Job or work estimate is a document that is often prepared as an initial step in a long process of providing estimates related to certain things, preparing any official quote, creating any work order and even sending an invoice or receipt of the work completed.
The user of this work estimate tool is most commonly the manager of an organization. In order to create an effective and efficient work estimate document, the manager needs to make sure that he understands the team well. This ensures that the tasks and processes are delegated in a better way and this can create an appropriate and economical work estimate document as well. The only thing to keep in mind while drafting a work estimate is to keep it reasonable and appropriate. A high priced work estimate will cause in loss of job, while an estimate of a low cost will have a direct impact on profit margin. According to this theory, a reasonable or affordable work estimate will work better and will attract maximum possible potential customers to get the services in order to get the work done at cost and time effective way.
Work estimate is drafted in a lot of different ways all over, but the most efficient way is to use a good template. All the user has to keep in mind is that it should look professional. For this purpose, most often, this is drawn up under an official letterhead. The person drafting this up should not forget to add basic, minute details like the scope of work offered, the hourly rate charged, material required and the time period that will be required to fulfill the said task, etc.
It is essential to give a general idea to the customer or the receiver of this work estimate sheet, of the amount of money that will be required in order to complete the task. It is advisable to present this document to the customer so that the trust can be achieved and the customer may notice that the organization is providing reasonable prices in the market. This is usually used by every type of organizations from a multinational company to a freelancer worker. Just to save the time and an extra effort of the user, a lot of templates are available as well. The user should just choose the one he deems perfect for his use.
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Work Estimate Template -Light
File: Excel (.xls) 2003+ and iPad
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License: ENERGY [Personal Use Only]
Work Estimate Template
File: Excel (.xls) 2003+ and iPad
Size 45 Kb | Download
License: ENERGY [Personal Use Only]