Productivity is often a misunderstood concept. I am not talking about working longer hours, but rather staying craft employed a larger percentage of the day. Productivity is about what you actually install and produce, not about how hard you work. You can work really hard carrying materials by hand, but maybe a forklift can do the same thing in a fraction of the time. To understand more about productivity, let’s start with some basic concepts. 

Craft time is the time spent actually installing a production. It does not include material handling, set-up, clean-up, nor any non-hands on field time. You must actually be hammering, drilling, gluing, or whatever it takes to move the job toward completion. Reading prints, drive time, layout, material handling, equipment maintenance all is important, but not necessarily craft time activity.