Gaffer for
lightning protection engineers.
Lightning protection is sold once and inspected forever. The readings are the job — an earth resistance figure on a church tower means nothing unless last year’s is sitting next to it — and the periodic inspection certificate is what the insurer actually asks for. Gaffer keeps every reading on the structure it came from, runs the inspection programme, and chases the renewal before the certificate lapses. Quote, schedule, certify, invoice and get paid — with the 12 trade documents lightning protection engineers actually use already in the account.
Where two names look alike they are different documents — a notification is not the certificate that follows it, and two schemes covering the same work each want their own form. If you think one is missing, or that one of these is redundant, say so and we will change the pack.
Priced quote templates for lightning protection engineers, your own price book and good-better-best options. Customers accept and pay a deposit from their phone.
12 trade documents ready for lightning protection engineers — 9 written for this trade, 3 shared with others — filled in on the phone, signed on site and emailed as a PDF before you leave.
One tap raises the invoice from the accepted quote, nets off the deposit and sends a Pay Now link. Reminders chase for you.
Certificates and services with an expiry date become next year’s work. Gaffer texts the customer a booking link before it lapses.
A periodic inspection on a school, end to end
This is the shape of the work in Gaffer — the same job you already do, with the hand-offs taken off your plate.
See the same job in detail- MonInspection programme record flags the school 30 days out. Booking link sent to the facilities manager.
- TueOn site: earth resistance test record completed, readings sat beside last year’s.
- TuePeriodic inspection record against BS EN 62305-3 signed on the phone.
- TueTwo corroded down conductor clamps photographed; remedial quote sent from the job.
- WedCertificate emailed as a PDF and filed against the building; invoice paid by card.
- +12 moNext inspection already scheduled. The facilities manager never has to ask.
12 trade documents, ready for lightning protection engineers.
9 of them are written for this trade and 3 are shared with others — an EICR is an EICR whoever issues it. Every one is a real digital form, not a blank template.
Each one is a proper digital form: the fields that document actually needs, signature capture, photo attachments, a PDF the customer can keep, and — where it has one — an expiry date Gaffer tracks. Completed on the phone, offline if it has to be.
- Earth Resistance Test Record
- Lightning Protection — Inspection Programme Record
- Lightning Protection — Installation Commissioning Test Record (BS EN 62305)
- Lightning Protection — Periodic Inspection Record (BS EN 62305-3)
- Lightning Protection — Post-Strike Damage Assessment Record
- Lightning Protection Engineer — COSHH Assessment
- Lightning Protection Engineer — Credentials & Accreditation Record
- Periodic Inspection Certificate
- Risk Assessment Record (BS EN 62305-2)
- Installation Record
- Site Survey
- Handover Record
Certificates are the start. The whole operation runs here.
Leads, quotes, scheduling, the field app, invoicing, payments, reminders, reports and your accounts sync — all in the same login as the paperwork.
Run your next lightning protection engineer job on Gaffer.
Free for 14 days, no card. Pick “Lightning Protection Engineer” at sign-up and the 12 trade documents above are switched on before you finish your tea.
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