ApprenticeLog
Built for Kiwi trade apprentices
The #1 logbook app designed exclusively for New Zealand apprentices. Voice-to-text technology turns daily site activities into BCITO-compliant entries in 30 seconds — across construction, carpentry, electrical, plumbing, and automotive trades.
The impact we delivered
Measurable outcomes that transformed ApprenticeLog's business.
Understanding the problem
NZ apprentices have to keep daily logbooks for BCITO sign-off — what they did, what they used, what skills they demonstrated. The reality on a construction site is hands covered in concrete and a phone in a pocket; written logs get skipped, then back-filled badly, then rejected. The status quo was so painful that the actual process — typing entries by hand at the end of a 10-hour day — was the bottleneck, not the work itself.
How we solved it
We built a voice-first mobile app where an apprentice taps a button, speaks a 30-second summary of what they did, and the app generates a structured, BCITO-compliant entry — formatted with task descriptions, hours, tools, and skills demonstrated. Works offline so the on-site reality doesn't break the flow. Employers and training providers see clean, consistent logs in real time; apprentices stop dreading the paperwork.
Step by step
How we approached this project to deliver exceptional results.
Designed for the actual context — site noise, dirty hands, intermittent signal — not the office
Built the speech recognition pipeline tuned for trade terminology (rebar, conduit, framing, RCD, etc.)
Structured the output to match BCITO documentation standards directly — not a generic note that has to be reformatted later
Made it offline-first so the app captures entries even when there's no signal on site
Built employer and training-provider dashboards for real-time visibility into apprentice progress
Free for NZ apprentices — funded by the employer/provider tier
Project highlights
Key screens and features from the final product.
Marketing site — built around the trades, not generic SaaS
Mobile-first — phone in pocket, voice on site
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