EV charger installers
EV charger installer software that files the grant claim with the job
£500
Surveys, installs, four grant photos per socket, a DNO notification and a certificate for every charger. One system carries all of it, from the first enquiry to the claim.
Four photos, one form and a certificate per charger
EV charger installer software has to follow the paperwork, because the paperwork is where an EV charger installer earns or loses the margin. A 7 kW home charger takes half a day to fit. The grant claim, the DNO notification, the Electrical Installation Certificate and the four photos OZEV asks for can take another hour, usually in the evening, usually from a phone gallery full of other jobs.
So an installer rarely needs one more app for EV chargers. What helps is a job sheet, a grant claim and a certificate that come from the same record, so the photo taken on the drive at eleven is already filed under the right socket when the claim link arrives. That is what we build: a system around the way your firm already works, sized to a sole trader with one van or a contractor with thirty bays to fit at a block of flats in Evesham.
The installer's day, with the grant already on the job
- Grant photos before you pack upThe job asks for the four shots a claim needs: close-up, serial number, parking space and a wide view.
- DNO and certificate in one goCharger, rating and supply details on the job sheet fill the DNO notification and the EIC.
- Smart settings on recordThe default charging hours and the randomised delay are logged per charger, with the serial number.
An example of what we can build, with made-up addresses. You choose which fields a job sheet has.
Where a chargepoint business leaks hours
Four places where the hours go, and none of them is the install itself.
Grant photos in the wrong gallery
A claim for the flats and renters grant needs the make, model, serial number, the invoice and four photos: a close-up, the serial plate, the charger with its parking space and a wide shot of the building. Miss one and the claim stalls. A work order app that asks for the four shots before the job can close removes the evening hunt.
A DNO notification for every install
OZEV expects an authorised installer to notify the distribution network operator of every installation. The details are all on the job sheet already: the charger, its rating, the supply. Typing them twice is where errors creep in. We fill the form from the job, as part of software for installers that also keeps the certificate.
Quotes that forget the grant
A customer in a rented house asks what they will pay. The answer depends on the charger, the cable run, the board and whether they qualify for up to £500. An AI quote generator can draft that from a photo and your own price list, with the grant shown as a separate line.
Landlords and agents who want updates
A managing agent with twelve bays wants to know which stage you are at, what has been invoiced and which documents are in. A client portal shows them the project file, so your phone stops ringing every Friday.
A block of flats as one project file
Shared with the managing agent
An example with made-up names and amounts. You choose the phases of your projects.
The rules behind every chargepoint you fit
An EV charger installer in England works under more rules than a general electrician, because the grant money comes with its own conditions. This is what applies to the jobs you claim for, as OZEV and gov.uk set them out in 2026.
| Rule | What it asks of the installer | What the system keeps |
|---|---|---|
| OZEV authorisation | Membership of a competent person scheme (NAPIT, NICEIC, SELECT, or OFTEC for homes) or of the ECA, and an approved application | Your scheme number, renewal date and the date you were authorised |
| Grant claims | Make, model, serial number, invoice and four photos per socket; only models on the eligible list | The four photos per socket, the serial number and the invoice in one place |
| Claim activity | At least one claim every two years, or you come off the list | A warning when the last claim gets old |
| Record keeping | Keep documents for at least three years; OZEV can audit | Every job file with its date, kept and searchable |
| DNO notification | Notify the network operator of every installation | The notification filled from the job sheet |
| Certificate | Issue an Electrical Installation Certificate to BS 7671 | The EIC attached to the address |
| Smart Charge Points Regulations 2021 | Default charging hours outside peak times, a randomised delay and security built in | The settings left at handover, per serial number |
The claim process changed with it. The installer now gets a link to a digital claim form, there is no status portal, the first assessment can take up to ten working days, and the customer should only go ahead once they have been told they are eligible. A job that is booked before that message is a job at risk. The full route to authorisation is in our guide on how to become an OZEV approved installer.
Someone in Worcester searches for a charger
New request
Renting a house with a driveway, asks about the £500 grant, photo of the consumer unit attached
James, Worcester, today 20:47
- A page per grant and per town you cover
- A Google profile with photos of finished installs
- A form that asks about parking, the supply and the grant
Example with made-up businesses and reviews.
Homeowners search by grant and by town
People do not search for a company name. They type the town and the thing they want, and more and more often the grant: a charger in Worcester, a charger for a rented house, a charger for a flat. A site that answers each of those with its own page wins the call. We write those pages for the trade on SEO for electricians, and the site itself is covered on website design for electricians. Websites start from 1,500 euro.
The Google profile matters as much as the site. Photos of finished installs, the towns you cover and steady reviews are what put a firm on the map in the first place; the steps are in create a Google Business Profile, and local SEO is the service when you would rather hand it over.
