Technicians and assignments

Technicians in RepairNode are simple records — a name, a role, and optional contact details — that you can attach to a repair. Assignment is optional but makes the repair list, the dashboard, and reporting much more useful in shops with more than one person on the bench.

The technician list

Open Settings → Presets & Data → Technicians. Each card shows the technician's name, role, contact details, and how many repairs they currently have assigned. The Manager role is highlighted with a primary-color badge.

Adding a technician

1. 1
   Tap the + in the technician list header

   Or open an existing technician → Edit.
2. 2
   Fill in the form

   Name (required), role (Manager, Technician, Apprentice, etc.), phone, and email.
3. 3
   Save

   The technician immediately becomes available in the assignment picker on the repair form.

Assigning a technician to a repair

Open the new-repair form (or edit an existing repair). Tap the Technician picker and pick a name from the list. The repair detail will:

• Show a technician badge in the tag wrap row on the list card.
• Show the technician name and a Technician tile in the action sheet that jumps straight to that profile.
• Surface the repair on the technician's profile (in their active or history list).

The technician profile

Tap a technician to open their profile. You will see:

• Avatar, name, role, and contact details.
• Tabs for Active repairs (open statuses) and History (everything ever assigned).
• Each tab paginates 20 repairs at a time so the screen stays fast even after years of work.

The default Manager record

Every fresh install starts with one technician named Manager. You can rename, edit, or delete it just like any other technician. We pre-create it so a single-person shop has someone to assign immediately, and so the assignment picker is never empty.

Privacy and storage

Technician phone numbers and emails are encrypted at rest in the local database, the same way customer contact details and device passcodes are. They are included in cloud backups but never sent anywhere else.