BOOK ON was built for UK security companies, where every hour has to be proven and every licence tracked. The same system runs any workforce that works in shifts at client sites: staff book on and off from the app with their position recorded, the office sees who is on site now, and the shift record becomes the timesheet, the payslip and the invoice without being retyped. Choose your industry to see how it fits.
Choose your industry
Security and guarding
Manned guarding, door supervision, events, keyholding, construction sites, retail and CCTV rooms, with SIA licence tracking and BS 7858 screening built in.
Cleaning and facilities management
Rotas by site, proof of each visit from the app, typed site reports with photos, and invoices built from the hours actually worked.
Construction
Gatehouse and site teams booked on with GPS, cards and certificates with expiry dates, lone worker check calls and a daily site log.
Events and hospitality
Large temporary teams rostered from an Excel import, staff found by postcode, everyone booked on at the door and the organiser invoiced from the timesheet.
Healthcare and care staffing
Agency and in-house care teams: shifts by home or ward, DBS and training certificates with expiry, right to work, timesheets to payroll and invoice.
Retail
Store teams across branches, daytime rotas, late and no-show visible to the area manager, incident and complaint records per store.
Logistics and warehousing
Shift patterns by depot, agency and subcontract labour on one rota, forklift and driving certificates tracked, hours to payroll and client invoice.
Field services and mobile teams
Engineers and mobile crews booked on at each job, position and movement on the map, typed job reports with photos, and visit records for the client.
Manufacturing
Shift handover on one record, training matrix per operator, lone worker checks for night shifts and attendance that feeds payroll without retyping.
Rail and transport
Station, depot and revenue protection teams rostered by location, competence cards with expiry, book on by location and reports per contract.
Staffing and recruitment agencies
Temporary workers placed with clients, pay rate and charge rate on every shift, margin by client, timesheets that become payslips and invoices.
By company size
Small and growing companies
Move a spreadsheet rota and a WhatsApp cover group into one system in the first week, with per-officer pricing that does not count office staff.
Multi-site and enterprise operations
Operate, Compliance and Accounts modules on one record, roles and permissions, an audit trail, subcontractor management and 70 reports in 13 families.
Why one system works across industries
- Every industry here has staff who work in shifts at a client’s site, and a client who wants proof the hours were worked. The book-on record with its position gives both.
- The office sees who is on site, who is late and who is alone on the live monitor, then finds cover by postcode and the right certificate when someone drops out.
- Certificates differ by industry, from SIA licences to CSCS cards, DBS checks and PTS competence, but they all have an expiry date. The staff record holds any document and warns before it lapses.
- Pay rate and charge rate sit on every shift, so the timesheet, the payslip and the client invoice come from one record and margin is visible by client.
- Security-specific pieces, from SIA checks to the alarm response desk, are used when they apply and stay out of the way when they do not.
Industry questions
Is BOOK ON only for security companies?
It was built for them and still leads with their compliance needs, but the rota, app, live monitor, timesheets, payroll, invoicing and HR records are not specific to security. Companies in the industries above use the same screens; the security-only features are simply not switched on for them.
Does the app call my staff “officers”?
Yes, the staff record and the app are labelled for officers because of BOOK ON’s origin. The terminology on reports and in the app is confirmed during onboarding.
Can I track certificates that are not security licences?
Yes. The staff record holds any document or certificate with an expiry date, and the expiry reports and the cover search filters work on whatever certificates you record.
Can clients see their own reports?
Reports are produced per client and sent as PDF or exported; a client login is confirmed during onboarding.
How is BOOK ON priced for non-security companies?
Per member of staff on the rota, with office users not counted. A figure for your headcount is given on the demo.
See your industry on the demo
Bring a week of your rota and we will run it in BOOK ON with your sites, rates and certificates.