Templates
Security installer timesheet with devices and zones
For crews installing cameras, alarms and access control. Each row records how many devices the installer put in and in which zone or area, so you can track progress against the drawings and see how long each kind of work really takes your crew.
The Excel file works out hours and pay. The first three rows are examples.
Security installer timesheet
What’s in the template
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| Date | Installer | Job / site | Devices installed | Zone / area | Start | Finish | Break (min) | Hours | Hourly rate | Pay | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/5/26 | Casey Moore | Pine St. office | 6 | Ground floor | 08:00 | 16:30 | 30 | 8 | 29.00 | 232.00 | Cameras mounted |
| 10/5/26 | Drew Hayes | Pine St. office | 4 | Ground floor | 08:00 | 16:30 | 30 | 8 | 23.00 | 184.00 | |
| 10/6/26 | Casey Moore | Pine St. office | 3 | Server room | 08:00 | 12:00 | 0 | 4 | 29.00 | 116.00 | Access control |
What each column is for
| Column | What to write |
|---|---|
| Date | The workday. |
| Installer | The installer’s name, one row per job and zone they worked on that day. |
| Job / site | The customer or building. |
| Devices installed | How many devices this installer mounted and connected that day: cameras, detectors, door contacts, card readers. Each person counts their own. |
| Zone / area | Where: a floor, a room, or the alarm zone number from the drawings. |
| Start | When work started, for example 08:00. |
| Finish | When work ended, for example 16:30. |
| Break (min) | Unpaid break in minutes. Leave it blank or enter 0 if there was none. |
| Hours | Calculated: finish minus start, minus the break. |
| Hourly rate | The installer’s hourly rate. |
| Pay | Calculated: hours × hourly rate. |
| Notes | Device types, what’s left in the zone, anything for commissioning. |
Add up Devices installed by zone to check progress against the drawings, and divide hours by devices to see how long a camera or a door takes. In the sample rows, two installers put in 10 devices on the ground floor in 16 hours, about 1.6 hours per device. That’s an example, not a benchmark.
When a spreadsheet stops working
- Installers are spread over several sites. Sheets come back late or not at all. In HiVis the office or a foreman enters hours in one place, and a reviewer sees everything submitted for the period in one list.
- Cable and connectors run out mid-job. HiVis keeps stock by location and emails the people who manage inventory when an item drops to its minimum. See tool and stock tracking.
- You need labor cost per site. HiVis prices the hours entered at each person’s rate on that date and shows labor cost against each job’s budget. See crew timesheets in HiVis.
How to use it
Download it and clear the examples
Download the Excel file. Delete the three sample rows as whole rows, or clear only the columns you fill in: clearing Hours and Pay would remove their formulas.
Fill in the header
Company, the crew or foreman, the period and who approves the sheet.
Add one row per installer, job and zone
If an installer finishes the ground floor and starts the server room on the same day, that’s two rows, each with its own device count.
Check the totals and approve
The Total row adds up hours and pay. Before signing off in Approved by, compare the devices per zone with the drawings.
Questions and answers
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