Gaffer for
tree surgeons.
Tree work is quoted on sight, done in a day, and governed by TPOs, conservation areas and a lot of risk paperwork. Gaffer holds the site-specific risk assessment and the waste transfer note next to the job, prices from your own rates, and takes payment before the chipper is loaded. Quote, schedule, certify, invoice and get paid — with the 21 trade documents tree surgeons 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 tree surgeons, your own price book and good-better-best options. Customers accept and pay a deposit from their phone.
21 trade documents ready for tree surgeons — 13 written for this trade, 8 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 crown reduction, 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- Day 0Site visit; photos and access notes captured against the customer’s site.
- Day 0Quote sent from the van before leaving the street.
- Day 1Accepted online. Job scheduled with the right crew and kit.
- Day 4Risk assessment, LOLER check on the climbing kit, waste transfer note.
- Day 4Job complete, photos attached, invoice sent and paid by card on site.
- +2 yrsRebooking reminder for the next reduction lands automatically.
21 trade documents, ready for tree surgeons.
13 of them are written for this trade and 8 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.
- Arboricultural impact assessment
- BS 5837 Tree Survey (Planning Application)
- Climbing rescue plan
- Completion report
- Pesticide application
- Photographic survey
- Stump grinding record
- TPO request
- Tree Surgeon — Credentials & Accreditation Record
- Tree Surgeon — Emergency Callout Record
- Wildlife bat survey
- Work specification
- Works notice
- COSHH record
- Working at height assessment
- Method statement
- COSHH assessment
- Waste transfer note
- Handover record
- Site survey
- Risk assessment
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 tree surgeon job on Gaffer.
Free for 14 days, no card. Pick “Tree Surgeon” at sign-up and the 21 trade documents above are switched on before you finish your tea.
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