# Prepare a trades job-start brief

Organise an approved job scope, business context, date assumptions and next actions for a trades team.

Canonical: https://aroai.com/recipes/trades-job-start/

## The useful result

A practical hand-off that captures approved scope details, business context, schedule assumptions, missing inputs and next actions.

## Collect the approved inputs

- Job scope, site notes and customer or supplier details.
- The business identifier or record to research, if relevant.
- Proposed dates and known team availability.
- Your own safety, quoting and approval requirements.

## Prepare the next steps

1. **Organise the scope** Group tasks, dependencies and open questions from the approved notes.
2. **Check business context** Research a supplier or commercial customer when a supported source is relevant.
3. **Review dates** Use a jurisdiction-aware calendar tool where appropriate and keep roster assumptions separate.
4. **Hand off** Present the source material, missing information and a proposed checklist for the team.

## Decisions stay with your business

A workflow can prepare information for a quote or job plan. Pricing, commitments, safety decisions and customer approvals remain part of your business process.