Gaffer for
welders and metal fabricators.
Fabrication gets audited by whoever is paying for it. A main contractor wants the weld procedure, the welder qualification record and the NDT results before it will release money, and site will not let you strike an arc without a hot work permit. Gaffer keeps the lot against the job and tracks a qualification’s expiry before it quietly stops you working. Quote, schedule, certify, invoice and get paid — with the 13 trade documents welders and metal fabricators 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 welders and metal fabricators, your own price book and good-better-best options. Customers accept and pay a deposit from their phone.
13 trade documents ready for welders and metal fabricators — 9 written for this trade, 4 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 structural steel repair, 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 survey with photos; quote priced from your own rates and accepted online.
- Day 3Hot work permit issued and signed on the phone before the first cut.
- Day 3Weld procedure and welder qualification record attached to the job for the contractor.
- Day 4Weld inspection record completed; NDT record added when the results come back.
- Day 5Handover record and invoice sent; the contractor pays against the paperwork pack.
- +6 moA qualification coming up for expiry is flagged while there is still time.
13 trade documents, ready for welders and metal fabricators.
9 of them are written for this trade and 4 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.
- COSHH assessment — welding fumes
- Hot work permit
- NDT record
- Post Weld Heat Treatment (PWHT) Record
- Pressure system compliance record
- Weld inspection record
- Weld procedure (WPS)
- Welder & Metal Fabricator — Credentials & Accreditation Record
- Welder qualification record
- Method statement
- 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 welder and metal fabricator job on Gaffer.
Free for 14 days, no card. Pick “Welder & Metal Fabricator” at sign-up and the 13 trade documents above are switched on before you finish your tea.
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