Workforce, Labor Standards & Skills Planning worked example

Skills Gap Score with severity if the skill gap causes a failure of 3 score: a worked example

Here is what the math looks like when conditions slip. We hold every other input steady and drop severity if the skill gap causes a failure to 3 score, then walk the calculation through step by step. Estimate skills gap for workforce, labor standards and skills planning using production-ready inputs so teams can rank risks and decide which issue needs containment, controls, or escalation first.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Severity if the skill gap causes a failure: 3 score (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 6)
  • Likelihood the skill gap occurs: 4 score (held at the documented default)
  • Detectability of the skill gap before impact: 3 score (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Skills gap risk score = skills gap severity score × skills gap occurrence score × skills gap detection score.
  • Skills gap risk score works out to 3.35 score at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Skills gap severity score works out to 3 score at these inputs.
  • Skills gap occurrence score works out to 4 score at these inputs.
  • Skills gap detection score works out to 3 score at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where severity if the skill gap causes a failure sits at 6 score and the headline result is 4.55 score, this scenario comes in 26.37% below the baseline at 3.35 score.
  • The practical read: the gap between this scenario and the baseline is entirely attributable to severity if the skill gap causes a failure, so recovering it is worth quantifying in dollars before considering equipment or staffing changes. Multiplying ordinal scores can hide danger — a very high severity paired with low occurrence and detection may score modestly yet still deserve urgent attention on its own.

Results at a glance

  • Skills gap risk score: 3.35 score (headline result)
  • Skills gap severity score: 3 score
  • Skills gap occurrence score: 4 score
  • Skills gap detection score: 3 score

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Skills Gap Score calculator, set severity if the skill gap causes a failure to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.