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# Common App Verbiage
### Overview
This guide defines common terms and phrases used throughout the SiteMetric platform.
### Core Terms
**Site Pulse** The main dashboard showing daily site activity summary, including companies on site, headcount, weather, and total site access count.
**Badge** A physical device worn by workers that transmits their presence to the SiteMetric system. Can be scanned to view worker profiles and credentials.
**Detection** A record of when and where a worker's badge was detected on site. Detections are used to track worker location, hours, and attendance.
**Site Access** Permission granted to a worker to enter the site. Workers with site access appear in reports and can receive messages.
**Worker** An individual laborer on site. Each worker has a profile containing their job title, trade, certifications, contact information, and detection history.
**Company** A contractor or subcontractor organization. Companies have multiple workers associated with them.
### Activity Tracking
**Headcount** The number of workers present on site during a specific time period.
**Hours Worked** Time calculated from worker detections, showing how long workers were present on site.
**On Site** Workers currently detected on site or detected within a recent time window.
### Safety Features
**Mustering** The process of accounting for all workers during an emergency evacuation. Uses automatic badge detection to mark workers as present at designated muster points.
**Muster Point** A designated gathering location for emergency evacuations.
**Roll Call** Attendance tracking for safety meetings or stand-downs. Works identically to mustering but for non-emergency purposes.
**Scan Area** A mobile feature that detects all badges within approximately 50 feet to identify nearby workers.
### Worker Information
**Trade** A worker's primary skill category or craft (e.g., electrician, carpenter, plumber).
**Demographics** Worker characteristics used for reporting and compliance tracking.
**Certifications** Credentials, licenses, or training qualifications held by a worker.
**Primary Language** The language a worker speaks. Messages are automatically translated into each worker's primary language.
### Messaging
**Mass Message** A text message sent to multiple workers simultaneously. Messages are automatically translated.
**Distribution List** A predefined group of workers that can receive messages together.
**Message History** All messages previously sent by you or your team, stored in the app for reference and reporting.
### Reports
**Daily Report** Activity summary for a single day showing companies, headcount, and hours worked.
**Headcount and Hours Report** Activity data across a date range with monthly, weekly, and daily breakdowns.
**Trade and Demographics Report** Hours worked comparison across different trades and demographic groups.
**Project Summary Report** Historical data across the entire project lifecycle, showing trends and patterns over time.
### Navigation Terms
**Hamburger Menu** The three-line icon in the top left of the mobile app that opens the main navigation menu.
**Action Button** A button in the top right of profiles that reveals additional options like emailing or editing permissions.
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