Description
Contact excludes breaks; practiceShare=practice/contact, while sessionMinutes adds breaks.
Extension-service time budgets distinguish contact, travel, closed cases, credited pauses and source-validity periods. Allocated person-time differs from elapsed time, while half-open source periods differ from closed deadline checks. A supplied deadline or pause is not automatically an official service requirement.
Contact excludes breaks; practiceShare=practice/contact, while sessionMinutes adds breaks.
When to use this tool
Use Farmer Training Practice Theory Time Split when checking the stated contact/travel, response or source-period convention.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter practiceMinutes, theoryMinutes, breaks. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read contactMinutes, practiceShare, sessionMinutes. Use the output convention below.
Require nonnegative practice/theory/break minutes and positive combined contact minutes. Contact excludes breaks; practiceShare=practice/contact, while sessionMinutes adds breaks.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| practiceMinutes | Practice Minutes | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| theoryMinutes | Theory Minutes | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| breaks | Breaks | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| contactMinutes | Contact Minutes | Required. Finite number. |
| practiceShare | Practice Share Unit: 1. | Required. Finite number. |
| sessionMinutes | Session Minutes | Required. Finite number. |
{
"input": {
"practiceMinutes": 60,
"theoryMinutes": 40,
"breaks": 20
},
"output": {
"contactMinutes": 100,
"practiceShare": 0.6,
"sessionMinutes": 120
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- Time allocation does not measure instructional quality, competence or an appropriate training balance.
- 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
Use verified clock, journey and source records with the governing service and reimbursement policies for actual performance or payment decisions.
References
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