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For tradies, foremen and subbies

Site safety in smoko-sized bites.

Snack-sized construction management for busy tradies. Two minutes with a cuppa, and your checks, sign-ons and site paperwork are done for the day.

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Free for every tradie and subbie on your jobs.

2 min a day No forms Works with no signal Free for subbies
9:52
Morning, Jess
Gaz here. 3 bites from the crew.
23
14 Ridge St · on site since 6:52
Sign-on · Maggie
SWMS step 4 changed: wet weather
Signed 6:54am
Quick check · Maggie
Edge protection on level 2 still up?

New gear · Kev
Scissor lift (19 ft, electric)
3-minute 3D walkthrough · +15 pts
Smoko vs the group chat

The group chat, with a whole back office.

Your crew already runs the job on WhatsApp. Smoko keeps the yarn and adds what a group chat can’t: a channel for every job, alerts that only reach the right people, and a crew of agents turning the chatter into records.

Your group chat today
Smoko
How Smoko compares with a WhatsApp group and Slack
What you needWhatsApp groupSlackSmoko
ChannelsYou make a group and add people by handYou make a channel and invite peopleEvery new job gets one, straight from your job tool
NotificationsEvery message, to everyone, unless they mute itMentions, plus a lot of channel noiseOnly the people it’s about, by site, role and ticket
Subbies from other businessesYes, if you’ve got their numberYes, through shared channelsYes, and their tickets come with them
Photos and voice notesLost in the scrollSearchable filesTurned into hazards, checks and diary entries
Who’s on site, and who’s clearedNo ideaNo ideaLive, from site sign-on
Who does the paperworkYou, on Friday nightYou, or the apps you set upThe crew drafts it. You tick it.
Who owns the recordWhoever’s phone it’s onYour workspaceYour business, filed as audit evidence
Cost for the crewFreePer person on paid plansFree for workers and subbies

Compared with each app as it comes, without add-ons or integrations. WhatsApp and Slack are trademarks of their owners. Smoko isn’t affiliated with either.

How it works

Set up before you’ve found your keys.

Smoko runs off the jobs you already have. No setup day, no forms to build, no training course on how to use the app.

  1. Jobs flow in

    Every new job gets its own chat, crew list and site paperwork, ready before the ute leaves the yard.

    Built to plug into job tools like Simpro, ServiceM8 and Tradify. See integrations

  2. Crew yarns, the agents file

    Chat, snap photos and send voice notes like you already do. Gaz and his crew turn them into hazards, checks and diary entries. You just tick that it’s right.

  3. Two minutes at smoko

    Each day you get a few bites: the checks that matter today, anything that changed, and new gear to get across.

What Smoko does

Job chats

Every job gets a yarn. Gaz does the paperwork.

A chat for every job, with everyone on it, subbies included. Drop a photo or a voice note and it lands in the right place: the hazard register, the site diary, the inspection log.

  • Talk like you already do. No forms, no fields, no dropdowns.
  • Nothing gets filed without a human tick. Gaz drafts it, someone on site confirms it.
  • No signal? No worries. It saves on your phone and syncs when you’re back in range.
Subbies

Send a link. Subbie’s in, sorted.

They snap their cards, do a four-question induction written for this site, sign only the parts of the SWMS that are theirs, and they’re in the job chat.

  • Tickets read straight off a photo. No typing licence numbers into a portal.
  • One profile follows them to every job. No re-uploading the same white card for the fifth builder this year.
  • You see who’s cleared before they’re on the tools. Not after.
New gear

New gear on site? Learn it before you jump on.

When a machine lands on site, the people rostered on it get a three-minute 3D walkthrough on their phone. Watch Kev do it, then have a go yourself.

  • Built from the operator manual for that make and model, so the controls are where they really are.
  • Scored, not just watched. Miss a step or do it out of order and you’ll know.
  • Familiarisation, not a licence. High-risk work still needs the real ticket and a real assessor.
Heads-ups

Heads-up before the heat hits.

Smoko checks tomorrow’s forecast against your heat plan and gives the foreman a one-tap call. The crew hears about it the night before, not at 11am.

  • The foreman makes the call, not the app.
  • New starters get flagged. They’re not used to the heat yet.
  • Everyone taps to say they’ve seen it, so nobody can say they didn’t know.
More bites

The boring stuff, done in the background.

  • Re-sign only what changed

    When a SWMS changes, the people it affects sign just the changed step. No 40-pager at the gate.

    Maggie, Safety

  • Overnight clash check

    Someone rostered on the scissor lift without the ticket? Two trades in the same spot? You’ll know the night before.

    Gaz, Operations

  • Toolbox talk from your week

    Two minutes on what actually happened on your sites, not a template from 2014.

    Kev, Training

  • Hold points that hold

    No tiling until the waterproofing photo’s in. The job stays on hold until it is, and the tiler knows why.

    Prue, Quality

  • Pre-starts by QR

    Scan the machine, answer three questions, done. The service gets booked before it’s due, not after it breaks.

