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7 on 7 off shift calendar 2028

7 on 7 off is exactly what it sounds like: seven straight 12 hour shifts, then seven days off. Hospitals run it for hospitalists and some nursing units, and it is standard for camp based oil and gas, mining, and other remote work where travel eats the edges of a rotation.

The appeal is obvious: half the year off, in whole week blocks. The catch is the work week itself, 84 hours in seven days, and the fact that the weekdays you work are fixed for the whole year.

Suits people who commute far or work away, because one whole week off is worth more than seven scattered days. Seven straight 12 hour shifts leave nothing in the tank by day six.

Quick facts

Cycle length
14 days
Shifts per cycle
7 on, 7 off
Shift length
12 hours
Hours a week
42.3 on average
Crews for 24/7 cover
4
Full weekends off in 2028
26
7 on 7 off calendar 2028: twelve months with every worked day marked
Year at a glance. Open the full size image to save it.

7 on 7 off, days, 2028

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
MonWedFriSun
Day shift Night shift Recovery day Off Full weekend off

The grid shows a crew whose cycle starts January 1, 2028; other crews run the same rotation offset by a few days. The 14 day cycle divides evenly into weeks, so the rotation never drifts: whatever weekdays a crew works in January, it works in December. Crews on other phases can see very different weekends. To line the pattern up with your real start date, use the interactive shift pattern visualizer.

The 2028 numbers

Days

Full weekends off

26

Jan 1 crew; all crews: 22.7 on average (0 to 27)

Night shifts

0

184 day shifts

Recovery days

0

no night shifts to sleep off

Longest stretch

7

consecutive shifts

Nights

Full weekends off

0

Jan 1 crew; all crews: 18.9 on average (0 to 27)

Night shifts

184

0 day shifts

Recovery days

26

first day off after nights

Longest stretch

7

consecutive shifts

How many hours is 7 on 7 off in 2028?

Worked in full, 7 on 7 off in 2028 comes to 184 shifts of 12 hours: 2,208 hours, an average of 42.3 hours a week across the whole year. The nights variant works the same dates and the same 2,208 hours; the difference is that every one of them runs overnight. These figures assume every scheduled shift is worked: no overtime, no swaps, no sick days, no leave.

Put 7 on 7 off 2028 in your calendar

One file, every shift of the year, ready for Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, or Outlook. Shifts import with default times: day shifts 7am to 7pm, night shifts 7pm into the next morning (7am). Edit the times after import if your site runs different hours.

Download the days calendar (.ics) Download the nights calendar (.ics) Download the PDF Download as Excel (.xlsx): Days Download as Excel (.xlsx): Nights Download as CSV: Days Download as CSV: Nights

A perfect rotation fits in a calendar file. A real roster does not.

Swaps, overtime, and holiday cover break the pattern. Reading a real roster is what the Lumical app does: photograph it and every shift lands in your calendar, overnights included. We make it, so weigh the recommendation accordingly.

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Common questions

How does 7 on 7 off work?

Seven 12 hour shifts in a row, then seven days completely off, on a 14 day cycle. Two crews cover one post; four cover it around the clock with a days pair and a nights pair.

How many weekends off does 7 on 7 off give you?

More than most rotations, but your start day decides it. Averaged over every phase it is 22.7 on days (0 to 27). Start your block on a Monday and it swallows one weekend whole while the other stays free: 27 a year. Start on a Sunday and the block clips both weekends of the cycle, which can drive a full year to 0. The January 1 crew in 2028 gets 26.

How many hours a year is 7 on 7 off?

2,208 hours in 2028: 184 shifts of 12 hours. The average is 42.3 a week, but it arrives as alternating 84 hour weeks and empty ones.

Is 7 on 7 off nights different?

Same dates, harder edges. Each block ends in a recovery day (26 in 2028), and any block holding a Friday night costs that weekend. Nights average 18.9 full weekends against 22.7 on days.

Does 7 on 7 off rotate through the week?

No. Fourteen days is exactly two weeks, so your on week covers the same weekdays all year. Which weekdays those are gets decided once, when your crew is phased in.

How many days will you work on 7 on 7 off in 2028?

184 shifts, which comes to 2,208 hours at 12 hours each. That leaves 182 days off. The count moves by a shift or two depending on where your crew sits in the cycle on January 1.

How many crews does 7 on 7 off need to cover 24 hours a day?

4. The cycle runs 14 days with 7 of them worked, so keeping one position filled every day takes 2 crews, and a 12 hours shift needs 2 positions to fill the day.

How do I get this calendar into Apple Calendar?

Download the .ics file on this page and open it on your iPhone or Mac. Apple Calendar offers to add the whole year in one go. That covers the textbook rotation. A real roster has swaps, overtime and cover shifts, and for that we make Lumical: photograph the roster and every shift lands in Apple Calendar. We make it, so read that with the obvious bias in mind.

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