Fatigue is inherent in any operation where employees work night or rotating shifts, long hours or many consecutive days. Long journeys compound the fatigue levels associated with shiftwork, especially during the first few shifts.
Employees traveling to remote locations may have being awake for 20 hours or more, or had only a few hours of sleep, often in a car or a plane, before starting their first shift. Moreover, traveling long distances over multiple time zones creates a circadian disruption that is commonly referred to as jet lag. In simple terms, this represents a desynchronization of human biological timing, which can significantly impair one’s state of well being, not to mention safety.
If this is your situation- Your operation is in a remote location and employees have to spend many hours, or even one day or more, to arrive to the workplace
- You have employees who are likely to suffer jet lag during their journey, because they live in a place that is 3 or more times zones from their workplace
- You are trying to optimize travel time and logistics for your employees, to minimize fatigue at arrival at the facility
This is how CIRCADIAN can help you:
CIRCADIAN has extensive experience helping companies with facilities in remote locations. CIRCADIAN has evaluated and designed journey management programs for companies with facilities located not only in the US, but also in Russia, South America and Africa, for industries from high latitude mining to off off-shore oil rigs.
CIRCADIAN’s Journey Management Program evaluates and makes recommendations regarding the following factors:
- Travel schedules and type of transportation
- Quality of accommodations during layovers
- Employee best practices before, during, and after traveling (sleep, meals, etc)