    Skip, Plant

  • Renewals, chased

    Tickets and insurances chased before they run out, not the week after. Nobody in the office has to nag.

    Wendy, Office

  • Inspector mode

    Inspector at the gate? One tap shows who’s on site, their tickets and the SWMS in play.

    Fran, Compliance

  • One-tap muster

    Everyone on site, from every company, on one list. “I’m safe” is a single tap.

    Maggie, Safety

  • Safer buys

    Order a chemical in your job tool and get the safety data sheet, the PPE you’ll need and whether there’s a safer swap.

    Rivet, Environment
Meet the crew

A whole site office in your pocket.

Gaz runs operations. His crew covers the jobs a site office does, from SWMS to subbie paperwork. They draft, chase and remind. You and your people make the calls.

Director of Operations

Gaz the galah

Runs the day. Lines up everyone’s smoko bites, hands each job to the right member of the crew, chases what’s overdue and sends the boss a wrap every Friday.

  • Daily smoko bites
  • Who does what, and by when
  • Overnight clash check
  • The boss’s Friday wrap

“Smoko’s at 9:30. Two bites today, both easy. Bring a biscuit.”

  • Safety Manager

    Maggie the magpie

    • SWMS and sign-ons
    • Hazards and incidents
    • Heat, weather and permits
    • Muster and inspector visits

    “Keep off the north scaffold until the scaffolder signs it off.”

  • Quality Manager

    Prue the echidna

    • Inspection and test plans
    • Hold points
    • Defects and rework
    • Handover photos and packs

    “Photo of the waterproofing before the tiler starts, please.”

  • Office Manager

    Wendy the wombat

    • Subbie paperwork and insurances
    • Ticket and licence renewals
    • Site sign-in register
    • Chasing forms, so you don’t

    “Priya’s insurance runs out Friday. I’ve asked her for the new one.”

  • Training Coordinator

    Kev the kookaburra

    • Site inductions
    • Toolbox talks from your week
    • 3D walkthroughs for new gear
    • Refreshers and apprentice logbooks

    “Three-minute walkthrough on the new lift before you jump on?”

  • Plant and Equipment

    Skip the roo

    • Plant register and QR tags
    • Pre-start checks
    • Servicing and test and tag
    • Hire gear in and out

    “Lift’s due for a service on the 20th. I’ve told the hire company.”

  • Environment Officer

    Rivet the frog

    • Waste and skip bins
    • Spill kits and chemicals
    • Dust, noise and stormwater
    • Safety data sheets

    “Concrete washout’s creeping toward the drain. Can someone move it?”

  • Compliance and Audit

    Fran the frogmouth

    • Your Kaiso Governance file
    • ISO evidence and internal audits
    • Management review packs
    • Prequal and tender answers

    “Audit’s in six weeks. We’re short two training records. On it.”

  • The boss

    You

    The crew reports to you. They draft, chase and remind. You and your people make every call that matters.

One photo. Five of the crew.

Dazza snaps a loose scaffold board and Mel ticks the hazard card. That’s all the people had to do.

  1. Maggie logs the hazard and warns everyone on site
  2. Skip checks the scaffold’s last inspection tag
  3. Wendy books the scaffolder for this arvo
  4. Prue holds work on the north side until it’s signed off
  5. Fran files the lot as evidence for your safety system
  • They draft. You decide.Nothing goes on the record until a person on site ticks it.
  • Cheeky about streaks. Dead serious about hazards.A loose board gets a plain warning, not a pun.
  • They show their working.Every task says who it’s from and why it’s on your list.
  • They don’t carry your duties.Your legal duties stay with you and your people. The crew makes them easier to keep.
Integrations and workflows

Plug in your systems. The crew organises the rest.

Something happens in the job chat. The crew updates Simpro, emails the right person and tells everyone it affects. Anything that leaves the business waits for a person’s tick.

Jobs and quotes

Simpro · ServiceM8 · Tradify · AroFlo

New jobs make channels. Notes, holds and completions go back.

Email and calendar

Microsoft 365 · Google Workspace

Emails go out from your address, once someone ticks them.

Accounts

Xero · MYOB

Purchase orders and draft invoices. The boss sends them.

Files

SharePoint · Google Drive · Dropbox

Your SWMS and procedures, read where they already live.

smoko

Job chats in. The crew sorts out who needs to know, and what needs updating.

People and rosters

Employment Hero · Deputy

Who’s rostered, who’s new on site and who’s on leave.

SMS and email

Any phone number or inbox

For the crew who won’t install another app.

Field forms

SiteDocs

Already on SiteDocs? Your signed forms come across.

Kaiso Governance

Your audit file

Every confirmed record lands as evidence, filed by Fran.

Planned connections, shown to explain the idea. Product names are trademarks of their owners.

See it run

Pick something that happened in a job chat and watch where it goes.

