How To Calculate Man Hours
Man hours is the total hour worked over a specific period of time. As a health and safety personnel you need to understand how to calculate man-hour since it is necessary for determining the health and Safety performance.
Man-hours are a crucial element in submitting a winning project bid as well as charging for work completed. Because labor constitutes such a large portion of any contract work, estimating and reporting hours accurately is crucial to having a successful business.
How to calculate man hours formula =
Total hours work a day x Total number of workers x Total numbers of days worked over the specific period of time
Example:
Consider that:
- Number of hours worked a day: 8 hours
- Total number of workers: 20 workers
- Specific period of time: 3 months – 90 days (January – March), minus weekends and public holidays.
Assuming that weekend and public holidays = 24 days
We subtract 24 from the number of days within the 3 months
90 – 24 = 66 days
Hence;
Man-hour = 8 x 20 x 66
= 10,560 hours.
From the example above, man-hour is calculated from simple parameter.
You can substitute the values with your organization’s specific value to determine the man-hour for a specific period for your organization.
Note that: Man-hour is an integral factor in measuring Health and safety performance.
An organization that records 5 LTI in every 10,000 man-hour every 3 months and the organization that record 10 LTI in every 100,000 man-hour every 3 month poses different Health and safety performance level. Judging by the man-hour and the LTI recorded, the second organization has a better Health and Safety performance.
This is the essence of knowing the man-hour.
