BCGBC4007A Plan building or construction work

Organise labour

Determining labour requirements 

Timing for labour
A Gantt chart is displayed which is a type of table displaying dates and tasks. In this table the column headings are the dates from 31 March to 25 April. The dates which represent weekends are lightly shaded out to indicate that no work is planned for weekends.
A task/activity list is given for the row headings as follows. Under the heading 'Arrange services' are listed: Connect electricity, Connect water supply, Book portable toilet and Fencing and signs. The second row heading is 'Set out site' which lists: Locate and inspect building site, Clear and level site, and Set out string lines. The third row heading is 'Excavation' which lists Excavate over site and Excavate footings. 
Some of the cells are filled in with a colour which indicating these are days for which work is planned. These are as follows:
•     	Connect electricity - coloured from 31 March to 2 April (inclusive)
•     	Connect water supply - coloured from 31 March to 3 April
•     	Book portable toilet - coloured from 31 March to 1 April
•     	Fencing and signs - coloured from 31 March to 4 April.
No work is done on 5 and 6 April. as these next two dates are lightly shaded indicating a weekend.
•	Locate and inspect building site - shaded from 7 April to 8 April
•	Clear and level site - coloured from 9 April to 11 April
•	Set out string lines - coloured on 14 April only
•	Excavate over site - coloured from 15 April to 18 April
•	Excavate footings – coloured from 21 April to 24 April.
There are two additional pieces of information. 
Clear and level site
Three days have been allowed for the clearing and levelling of the site so labourers will be requested at this time. If less time is needed, later tasks may be brought forward. If more time is needed (perhaps due to wet weather) subsequent jobs will have a later starting time, 

Excavate over site
Four days have been allowed for the excavation of the site so labourers will be required at this time.

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