The AI Job App for Electricians (Runs on WhatsApp)

The job app for electricians lives in WhatsApp

Sparkies don't have time to sit at a desk. Your day is switchboards, rough-ins, fault finding, and getting to the next call — not fighting a clunky dashboard between jobs. Most software marketed as a job app for electricians still expects you to stop and open another program, learn its screens, and keep it up to date after hours. offsider takes the opposite approach: an AI assistant lives in WhatsApp, the app already on your phone, and you run your admin by message. See what AI for tradies does for the full picture.

There's nothing to install. If you can text your apprentice, you can track a job, generate a quote PDF, log a compliance issue, and schedule a site inspection — all from the same chat you already have open. You can type, send a voice note, or send a photo; offsider handles all three.

How job tracking actually works

Everything is plain language — no slash commands, no fixed syntax. A few examples from a typical electrical workflow:

Adding a site and job:

"Add a new site — 22 Station St Northcote VIC 3070, residential house"

"Add a job to site S3: install switchboard, qty 1, rate $480, schedule next Thursday"

offsider creates the job linked to that site with the quantity and ex-GST rate recorded. When the work is done:

"Mark J7 as complete"

Jobs live against sites, so everything for 22 Station St stays together. Assign a job to a specific sparky on the crew, or leave it unassigned. Workers log in from their own phone and see their own assigned jobs; owners and managers see all jobs across every site.

Materials:

"Add 3 rolls of 2.5mm twin cable to site S3 — status: request"

Materials are tracked per site and move through three statuses: request, ordered, fulfilled. Update the status when stock arrives:

"Mark MAT5 as ordered"

"What materials are still on request for site S3?"

Issues and compliance notes:

"Log an issue at S4 — RCD keeps tripping in kitchen"

Send a photo immediately after and offsider attaches it to that issue. Workers can log and update issues; only owners and managers can mark them resolved. There is no formal certificate-of-compliance workflow here, but having the photo and description filed against the site on the day you found it — not reconstructed from memory at invoice time — is worth something when a job comes back six months later or a client questions a charge.

"What open issues do we have?"

"Resolve ISS4"

See the full capability list on the features page.

Variations, quotes, and tax invoice PDFs

Scope creep is part of every electrical job. When the client wants two extra circuits that weren't in the original scope, you capture the extra work as a variation:

"Create a variation for site S3 — extra circuits to garage, confirmed with Dave"

Add jobs to the variation with their names, quantities, and ex-GST rates. When you're ready to send a quote:

"Generate a quote PDF for variation V2"

offsider confirms the 20-credit cost before proceeding, then builds the PDF with your ABN, company details, line items, quantities, rates, and GST — and sends it back to you as a document on WhatsApp. Your company name, ABN, and bank details come from your account Settings, not from the chat. When the work is complete and you're ready to bill:

"Generate the tax invoice PDF for variation V2"

The invoice PDF comes back to you on WhatsApp. One charge of 20 credits covers the quote, the invoice, and any regenerations for that variation — you're only charged once per variation regardless of how many times you regenerate.

The PDF is sent to you, not to the client. You forward it however you normally would — email, text, WhatsApp, or hand it over in person. There is no payment tracking or outstanding-balance view; variations have statuses (new, approved, completed) but offsider doesn't track whether an invoice has been paid.

Appointments and reminders

Book a site inspection or follow-up by message:

"Book a compliance inspection at 14 Oak Ave this Friday at 10am, 2 hours"

"Remind me 1 hour before"

offsider sends you a WhatsApp reminder when it fires (1 credit per reminder). Appointments are internal to offsider — there's no Google Calendar sync or iCal export. You can list upcoming appointments, update them, or link them to a site, job, or client.

Activity and team

"What did the team complete this week?"

"Add a worker — Sam Wong, +61412345678, sam@example.com"

The activity summary gives owners and managers a count of what happened across sites, jobs, and issues in any time window. Team members are managed by the owner; workers receive their own WhatsApp number connected to offsider and see only their assigned work.

Works for any trade, tuned for electrical

offsider isn't electrical-only — it works for plumbers, builders, chippies, HVAC, and painters just as well. The examples in this post are electrical because that's the context here, but the underlying workflow — sites, jobs, variations, quote and invoice PDFs, materials, issues, notes, appointments — is the same across every trade. If you run a mixed crew or subcontract across trades, everyone works the same way from their own phone.

What makes it feel built for sparkies is that the language is yours: switchboards, circuits, downlights, RCDs, cable runs. Describe the job the way you'd describe it to another electrician, and offsider handles the records.

Start free — 200 credits and track your next job from WhatsApp. offsider is pay-as-you-go — see pricing for credit pack details.

FAQ

Is this a real job app or just a chatbot?

It's a full job management assistant — sites, jobs, variations, materials, issues, notes, clients, appointments, and team — that you operate through WhatsApp messages instead of a separate dashboard. Quote and tax invoice PDFs are generated on demand and sent back to you on WhatsApp.

Does it handle electrical certificates and compliance paperwork?

offsider captures your day-to-day job records — materials used, issues found with photos, notes, and appointments. It complements, but doesn't replace, the formal certificates of compliance and safety documentation your state requires.

Can I track outstanding invoices in offsider?

Not at this stage. Variations have statuses (new, approved, completed) but there's no invoice payment status or paid/overdue tracking. The quote and tax invoice PDFs are generated and sent to you to forward to your client — payment is handled outside offsider.

Does it sync with Google Calendar?

No. Appointments are internal to offsider and delivered via WhatsApp reminders. There's no Google Calendar, iCal, or calendar app sync.

How much does a job app for electricians like this cost?

offsider is pay-as-you-go on AI credits — 200 free when you sign up, then top-up packs from $10, no subscription. Each WhatsApp message uses 1 credit; generating a quote or tax invoice PDF costs 20 credits per variation (covers the quote, invoice, and all regenerations). See pricing for full details.