How many technicians working hours do you have?

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Dave
Lone tech 34hrs/wk, 950 students up to year 13, 9 science labs, 2 prep rooms, 5 engineering/DT rooms, 2 food tech and 1 textiles room. Great fun!
 
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Phystech

VickyVoo said:
We are trying to make a case for more technician hours. We have 1800 students (age 11-16), about 350 science lessons a week, with anywhere between 100 - 200 practicals, 14 labs and only 3 technicians, one of whom is part time.
We have been asked to find out how many combined technician hours a week other secondary schools have on average to see if we fall short. What sort of hours are normal for you?
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5 labs, 1.5 Technicians, 60 hours/ week, 750+ students.
 
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RHSChem

11 labs, 5 technicians (2 full time (term time plus a bit), 2 job share (term time plus a bit) plus 1 part-time (term time only)). 700 students Y7 to Y13.
136.4 technician hours worked Mon to Fri, plus three of us working minimum of 3.5 hours contracted overtime on Saturdays (term time).

I used the CLEAPSS formula several years ago to get an extra part-time technician as I was always working over my hours to get things done.
 
Nick Mitchener

Nick Mitchener

COMMITTEE
We have around 1100 students, but we are an upper school so Yr9-13. 3 techs, Chem and Bio on 37 hours a week TTO, me in Physics 25 hours a week TTO. I don't know how many teachers we have, I have four Physics teachers.
 
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tmcgoay

275hr/week science lessons across 11 rooms on 2 floors
2x 37hr/week TTO

Our cleapps service results were not good, going on there equation we would be overstaffed once we had 7 technicians
 
Nick Mitchener

Nick Mitchener

COMMITTEE
tmcgoay said:
275hr/week science lessons across 11 rooms on 2 floors
2x 37hr/week TTO

Our cleapps service results were not good, going on there equation we would be overstaffed once we had 7 technicians
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I think that thing needs revisiting, it is way off what is reasonable and seems like it just makes it easy for SLT to dismiss it as nonsense. I'd like to see the target as 3 subject specialists, and a part time washer upper in Chem.
 
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Andrew Symonds

Currently, 94 technician hours in total per week per year, 263 lessons per week, 14 labs plus classrooms, lessons are actually longer than an hour as we still have a 3 per day, this is due to increase to 4 per day next year and no sign of any extra help, I have not worked out the new service factor yet but it was well below recommendations before so I guess it will be even lower now as site wide PAT testing and first aid has been added to the jobs list. Good luck with getting someone in I see quite a few posts advertised for 3-4 months, presumably they eventually get suitable applicants whether they keep them is any ones guess.
 
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tmcgoay

Nick Mitchener said:
I think that thing needs revisiting, it is way off what is reasonable and seems like it just makes it easy for SLT to dismiss it as nonsense. I'd like to see the target as 3 subject specialists, and a part time washer upper in Chem.
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i think the service factor equation needs to be revisited, as you say its so high its easily dismissed by SLT. Currently i barely have time to load the dishwasher, let alone fix the ever-growing pile of damaged kit
 
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