I'm actually getting an offer to work at ferronats, and they refer to "30
calendar days" (whatever "calendar days" may mean for them). So to be sure, if
in a 6-4 roster, I understand that the way it shall be calculated is over my "6
on" days, right? Meaning that if I request 6 days, I shall actually have 4+6+4,
right? just using 6 vacation days, I'd have 14 off
(apologies for the
simplicity of the question, as you can imagine, this is my first time I'll be
working as ATCO)
So 30 days, if taken "separatedly" in 4+6+4 periods,
that would mean that my 30 days would give me 70 days in total?
Hmmmm... I assume you are not from Spain?
In Spain there are two ways to calculate vacations, "días naturales" and "días laborales". The latter is translated as "working days", the first one could be transalted as "calendar days" (and this being Ferronats I know this is the case they mean as I have had access to their job offer).
When a job is offered with an amount of calendar days as vacation, usually 30 days, it is tipically meant as two intervals of 15 consecutive days. When the vacation is for "working days" there is usually more flexibility. The example you describe is one for "working days".
In the case of FerroNats there is also another hook... that vacation agreement is usually employed on jobs where you additionally get bank holidays like 25th december or 1st january... which is not the case for an atco job.
Expect to have 2 x 15 days vacation terms and no further time off outside your regular shift. You can always ask FerroNats and prove me wrong...
