PC Software

Crop-Picker on the PC has an easy to use, intuitive interface. All the windows have a similar appearance. Below you will see the Payroll and Deductions tab on the Workers Detail screen. You can see workers details easily by choosing the worker from the list on the left. New workers are added easily by clicking on the New button.

Payrates are set in Options and you can use those rates or enter rates for individual workers. These rates are used for any hourly work that the workers do and used to calculate that workers have reached the minimum wage.

Locations for work are set up in a similar way as are the Tasks the workers will be doing. On the Tasks setup you can assign a weight to a task and then any harvesting tasks will record weights for you.

Each of these also has a Production Tab that shows information on what work has been done on that Location, by that worker or for that task that gives you a very quick way of seeing an overview of Production and Earnings.

Your Workers, Tasks and Locations are sent to the handset when you synchronise and you are then ready to record work on the handset.

Any work that is not entered on the handset can be entered on the PC using either the Worksheet or the Timesheet. The Worksheet is very easy to complete and it remembers the row above as you enter so if you have several workers doing the same task it is extremely quick to enter as you only need to change the minimum of entries.

The Timesheet emulates the handset, you create a job and then enter the work. Some users may prefer to do it this way and it does allow you to have two tasks within a job, which can be useful if you do not have enough handsets in the peak of the season and are picking class 1 and class 2 simultaneously and recording work on paper.

Once data has been entered it is then posted, at this stage you can see how much each worker has earned. You can sort the £/hr column and see your highest and lowest earners easily. You can at this stage adjust the times worked by any of the workers if you need to.

Once data is on the PC either by downloading the handsets or entering data via the PC you can use the Minimum wage and Holiday Pay feature to calculate any Holiday Pay due and whether the worker has met the Minimum wage for the hours they have worked.

Only the workers that have not reached the required earnings are shown in the list and you can hover over the amounts to see how they are made up. It will account for any overtime they should have earned according to the options you have chosen. Holiday pay that your Daily Casual workers are entitled to is calculated. You are able to see how the money is made up by clicking on the Adjust button and you can change the hours worked or add breaks if the handset user has forgotten to do so. To make up their money to the required amount you simply click on the Makeup button.

Deductions can be added on the PC (they can also be added on the Handset), they can be applied automatically, for example for Rent on a daily or weekly basis, or can be applied manually for one-off deductions.

A data wizard is available for changing information after it has been recorded. You can change the date, location, task or payrate easily. You can also move work to another worker or delete work recorded to a worker.

Many reports are available, giving you instant information on your yields from fields or yields of a particular variety. And there are reports showing workers earnings, payslips etc. You can easily choose to restrict any of the reports to show just the information you need.