How do I create technicians?
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Summary
This article explains how to create technicians in the workshop system and assign them the relevant amount of hours for the workshop diary.
More Information
Go to " Workshop Maintenance Options Technicians Labour Rates Add or Edit Labour Codes".
- Click [List] to see your existing technician records.
- If a suitable record exists, select a record to copy and click [Copy] else click [Add].
Technicians
Regardless of the method of recording labour you are using, each technician will need a Labour Code to allow you to record their time spent on jobs.
- At "Labour code", enter a unique code to represent this technician e.g. their initials.
 | The Labour code must be unique and cannot match any other Labour code or a Parts Stock Code! |
- At "Labour type", choose 'Technician'. See Descriptive Lines for more information on this option.
- Enter the technician's name.
- If you intend to use Platinum Online to record labour each technician must also be created as a Platinum user. Enter their "User code" if required.
- "Sales Centre" may be left blank unless advised otherwise by your accounts department. There is a system default for sales of labour that should not need to be overridden.
- "V.A.T. Rate:" may be left at '0 - No default'. The system default will be applied. A VAT rate override can be specified on a customer record or against a specific labour rate e.g. MOT.
- "Category" can also be left blank under most circumstances! Labour will be assigned the system default category 'LAB'.
- If you have multiple sites/depots, at "Depot", enter the code for the depot at which this technician works. Otherwise, leave it as the default.
- The "Primary Skill" field is intended to be used as a way of linking the Technician to a particular Workshop Job upon job creation.
- Enter the Technician's initials in the Primary Skill field.
- Press <Shift+F10> and give it a suitable description. Then click [Done] and [Accept].
- At "Start Date", enter the starting date of the technician. Their code will be active immediately so this is just for your records.
- "Leaving Date" should only be completed when they leave your employment.
- At "Available Hours", enter the default hours the technician usualy works each day.
- Find out how to assign "Labour Rates" here.
- Once you have filled out all this information, press [Done] and then 'Accept' the changes.
Adding Extra Technicians
Once you have created one technician, you should create any others by copying the details from a suitable existing technician.
Copying technicians
On the " Add or Edit Labour Codes" window:
- Press [List] to list all the available technicians.
- Highlight the technician on the list that you want to copy the details from and press [Copy].
- A new window will popup asking you to enter a new labour code. Enter the code for the new technician here and press [OK].
- You now have the ability to change any information for the new technician.
- Once you have finished, press [Done] and then 'Accept' the changes in the normal way.
Descriptive Lines
If you have chosen to record your technician's time taken against descriptive lines, see this article. You can create Descriptive Labour Codes for each type of work that you want to show to a customer, e.g. Electrical, Bodywork, Service etc. These would be more like Operation Codes that the technicians can carry out.
- At "Labour code:", enter a unique code to represent this type of work e.g. 'LAB ELEC'.
| The Labour code must be unique and cannot match any other Labour code or a Parts Stock Code! |
- At "Labour type:", choose 'Description'.
- At "Labour Name:", type the full description for this code. This will print on the customer's invoice.
- Leave the "User Code:" blank.
- You should generally leave "Sales Centre:" blank unless advised otherwise by your accounts department. There is a system default that should not need to be overridden.
- Again, generally leave "V.A.T. Rate:" at '0 - No default' and the system default will be used.
- "Category:" is yet another one to leave blank under most circumstances! There is also a system default at work here!
- If you have multiple depots, at "Depot:", enter the code for the depot at which this descriptive line is to be used. Otherwise, leave it as the default.
- Leave "Primary Skill", "Start Date:", "Leaving Date:" and "Available hours" blank.
- Find out how to assign "Labour Rates" here.
- Once you have filled out all this information, press [Done] and then 'Accept' the changes.
See also
- How do I add labour to a workshop job?
- How do I create or edit workshop labour rates?
- Where do the workshop available hours come from?
- What do I do if a technician is not available for work?
- How do I schedule a technician for a workshop job?
- How do I make a technician leave?
