AI receptionist for electricians that qualifies the job before the truck rolls.
Panel trouble, outage calls, EV charger leads, and permit-heavy work all need better intake than a generic message slip. Heyfield captures the context up front.
Live electrical intake
Panel issue that needs real qualification
Tom W.
Denver, CO · (303) 555-0291
Heyfield
Hey, this is Mountain Electric — what's going on?
Caller
My panel keeps tripping when the dryer runs.
Heyfield
Got it — how old is the panel, and have you had it inspected recently?
Caller
It's a 100-amp from the 80s. No inspection in years.
Tom W. — 100A panel from '80s tripping under dryer load. Likely upgrade lead. Diagnostic booked tomorrow 10am. Address: 1207 Pine, Denver.
Field reality
The calls that decide the day for electricians.
Peak pressure: Weekday business hours dominate; storm-driven outages spike unpredictably.
Seasonality: Storm outage spikes spring/fall in tornado alley; EV install demand grows year-round.
- 1Call pattern
Permit-required calls take 4–6 minutes to qualify — apprentices give up halfway
- 2Call pattern
EV charger leads from utility partner programs go cold within hours
- 3Call pattern
Storm response calls flood for 48h and tail off — you can't staff for it
- 4Call pattern
Commercial maintenance contracts churn after a single missed dispatch
Intake playbook
Trained on electrical services, not a generic script.
Heyfield knows the difference between a panel upgrades call and a service installation call. It collects the right diagnostic info up front, so your tech rolls with parts on the truck.
On the call
A electrical call answered like one of your dispatchers handled it
Heyfield doesn't read a generic script. It asks the diagnostic questions a electrical contractor would, captures the situation, and tags the urgency before the customer hangs up.
- Sub-5 second pickup, 24/7
- Trade-specific intake (not a fluff script)
- Urgency tagged automatically — emergency, urgent, normal
On your phone, 30 seconds later
The SMS your on-call tech actually wants to read
Heyfield distills the call into a one-screen SMS — caller name, problem, address, urgency, ETA you committed to. No 4-paragraph transcript dump, no manual review.
- Sent to your phone or your on-call tech in under 30 seconds
- Reply-to-call back from the same SMS thread
- Includes the address, the diagnostic, the ETA you promised
New call — Electricians
Tom W. — 100A panel from '80s tripping under dryer load. Likely upgrade lead. Diagnostic booked tomorrow 10am. Address: 1207 Pine, Denver.
Reply to this thread to call (303) 555-0291 back.
In the dashboard
Every call captured, sortable, searchable
Your office sees every call — picked up, missed-recovered, scheduled — in one place. Filter by urgency, search by caller, re-listen to any transcript. Nothing falls through the cracks because nothing was ever a sticky note.
- Full transcript on every call (search across all of them)
- Urgency-tagged for triage at a glance
- Lead automatically created in your CRM-ready feed
- Tom W.20mPanel tripping — upgrade lead
- Anna L.2hEV charger install, ChargePoint program
- Derek H.4hStorm outage, no power 1 floor
- Priya N.9hLighting retrofit estimate
Revenue proof
The missed-call math for electrical.
Conservative model — assumes Heyfield recovers half of currently-missed calls and one in five recovered calls books a job. The goal is not inflated ROI; it is a defensible baseline you can edit in the calculator.
Estimated upside
$15,300
per tech per year, before subtracting software cost
| Inbound calls / yr / tech | 950 |
| Missed calls (31% baseline) | 295 |
| Recovered with Heyfield (50%) | 148 |
| Booked jobs (20% conversion) | 30 |
| Average ticket — Electrical Range $140–$8,500 | $510 |
| Recoverable revenue / yr / tech | $15,300 |
Sources & methodology:
- Missed-call share (31%) — Internal estimate calibrated to electrical mix (heavier weekday business hours, lower after-hours volume).
- Emergency share (22%) — Internal estimate; storm-driven outages are the volume spike.
- Average ticket ($510) — Aggregated industry surveys; permit-required jobs skew higher.
- Annual call volume / tech (950) — Internal estimate from typical electrician operator.
- Workforce size — BLS Occupational Employment Statistics (SOC 47-2111, official).
Last reviewed 2026-05-04. Most figures here are internal estimates calibrated to industry surveys, not Google-verified benchmarks. Your shop's actual numbers will differ.
Common questions from electrical contractors
- Does Heyfield know when a job needs a permit?
- Heyfield asks the qualifying questions — service amperage upgrade, new circuit, panel work — and flags permit-required jobs in the SMS summary. Your estimator sees that before they call the customer back; no surprises at the appointment.
- Can it route EV charger leads from utility programs differently?
- Yes — set the rule once. Inbound that mentions ChargePoint, Tesla, ConEd, or your utility partner's program name routes to your EV install lead. Heyfield collects panel info and confirms the customer has the program email handy.
- How is Heyfield different from a generic answering service for electricians?
- Generic services use a script and a stranger on the other end. Heyfield is trained on your services, your pricing, and your dispatch rules. It knows the difference between a panel upgrades call and a service installation call — and routes accordingly.
- What happens with after-hours emergency calls?
- Heyfield triages immediately, captures the customer's contact and the situation, and sends you (or your on-call tech) a SMS with full context — usually within 30 seconds of the call ending. For electricians this matters most because 22% of inbound is emergency-tagged.
- How fast does Heyfield pick up?
- Under 5 seconds, 24/7. No queues, no hold music. Compare that to the page model where roughly 31% of inbound calls go unanswered for electricians.
- Can it actually book jobs into my calendar?
- Yes — appointments are scheduled directly into your Google Calendar (other integrations on the way). Heyfield checks availability, confirms the slot with the caller, and writes the booking. Your dispatcher can override anything from the dashboard.
- What does it cost compared to hiring a receptionist?
- Plans start at $49/month for 150 minutes. A part-time receptionist runs $30k+/yr fully loaded and only covers business hours. The math gets ugly fast for trades like electrical where 295+ calls per tech go missed annually.
- Will it sound like a robot?
- No. Heyfield uses natural realtime voice models and a trade-specific script tuned for electrical terminology. If a caller asks for a person, you can route that call to your owner, dispatcher, or on-call tech.
Run your own numbers
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