In the 14 Ridge St chat
DM
Dazza

board’s loose on the north scaffold, taped it off

  1. Maggie logs the hazard and tells everyone on Ridge St to keep off the north side.

    SmokoPush to 4 crewDone

  2. Prue puts north-side work on hold and adds a note to the job.

    SimproDone

  3. Wendy emails the scaffolder asking for a re-inspection today.

    EmailSent after Mel’s tick

  4. Gaz books the re-inspection into the schedule for 1pm and moves the painters to the south side.

    SimproCalendarDone

  5. Fran files the hazard, the photos and the sign-off as evidence.

    Kaiso GovernanceDone

Your rules, in plain English

Start with the crew’s defaults and switch them on or off. No flowcharts.

  • When a new job lands in SimproGaz makes the channel and adds the crew. Maggie drafts the SWMS.

  • When a ticket or insurance is 14 days from expiryWendy chases the person and copies the office.

  • When anyone reports a near missMaggie tells the foreman. Kev adds it to Monday’s toolbox talk.

  • When a job is marked donePrue checks the handover photos before any invoice goes out.

Or just tell Gaz

Say what you want. Gaz writes the rule and shows you before it runs.

Streaks and points

Points for speaking up. Never for staying quiet.

Crews keep a streak by doing their bites. Points come from raising hazards and fixing things, so nobody has a reason to keep a hurt quiet.

23
day crew streak · Ridge St
  1. Mon
  2. Tue
  3. Wed
  4. Thu
  5. Fri
  6. Sat
  7. Sun
DMMKJTSR 3 of 4 done today. Sam’s up next.

Rained off? Site closed? Streaks pause, they don’t break.

What earns points

  • Raise a hazard +20
  • Report a near miss +20
  • Close an action +15
  • Help a new starter +25
  • Finish your bites +10

What never will

  • Days without injury 0
  • A quiet hazard log 0
  • Fewer incident reports 0

Our promise: Smoko will never reward a crew for reporting less. Hiding an injury to protect a streak is exactly what we’re here to stop.

Old way, Smoko way

Same job. Way less paper.

The old wayThe Smoko way
A 40-page SWMS signed at the gate, unreadRead out in two minutes. Re-sign only what changed.
Chasing subbies for tickets by textSend a link. They snap their cards. Done.
Monday toolbox talk off a templateTwo minutes on what actually happened on your site last week
Twenty boxes on a clipboard, every dayThe two questions that matter today
Paperwork in the ute, typed up Friday nightIt files itself while you chat
A week of panic before the auditEvidence builds up as you work
For the boss

Your audit file builds itself.

Everything your crews do in Smoko lands in Kaiso Governance as evidence: checks, sign-ons, inductions and hazards closed. When an auditor or head contractor asks, it’s already there.

  • See every site in one place. What’s done, what’s overdue, who’s cleared.
  • Know you can show reasonable steps. On any day, not just audit week.
  • One flat price for the business. Your crew and subbies use it free.
Pricing

Simple as a pie and a Big M.

The business pays one flat price. Everyone else on your jobs uses it free.

  • $0

    For tradies and subbies

    Every worker and subbie on your jobs. Forever.

  • Flat

    For the business

    One flat monthly price. No per-head maths.

  • No fees

    Per inspection or induction

    Do as many as you like. More checks should never cost more.

  • AI incl.

    No credits to count

    Gaz comes with it. No top-ups, no meters.

Prices are announced at launch. Waitlist crews hear first.

FAQ

Fair questions.

Does Smoko replace my SWMS?

No. It keeps your SWMS current and makes sure the right people have read the right parts. The SWMS is still yours, and so are your legal duties.

Is it tracking me all day?

No. Smoko notes when you arrive at a site and when you leave. Nothing in between, and nothing off site. Your boss has to tell you before it’s switched on.

Does the 3D walkthrough count as a ticket?

No. It gets you familiar with a machine before you use it. High-risk work licences still come from a proper assessment on the real thing.

What if there’s no signal on site?

Smoko is being built to work offline. Photos, checks and sign-ons save on your phone and sync when you’re back in range.

Are Gaz and the crew real people?

No. They’re AI agents. They draft paperwork from what your crew says and snaps, chase what’s overdue and line up today’s checks. They never file anything on their own: a person on site always ticks it first.

Do the agents replace my safety adviser or office staff?

No. They take the admin off people’s plates. Your legal duties, and the judgement calls, stay with you and your people. If you use a safety consultant, they see the same records the crew keeps.

Will it work with my job software?

That’s the plan. We’re building connections to job tools like Simpro, ServiceM8, Tradify and AroFlo, plus email, calendars, accounts and file storage. Sign up and tell us what you use.

What’s Kaiso?

Kaiso Governance keeps your safety and quality management system audit-ready. Smoko is the bit your crew uses on site, and everything it records feeds straight into Kaiso.

Put the kettle on.

Sign up and we’ll let you know when Smoko’s ready for your crew.