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Industries / Carpenters

Time tracking for carpentry crews

Your crew clocks in when they get to the remodel, not back at the shop after the tools are loaded. Time off is tracked in the same app.

From $15/mo billed annually. Starter $15/mo · Growth $25/mo · Scale $49.99/mo.

How a carpentry crew uses it

TimeOff Manager Pro clock-in screen for a carpenter at a remodel

Clocking in at the job

Save each remodel as its own place

If the crew clocks in at the shop, you can’t tell which house they framed that day.

Save the job address as a work location. When someone clocks in there, their GPS location is saved.

GPS history of carpenters clocking in at a remodel

Where each person clocked in

Make sure they clock in at the job

A clock-in from a driveway across the street doesn’t prove much.

Turn on a geofence for that address. A geofence is a boundary around the job, and clock-ins have to happen inside it.

Team mileage screen of drives between carpentry jobs

Mileage trips for the whole crew

Log miles between jobs

When the crew works at two houses in one day, the drive between them usually turns into a round number.

They log the drive in the same app as their hours, and you approve the trip.

Live staff map on a phone showing a carpentry crew on shift

The live map on your phone

See who is still on site

Sometimes you only find out the crew left when the homeowner calls.

The live staff map shows who is still clocked in right now. This is separate from the GPS location saved when they clocked in.

Manage Requests list of time-off requests at a carpentry business

Time-off requests waiting for approval

Time off for the shop and the crew

When someone is out sick, it can look like they just forgot to fill out a timesheet.

Staff request time off in the app, and you approve it before Friday, so everyone knows why they were out.

Approved hours, ready for payroll

TimeOff Manager tracks hours. It doesn’t pay anyone. At the end of the pay period, a manager reviews and approves the hours. Then you download them as an Excel or CSV file and send it to whoever runs payroll: your bookkeeper, your accountant, or your payroll software.

  • Hours are approved first

    A manager checks the hours before they go anywhere, so payroll gets real numbers, not guesses from a group text.

  • Overtime is flagged

    Extra hours show up on the timesheet, so you can see overtime before you pay it.

  • Excel or CSV

    One download your bookkeeper or payroll software can open.

  • Payroll happens elsewhere

    TimeOff Manager does not calculate pay, print checks, or file taxes.

Hours report for carpenters, ready to export

The hours report, ready to download

See it on the real product

These are real TimeOff Manager screens. Open the live demo to click around them yourself.

Work locations list of carpentry job addresses
Each remodel is a saved address
Live staff map of a carpentry crew still clocked in at a remodel
Who is still at the remodel
My Mileage screen for drives between carpentry remodels
Miles driven between two houses

A typical day on a remodel

  1. 1

    Leave the shop

    If the day starts at the shop, the shop is one work location. The remodel is another.

  2. 2

    Clock in at the job

    Their GPS location is saved at the job. A geofence only applies if you set one up.

  3. 3

    Move to the next job

    They clock in at the next address you saved.

  4. 4

    Download the hours

    On Friday, download the hours as a file. Estimates stay in whatever software you already use.

This is not estimating or material takeoff software

TimeOff Manager does not price jobs, list lumber, or draw plans for the remodel. It tracks who clocked in, their time off, and the hours you download for payroll.

Also see time tracking software, TimeOff Kiosk, PTO software, and pricing.

Approved time off can sync to Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook. Approved hours can go to QuickBooks Online or FreshBooks.

  • Google Calendar
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • FreshBooks
  • QuickBooks

You can also ask ChatGPT, Claude, or Cursor questions about your account, like who is out next week, through Model Context Protocol.

Model Context Protocol

Simple pricing

From $15/mo billed annually. Starter $15/mo · Growth $25/mo · Scale $49.99/mo. Every plan includes time off, clock-in, GPS, a shared-tablet kiosk, mileage, and hour downloads.

Common questions from carpenters

Can the crew clock in at the job instead of the shop?

Yes. Add the remodel as a work location, and they clock in there.

What if we work two jobs in one day?

Save both addresses as work locations. Each clock-in can happen at a different place.

Can apprentices use it too?

Yes, if they are employees on your team in the app. It does not track training hours for a license board.

How much does it cost?

From $15/mo billed annually after a 14-day trial. Starter is $15/mo for 1–20 people, Growth is $25/mo for 21–50, and Scale is $49.99/mo for larger teams.

Your crew clocks in at the remodel

From $15/mo billed annually after a 14-day trial. Starter $180/year (1–20 users), Growth $300/year (21–50), Scale $49.99/mo or $479.90/year (51–1,000).