Preview a 2-2-3 (Pitman/Panama) rotation, understand its 14-day rhythm, and then test whether your real workforce can sustain the coverage.
A 2-2-3 schedule is a 14-day repeating rotation commonly used with 12-hour shifts: two days on, two off, three on, followed by the inverse week. It produces seven working shifts per 14 days, averaging 42 hours per week on 12-hour shifts.
Choose the first work day of the cycle. This previews the repeating calendar pattern. Then add your actual staff below to create a schedule around availability, qualifications and rest rules.
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The first week follows two work days, two off days and three work days. The second week reverses that rhythm, creating two work days, three off days and two work days before the cycle repeats.
The pattern limits the longest work run to three consecutive days and gives crews a three-day break every other week. With correctly offset crews, it can support round-the-clock day and night coverage.
A rotation can be perfectly balanced on paper and still be impossible to staff. Specialist qualifications, leave, night restrictions, part-time availability, minimum rest and weekly hours can all make a seemingly balanced pattern impossible to staff.
Use the pattern generator to understand the rhythm, then add your real staff, availability, qualifications and work rules to see whether the roster actually works.
Scheduling patterns and staffing formulas are planning aids. Whether the schedule works depends on the workers, roles, qualifications, availability, leave, rest rules and other requirements that apply to your organisation.
The names are often used for closely related 14-day 12-hour rotations built around a 2-on, 2-off, 3-on rhythm. Organisations may implement day/night crew changes differently, so the exact local pattern should still be confirmed.
With 12-hour shifts, seven shifts over 14 days equals 84 hours per cycle, which averages 42 hours per week.
Neither is universally better. 2-2-3 has a shorter maximum run of work days, while 4-on-4-off provides four-day off blocks. The better choice depends on coverage, fatigue controls, workforce preferences and local rules.
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