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Learning Curve is a means of granting an inexperienced employee additional time to perform a standard activity. Each review period the employee will be given a STAP (Standard Time Adjusted Percent) to work the activity. STAP is the additional time granted by applying an adjustment to the base standard time. After a certain amount of time the employee has worked that activity, they will progress in the plan which will decrease the amount of STAP received. This will repeat for each review period until 0% is reached. At this point, the employee has completed the learning curve and will no longer receive STAP when working the activity.

Each learning curve plan has a configured:

  1. Review Period - time frame that ProTrack will look into for the accumulated exposure time
  2. Minimum Exposure Hours - the required amount of time the employee must work in the activity before they can progress in the plan

If the employee does not meet the minimum exposure hours in a review period, ProTrack will look into the next review period to see if any hours were worked under the activity and accumulate the time. This accumulated time will then be compared against the minimum exposure hours. If the accumulated time exceeds the minimum exposure hours, the employee will progress in the learning curve for the next review period. This will continue until the employee has progressed through all the STAP levels (stepped progression).

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  • Duration = 14 weeks
  • Review period = 2 weeks
  • STAP = 35%
  • 35% ÷ (14 ÷ 2) = 5% adjustment per review period
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Accessing Learning Curve

  1. Log in to Proto ProTrack Warehouse.
  2. Select Learning Curve under the Employees menu. The Maintain Learning Curve screen appears. 
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    Fig.1 Maintain Learning CurveMaintain Learning Curve Field Descriptions from the Employees drop down menu.

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    Field

    Description

    Learning Curve Name

    Type the name of a learning curve plan which can be alphanumeric and must be unique.

    Facility

    Select a facility the learning curve plan will be associated to from the drop down list.

    Selection Criteria

    Select which type of criteria the plan will run on from the drop down list: Activity, Activity Group, or Zone

    Activity Group

    Select an activity group the plan will run on by clicking .

    Activity Name

    Select an activity the plan will run on by clicking .

    Zone Name

    Select a zone the plan will run on by clicking .

    Description

    Type additional information in the text area.

    Progression Type

    Select how the employee will progress through the plan. Currently there is only one option, 'Stepped Progression'.

    Std Time Adj %

    Enter a numeric value for the standard time adjustment % (STAP).

    Duration

    Enter a numeric value, either in days or weeks, that represents how long the plan will last once an employee has been assigned to the plan.

    Effective Date

    Select a date which the plan will become effective by clicking .

    Review Period

    Length of time which worked assignments will be reviewed to determine if the employee has progressed. Enter a numeric value, either in days or weeks.

    Min. Exposure Hours

    Enter a numeric value, in hours, that represents the minimum amount of hours an employee must work in order to be reviewed.

    Table 1. Maintain Learning Curve Descriptions 
    Maintain Learning Curve Tabs

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    Description

    Learning Curve

    Displays the details of the learning curve.

    Assign Employees

    Displays the employees assigned to the learning curve.

    Table 2. Maintain Learning Curve Tabs

 

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Adding New Learning Curve Plans

To add a new learning curve plan:

  1. Type the learning curve name.
  2. Select the facility which this plan will be associated to from the drop down list.
  3. Select which selection criteria the plan will focus on from the drop down list. 


    Fig.2 Maintain Learning Curve - Selection Criteria

     


  4. Select the activity, activity group, or zone you would like the plan to run on by clicking .

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    • Depending on which selection criteria you have chosen in the previous step will determine which field you will be able to click on the button.
  5. Enter the standard time adjustment % that will be given to employees.
  6. Enter the number of days or weeks the learning curve plan will run for.
  7. Select the date which the plan will become effective by clicking .
  8. Enter the number of days or weeks for the review period.
  9. Enter the number of minimum hours an employee must be exposed to the specified activity, activity group, or zone. 


    Fig.3 Maintain Learning Curve - Adding New Plan

     

  10. Select  to create the new learning curve plan.

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    • You can create learning curve plans without assigning employees to the plan.

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Assigning Employees

To assign employee(s) to a learning curve plan:

  1. Click on the 'Assign Employees' tab. 


    Fig.4 Maintain Learning Curve - Assign Employees

     


  2. Click 'Select Employees' link and a popup window appears. 


    Fig.5 Maintain Learning Curve - Select Employees 

  3. Select the employee(s) you want to assign to this learning curve plan and click .
  4. Click  to update the learning curve plan.

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