Guide to the Unit Costs Spreadsheet
3.3 Hours Worksheet
The Hours Sheet, shown in Figure 4 below, is used to distribute staff costs across the
different service types and the four Unit Cost categories of:
Direct Service Delivery – staff costs in delivering services
Direct Travel – staff costs in travelling to deliver services
Indirect Time Costs – staff costs in organising and supporting the delivery of services
Management and Administration Employee Costs – staff costs related to the
management and administration of the organisation.
Staff are entered across the top of the sheet either individually or in groups. Group staff in
ways that make it easy to identify their costs and distribute their time across the Unit Cost
categories. Groups may include:
Manager
Coordinators
In-home support workers
Drivers et cetera.
Alternatively, in a small service you could list each individual staff person. Up to 20 staff can
be listed. However it is easier to group staff by similar tasks with the same pay rates.
Figure 4: Hours Sheet
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