Workforce learning-hour allocation calculator

Calculate earliest-date training person-hours by team/date and total assigned training person-hours with your own figures.

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Use earliest-date training person-hours by team/date and total assigned training person-hours to compare changes to your inputs. The method and limits below explain the scope.

Examples

Examples

Try the starting example

Teams: name, required training person-hours, staff, minimum staff kept working, hours per person per listed day
A,24,5,3,8 B,10,3,2,8
Available training dates, ascending, comma-separated
2026-10-20,2026-10-21
Earliest-date training person-hours by team/date
A/2026-10-20: 16; A/2026-10-21: 8; B/2026-10-20: 8; B/2026-10-21: 2
Total assigned training person-hours
34
Unmet training person-hours by team
A: 0; B: 0
Unused training capacity across listed days (person-hours)
14
Remaining ordinary-work person-hours across listed days
94

Try another scenario

Teams: name, required training person-hours, staff, minimum staff kept working, hours per person per listed day
A,40,5,3,8 B,10,3,2,8
Available training dates, ascending, comma-separated
2026-10-20,2026-10-21
Earliest-date training person-hours by team/date
A/2026-10-20: 16; A/2026-10-21: 16; B/2026-10-20: 8; B/2026-10-21: 2
Total assigned training person-hours
42
Unmet training person-hours by team
A: 8; B: 0
Unused training capacity across listed days (person-hours)
6
Remaining ordinary-work person-hours across listed days
86
Calculation method

Calculation method

Earliest-date training person-hours by team/date

For each team independently use (staff−minimum kept working)×hours/day capacity, allocating requested person-hours to dates in order.

Total assigned training person-hours

Sum assigned hours.

Unmet training person-hours by team

max(0,required−assigned) for each team.

Unused training capacity across listed days (person-hours)

Total released person-hour capacity−assigned training.

Remaining ordinary-work person-hours across listed days

Total staff×daily hours×listed days−assigned training, retaining minimum ordinary-work capacity.

Symbols and units
a
Teams: name, required training person-hours, staff, minimum staff kept working, hours per person per listed day
b
Available training dates, ascending, comma-separated

Use the units shown. A list keeps the order in which you enter its values. The symbol ^ means “raised to the power of”.

Assumptions & limits

Assumptions & limits

  • An aggregate earliest-date person-hour allocation. Hours are divisible; it does not assign individual people, ensure skill coverage, handle indivisible courses or authorize understaffing. The supplied minimum is a scenario input.
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Further reading

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