Templates
Shift schedule templates that import.
16 proven shift patterns — from a weekend-heavy restaurant week to the DuPont rotation. Every one downloads as a CSV whose columns Weekwright's importer reads, so you edit names in a spreadsheet and upload rather than retyping a grid.
Restaurants & hospitality
Restaurants scheduling →Weekend-heavy restaurant schedule
294.5h / wkFri-Sun double coverage, quiet Mon-Tue
- Pattern
- Fixed weekly, demand-weighted
- Coverage
- Mon-Sun, 10:00-23:30
Split-shift restaurant schedule
254h / wkLunch and dinner services with a closed afternoon
- Pattern
- Split shift, two services
- Coverage
- Tue-Sun, 12:00-15:30 and 19:00-23:30
Late-night bar schedule
124h / wkThu-Sun, shifts running past midnight
- Pattern
- Fixed weekly, overnight
- Coverage
- Wed-Sun, 18:00-03:00
Café opening and closing schedule
177.5h / wkEarly open, mid-day overlap, clean close
- Pattern
- Fixed weekly, two overlapping shifts
- Coverage
- Mon-Sun, 06:30-19:00
Retail
Retail scheduling →Retail weekend coverage schedule
298h / wkSaturday double staffing, lean Monday
- Pattern
- Fixed weekly, traffic-weighted
- Coverage
- Mon-Sun, 09:30-20:30
Black Friday retail schedule
479h / wkExtended hours, all-hands peak, staged recovery
- Pattern
- One-week holiday spike
- Coverage
- Mon-Sun, 06:00-22:00 (Fri all-hands)
Two-shift retail store schedule
180h / wkClean AM/PM split, no overlap games
- Pattern
- Fixed weekly, two shifts
- Coverage
- Mon-Sat, 10:00-20:00
Healthcare & clinics
Healthcare scheduling →12-hour nursing shift schedule
1092h / wkThree 12s a week, day and night crews
- Pattern
- 3 on / 4 off, 12-hour shifts
- Coverage
- 24/7, 07:00-19:00 and 19:00-07:00
24/7 three-shift nursing rotation
952h / wkDays, evenings, nights — 8-hour shifts
- Pattern
- 3 × 8-hour shifts, continuous
- Coverage
- 24/7, 07:00 / 15:00 / 23:00 starts
Outpatient clinic weekday schedule
270h / wkMon-Fri sessions, front desk always covered
- Pattern
- Fixed weekly, session-based
- Coverage
- Mon-Fri, 08:00-18:00
Call centers & support
Call centers scheduling →24/7 call center schedule
960h / wkThree shifts, weighted to the daytime peak
- Pattern
- 3 × 8-hour shifts, continuous
- Coverage
- 24/7, 06:00 / 14:00 / 22:00 starts
Follow-the-sun support schedule
595h / wkThree regions, no night shifts anywhere
- Pattern
- Follow-the-sun handover
- Coverage
- 24/5 via 3 regional day shifts
Manufacturing & plants
Manufacturing scheduling →DuPont shift schedule
1008h / wk4 crews, 12-hour shifts, a full week off every 4
- Pattern
- DuPont — 4-week rotation, 12-hour shifts
- Coverage
- 24/7 continuous, 07:00 / 19:00 starts
Panama (2-2-3) shift schedule
1008h / wk2 on, 2 off, 3 on — every other weekend off
- Pattern
- Panama / Pitman — 2-week rotation, 12-hour shifts
- Coverage
- 24/7 continuous, 07:00 / 19:00 starts
4 on 4 off shift schedule
1093h / wkFour 12s, four days off, repeat
- Pattern
- 4 on / 4 off, 12-hour shifts
- Coverage
- 24/7 continuous, 07:00 / 19:00 starts
Three-shift manufacturing rotation
1080h / wkContinental 8-hour shifts, forward rotation
- Pattern
- Continental — 3 × 8-hour shifts, forward rotating
- Coverage
- 24/7 continuous, 06:00 / 14:00 / 22:00 starts
A template is a starting point, not an answer.
Every grid here is a shape that works for a typical team, which means it is wrong for yours in at least two places. Someone has Thursdays at college, someone else cannot close on a school night, and the person you would have put on Saturday just booked a holiday.
That gap is the actual work of scheduling, and it is what Weekwright automates: import the template once, then describe the exceptions in plain English. The agent drafts against your real availability, skills, and compliance rules — and shows you why it put each person where it did before you publish.
Each template page also lists what to watch out for with that pattern, because the reason a rota fails is rarely the grid. It is the turnaround between a Saturday close and a Sunday open, the structural overtime nobody budgeted, or a predictive-scheduling ordinance that fines you for the change you made on Thursday.
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