Staff Scheduling for Carpentry Workshops: Bench, Booth and Site in One Planner

A carpentry workshop schedule is not a shift rota, it is a plan of who builds what at the bench, when the spray booth is booked and which fitters go to which site. Mythex builds that planner from your description, so the team sees the week on their phones and you stop rebuilding it on a whiteboard.

Who it's for

Workshop owners and foremen juggling three or four joiners, one spray booth and installs that depend on builders and decorators finishing first.

What you can build

A week view per person: bench, site or off
Spray booth and big machines booked by job
Install days with the fitters assigned
A drying gap after lacquer or oil before install
Holiday and time-off requests with approval
Hours per person per job, for quoted versus actual

Plan installs backwards from the finish

The most common scheduling mistake in joinery is booking an install before the finish has cured. Put the drying time on the job, so the planner will not offer an install date until the gap after spraying or oiling has passed. Add the dates other trades are on site too. Fitting a kitchen before the plasterer has finished costs a day and sometimes a damaged door.

Finish type with its drying time
Earliest install date calculated
Other trades' dates noted on the job

Shared equipment as a resource

Treat the spray booth, the wide-belt sander or the CNC like a person on the rota. Each can only take one job at a time, so booking them on the plan prevents two joiners planning to spray on the same morning. It also shows when the booth is the bottleneck and work is waiting on it.

Hours that feed your next quote

Have each person log hours against the job they worked on. Comparing those with the hours you quoted tells you which job types you keep underpricing, usually curved work, painted finishes or installs in old houses. That number is worth more than any rota feature. Start with the week view and hour logging, then add holiday requests and equipment bookings.

A prompt to start from

Build a scheduling app for my carpentry workshop with four joiners. Show a week view of who is at the bench, on site or off, bookings for the spray booth by job, install days with fitters assigned, and a drying-time gap after finishing before an install can be booked. Add holiday requests I approve and hours logged per person per job.

Questions

Can my team see the schedule on their phones?

Yes. The published app works in any phone browser. On Pro you can also turn it into Android and iPhone apps that open the published planner.

Can it compare quoted hours with actual hours?

Yes. Store quoted hours on each job, have staff log their time against it and ask for a report showing the difference per job and per job type.

Can staff get reminders?

The planner can show what each person has coming up when they open it. Text or email reminders need a messaging provider you connect with your own account.

Is it free to build?

You can build and publish it on the Free plan, which has daily credits and needs no credit card. Pro is $25/month.

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