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Phases

Phases split a long job sheet into stages — first fix, second fix, commissioning. On a two-day job they're noise; on a three-week one they're the difference between a job sheet you can read and a wall of fifty steps.

1 · First fixSM
Isolate supply2 photo groups
Run pipework1 photo group
2 · Second fixJW
1

Add a phase, then fill it

Add phase drops a band into the job sheet. Give it a title and, if it helps, a description explaining what “done” looks like for that stage. Steps below the band belong to it.

2

Drag to organise

Grab a phase by its handle and move it — its steps travel with it. Drag a step onto a band to file it under that phase, or out of one to leave it ungrouped. Ungrouped steps are fine; a job sheet doesn't have to be fully phased.

3

Each phase can have its own team

Assign people to the phase, not just the job — the sparks on first fix, the plumber on second. They see the work that's theirs. Save the sheet before assigning a brand-new phase; it needs to exist first.

4

Deleting a phase keeps the work

Remove a phase and its steps stay, simply ungrouped. You're deleting the grouping, never the work or the evidence attached to it — so reorganising a job sheet is safe.

Tipphases earn their keep when different people do different stages. If one person does the whole job start to finish, a flat list of steps is easier to work through.

More in Jobs

  • Create a jobStart a job: the customer, the dates, the job sheet and any compliance it needs.
  • The job pageHow one job page tracks the work, the photos and the money in one place.
  • The job sheetBuild the steps your team works through on site, and ask for photo evidence where it matters.
  • Assign peopleHow work reaches a phone — and why a contractor only sees the jobs they're assigned to.
  • Job statusesWhat each status means, and why most of them are worked out for you.
  • CorrectionsSend work back in writing, against the exact step, and close the loop properly.

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