Electrician App Where Certificates Are Records, Not Photographs
Most field service apps ask an electrician to describe what they did. The job needs something different: the numbers. Test results, circuit details, readings against limits — data with a structure, that has to end up on a certificate which somebody may rely on for years.
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Start buildingWhat the app has to capture
- Test results as numbers in fields, checked against limits as they are entered
- Circuit schedules and board details that persist to the next visit
- Certificate types as their own forms — installation, minor works, periodic inspection
- Photographs tied to a circuit or a board rather than to the job generally
- Materials used, drawn from van stock
- Time on site captured honestly, including for fixed-price work where it still decides margin
Why a photograph of a certificate is not a record
A photo is a durable image of a piece of paper and nothing else. It cannot be searched, cannot be checked against limits at the point of entry, and cannot tell you next year which installations had a reading close to the threshold. The value is in the data, and the data has to be captured as data at the moment the reading is taken.
Forms shaped like your certificates
Fieldproxy builds the mobile forms to the certificates you actually issue, with the validation you want, working offline in a plant room and syncing when signal returns. The circuit schedule persists, so the next visit starts from what is already known.
Two approaches to the same problem
| A generic job app | Forms built to your certificates | |
|---|---|---|
| Test results | Free text or an attachment | Numbers in validated fields |
| Circuit schedules | Re-entered each visit | Persist against the installation |
| Validation | None | Checked against limits on entry |
| Offline | Often partial | Full, syncing later |
What it does
- Certificate forms matching the ones you issue
- Test results validated as they are entered
- Persistent circuit schedules and board records
- Photographs tied to circuits and boards
- Van stock and materials
- Customer sign-off and certificate issue
- Full offline working
Common questions
Can it produce electrical certificates?
Yes, built to the certificate types you actually issue, generated from structured data captured on site rather than from a photograph of a paper form.
Does it validate test results?
Yes, against the limits you set, at the point the reading is entered — which is the only moment when catching an error is cheap.
Does the circuit schedule persist?
Yes, against the installation, so a periodic inspection starts from the existing schedule rather than re-entering a board from scratch.
Does it work in a plant room with no signal?
Yes, fully offline with sync on return. That is the normal working environment rather than an edge case.
See the certificate forms
Bring a certificate you issue regularly. Seeing it as a working form is the fastest test.
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