About the Extra Work Screen

Extra work can be created and assigned in response to an unexpected event or as planned work.

Extra work in this section is discussed in the context of preparing for daily dispatching (that is, planned extra work, not ad hoc extra work). Planned extra work is created in the Extra Work screen. If you need to create extra work for overloads, instead of entering trip details for a piece of extra work, you can import details from fixed route runs in the database and set off-set times.

You can only import details if trip details aren't currently defined for the extra work. When you import trip details, the system shifts the times to match the extra work times. For example, if a piece of extra work begins at 8∶00, and you import a run where the first trip begins at 8∶15, the system adjusts all times to be 15 minutes earlier than in the original run. The system imports the selected trip details.

If the first imported trip doesn't begin at the extra work start time, the system shifts the first trip start time to the extra work start time, and shifts all other trip times by the same amount of time. The system doesn't import trips that extend past the extra work end time after their times are shifted.

Table 1. Extra Work Screen Toolbar Button Descriptions
Button	Label	Description
	Activate	Adds the work to daily activity.
	Characteristic Requirements	Shows the skills required to perform the extra work and manage the vehicle characteristics associated with this work.
	Cost Allocation	Associates the work to a labor account.
	Clone Record	Creates a copy of the selected record.
	Trip Details	Shows extra work trip details.
	OPS ExtraWork Line Allocation	Associates the work to a line account.
	Holidays	Shows holidays with the extra work's time frame.

Note: There is an OPS Training Class screen used for setting up training classes. This can also create extra work.

Extra work has three types:

Specials Work. Used for extra work that involves vehicle usage by a third party. An example of this is a chartered bus to a sporting event.
Standby Work. Work that involves being available as a substitute operator for work. An operator may wait in the driver lounge during standby work.
Casual Work. A catch-all group for extra work that doesn't classify as Specials Work or Standby Work.

Extra work can be broken into individual activities. These activities have activity codes created in the OPS Daily Activity Types ancillary data screen. For an extra work’s work subtype to be set as activity-based, select Activity Flag for the record in the Work Subtypes ancillary data screen.