Technician daily checklist
Start of day
- Review today's jobs, scope notes and photos in the app
- Confirm materials for every job are loaded and match the material list
- Vehicle walk-around: tires, lights, ladder rack, fluids
- Clean uniform, badge, shoe covers and drop cloths on board
Before you arrive
- Send the "On my way" text 20 to 30 minutes before arrival
- Re-read the job scope and customer notes (gate codes, pets, parking)
At the door
- Introduce yourself by name and confirm the customer's name
- Walk the scope with the customer and confirm every line item before starting
- Lay drop cloths from the entry to the work area
- Take "before" photos of every work area; photograph anything already damaged
Every job, before you leave
- Job timer started at the property and stopped at the end
- Checklist for the job type completed
- "After" photos from the same angles as the "before" photos
- Work area cleaned: vacuumed, wiped, debris hauled away
- Walkthrough with the customer, line by line; anything outside scope offered as an estimate, never pushed
- Customer signature captured (no one home: record a video walkthrough and note it)
- Review request sent
End of day
- Every job closed out: timer, photos, checklist, signature
- Receipts for materials attached to the right job, same day
- Van restocked for tomorrow
- Daily summary sent to the office
From the systems Tim Leary uses at Handy's, Salt Lake County. Adapt it to your shop. Not legal or HR advice; check employment rules in your state.