Volunteer Types

Volunteer Types ancillary data defines different kinds of volunteers such those who volunteer on days off, before shifts, or after shifts.

Volunteers are employees who make themselves available for extra work beyond their regular work assignments. Volunteer types indicate when employees are available for extra work.

Table 1. Volunteer Types Ancillary Data
Field Description
Abbreviation Abbreviation for the volunteer type.
Assign If selected, include volunteers in the OPS Work Assignment Assistant screen.

Users can only select volunteer types that are marked as Assign.
Assign Profile Work assignment profile used by the Suggest Work tool in the Daily Activity screen to suggest open work for employees with this volunteer type.
BidUnit Group Bid Units ancillary groupp for which the volunteer type is valid.
Description Description of the volunteer type.
Employee Type Group Employee Types ancillary group associated with the volunteer type.
Enforce Full Week Enforces all days in the week to be used for the volunteer type. This can't be modified in screens that show the week template (for example, in the Employee Profile - Volunteer screen).
Flag Days the volunteer type is valid:
  • All
  • Holiday
  • Regular Day Off
  • Saturday
  • Sunday
  • Working Day
  • Week Days
Volunteers are filtered by flag value in the Daily Activity and Work Assignment Assistant screens. For example, if a volunteer type is only valid on Sundays, volunteers with this type don't appear in these screens for other days of the week.
From Time Start time of the period during which the volunteer type is valid.
Mandatory If selected, a volunteer type is mandatory for employees.

Your agency may also create a type for mandatory volunteers that's used when sites are short-staffed and need to mandate extra shifts.
Max. Months Time period for which employees must be volunteers for a mandatory volunteer type.
Max Daily Number Used Maximum number of assignments allowed per employee per day.
Max Used Maximum number of shifts a mandatory volunteer can be assigned in the time period established by the Usage Count Period for Assignment property.
Reset Interval Week Indicates when values are reset.
Restrict Employee Flag If selected, available employees are restricted those who have confirmed their status.
Sequence Sequence number that indicates the order of the volunteer type in the Daily Activity screen, and the priority in which they should be assigned work.

If you change the sequence of the volunteer types, you must activate or reactivate the day for the changes to take effect.
To Time End time of the period during which the volunteer type is valid.
Volunteer Type Integer that uniquely identifies the volunteer type.
Work Group Working Status ancillary group associated with the volunteer type.