WorX Personal Academic
Workload Calculator

See also the accompanying load calculation proposal.

Latest revisions (March 2004) incorporate improved project load calculation, correction of totals for fractional appointments and extended documentation. Weights based on broad consultation during 1999-2000 pilot and subsequent feedback.

Copyright (C) 2000-2004 Damian Conway and Heinz Schmidt

Maintainer: Heinz Schmidt, improvement suggestions welcome.

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Summary

Nominal load (sum): 493.5 hours/year
11.48 hours/week
2.3 hours/day
 
(of 1505 hours/year target)
(of 35 hours/week target)
(of 7 hours/day target)
 
Your nominal load above is 32.79% of your target load
corresponding to your appointment fraction of 100%.
 
Balance: Administration:
Miscellaneous:
Community Engagement:
Career Development:
Research:
Teaching:
0%
32.73%
0%
2.03%
65.25%
0%
 
Update fields below and press `Recalculate now' to change load.

Appointment fraction: %

Category 1: Teaching (per-unit workload)

Develop new unit
Allocated load: 260 hr/yr/unit unit
Conversion of unit to WWW
Allocated load: 100 hr/yr/unit unit
Lecture new unit (new to lecturer)
Allocated load: 2 hr/yr/lecture/unit lecture
unit
Lecture (with revision)
Allocated load: 1.25 hr/yr/lecture/unit lecture
unit
Repeat, parallel, or night lecture
Allocated load: 1 hr/yr/lecture/unit lecture
unit
Admin assistance medium/large units
Allocated load: 43 hr/yr/unit unit
Units run as mostly seminars
Allocated load: 21.5 hr/yr/unit unit
Normal unit converted to reading unit
Allocated load: 10 hr/yr/unit unit
Examiners meetings
Allocated load: 8 hr/yr/year level year level
Coordinate Honours unit
Allocated load: 86 hr/yr/unit unit
Coordinate Masters unit
Allocated load: 86 hr/yr/unit unit
Tutorial/Lab
Allocated load: 1 hr/yr/contact hour contact hour
Tutorial preparation
Allocated load: 1.5 hr/yr/non-repeated tutorial non-repeated tutorial
Tutorial consultation
Allocated load: 1 hr/yr/contact hour contact hour
Final year industry project meetings
Allocated load: 1 hr/yr/project hour project hour
Final year industry project assessment
Allocated load: 23 hr/yr/project project

Category 2: Teaching (per-student workload)

Coordinate undergraduate unit
Allocated load: 0.5 hr/yr/student/unit student
unit
Coordinate Honours/Masters unit
Allocated load: 3 hr/yr/student/unit student
unit
Assignment marking
Allocated load: 15 min/yr/student/% contribution student
% contribution
Exam marking
Allocated load: 10 min/yr/student/% contribution student
% contribution
Supervision: F/T Research student
Allocated load: 64.5 hr/yr/student student
Supervision: F/T Research student (final year)
Allocated load: 86 hr/yr/student student
Supervision: Course Masters (50%, minor thesis)
Allocated load: 21.5 hr/yr/student student
Supervision: Course Masters (25%, minor thesis)
Allocated load: 10.75 hr/yr/student student
Supervision: F/T Honours student
Allocated load: 43 hr/yr/student student

Category 3: Research (base hours nominally allocated to all researchers)

Reading of literature (incl. news participation)
Allocated load: 5 hr/week Load: 215 hrs/yr   (43.57%)
Seminar attendance
Allocated load: 1 hr/week Load: 43 hrs/yr   (8.71%)
Book, paper or article writing
Allocated load: 64 hr/yr Load: 64 hrs/yr   (12.97%)

Category 4: Research (performance-based allocation)

Weighted publications in previous year
Allocated load: 43 hr/yr/HERDC publication > 1.5 HERDC publication
Research grant writing in current year
Allocated load: 43 hr/yr/HERDC income grant application HERDC income grant application
Conference preparation in current year
Allocated load: 43 hr/yr/HERDC publication presentation HERDC publication presentation
Conference participation in current year
Allocated load: 1 day/yr/day of conference leave day of conference leave

Category 5: Research (projects allocated by HOD)

Grant projects
Allocated load: 1 day/yr/contracted day contracted day
CRC/KC/SRC commitments
Allocated load: 1 day/yr/contracted day contracted day
School funded projects
Allocated load: 1 day/yr/allocated day allocated day

Category 6: Administration

Head of School or Department
Allocated load: 3 day/week
Associate Head, Associate Dean
Allocated load: 2 day/week
Course/degree coordination, Centre Director
Allocated load: 1 day/week
Year coordinator
Allocated load: 3 hr/week
School or Faculty committee chair
Allocated load: 4 hr/yr/meeting hr meeting hr
School or Faculty committee member
Allocated load: 2 hr/yr/meeting hr meeting hr
Other administrative coordinator
Allocated load: 1 hr/yr/HOD specified hr HOD specified hr

Category 7: Community Engagement

Approved consulting
Allocated load: 1 day/yr/approved day approved day
Paper review
Allocated load: 3 hr/yr/paper paper
Published book review
Allocated load: 5 hr/yr/book book
Textbook review
Allocated load: 2 hr/yr/book book
PhD/Masters Thesis assessment
Allocated load: 43 hr/yr/thesis thesis
Invited talks, seminars, school visits, etc.
Allocated load: 7 hr/yr/presentation presentation
Open source or equivalent activities
Allocated load: 43 hr/yr

Category 8: Career Development

Staff development courses
Allocated load: 7 hr/yr/day of course(s) day of course(s)
Staff PhD or Master's research
Allocated load: 1 day/week
Staff teaching qualification (Dip Ed, GCHE)
Allocated load: 1 day/week
Annual engagement profile
Allocated load: 10 hr/yr Load: 10 hrs/yr   (2.03%)
School symposium
Allocated load: 1 day/yr/attended day attended day

Category 9: Miscellaneous

Personal planning and organisation
Allocated load: 54 hr/yr Load: 54 hrs/yr   (10.94%)
Communication, Initiatives and Thought
Allocated load: 107.5 hr/yr Load: 107.5 hrs/yr   (21.78%)
Enrolments course advice
Allocated load: 1 day/yr
Open day participation
Allocated load: 1 day/yr
Graduation ceremony attendance
Allocated load: 3 hr/yr/ceremony ceremony
New staff allowance (if not degree candidate)
Allocated load: 5 hr/week
Special tasks as negotiated with HOD
Allocated load: 1 hr/yr/allocated hr allocated hr

Legend: CSSE = Computer Science and Software Engineering, HERDC = Higher Education and Research Data Collection, HOD = Head of department