tracking your progress

As a technician, you must keep regular track of your progress on each job. This allows you, your job site, and Field nation to have complete understanding with regard to hours, parts, and tools required.

1.       Login to the Field Nation website.

2.       Click .

3.       Select   to display the work order you want to track.

4.       Click .

Uploading Documents

Documents and videos assist understanding for the customer. This helps to prevent dissatisfaction from having to call the technician twice for the same problem. Some jobs require the technician to upload specific documents.

1.       Click .

2.       Select the file to upload.

An uploaded documents list appears

Work Performed

Always keep track of your hours to make sure you have an accurate record. Field Nation requires you to check in when you arrive at the job site and check out when you leave. If you have a smart phone with a GPS, checking in and out allows Field Nation and the customer to know where you were at those two moments with absolute certainty.

1.             Click when you arrive at the job site.

2.             Complete your work for that day.

3.             Click  when you leave.

Additional Expenses

Occasionally there are unforeseen circumstances or expenses. You can seek payment for these expenses, but they must be approved by the customer for you to get paid. The first step is to log the additional expenses.

1.                   Type the kind of expense into the Description field. For example, .

2.                   Type the cost into the Price field. For example, .

3.                   Click  to submit the expense request.

4.                   Make sure the expense gets approved BEFORE going forward with it.

Discounts

Sometimes you may want to offer your client a discount. Typical reasons for this might be an incentive for future jobs or as part of some other negotiation.

1.                   Enter a reason for the discount in the Description field.
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2.                   Enter the discount amount in the Amount field. .

3.                   Click  to record the discount rate.

Closing Notes

Once you finish the job, Field Nation requires you as the technician to write closing notes for the work order.

1.                   Click to open the notes box.

2.                   Type your closing notes into the note box. For example,

3.                   Click  to accept the closing notes.

You are now ready to submit the job for final approval. Once the client approves the work, the job is complete.