HVAC scheduling on Jobber: service techs and install crews in one view

HVAC is unusual: most shops are really running two different scheduling models at the same time.

• Service techs handle several calls a day — diagnostics, tune-ups, repairs. Their day fills up incrementally.
• Install crews take one big job a day — a full system swap that eats the whole schedule.

A single Jobber calendar shows both the same way, which makes it hard to answer the two very different questions you're actually asking.

Two questions, two reads

1. For service techs: how full is the day? A tech doing up to 5 calls is never simply "free" or "booked." You want calls assigned / capacity — so when a customer needs someone today, you can see who has a slot.
2. For install crews: is the day taken or not? That's the classic free/booked read — capacity of one. If the crew has an install Thursday, they're booked; if not, they're open.

The good news: both are the same underlying idea at different capacities. Set capacity to 1 for install crews and to 4–5 for service techs, and one availability view covers the whole shop.

What to put in place

• Define capacity per resource — 1 for install crews, several for service techs.
• Read a single green/amber/red view that respects each one's capacity.
• Book emergencies and same-day calls against techs who actually have room.

CrewSyncer reads your Jobber schedule live and shows install crews and service techs in one availability view, each measured against its own capacity. Start with the crew-availability guide.

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