Work Order
A numbered, prioritized job ticket with sign-off.
Free · No signup. Your work orders stay on your device.
Part of the pipeline
From the estimate
An approved estimate opens here with the description, address, customer, and amount carried over — no retyping.
To the work log
Work done? One tap opens the Work Log with the WO number, address, and description pre-filled.
To the invoice
The WO number carries through the log, so the final invoice references the job it fulfilled.
Related tools: Estimate & Quote · Work Log · PM Checklist · COI Tracker · Change Order
If the job turns out bigger than the order, that is a change order — written before the work, not argued about after it.
Before this work order goes to an outside contractor, the COI tracker is where you find out whether their insurance is still current — dispatching a vendor whose certificate lapsed is the cheapest mistake on this page to avoid.
Two more checks before some jobs go out. If it involves welding, cutting, grinding or torch work, it needs a hot work permit first. If it disturbs paint in a building put up before 1978, the lead rule may decide who is allowed to do it at all.
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Questions people ask
- What is a work order?
- A work order is a numbered written instruction to perform a specific maintenance or repair job — what needs to be done, where, by whom, and with what priority. It's the record that turns a request into tracked, accountable work.
- What should a work order include?
- A number and date, priority, a clear job title and description, the location and access instructions, who requested and who's assigned, any equipment and materials, cost limits, the schedule, and a completion sign-off.
- What's the difference between a work order and an estimate?
- An estimate proposes work and a price before approval; a work order authorizes and instructs the work after approval. An approved estimate typically becomes a work order.
- What does "not to exceed" mean on a work order?
- It's a spending cap: the vendor is authorized to perform the work up to that amount, and anything beyond it requires written approval first. It protects both sides from surprise bills.
- Who signs a work order?
- The technician who performed the work and the requester who accepts it — the completion sign-off is what closes the loop and documents that the work was done as ordered.