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title: "Put technicians on meal breaks"
slug: "put-technicians-on-meal-breaks"
updated: 2026-10-15T00:30:56Z
published: 2026-10-15T00:30:56Z
canonical: "help.servicetitan.com/put-technicians-on-meal-breaks"
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# Put technicians on meal breaks

## Overview

You can put technicians on a meal break from the office or technicians can [start their meal break in ServiceTitan Mobile](/construction/docs/clock-in-and-out-in-servicetitan-mobile). This helps managers track timesheet events so work hours are logged accurately.

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#### Who uses this feature

- Office employees
- Applies to all business types

#### Feature configuration

- Account configuration is required to use this feature. Please contact [Technical Support](http://go.servicetitan.com/ask) for details.

## Things to know

- Meal breaks appear as non-job events on technician timesheets.
- To clock into meal breaks, technicians must have the *Clock In and Out* permission enabled. Contact your company administrator for details.
- By default, meal breaks are set to *Unpaid*. You can set the *Meal* timesheet code to *Paid* by [editing your timesheet codes](/construction/docs/set-up-timesheet-codes).

## Put a technician on a meal break

1. Go to the navigation bar and click **Dispatch.** The Dispatch Board opens.
2. Click the name or profile photo of the technician you want to put on a meal break. From the dropdown, select **Start Meal**.![Cursor selecting Start Meal option from the dropdown field.](https://cdn.document360.io/961862ab-d0f2-4d91-bb62-a62ee8184eff/Images/Documentation/put-technicians-on-meal-breaks-image-cnbd8vn2.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-10-31T00%3A42%3A31Z&se=2026-10-31T01%3A42%3A31Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=ZTs7Prq5B4O7QU8ikrGq6rrnGg8KaGlcD1WrhHbl8qg%3D)
3. When the meal break is over, from the Dispatch Board, click the technician's profile photo and select **End Meal**.![Cursor clicking click the technician's profile photo and selecting End Meal.](https://cdn.document360.io/961862ab-d0f2-4d91-bb62-a62ee8184eff/Images/Documentation/put-technicians-on-meal-breaks-image-0w3m4r9e.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-10-31T00%3A42%3A31Z&se=2026-10-31T01%3A42%3A31Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=ZTs7Prq5B4O7QU8ikrGq6rrnGg8KaGlcD1WrhHbl8qg%3D)

## Want to learn more?

- See [Overview of Technician Clock I/O](/construction/docs/overview-of-technician-clock-i-o)
- See [Clock technicians in and out from the Dispatch Board](/construction/docs/clock-technicians-in-and-out-from-the-dispatch-board)

The main scheduling and dispatching view in ServiceTitan showing all jobs, technicians, and appointment times in a grid or map layout.

**What it does:** Gives dispatchers a real-time view of the day's work to manually assign, drag-and-drop, or adjust job assignments.

**Also called:** Schedule board, Dispatch view

**Tags:** Core

[See the full glossary →](https://help.servicetitan.com/docs/glossary-overview)