Description
Always subtract unpaidBreak; subtract supervisedBreak-overlap only when excludeSupervised.
Adult-learning budgets allocate supplied time, observations, support hours and optional participation. Elapsed session time differs from assessor person-time or serial per-learner time. A completeness count or feasible time balance does not itself assess competence, accessibility or learning quality.
Always subtract unpaidBreak; subtract supervisedBreak-overlap only when excludeSupervised.
When to use this tool
Use Work Placement Break Time Exclusion when checking the stated adult-learning time, participation, resource or support-allocation convention.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter scheduled, unpaidBreak, overlappingBreak, supervisedBreak, excludeSupervised. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read counted. Use the output convention below.
Require nonnegative scheduled and break durations, valid overlap and break union within scheduled. Always subtract unpaidBreak; subtract supervisedBreak-overlap only when excludeSupervised.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| scheduled | Scheduled | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| unpaidBreak | Unpaid Break | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| overlappingBreak | Part already included in both unpaid and supervised breaks, subtracted only once. | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| supervisedBreak | Supervised Break | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| excludeSupervised | Exclude Supervised | Required. Boolean. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| counted | Counted | Required. Finite number. |
{
"input": {
"scheduled": 8,
"unpaidBreak": 1,
"overlappingBreak": 0.25,
"supervisedBreak": 0.5,
"excludeSupervised": true
},
"output": {
"counted": 6.75
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- Break treatment is a caller policy, not a determination of paid work, supervised learning or legal credit entitlement.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Review actual learner needs, activity plans and verified records with the responsible educational team for substantive scheduling and assessment decisions.
References
Similar or alternative tools
- Workplace Assessment Observation Time Term
Session=tasks*observation+briefing+feedback; assessor person-minutes multiply the full session by assessors.
- Evening Class Travel Study Time Share
Return total, travel/total and class+study as learningMinutes.