How to Create Technicians in Molo

  1. Navigate to Menu --> Admin --> Technicians.
  2. Click New Technicians at the top right of the page.
  3. Only an Employee Name is required to make a technician. You can use Employee ID as your own internal employee number.
  4. See the tip below on How to Determine the "Fully Burdened Hourly Cost".


How to Edit Technicians in Molo

  1. Navigate to Menu --> Admin --> Technicians.
  2. Click on the name of the technician you wish to edit and click Edit to the left of Technician Details.
  3. Make the necessary changes and then click Done at the top right of the page.


How to Delete Technicians in Molo

  1. Navigate to Menu --> Admin --> Technicians.
  2. Click on the name of the technician you wish to delete.
  3. Click the Red Delete button at the bottom of the Technician Details.


How to Restore (Un-Delete) Technicians in Molo

  1. Navigate to Menu --> Admin --> Technicians.
  2. Click on the name of the technician you wish to restore (un-delete). Note that deleted technicians appear in red in the list.
  3. Click the Green Restore Technician button at the bottom of the Technician Details.

How to Determine the "Fully Burdened Hourly Cost"

The Fully Burdened Hourly Cost is basically a technician's hourly rate of pay plus any benefits, employer taxes, and retirement contributions. We use the this cost to display real-time profits in the work order as well as to determine past technician profitability in the Labor Hours report.


Most marinas and shipyards calculate the Fully Burdened Hourly Cost from the the "Total Cost" or "Total Expense" on each employee's internal/company-facing pay summary. If you don't have a number like that from your Payroll provider, you can sum together each employees' total pay in one month including any expenses not included in their paycheck total and divide that number by the total hours they worked in that month or pay period. At minimum, most marinas find this burden cost is 15-30% greater than the hourly rate you pay an employee. So a tech making $29/hour might have a burden cost as high as $37.70.


Here is an example. This is based on pretend data for ease of reading and is not representative of market pay or any real shipyard data.

  • Sep 1 to Sep 15 Pay Period Has:
    • $1,000 Wages
    • $150 Employer Taxes
    • $80 Retirement Contribution
    • $50 AFLAC Insurance
    • $45 Other Insurance
  • Sep 16 to Sep 30 Pay Period Has:
    • $1,200 Wages
    • $180 Employer Taxes
    • $96 Retirement Contribution
    • $50 AFLAC Insurance
    • $45 Other Insurance
  • In the month of September, your total cost would have been $2,896. If the employee worked 180 Hours, then your Fully Burdened Hourly Cost is $16.09.