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Run the day

Know exactly how long every job really takes

Gaffer's time clock lets you and your team clock in and out against jobs from any phone. Every hour is captured against the right job — so labour is costed accurately, timesheets build themselves, and payroll stops being a Friday-night guessing game.

Replaces a paper diary, a whiteboard and a WhatsApp group. Every job has one owner, one time and one place to look. The office stops relaying messages and the engineer stops ringing in for the next address.

Jobs & Scheduling in Gaffer
Why it matters

Every job, every engineer, every day — on one board.

Create a job in seconds, drag it onto the right engineer, and watch it move from booked to on-site to done. The office sees everything; the van sees only what matters.

Owners stop being the human dispatch board. Engineers stop ringing in for the next address.

What you get
  • Hours logged against the specific job, every time
  • GPS and timestamp on each clock event
  • Live view of who is on the clock right now
  • Per-person and per-job timesheets that build automatically
  • Labour totals that flow into job costing and invoicing
  • Payroll-ready hour exports with no double entry
Clock in against the job
GPS & time stamped
Whole-team visibility
Where it fits

Step 04 of the job: on site

The engineer taps "On my way" and the customer gets a text with an arrival window. On site: clock in, photos, the certificate for the job — EICR, Gas Safety, whatever the trade needs — signed on the device. No signal? It syncs later.

Time clock is one part of that step. The rest of the job — quoting, scheduling, certificates, invoicing and payment — runs in the same system, on the same record. See the whole job →

Step 04 of a job in Gaffer: The paperwork happens on site
Common questions

About time clock

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What does time clock replace?

For most trade businesses, a paper diary, a whiteboard and a WhatsApp group. Every job has one owner, one time and one place to look. The office stops relaying messages and the engineer stops ringing in for the next address.

Does time clock work on a phone, and offline?

Yes. The mobile app is offline-first: records created on site are stored on the device and synced automatically, in order, when signal returns. Lofts, plant rooms and rural sites were the design brief.

Which plan is it on?

Every paid plan. Time clock is included for unlimited users at no extra cost — the monthly, annual and lifetime plans differ only in how you pay.

How long does it take to start using?

Minutes. Start a 14-day free trial with no card, pick your trades at sign-up, and time clock is switched on with your trade's templates already in place.

Put time clock to work.

Full platform, 14 days free, no card needed. Set up in an afternoon, import your customers in a few clicks, and send your first quote today.

Founding members: first 100 businesses get 50% off every paid plan, for as long as they stay subscribed.