Labour task

CLEM.Activities.LabourActivitytask

A specific on-farm task that requires labour.

This activity provides a means of using labour resources for an on-farm task not included in all the other activities. As with all activities a Labour requirement component is added to define the amount and type of labour that can perform the task.

The following parameters are used to define this activity

A category label for this task for grouping transactions (see Resource ledger report for more details).

As some activities are generic and can apply to a range of tasks or costs, these Activities provide a Category property to identify the action in any transaction ledger. For example, there may be multiple labour tasks not defined in any other activities and each of these should provide a Category to describe them such as "Shopping" or "Household tasks".

This parameter will determine what action is taken if there are insufficient resources to perform this activity.

You can report an error and stop the simulation, skip this activity or use the resources available. See What to do when resources are limiting

The following components are required to use this activity

The Labour requirement component is added below this Labour task to define the style and amount of labour required.

The following components will add additional functionality to this activity

Adding a timer to the Labour task will ensure that it does not occur every time-step. See timers

This activity is performed during the Get Resources Required event of the setup and time-step events. This is the standard, monthly clock event by which CLEM activities request resources and perform actions based on the resources provided, therefore this activity will compete with most activities in the time-step with their location in the simulation tree determining the order they are processed (this includes activities located on other CLEM and Market components). If this activity relies on another activity having been performed, or other activities rely on this activity in the time-step, ensure it has been performed in the correct order based on it's position in the simulation tree.

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