A technologist's skill set determines which workstations he or she can operate. A workstation's set of skill requirements determines which technologists can be assigned to it. Technologists may have no skills, one skill, or many skills. Likewise, a workstation may require any number of skills. Each technologist is assigned a bench weight.
Bench weight indicates an employee's general priority as a scheduling resource.
Employees with high bench weights are assigned to workstations before employees with lower bench weights. Top of Page For each skill that a technologist possesses, you may specify a skill weight. A skill weight indicates the priority for the technologist to be scheduled at a workstation requiring that particular skill. By assigning a high skill weight, you can ensure that the individual will likely be automatically scheduled to cover a workstation that requires that skill. By assigning a low skill weight, you can guarantee that the individual will only be automatically scheduled to a workstation requiring that skill if no other qualified technologists are available.