Knows The Drill

For solar installation operations teams

Virtual assistants for solar companies

Keep customers, documents and external requests connected from signed project to the next milestone. KTD recruits and prepares your assistant for solar operations and the responsibilities agreed with your team before handoff.

Find your assistant

Know which document is holding up the next step.

A customer has sent a form, a utility has requested a revision, and the project manager needs an update for the installation schedule. Each party sees only part of the file.

An assistant can maintain the request history, organize the current documents and prepare clear status updates. Your team sees the specific item waiting on a customer, reviewer or external agency.

The work to hand off

Keep the project record current.

01

Set up the customer file

Collect the items in your approved project checklist and connect them to the right address and project reference. Track missing information without losing the original submission.

What you get back: A customer document checklist with receipt status

02

Track permit correspondence

Record requests, supplied dates and responses from the authorized permit contact. Organize revised files so the project manager can see which version needs attention.

What you get back: A permit correspondence log with open requests

03

Follow utility paperwork

Maintain the checklist and milestones your team supplies for utility coordination. Bring a new request back with the relevant document and prior response history.

What you get back: A utility request tracker linked to the project file

04

Prepare customer updates

Turn the team's status into a clear approved message about the next administrative step. Record the update sent and the question that still needs a project manager's answer.

What you get back: A customer update queue with decision owners

Illustrative workflow

From an external request to a clear project update

Track one requested revision without treating a submitted document as an approved milestone.

A request arrives

Assistant preparesSave the agency or utility message and identify the referenced project.

Your team decidesWho reviews the request and what response is appropriate.

Inputs are collected

Assistant preparesGather the requested files from designated people and record versions.

Your team decidesWhether the materials address the requirement.

A response is authorized

Assistant preparesPrepare the file set and record the authorized submission status.

Your team decidesWhat may be submitted and by whom.

The status is communicated

Assistant preparesLog the external response and prepare the approved customer update.

Your team decidesSchedule implications and any technical or commercial commitment.

Illustrative example — not a client record

A utility request waiting on a reviewed document

Keep the external request, file version and response owner in one record.

Project
Example entrySOL-027; residential installation file.
What to provide or checkLink the request to the correct customer project.
External request
Example entryUtility contact requests a revised project document.
What to provide or checkRetain the original request and its source.
Current material
Example entryRevised file v3 received from the design team.
What to provide or checkIdentify the version available for review.
Review state
Example entryProject manager has not yet authorized the response.
What to provide or checkSeparate receipt from submission authority.
Next action
Example entryProject manager reviews v3; assistant records the authorized response and updates the request log.
What to provide or checkShow the decision needed before the next communication.

Ready to hand over when: The project manager can locate the utility request and revised file, see the pending authorization and identify the next administrative action.

Download the blank template (CSV)

No email required. The file includes field names and guidance, with blank spaces for your own inputs. Use it to describe the work during matching; keep private client information out of an initial inquiry.

Shape the role around the workload

Does external paperwork create a recurring coordination queue?

A useful fit when

  • Projects repeatedly move between customer documents, reviewers and utility or permit contacts.
  • Your team can supply checklists and assign a reviewer for each external request.

Discuss the setup first

  • You need engineering, permitting authority or eligibility advice as part of the role.
  • Installations are waiting on technical or field capacity rather than administrative follow-up.

Managed support provides a dedicated, full-time assistant. Direct-hire responsibilities, hours and employment terms are agreed during matching.

Your solar team owns technical and approval decisions.

Use the assistant to make requests and dependencies visible. Assign qualified reviewers for changes that affect the project.

  • System design, electrical work and technical submissions remain with qualified personnel.
  • Permitting and utility authorities determine their approvals; the assistant records the status they provide.
  • Incentive eligibility, financing advice and installation commitments require your authorized team.

Show us one project's document trail.

  • 01Your customer, permit and utility checklists.
  • 02A typical request and the person who reviews the response.
  • 03Project tools, file conventions and required experience.
  • 04Customer update rules, working hours and escalation contacts.

Recruit. Prepare. Hand over.

Recruited for you. Trained for your industry.

First, we discuss your niche and the work you want your assistant to own. Then we recruit and prepare them in depth for the industry and responsibilities agreed with you before handoff. The matching conversation defines the skills, tools and preparation time your role needs.

We assess English fluency, practical problem-solving and independent judgment, so your assistant can work through the next step and recognize when to bring you in.

Choose the support behind your hire.

Managed assistant

A dedicated, full-time assistant through our service, with ongoing support from our team. One monthly fee.

Explore managed support

Direct hire

We recruit and train an assistant for you to hire directly into your team. You manage the day-to-day. One placement fee.

Explore direct hiring

The examples on these pages are a starting point. Bring the broader range of work you want covered to the matching call. We agree responsibilities, preparation time, working hours, fees and terms before you start.

Before you bring someone on

Can an assistant track permit and utility paperwork?
Yes. They can log requests, collect specified documents and maintain the response history. Your qualified team determines requirements and authorizes submissions.
Can they explain why an approval is delayed?
They can report the documented status and the outstanding request using wording your team approves. Technical interpretations and predictions about an authority's decision belong with the responsible specialist.
Can an assistant send customer progress updates?
Yes. Agree which status information may be shared and who approves changes involving dates, scope or cost. The assistant can keep the sent update connected to the project record.
How is solar-specific preparation handled?
KTD recruits and prepares for your solar workflow and agreed responsibilities before handoff. Matching covers required skills, systems, hours and preparation time, including the review process your team uses.
How do the service formats work?
Managed support provides a dedicated, full-time assistant through KTD with ongoing team support for a monthly fee. Direct hire covers recruitment and training for a placement fee before you hire directly. Scope, hours and terms are agreed in advance.

Make the next project hold-up visible.

Bring us a project whose paperwork took too much chasing. We will define the records, follow-up and preparation needed to support that workflow.

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