Bays busy, files current
Onboarding, e-signatures, safety training and technician files in one place, from lube technician to service advisor.
- Every new technician gets the same safety training, signed and dated
- ASE and other certifications flagged when they expire
- Shop policies signed online and filed in each technician's record
The bays are busy, the paperwork waits
About 66,200 auto technician openings come up every year, most of them to replace technicians who leave.* On a new technician's first day, the safety talk happens between jobs, and nobody writes down that it did.
*Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
From the office to the bay
You launch the plan at the desk. Policies, courses and the foreman's sign-off reach the bay, and each result comes back to you.
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Product tour
Short click-through tours of onboarding, documents, training, your team and what employees see. No signup.
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Short videos of each job in FirstHR, start to finish.
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Every new hire in the shop, at a glance
Onboarding Tracking shows where each new hire is and what's still open, from the front office.
Your shop's paperwork, all in one place
Signed policies, certificates with their dates and your own safety courses, on each person's record.
Certificates on file
ASE, 609, painter and fit-test records, each with its date. When one expires, you see it next to the technician's name.
Shop policies signed online
Each technician signs in their own account, and you see who hasn't signed yet.
Your walkthroughs as courses
Film the lift and chemical walkthroughs on a phone, and each technician signs when they've finished.
A technician's first weeks, set up once
An example plan for an automotive technician. Save it once, and the next technician starts from it with their own deadlines.
FirstHR fits every kind of auto shop
Find your kind of shop below, and the rules it has to keep for every person you hire.
From the front desk to the paint booth
Every corner of the shop brings its own policies, courses and certificates, and each person's plan carries theirs.
What the EPA, OSHA and the DOL ask of your people
Six numbers from the federal rules behind a shop's paperwork. Which of them apply depends on the work your shop does.
- yearsA/C technicians, Section 609Only certified technicians service car A/C for pay. Keep proof of each one's certification at the shop for three years.
- daysNew paintersWhere EPA's painting rule applies, only certified painters spray. Train and certify each new painter within 180 days of hire.
- yearsPainter certificationA painter's certification lasts five years at most, then refresher training is due.
- dayChemical safety (HazCom)Train each technician on the chemicals in their work area at their first assignment, and again when a new hazard comes in.
- yearRespirator fit testFit-test a tight-fitting respirator before its first use, when the model changes, and at least once a year.
- years oldDriving for the jobThe youngest a worker may drive on public roads for the job, and only in daylight, within 30 miles, with a clean license and no towing.
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In a busy shop, a new tech gets the safety talk between two jobs, if they get it at all, and nobody writes it down. Then an insurer or an inspector asks for proof, and all you have is your word. I don't think a shop owner should have to choose between the bays and the paperwork. In FirstHR every new tech gets the same safety walkthrough and signs your shop policies on their phone, and their ASE and 609 cards sit in one file with their dates.
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Every technician set up the same way, with the paperwork on file
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