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PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS

CHAPTER 6: PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS

INTRODUCTION

The planning of personnel requirements includes planning for restrooms, food
services, and health services. Personnel requirements can be among the most difficult
to plan because of the number of philosophies relating to personnel. For example:

1. "Our firm is responsible for our employees from the moment they leave their home
until they return. We must provide adequate methods of getting to and from work."
2. "Employees spend one third of their life within our facility; we must help them

enjoy working here."
3. "A happy worker is a productive worker."
4. "Workers who do not feel well are unsafe workers; we should provide medical care
to maintain health."

5. "Except for individuals in private offices, no one is allowed to smoke in our
building."

All of these philosophies are debatable and none of them are universally
accepted. Nevertheless, if the management of a facility firmly adopts one of these

philosophies, little can be done by the facilities planner other than plan the facility to
conform with these philosophies. This chapter presents how to plan personnel
requirements into a facility, given the desires of management.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. How to set up personnel requirements in workplace

6.1 Restroom

A restroom should be located within 200 ft of every permanent workstation.
Decentralized restrooms often provide greater employee convenience than large, cen-
tralized restrooms. Mezzanine restrooms are common in production facilities as they
may be located where employees are centered without occupying valuable floor

space. However, access to restrooms must be available to handicapped employees.
Hence, some restrooms must be at ground level. In any event, the location should
comply with local zoning regulations.

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