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Win more tenders, track your crew's hours to the minute, and stop chasing payments. SkillsDock gives electrical, plumbing, carpentry, and every other trade a single platform to manage quoting, time tracking, invoicing, and compliance — so you spend less time on paperwork and more time on tools.
You are an electrical subcontractor with six sparkies spread across three builders' projects — a townhouse fit-off in Penrith, a commercial rough-in in Parramatta, and a knockdown-rebuild in Castle Hill. Before SkillsDock, your morning started with a group chat asking who was going where, a paper timesheet that someone always forgot to fill in, and a whiteboard schedule that was out of date by Tuesday. Come Friday, you spent two hours reconciling hours against job numbers, then another hour formatting an invoice that the builder would sit on for six weeks.
With SkillsDock, each crew member clocks in via SkillsClock the moment they arrive on site. GPS confirms the location, the hours are allocated to the correct job automatically, and you can see the whole crew's status from your phone while you are pulling cable on the Parramatta site. When a milestone is done, you tap 'submit claim' with the photos your apprentice took that morning. The builder gets a notification, reviews the evidence, and approves. Payment terms are tracked from the moment the claim is accepted — no more guessing when the cheque will land.
The result: you close out your admin in minutes instead of hours, your crew's hours are accurate to the minute, and builders trust your claims because they are backed by GPS data and timestamped photos. That trust turns into repeat work — and repeat work is how subbies grow.
See How It Works
Built with input from subcontractors across the electrical, plumbing, carpentry, concreting, and painting trades.
Browse open tenders matched to your trade, location, and capacity. Respond with structured quotes that separate labour, materials, and provisional sums — so builders can compare fairly and you stop losing work to unclear pricing. Get notified the moment a new tender matches your profile.
GPS-verified clock-in and clock-out for every crew member, every site. Hours are allocated to the correct job automatically, eliminating end-of-week timesheet arguments. Geofence boundaries mean your crew cannot accidentally clock in from the servo down the road. You get accurate labour costs per project without lifting a pen.
Submit claims against agreed milestones with geotagged photos and timestamped evidence. The builder reviews and approves from their dashboard — no PDFs, no email chains, no lost invoices. Payment terms start ticking the moment a claim is accepted, giving you clear visibility on when money is due.
Assign crew members to sites for the week with a drag-and-drop roster. Your team sees their schedule on the SkillsClock app, including site address, start time, and builder contact details. If plans change mid-week, update the roster and everyone gets a push notification instantly — no more group-chat confusion.
Upload your licences, public liability, and workers compensation certificates once. SkillsDock tracks expiry dates and sends you reminders at 30 days, 7 days, and on the day. Builders can verify your compliance status before awarding work, which means up-to-date documentation directly helps you win tenders.
Generate invoices from approved progress claims with a single tap. Line items, rates, and hours are pre-filled from the project record. Track the status of every invoice — submitted, viewed, approved, paid — so you always know where your cash flow stands. No more ringing the builder's office to ask if they have processed your claim.
The traditional approach costs you money and weekends. Here is what changes when you switch.
Old way: you rely on two or three builders who know you. When one of them slows down, your pipeline dries up and you start cold-calling. SkillsDock way: your verified profile — complete with trade licence, portfolio, and ratings — is visible to every builder on the platform. Tenders matched to your trade and location land in your inbox automatically. You still keep your existing builder relationships, but now you have a second channel filling gaps in your schedule.
Old way: you email a one-page quote with a lump sum and hope the builder does not ask what is included. Three weeks later they come back asking you to break it down — and you have forgotten your own numbers. SkillsDock way: you fill in a structured template that separates labour, materials, provisional sums, and exclusions. The builder sees exactly what is in and what is out. You save the template and reuse it on the next similar job, cutting quoting time in half.
Old way: your crew fills in paper timesheets at the end of the week — from memory. One bloke rounds up, another forgets Thursday entirely, and you spend Friday night cross-referencing against your own notes. SkillsDock way: each crew member taps clock-in on SkillsClock when they arrive on site. GPS confirms the location, and hours are recorded to the minute. At the end of the week, you export accurate timesheets in one click.
Old way: you submit an invoice by email, hear nothing for three weeks, call the builder's office, get told it is 'in the system', and finally receive payment 47 days after terms — if you are lucky. The average payment delay for Australian subbies is 47 days beyond agreed terms (NSBC Payment Times Report, 2023). SkillsDock way: your progress claim is submitted with evidence, the builder approves digitally, and payment terms start ticking from that moment. You see the status in real time — no chasing required.
Old way: you rely on two or three builders who know you. When one of them slows down, your pipeline dries up and you start cold-calling. SkillsDock way: your verified profile — complete with trade licence, portfolio, and ratings — is visible to every builder on the platform. Tenders matched to your trade and location land in your inbox automatically. You still keep your existing builder relationships, but now you have a second channel filling gaps in your schedule.
Old way: you email a one-page quote with a lump sum and hope the builder does not ask what is included. Three weeks later they come back asking you to break it down — and you have forgotten your own numbers. SkillsDock way: you fill in a structured template that separates labour, materials, provisional sums, and exclusions. The builder sees exactly what is in and what is out. You save the template and reuse it on the next similar job, cutting quoting time in half.
Old way: your crew fills in paper timesheets at the end of the week — from memory. One bloke rounds up, another forgets Thursday entirely, and you spend Friday night cross-referencing against your own notes. SkillsDock way: each crew member taps clock-in on SkillsClock when they arrive on site. GPS confirms the location, and hours are recorded to the minute. At the end of the week, you export accurate timesheets in one click.
Old way: you submit an invoice by email, hear nothing for three weeks, call the builder's office, get told it is 'in the system', and finally receive payment 47 days after terms — if you are lucky. The average payment delay for Australian subbies is 47 days beyond agreed terms (NSBC Payment Times Report, 2023). SkillsDock way: your progress claim is submitted with evidence, the builder approves digitally, and payment terms start ticking from that moment. You see the status in real time — no chasing required.
395,000+
Registered builders and subcontractors across Australian states (ABS, 2024)
47 days
Average payment delay beyond terms for subbies (NSBC Payment Times Report, 2023)
78%
Of subcontractors report late payment issues (Master Builders Australia, 2024)
$1.9B
Annual cost of time theft in Australian construction (Illion Construction Report, 2023)
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