The Job File: Papers for Independent Trades

The Job File is job paperwork for a one-truck trade in the United States, Canada, or Mexico. Estimate, job agreement, job list, change order, invoice, cash receipt, late-pay emails, and a tracker. $8 once.Did they say they will pay Friday after the work was already in? Did “while you’re here” never get a price? That is how a job goes unpaid. Not because the work was bad. Because nothing on paper said what was in, what it cost, or when the money was due.You fill these papers in before you start. Both of you sign. You take the deposit. Extra work found later gets a change order, not a nod. If they miss the due date, you send the matching email instead of inventing a text at 11 p.m.Electrician, HVAC, landscaper, painter, cleaner, handyman, plumber, or whatever you actually do. Instant download — no waiting on anyone. Open Setup and type your trade, the country (US / Canada / Mexico), your state or province, names, license, and logo. Print. Includes full-size electrician examples you can open and print on real US Letter paper.If you are a one-truck plumber in Arizona, buy The Plumbing File instead. That kit is this paperwork already filled in for that trade, with Arizona’s contractor notice on the agreement. Everyone else buys The Job File.What’s inside Setup — trade, country, state or province, names, address, license, logo. A blank for a homeowner notice if your place requires one. Estimate — what they asked for, line by line, with a deposit to start. Not the agreement. Plus a filled electrician sample. Job agreement — both sign before work starts. Who, where, total including tax, deposit, when the rest is due, late pay, change orders, access, materials, labor warranty, cancel. Template, not a lawyer. Job list — room, work, material, qty, included or not, price. Add as many lines as you need. Totals count new rows. Use any AI to turn what you told the owner into short lines, then read them before you print. Change order — extra work found or requested. New price. Both sign. Then you do it. Invoice — deposit, progress, or final. Deposit already paid is on the page. Add check, card, Zelle, Venmo, cash, or bank transfer and type your own details. No sample routing or account numbers. Cash receipt — the true amount of any cash, signed, handed over that day. Storm / insurance page — optional. Only if this job is insurance-paid storm repair. Full-size examples — electrician papers as HTML and PDF, print at 100% on real paper. Type your name over the sample. Do not send the sample to a real customer. Four late-pay emails — morning after the due date, day 7, 14, 30. If they want a bank transfer, reply and send those details separately. Job tracker — one row per job. Balance, days late, which email is next. Excel or CSV. Buy once. No monthly fee. No dispatch app. Open in Chrome. Print to PDF. United States, Canada, or Mexico only.Who it’s forIndependent one-truck trades who invoice a homeowner after the work is already in the house, and want papers that look like they charge for the work.Who it’s not for Anyone outside the United States, Canada, and Mexico A shop that needs dispatch, GPS, or software for a crew Anyone who wants a lawyer, a license, or building-code advice from this file Arizona one-truck plumbers — that kit is already built. Use The Plumbing File. How it works Buy. Unzip and open start-here. Open Setup and type your trade, country, and state or province. Write this job's list. Both of you sign. Take the deposit. Then start. Extra work: stop. Fill the change order. Both sign. Then do it. Invoice. Log the job. If the balance ages, send the matching email. DisclaimerThis is a template kit. It is not legal advice, not a contractor license, and not building-code or permit advice. Using these papers does not make you licensed and does not mean the job will pass inspection. Homeowner notices vary by state and province and they change. Look up the real one for where you work. Do not invent a statute. Have a lawyer where you work read the version you actually send. One purchase, one practice. United States, Canada, or Mexico only.