Operations

Technicians

The Technicians page is where you manage your field team. From this roster, you can view all technicians, add new team members, search and filter by status, and access individual technician profiles to review their performance and assigned routes.

View the technician roster

Navigate to Technicians from the main navigation. The roster displays all technicians in your organization with a count showing active technicians out of the total.

Each technician card shows:

  • Name and avatar — the technician's name and initials

  • Status badge — Active, Inactive, or On leave

  • Skills — chips showing their specialties

  • Contact info — phone number and service area count

  • Performance stats — average service time, chemistry accuracy, and completion rate

Click any technician card to open their detail page and view their full profile, routes, and performance history.

Search and filter technicians

Use the search bar at the top of the roster to find technicians by name or other criteria. The placeholder text reads Search technicians...

Use the status filter to narrow the list:

  • All — shows every technician

  • Active — technicians currently working and available for route assignment

  • Inactive — technicians not currently working (former employees or seasonal staff)

  • On leave — technicians temporarily unavailable

If no technicians match your search or filter, the page displays No technicians found.

Add a new technician

  1. Click Add technician in the roster header. A slide-over panel opens with the title Add technician and description Create a new technician profile.

  2. Fill in the required fields:

    • Name — the technician's full name

    • Email — their work email address

    • Phone — their contact phone number

  3. Complete optional fields as needed:

    • Language — preferred language for app interface and communications

    • Status — set to Active, Inactive, or On leave

    • Employee ID — internal identifier for payroll or HR systems

    • Max stops per day — the maximum number of service stops this technician can handle in a single day

    • Service area — geographic region where the technician works

    • Hire date — when the technician joined your team

  4. Add profile details to personalize their account:

    • Display name — how the technician's name appears to customers

    • Bio — a short introduction or background

    • Years of experience — time in the pool service industry

    • Specialties — specific skills or certifications (e.g., tile repair, equipment installation)

    • Fun fact — a personal touch for team profiles

  5. Enter home address if relevant for route planning:

    • Street, City, State, ZIP — the technician's home location

  6. Click Create technician to save. The button shows Saving... while processing.

Name, email, and phone are required. If you attempt to create a technician without these, you'll see an error: Name, email, and phone are required.

Edit a technician profile

  1. From the technician roster, click a technician card to open their detail page.

  2. Click Edit technician to open the edit slide-over.

  3. Update any fields as needed. All the same fields from the create form are available for editing.

  4. Click Save to apply your changes.

Technician status options

A technician's status controls their visibility and availability for route assignment:

Status

Meaning

Use case

Active

Currently working and available for routes

All current field technicians

Inactive

Not currently working

Former employees, seasonal staff during off-season

On leave

Temporarily unavailable

Vacation, medical leave, temporary reassignment

Technicians and routes

Technicians are assigned to routes that define their daily service schedule. Each technician's detail page includes a Recent Routes section showing their route history.

Each route entry displays:

  • Date — when the route was scheduled

  • Status — Draft, Optimized, Published, In Progress, or Completed

  • Distance and time — total travel metrics

  • Optimization score — how efficiently the route was planned

  • Stops — number of service visits and property addresses

If a technician hasn't been assigned to any routes yet, the section shows No routes yet with the message Routes will appear here once assigned.

Technicians use the Chisel Tide mobile app to view and complete their assigned routes. The app supports offline mode, so technicians can work through their entire route even without cellular or WiFi connectivity.

Troubleshooting

"A technician with this email already exists"

Each technician must have a unique email address. If you see this error, the email you entered is already associated with another technician. Either use a different email address or edit the existing technician record instead of creating a new one.

"Failed to create technician" or "Failed to create user account"

This indicates a server-side issue during technician creation. Try again after a moment. If the problem persists, contact support with the details of what you were trying to create.

"Failed to update technician" or "Failed to update user"

This error appears when saving changes to an existing technician. Check your network connection and try again. If the issue continues, reach out to support.

Technician not appearing in route assignment options

Verify the technician's status is set to Active. Inactive technicians or those on leave are not available for new route assignments. Update their status on their profile page if they should be eligible for routes.

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