Work Roles

Work Roles is the catalog of what people can actually do — not the job they hold, but the skill a task demands. “Roof controller”, “First aider”, “Sound engineer — main desk”.

The catalog is worthless on its own. It earns its keep once people are tagged with their roles and templates say which role a slot requires.

Adding a role

Add work role needs a Name. Description is worth filling in when the name alone could be read more than one way — this is where you separate “Sound engineer” from “Sound engineer — main desk”. Sort order decides where the role lands in the lists.

Tiers decide who fits

Every assignment carries a tier: Primary, Secondary or Tertiary. It says how firmly the person holds the role, not how often they work.

A template requires a role and a minimum tier. A person counts as fillable for the slot when their tier on that role meets or exceeds the requirement. If the slot asks for secondary, both secondary and primary fill it; tertiary does not.

Tidying the catalog

Roles you no longer want used are set to Inactive with Deactivate. They drop out of new assignments without disturbing the history. Activate brings them back.

Assigned roles cannot be deleted

If the role is assigned to anyone, deletion is refused until those assignments are removed. The list shows how many assignments the role has, so you can see the scale before you start.