Special Roles

Special roles can be used for several purposes, based on role types. Usually, they are used to designate training/instructing roles, such as New On Board, Green Pilot, and Type Rating Instructor.

Special roles can be edited and created from this window, where the following inputs must be put:

Field	Description
Name	Special role’s name. This is a mandatory field.
Shortcode	Used as display label and as a link between the special role and other functions, e.g. Payroll.
Roster Pattern	If the special role should be linked to a specific roster pattern.
Role Types	Role type is used to define what kind of role the Special Role shall control. Below are the different role types. To each type, a value can then be defined.

Roster Input Type

The Roster input is used by the request system. The value determines how many of the selected types that can be used by the crew that have the Special Role.

Special roles for a specific Human Resource can be found through the personal tab.

Special Roles can be used for many purposes, depending on the Role Type. The Role Type can be used by Rules and the Core Application to control different situations. A special role is defined for a period.

Field	Description
Name	This is a mandatory field.
Shortcode	Used as display label and as a link between the special role and other functions, e.g. Payroll
Roster Pattern	This field is no longer in use. It applies to older versions of N-OC.
Role Types	Role type is used to define what kind of role the Special Role shall control. E.g. Language qualification Unknown Note: must be defined in Languages Note: e.g Line holder and Reserve holder Note: Must be defined in Association
Roster Input Type	The Roster input is used by the request system. The value determine how many of the selected type that can be used by the crew that have the Special Role. Unknown Day Off Shift Time Off Flight Vacation.
Crew Complement	The special role can be attached to a crew complement to assure that the crew have the given qualifications.