Real tabs from the workbook. Example people, dates, and certifications are illustrative, and the sample dates track the current day so the statuses always demonstrate.
Construction & Trades HR System
The six field toolkits built to work together, plus the two tools that run them as one program: a Contractor HR Audit Checklist that tells you where to start, and a Seasonal Staffing Planner that sizes the crews against the work ahead. One license covers everything.
One-time purchase, no subscription. Instant download.
One price for the whole program. The six toolkits inside total $394 bought separately, and the two workbooks that run them are exclusive to this system.
Built to the TrueStep HR standard
- Six complete toolkits, not samples: crew attendance, field hiring, the foreman’s playbook, licenses, onboarding, and technician pay, each the full standalone product in its own numbered folder
- Two exclusives that run the program: a Contractor HR Audit Checklist that scores your field HR and names the first folder, and a Seasonal Staffing Planner that sizes crews against the work ahead
- A use order, not a pile of files: the audit tells you where to start, and the root Start Here walks the full order, so the toolkits agree with each other
- Each toolkit also stands alone: if attendance is your fire today, start there and come back to the rest
- One license, one purchase: no subscription and no per-seat fees, with the two exclusive workbooks available only here
The audit points you to the folder that closes your biggest gap; you still adapt each toolkit to your shop. It is general information, not legal advice, and attendance, leave, wage, licensing, and overtime rules vary by jurisdiction, so have policies and pay decisions reviewed before you finalize them.
14-day money-back guarantee. If it does not help, email us and we refund you.
Six editable toolkits plus two exclusive Excel workbooks. It helps you run construction and trades HR in a clear, consistent, and defensible way; it does not decide your obligations, and attendance, leave, wage, licensing, and overtime rules vary by jurisdiction and change over time, so have policies and pay decisions reviewed against applicable law before you finalize them.
Everything in this system
32 files in total: 8 ready-to-use workbooks, 15 editable Word documents, and 9 step-by-step guides. Every file is yours to keep and edit. Nothing is locked, nothing expires.
System tools
- GuideStart Here
- WorkbookContractor HR Audit Checklist
- WorkbookSeasonal Staffing Planner
Attendance and points
- Editable docCrew Attendance and Weather Day Policy
- Editable docForeman Attendance Conversation Scripts
- Editable docBilingual Crew Attendance Forms
- WorkbookCrew Attendance Points Tracker
Hiring
- GuideHiring in the Trades Field Guide
- Editable docField Job Descriptions
- GuideApprentice Pipeline Guide
- Editable docBilingual Employment Application
- Editable docRide Along Evaluation Form
- WorkbookHiring Workbook
Foreman field toolkit
- WorkbookForeman Field Toolkit Workbook
- Editable docJobsite Conversation Scripts
- Editable docBilingual Incident Documentation Forms
Licensing and certification
- Editable docLicense Verification Log and Renewal Checklist
- WorkbookTrades License Certification Tracker
Onboarding
- WorkbookField Onboarding Plan Workbook
- Editable docFirst Day Jobsite Checklist
- Editable docPPE Issue Log
- Editable docCompany Vehicle Agreement
- Editable docTool Issue and Return Agreement
Pay and retention
- WorkbookTechnician Pay Progression Ladder
- Editable docRetention Conversation Scripts
- Editable docCounteroffer Decision Guide
Works in Microsoft Office and Google Workspace. Bilingual forms are included where the work happens on the floor. A plain-language license is included so you can use everything across your own locations.
Six complete toolkits, two exclusive workbooks, one license
Each toolkit sits in its own numbered folder with its own Start Here, and the two exclusives, the Contractor HR Audit Checklist and the Seasonal Staffing Planner, are built only for this system. One license covers everything.
1. Crew Attendance and No-Show System
The crew points tracker that rolls up by crew and by foreman, the weather-day policy, foreman conversation scripts, and bilingual crew forms.
2. Construction and Trades Hiring Kit
The field hiring guide, trade job descriptions, structured interview guides with score sheets, and a bilingual application, so the crew hires on one fair standard.
3. Foreman Field Toolkit
The field workbook, jobsite conversation scripts, and bilingual documentation forms for the people who run the crew day to day.
4. License and Certification Tracker, Trades Edition
One register with expiration runways, a blocks-work flag, a crew coverage matrix, and the quarterly verification walk that keeps it honest.
5. Field Onboarding System
The first weeks on the crew run on purpose, from day one through the ninety-day mark, with checklists, a buddy structure, and editable templates.
6. Technician Pay and Retention Toolkit
Wage ladders, a retention risk review, and the stay-conversation tools that keep good technicians from leaving over a dollar an hour and a path they cannot see.
Contractor HR Audit Checklist
Exclusive to this system. The scored walk through your field HR, section by section, that tells you which folder to open first and tracks owners and priorities against an honest evidence rule.
Seasonal Staffing Planner
Exclusive to this system. Sizes crews against the work ahead, showing where you run short by how much and by when, so you hire or shift people before the gap hits the schedule.
Run the audit, then work the folders in order
The system opens with the audit. It scores where your field HR stands and points you at the toolkit that closes your biggest gap, and the root Start Here walks the full order.
Run the Contractor HR Audit
Score your field HR section by section. The audit ranks the gaps and tells you which numbered folder to open first.
Work the toolkit that closes the biggest gap
Open the folder the audit points to and put that toolkit to work. If attendance is the fire today, start there and come back to the rest.
Size the crews and keep the year on track
Use the Seasonal Staffing Planner to stay ahead of the swing, and work the remaining folders in the order the Start Here lays out.
Six toolkits, run as one program
Buying six separate fixes leaves you to make them agree with each other. The two exclusives are what turn them into a program.
The rule behind thisWhat turnover costs in the trades ›Who it is built for
Who the system fits, and where to go if your need is something else.
Built for
- A contractor or office manager running HR for the field at a shop with roughly 5 to 150 field employees.
- An owner who has several problems at once, from crew attendance to a pay ladder good people leave over, and wants them to work together.
- A field operation with no dedicated HR person that needs a use order, not a pile of separate files.
If your need is different
- Just the attendance piece today. The Crew Attendance and No-Show System is the standalone.
- The hiring piece on its own. The Construction and Trades Hiring Kit covers that.
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Six toolkits, two exclusives, one license
Crew attendance, hiring, the foreman’s playbook, licenses, onboarding, and a pay ladder, plus the audit that tells you where to start and the planner that keeps you ahead of the swing.