A daily time sheet is allotted to each worker, in small factories which cannot afford to have card time recorder, on which entry is made by the worker on daily basis of the time spent by him on each job or standing order number during the day & the record is submitted to the foreman who countersigns it on verification. This record is rarely used because frequent recording of time & hence heavy paper work is involved. Accurate booking is ensured by the record because recording of timings at the close of the day is not attempted by any worker but the time spent on each job before he starts a new one is recorded. Daily time sheet is suitably recorded in factories where frequent change from job to job is required.

The purpose of the weekly time sheet is the same as that of the daily time sheet. A weekly time sheet is provided to each worker for a week. In it, the time spent by him on various jobs or standing order numbers during the week is recorded by him. The records may be inaccurate if the recording of the timings at the end of the week is attempted by the worker from his memory. If, however, the timings are recorded by the worker, as soon as his work is completed on any job or standing order number, there will be little chance of mistake. Less clerical work is involved in weekly time sheet than in daily time sheet. For intermittent job, it is more suitable, & therefore is extensively used in contract costing, construction work, decorating work etc. Regarding recording of idle time, analysis into reasons & charging to the appropriate standing order number is needed, whenever idle time arises. Thus recording of idle time in the daily or weekly time sheet against the appropriate standing order number is required. As an alternative, for recording daily or weekly idle time, a separate idle time card may be used.

A job ticket or job card is provided for each job or operation. A worker is given a job card bearing the job number, whenever he is sent to work on a job or operation. The starting time & finishing time is recorded by the worker on it either by hand or with the help of a clock recorder. As soon as the work is completed, the card is deposited by the worker, which is then sent to payroll department after it is being certified by the foreman. If the work is long & before the completion of work, the worker has to suspend his work for lunch, personnel need etc., the time of stopping the work & that of resumption of work must be recorded by him for the purpose of obtaining the actual time of work from the card.