Video: A roster in 3 minutes
To get you off to the best possible start we recommend you watch this short 'walk through' video.
Key guides
These guides cover the info you need to set up and manage rosters using the Roster Builder.
Quick start guide - How to build a roster in under three minutes.
Quick reference guide - Helps you navigate the menus and screens of the DairyNZ Roster Builder.
Next steps
- A quick guide to the shuffle staff screen can be found here.
- A short video demonstrating how you can shuffle and prioritise employees can be found here.
- Some run-throughs demonstrating how to:
- Change and edit rotations
- Print and share your roster
- View, edit and approve leave
- How to create a roster pattern - e.g. setting up 16hr milkings
- How to add a farm administrator - want to let someone else edit your rosters?
- Different user types - what can people do when they login to your roster builder account?
- To use casual staff in the Roster Builder. You can:
- Quickly add a casual into a single day/shift, as might be needed to accommodate extra staff for herd testing
- Add a casual with no set rotation, in the case of a casual who is available anytime as needed
- Use a permanent staff member as a casual, as in the case of a farm owner on a regular rotation and filling in where needed
- Incorporate a casual working only weekends into your roster
- Using relief milkers feature - useful when you want to only add an employee to fill gaps
