7 on 7 off schedule calendar generator

How the 7 on 7 off pattern works

Because the cycle is exactly two weeks, your weeks on and weeks off stay on the same days of the week. If the cycle starts on a Monday you always start on a Monday. Rotations like this are often written 7/7.

Also searched for as: 1 week on 1 week off, week on week off work schedule, 7/7 rotation.

The cycle is 14 days long: 7 shifts, 7 days off, and then it starts again.

Every crew, day by day

One full cycle for each crew, so you can see who covers what.

The numbers

A year is 365.25 days on average, so the yearly figures are averages; the calendar above counts the exact days of the year you pick.

Good and bad about 7 on 7 off

In its favour

• A whole week free every other week
• Easy to plan holidays and appointments around
• Each crew keeps the same days of the week

Against it

• Seven long days in a row
• Time away from home in the working week
• Overtime rules that count by week can apply to every working week

Who uses 7 on 7 off

Common on offshore platforms and vessels, at remote sites and in some security and residential care roles.

Employers run these patterns in slightly different ways, and a union contract or roster can differ from the version here. The grid above is exact for the cycle shown: if your roster differs, choose “My own cycle” in the calendar and type it in.

Other shift patterns

• 2 weeks on 2 weeks offFourteen days working, then fourteen days off, repeated.Open
• 3 on 3 offThree working days, then three days off, repeated.Open
• 2 weeks on 1 week offFourteen days working, then seven days off, repeated: a 21-day cycle that spends two thirds of the year at work.Open

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