Open the job
Customer, site address and date. Takes a few seconds before you get the tools out.
job sheet app for electricians
Electricians
Board changes, rewires, fault finding and remedial work — priced by the hour, by the day, or added to a job as an extra.
How does Day Worksheet work for electricians?
Day Worksheet is a mobile job sheet app for electricians. You record hours against each board, circuit or property, list the cable, accessories and consumables used, attach before and after photos of the work, and take a customer signature on the phone. The finished sheet becomes a branded PDF and an invoice with VAT and CIS applied from your business profile.
What usually goes wrong
- Fault finding runs longer than quoted and the extra hours are questioned weeks later
- Cable and accessories come off the van with no record of what went where
- Remedial work gets mixed into a priced job, so nobody can see what the extra was
- Photographs of the old board sit on a phone camera roll, not attached to the job
What you end up with
- Hours per circuit, board or property
- Cable, accessories and consumables with quantities
- Photos of the board before and after
- Customer signature against the completed work
- Extras kept separate from the original price
On site, step by step
Log labour as you go
Hours per operative with their own rate. Day work stays separate from priced work.
Add materials and equipment
Cable by the metre, accessories by quantity, test equipment or access hire if used.
Photograph and sign off
Board before and after, then the customer signs on the phone before you leave.
Illustrative scenario — not a real customer
Illustrative scenario: a board change that grew
A domestic consumer unit change quoted as a day's work. Once the cover is off, two circuits need remedial work that was never in the price.
What gets recorded
- Two operatives on the labour section with their own trades and hourly rates
- The board, RCBOs, glands and sundries listed as materials with quantities
- Photographs of the old board, the loose neutral found and the finished installation
- The remedial work described separately from the quoted board change
The extra work sits on the same job sheet as its own entry, with photos beside it, so the additional hours are easy to explain when the invoice goes out.
Typical jobs
| Type of work | What usually goes on the sheet | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Consumer unit change | Hours, unit and breakers, before/after photos, signature | Proves condition before you touched it |
| Fault finding | Time on site, tests carried out, parts fitted | Justifies hours on work with no fixed price |
| Rewire | Daily hours per operative, cable and accessories by room | Keeps a long job billable stage by stage |
| Remedial and extras | Day work entry, materials, customer sign-off | Gives you something to point at when the extra is queried |
Basic at £4.99 a month covers up to 25 job sheets, and Premium at £9.99 a month covers up to 100. Start on the free plan's 2 job sheets to see how many you actually create.
Questions
Is Day Worksheet an electrical certificate app?
No. Day Worksheet produces job sheets and invoices — labour, materials, equipment, photos and signatures. Electrical certification is issued through your own certification scheme and software; the job sheet sits alongside it as the commercial record.
Can I record different hourly rates for an apprentice and an electrician?
Yes. You can add several operatives to one job with their own trade and their own hourly rate, and the labour total reflects each rate.
Can I take a customer signature for the work on my phone?
Yes. The app supports electronic signatures, so the customer signs against the completed work on the phone before you leave site.
What happens in a property with no signal?
A connection is needed to send or share documents. Check the tasks supported without a connection in your installed version before relying on them on site.
Other trades
Plumbers and heating engineersCallouts, boiler work, leaks and system repairs where both parts and time have to be recorded.
Builders and groundworkersVariation work, extras and anything outside the original price that has to be evidenced to get paid.
Roofers and external worksWeather-affected work at height where access equipment and proof photos matter more than anywhere else.
Maintenance and facilities teamsRepeat attendances at the same buildings, where each visit needs its own clean record.
Small trade teams and subcontractorsTwo to ten people on the tools, invoicing main contractors or private customers.
Carpenters and joinersFirst and second fix, staircases, doors, kitchens and bespoke joinery, priced or on day work.
Landscapers and groundcarePatios, driveways, fencing, turf and planting — plus grounds maintenance rounds.
Painters and decoratorsDomestic redecoration, new-build finishing and commercial repaints, priced or by the day.
Air conditioning and refrigeration engineersInstallation, planned servicing and breakdown attendance on AC and refrigeration plant.
Scaffolders and accessErect, alteration, hire periods and dismantle — each one a chargeable event with its own record.
Drainage and septic engineersBlockages, jetting, CCTV surveys, repairs and septic tank work — usually urgent, usually messy.Less paperwork. Better records.
Finish the job, get paid quicker.
Record the work in one place, then turn the details into professional job sheets and invoices ready to send from your phone. The free plan includes 2 job sheets. They are watermarked and cannot be sent or shared until you upgrade.
Scan with your iPhone or iPad
Scan with your Android phoneDownload the app, then register inside it. There is no separate website sign-up.