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Schedule crews across every site, keep tickets current and control wage costs — without enterprise complexity or manual spreadsheets.
Crew scheduling by site and trade
White card and ticket tracking
GPS site attendance
A construction roster moves with the program, not the calendar — and the person you need on Thursday has to hold the ticket for it.
Crews split across active sites
Tickets and white cards that gate the work
Weather and program changes
Site attendance for inductions
Labour cost per project
Subcontractor and casual mix
Crew scheduling in construction is a sequencing problem: the right trade, on the right site, holding the right ticket, on the day the program needs them.
Every site, every trade, one labour cost
Build the week per site and reassign when the program slips, with wage cost tracked against each project rather than in aggregate.
On site, the clock-in record is also the induction record.
GPS clock-in at the site boundary
Workers clock in on their phone at the site, and GPS confirms the location so the attendance record stands up.
Penalty rates, overtime and break rules vary by day, time, employment type and shift length — and one week’s roster touches most of them.
Building and Construction General On-site Award (MA000020) — pay rates by period
| Period | Full-time & part-time | Casual |
|---|---|---|
| Ordinary hours (Monday–Friday, day) | 100% | 125% |
| Saturday (first 2 hours) | 150% | 175% |
| Sunday | 200% | 225% |
| Public holiday | 250% | 275% |
Casual rates are set by the award directly, not by adding a loading to the permanent rate. Rates change each 1 July; the full breakdown by classification, junior age and allowance is in the building and construction award pay guide. Always verify against Fair Work.
Approved hours should reach the pay run without being re-keyed, penalties and all.
Award interpretation already applied
RosterElf connects construction scheduling and time tracking to payroll, so approved hours flow cleanly to Xero or MYOB with penalties already applied.
Australian builders using RosterElf report significant time savings on schedule creation. Based on customer feedback and ROI calculator data.
Scheduling is one job of several. RosterElf puts communication, HR and time tracking in the same place, so a construction team has one app rather than four.
RosterElf is built for Australian workplaces, with Fair Work compliance, modern awards and local payroll integrations as the starting point rather than an add-on.
Less time building and re-fixing the roster every week.
See live wage cost as you schedule — no guesswork until payday.
Building & Construction Award rates and penalties built in.
Works for casual, part-time and full-time staff.
Intuitive for managers and staff, with minimal training.
Scales from one site to a group.
Download free job description templates for your construction team
See how much time and money your business could save with RosterElf rostering software.
Based on 70% time reduction with automated rostering
No credit card required
Hear from Australian businesses that simplified their scheduling with RosterElf
Andrew Nathan
November 13, 2025
"We are extremely happy with Roster Elf, it's a great improvement on the previous system we were using. Sean and all the staff have been fantastic, really know their stuff and make using RosterElf a pleasure."
Monica Van De Laak
October 16, 2025
"Sean was an amazing help, very patient and thorough."
Mary C.
October 13, 2025
"I can see my roster, enter availability, put leave in advance and clock on and off easily."
Stay compliant with Australian Modern Award pay rates
Accredited RosterElf-partner accountants and bookkeepers who work with construction businesses on payroll and award-compliant pay runs.
Christine Owng
Melbourne, VIC
Bookkeeping Partners is a Melbourne bookkeeping and payroll practice led by Christine Owng — an accredited RosterElf partner for shift-based businesses.
Eliza Revoltar
Ringwood, VIC
Mizael Partners is a Ringwood-based accounting, audit and advisory firm working in Xero, MYOB and QuickBooks — an accredited RosterElf partner.
See how RosterElf helps other businesses like yours
Free scheduling tools, templates and guides for Australian builders
Build your first construction roster in minutes. No credit card required.
At RosterElf, support isn't a ticket system — it's part of the product. Our Australian-based team helps you set up correctly, understand award rules, and stay compliant as your business changes. No scripts. No offshore handoffs. Just real help when you need it.
Guided setup and onboarding
Award and payroll questions answered
Ongoing help as your team grows
The best construction scheduling software assigns crews per site and trade, holds tickets and white cards against each worker so only qualified people are scheduled, confirms site attendance with GPS, and exports to payroll without re-keying. RosterElf does all four and applies the Building and Construction Award.
Rebuild the affected site’s week rather than the whole roster. Because crews are templated per site and trade, moving a pour or a fit-out re-cuts one site’s schedule and the labour cost updates against that project’s budget rather than disappearing into a total.
Yes. Tickets, white cards and site inductions are held against each worker with expiry alerts before they lapse, and workers without a current ticket are not offered the tasks that need one.
