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HR & payroll for Automobile Workshop / Garage in the UAE

Technicians certified, bays staffed, incentives paid right.

Automobile workshops and service centres depend on skilled technicians, service advisors on commission and safe bays. StartHR keeps professional licences and certifications current, costs each branch and handles the long days and split shifts of a busy workshop.

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6 live features · 3 on the roadmap · plus every core StartHR module
30 daysPaid annual leave from the first year
GPSSAEmirati contributions on every payroll
The problem

What slows automobile workshop / garage HR teams down

Technicians' professional licences and verification lapse unnoticed.
Split shifts and Ramadan evenings make lateness rules messy.
Tools and diagnostic devices go missing.
What you get

9 features built for automobile workshop / garage

Live features work today. Roadmap items are planned and marked honestly.
Technician licence & skills matrixLive

Municipal licence, trade certification and OEM certification per technician.

Branch & service-centre costLive

Headcount and monthly labour cost per branch.

Emiratisation trackerOn the roadmap

Your Emirati share by role, measured against the Emiratisation (Nafis) rules for your sector.

Workshop shift templateLive

Apply a long workshop day to attendance.

Bay attendance by fingerprintLive

Devices at the workshop entrance feed lateness and overtime.

Tool & diagnostic-device custodyLive

Assign tool kits and scanners to technicians and recover them.

Overtime & bonus in payrollLive

Overtime from punches and monthly incentives as bonus lines.

Job-card time clock & efficiencyOn the roadmap

Clock technicians on job cards and pay flat-rate efficiency incentives.

Comeback & rework logOn the roadmap

Track rework per technician as a quality KPI.

Rules we track for you

Credentials, localisation and working time

Certificates & licences

  • Municipal professional licenceMunicipal professional licence for workshop trades.
  • Trade certification
  • OEM technician certificationBrand training; EV high-voltage where relevant.
  • Health certificate
Each is matched to the right job titles and alerts before it expires.

Emiratisation (Nafis)

  • EmiratisationCompanies with 50+ employees add 2% Emiratis in skilled roles each year (1% per half-year); 20–49 employee firms in key sectors hire at least one Emirati.
Sector targets change by decision — confirm yours with the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MOHRE). Official rules

Recommended working time

  • 08:00–20:00Weekend: FridayLong workshop day with a midday break; adjust for Ramadan evenings.
  • Branches & service centresAllocate people, see the monthly labour cost of each one.

Pay elements set up for you

Technician productivity incentiveService-advisor commissionBody-shop piece rateTools allowanceUniform allowance
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