The form at the end is the part most installers underrate. Ask for the parking situation, a photo of the consumer unit, the distance to the parking space and whether the customer rents or owns. That is the information that decides the survey, the quote and the grant, and it lands straight in the job file instead of an inbox.
A car park plan becomes a first proposal
An example of what we can build. The AI proposes from your own price list, you decide.
Thirty home chargers a month, worked through
| Task per charger | Today | With one system |
|---|---|---|
| Sorting the four grant photos and the serial number | 20 minutes | Taken on the job, already filed |
| Filling in the DNO notification | 15 minutes | Filled from the job sheet, checked in 3 minutes |
| Writing the certificate and sending it | 15 minutes | Drafted from the test results, 5 minutes |
| Chasing the customer for a missing detail | 10 minutes | Asked for in the enquiry form |
| Total admin per charger | 60 minutes | about 10 minutes |
At thirty chargers a month that is roughly 25 hours, three working days, moved from paperwork back to installs or to an evening at home. The bigger win is often the claims that no longer stall: a claim with a missing photo waits, and while it waits the grant money is not in your account.
The same logic works for workplaces. The Workplace Charging Scheme pays up to 75 percent of the costs including VAT, capped at £500 per socket for installs from 1 April 2026, for up to 40 sockets. The voucher comes within five working days and stays valid for 180 days, so install and claim have to land inside that window. A board that counts down the days per voucher is one screen in a custom dashboard.
How much EV charger installer software a firm needs
Not every firm needs the same thing. A small business does not need an ERP; it needs the three or four steps that cost it the most time, built well.
| Size | What usually helps | What you can leave out |
|---|---|---|
| Sole trader, one van | A job sheet on the phone with the grant photos and the certificate, and a site that brings in local work | Planning boards, stock, a portal |
| Crew of five | Job sheets, a shared week planner, quotes with the grant as a line, DNO notifications from the job | A separate CRM, heavy reporting |
| Firm of 20 to 50 | Projects for flats and workplaces, a portal for agents, staff scheduling, stock of chargers per van | An off-the-shelf ERP you bend to fit |
| Larger contractor | Links to accounts and the charger back office through API integrations, dashboards per region | Nothing by default; we start with the process that leaks most |
Chargers are expensive stock. Once you keep a dozen units across vans, knowing which serial number went to which address is worth more than any report, and that is a small piece of inventory management software. If you also do solar or heat pumps, the same system carries those jobs; see solar installers and heat pump installers.
Hiring the electrician who fits the chargers
An example with made-up names. You choose which questions an application asks.
In many chargepoint firms growth stops at people, not at demand. A careers page on your own site, with the towns you work in, the van, the training and an application that takes a minute on a phone, does better than a job board where your ad sits between fifty others. Applications land in the same system as the jobs, so you can see who is coming in before you need them. For the wider trade, including EICRs and rewires, our page for electrical contractors goes into the rest of an electrician's week.
Eight weeks to a system your crew uses
- Week 1Your week on one pageHow does an enquiry come in, who surveys, who fits, who claims, who invoices? We look at an ordinary week, not a feature list.
- Week 2A fixed priceWe pick the part that costs you most time, usually the job sheet with the grant photos, and give a fixed price for that project.
- Weeks 3 to 6One crew on real jobsOne installer uses the job sheet on live installs. What gets in the way is changed that week, not at the end.
- Weeks 7 and 8Everyone on itThe rest of the crew, the office and, if you want, your managing agents in a portal. The old spreadsheet goes.
Before a chargepoint firm switches systems
Can the system send the grant claim to OZEV for me?
No. The claim goes through the digital form OZEV sends you as a link. What we build gets everything that form asks for ready per socket, so filling it takes minutes.
Does it work with the charger maker's back office?
Often, if the maker offers an interface. We check that before we give a price. Where there is none, the serial number and the settings are still on the job, which is what the regulations and an audit care about.
Can the DNO notification come from the job?
Yes. We build it for the network operators you actually work with. The charger, its rating and the supply details come from the job sheet, so nobody types them twice.
Can my customers book a survey themselves?
Yes, through a form on your site that asks about parking, ownership and the consumer unit. The request becomes a job in the system with the photos attached.
What does it cost?
After a conversation you get a fixed price per project. Websites start from 1,500 euro; software depends on what we build, which is why we start with one part. Read what custom software involves.
We have not built for a chargepoint installer yet. We did build a platform for Business Centrum that replaced their spreadsheets with one system for employers, staff, documents and a client portal, and the DA Logistics platform with a planning board and an app for drivers, live since July 2026. A firm that fits chargers works the same way: jobs, people, documents and deadlines. Tell us how your week runs.
Custom software
How VBS helps you with this
We build the platform your business runs on every day: your spreadsheets, emails and paperwork in one system that does what you do.
- Your workflow mapped first, then a fixed price
- Screens for the office, the client and the road
- Hosting, backups and security managed by us on AWS
How we approach it is on our page about Custom software.
Grant claims ready the day you fit the charger?
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