This lesson will show the life of a job for a sole trader electrician. Although we have used an electrician business for this example, the job process is very similar for a plumber, locksmith, fridgy etc. Basically any tradie does work onsite and doesn't have admin staff.
Client calls, they need a fan motor fixed
John the electrician creates a new job on his iPad
He creates a job for the new customer, enters the clients issue and then allocates the job to himself.
John is free now so he heads off to the job
He goes to the Job then tap Start Job and hits Navigate to job.
He arrives at the site
He opens ServiceM8 and re-reads the job and the clients name.
He fixes the fan
John then adds the materials and labour he used
He opens the Billing window and adds each item/service he used.
Enters the work he did in work completed
From the Billing window he enters the work he did in work completed.
He then checks out of the job, the client is to paying by card with a mobile eftpos machine
He hits check out which takes him through the check out process, here he selects that the job is complete, that payment has been received, selects the payment type, then to issue the receipt by email.
ServiceM8 brings up a preview of the invoice with the option to sign
John gets the customer to sign that the work was completed to their satisfaction
Finally he hits send to issue the client with a receipt
That's it, the job is complete and the paperwork is done.
John goes to his next job.