Team Management for Decorators
Manage your team in one place. Assign jobs, track hours and coordinate your painters and decorators.
As your decorating business grows, so does your team. But managing painters and decorators — who is on which job, who is available, how many hours they have worked — becomes a challenge.
Trade Assist helps you manage your team in one place. Add team members, assign them to jobs, track their hours and keep everyone coordinated.
Deep Dive: Team Management
Growing a decorating business means hiring painters, and hiring painters means managing people. Who is on which job? Who is available next week? How many hours has each person worked? What is their labour cost on this project? Without a system, these questions are answered by phone calls, text messages and guesswork — and the bigger your team grows, the harder it gets.
Trade Assist Team Management gives you a clear, simple system for managing your painters and decorators. Add team members with their roles, contact details and hourly rates. Assign them to jobs and everyone can see their own schedule. Log hours against each job for accurate costing and payroll. The result is a team that knows where they need to be, what they need to do and how their time is being tracked.
The time tracking feature is where team management becomes business intelligence. When you log hours against each job, you can see exactly how long each project took and what the labour cost was. Compare this to your quote and you know whether you estimated accurately. Over time, this data helps you quote more precisely, price labour correctly and identify which types of jobs are most profitable for your team.
For decorators who are nervous about taking on their first employee, Trade Assist makes the process manageable. You do not need a separate HR system or payroll software — your team details, schedules and hours are all in one place, integrated with your quotes, jobs and invoices. It is the simplest way to grow from a sole trader to a small business without adding administrative overhead.
See Team Management in Action
Watch a 2-minute demo of how team management works in Trade Assist
Start Free TrialKey Benefits
Coordinate your team
See who is on which job and when. No more confused phone calls.
Track hours
Log hours against each job for accurate costing and payroll.
Stay organised
All your team details, roles and rates in one place.
Features
Team directory
Add your painters and decorators with roles, contact details and hourly rates.
Job assignment
Assign team members to jobs. Everyone sees their own schedule.
Time tracking
Log hours against each job for accurate costing and payroll.
How It Works
Add your team
Enter your team members with roles, rates and contact details.
Assign to jobs
Assign the right people to each job based on availability and skills.
Track hours
Log hours worked against each job for accurate costing.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I track hours for each team member?
Yes. Log hours against each job and see the total time and cost for every team member.
Can team members see their own schedule?
Yes. Each team member can be invited to see their own jobs and schedule.
Can team members log their own hours?
Yes. Team members can be invited to access Trade Assist on their phone, where they can see their schedule, update job status and log their own hours. This reduces admin for you and gives your team ownership of their time tracking.
Can I set different hourly rates for different team members?
Yes. Each team member has their own hourly rate, which is used when calculating labour costs for jobs. This lets you accurately track the cost of different painters and apprentices.
Can I see labour costs across all jobs?
Yes. The time tracking data feeds into your business analytics, so you can see total labour costs, labour costs by job and labour costs by team member — helping you understand your true costs and profitability.
Can team members see each other's schedules?
No. Team members see only their own schedule and job assignments. Only the business owner and admins see the full team schedule and all team member details.
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