Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986

OSTI ID:5087587

Lewis, P M; Swaim, D J

In April 1985, the operating crews at the Fast Flux Test Facility near Richland, Washington, changed their rotating shift schedule from an 8- to a 12-hour/day work schedule. The primary purpose of the change was to reduce the attrition of operators by increasing their job satisfaction. Eighty-four percent of the operators favored the change. A program was established to evaluate the effects on plant performance, operator alertness, attrition, sleep, health, job satisfaction, and off-the-job satisfaction. Preliminary results from that evaluation program indicate that the 12-hour shift schedule is a reasonable alternative to an 8-hour schedule at this facility.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA); Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 5087587
• Report Number(s): PNL-SA-14093; CONF-8609105-4; ON: DE87000821
• Resource Relation: Conference: Annual meeting of the Human Factors Society, Dayton, OH, USA, 30 Sep 1986
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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