Apprentice Log.
An app idea for electricians and plumbers.
A photo-first app for electricians and plumbers to log apprentice hours and on-site training evidence so certification is provable without paperwork.
What the search found
- Who pays
- Self-employed electricians and plumbers who employ apprentices
- The problem
- Apprentices are told to keep every pay stub because that is the only proof of hours the board accepts. Employers get audited and have to hand over all the time sheets that record those hours.
- The gap
- The results show no product that captures apprentice hours and training evidence for the employer. Apprenticeship.gov is a government resource hub, not a logging tool. The gap is a simple employer-side log that produces board-ready evidence.
- Already out there
- Apprenticeship.gov apprenticeship.gov
Government resource hub for apprenticeship programs. It does not log hours or store training evidence for a small firm.
- Apprenticeship.gov apprenticeship.gov
- People asking for it
- Keep all your pay stubs reddit.com
Apprentice is told pay stubs are the most valid proof of hours.
- They can audit the company records reddit.com
Commenter says the board can audit company records and demand all time sheets.
- How do I log my hours reddit.com
Apprentice asks how to log hours after two years of full time work.
- Keep all your pay stubs reddit.com
- The big assumption
- Employers will pay for software to log apprentice hours instead of leaving it to the apprentice and the pay stubs.
- Test it this week
- Ask ten electricians and plumbers who employ apprentices what they currently hand a board auditor, and whether they would pay for a photo log.
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