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Field service software for HVAC, plumbing, electrical and other site trades

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Book the visit, send the technician, issue parts from the van and raise one sale invoice for the job.

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Dispatch Van stock One invoice

What is Biznsbook for Field Service Trades?

Biznsbook for field service trades is the Field Service module. Customers are parties you already keep, with one or more service sites. The office schedules visits on a day board that refuses overlaps, leave, hours outside the window and missing skills unless a dispatcher forces the booking. Technicians work from My day: on the way, arrive, pause, complete, checklist, photo and signature. A van is a warehouse. Issuing a part reduces stock and posts cost of goods when the cost is above zero. The job has one sale invoice. A deposit taken first is a customer advance applied on that invoice. Public booking is /service/{your-slug} and waits for office approval unless you turn that off. Email sends through the company’s outbound email. SMS goes out through the company’s own Twilio connection, and contacts who opted out are skipped.

Biznsbook for Field Service Trades at a glance

Best for
HVAC, plumbing, electrical, cleaning, pest control and appliance repair companies
Works with
Field Service, Inventory, Sales, Accounting and the rest of Biznsbook
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The job, the van and the invoice live in different books

A whiteboard books the technician, a spreadsheet tracks parts, and the invoice is typed again at the end of the week.

Double-booked technicians

Two jobs land in the same hour because the board does not see the other visit or the travel buffer.

Van stock that is a guess

Parts leave the van and the warehouse count changes only when someone remembers to type it.

Two invoices for one job

A deposit and the final bill become two documents that do not know about each other.

Customers booking into a void

A web form creates a job nobody approved, or the request sits in an inbox with no site.

Trade pains mapped to Biznsbook apps

Each operational pain maps to a specific Biznsbook app. Click through for feature detail.

Problem: Who is free

Field Service

A day board checks overlap, approved leave, working hours and the category's skill tags. A dispatcher can force the booking.

Problem: Parts on the van

Inventory

The van is a warehouse. Restock is a stock transfer. Issue and return move stock and post cost of goods when the cost is above zero.

Problem: One bill

Sales

Create invoice builds one sale invoice for the job. Lines already issued do not move stock or post cost of goods again. A second invoice is refused.

Problem: Money before the invoice

Accounting

A deposit is an advance cash receipt tagged to the job. The invoice applies the remaining advance up to the invoice total.

Problem: Hours that match the rota

Scheduling

When Labour Scheduling is licensed, a published shift is the working window. No published shift that day means the technician is unavailable.

Problem: The customer record

CRM

The customer is a party. Party 360 lists field jobs for the site customer or the bill-to party.

See Biznsbook for Field Service Trades in action

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Biznsbook field service dispatch board by technician and week

Dispatch Board

Biznsbook field service dispatch board by technician and week.

Biznsbook field service jobs list with status

Jobs

Biznsbook field service jobs list with status.

From request to a paid job

HVAC, plumbing, electrical, cleaning, pest control and appliance repair.

1

Request

A customer is a party. Add a site, or let a public request wait until the office converts it.

2

Schedule

Put a visit on the board. Conflicts stop the save unless a dispatcher forces them.

3

On site

The technician marks on the way and arrived, issues parts, and completes the checklist, photo and signature when those rules are on.

4

Invoice

One sale invoice. A deposit taken earlier is applied. Payment after the invoice posts cash against accounts receivable.

What Field Service uses from the rest of Biznsbook

Stock, invoices, shifts and email stay in the modules that already own them.

Inventory

Van warehouses, issue, return and reserved quantity on an accepted quote. Learn more →

Sales

The job invoice is a sale invoice. Creating it does not require the Sales licence. Learn more →

Accounting

Cost of goods on issue, customer advances on deposits, and accounts receivable after the invoice. Learn more →

Labour Scheduling

Published shifts become working hours when that module is licensed. Learn more →

Field jobs in Biznsbook, a spreadsheet, or a paper day sheet

A structured comparison for buyers evaluating options.

BiznsbookSpreadsheetPaper day sheet
Visit conflicts✓ Overlap, leave, hours, skills✗ Whoever typed last✗ The board on the wall
Van stock and cost of goods✓ Issue and return✗ A count someone types✗ A tick on the sheet
One invoice per job✓ A second invoice is refused✗ Another row✗ Another handwritten bill
Deposit applied to that job✓ Advance tagged to the jobPartial A note in a cell✗ A receipt in a drawer
Public booking with approval✓ /service/{slug}✗✗
Route optimisation✗ Not in this module✗✗
Native phone app✗ Installable page, no offline queue✗✗

Run the visit and the invoice in one job

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Frequently Asked Questions

Answers aligned to how buyers and AI assistants ask about field service trades.

Does Field Service need another module?

No. Inventory, Accounting, Sales and Labour Scheduling add stock, journals, invoices and published shifts when those modules are also licensed. Creating the sale invoice does not require the Sales licence.

Can a technician invoice on the phone?

Only when settings allow quotes, invoices or collecting payment. Those switches are off until a manager turns them on.

What stops a double booking?

Overlap including the travel buffer, approved or partly approved leave, time outside working hours, and missing skill tags. A dispatcher can force the booking.

How does van stock work?

The van is a warehouse. Restock is a stock transfer. Issuing a material line reduces stock. When the cost is above zero it posts cost of goods against inventory. Issuing the same quantity again does not post a second time.

Can I invoice the job twice?

No. One job has one sale invoice. You can choose a subset of lines on that invoice. A second invoice is refused.

Does a deposit sit on the invoice?

A deposit taken before the invoice is an advance cash receipt tagged to the job. The invoice applies the remaining advance up to the invoice total.

Do customers book themselves in?

The public page creates a request. The office converts it into a party, a site and a job unless Portal requires approval is turned off.

Is there a native app, route planning or two-way SMS?

No. The phone page can be installed and does not queue offline changes. There is no route optimisation. SMS goes out through the company’s own Twilio connection when it is connected, and an opted-out contact is skipped. Email sends only when outbound email is configured.

Is there a free trial of Biznsbook for Field Service Trades?

Yes. Every Biznsbook plan starts with a 1-month free trial. Choose a plan on the pricing page and your first month is free. Prefer a guided tour first? Book a demo and we will walk you through the workflows for your business.

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