Staffing issues
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Colleagues, what is your staffing structure like? How about everyone shares their thoughts? Let me start by talking about our staffing. For this project, which involves 2.1 million tons of ion-exchange membrane caustic soda production in phases one and two, we operate on a four-shift system. Taking the personnel required for operation alone: 8 people are needed for electrolysis, 13 people for the synthesis workshop including liquid chlorine filling, 6 people for utility services related to brine processing, 10 people for tablet caustic production, 6 people for electrical operations, and 4 people for the laboratory. In addition, there is a shift supervisor, bringing the total number of employees to 48. Is the staff large?
It’s sufficient that the import process of equipment is highly automated. In my opinion, no matter how advanced automation becomes, humans remain the deciding factor. Issues related to people’s work attitude and sense of responsibility. If one lacks a sense of responsibility, it will become an issue sooner or later
The staffing level must be determined based on the degree of automation and the operational skills of the personnel in the positions.
It seems you don’t have many employees either. However, this staffing arrangement is related to many factors, mainly including the division of tasks within a process, the degree of automation of the equipment, the scope of work tasks, and the shift scheduling system. There may also be special factors such as staff reserves and personal relationships that have an impact. In short, it is necessary to assess the specific workload of the assigned personnel based on actual needs in order to determine it.
Whether there are many or few people depends on the level of automation.
The staffing level depends on the operational skills of the personnel in each position as well as the degree of automation; no matter how many people there are, if their skills are insufficient, all efforts will be in vain.