The embodiment of the invention provides a method and apparatus for attendance checking based on human face recognition. The method for attendance checking can be used in a smart terminal (such as anAndroid mobile phone) and a server according to the actual demands at the current construction site. The smart terminal is divided into two clients. The first client is used for checking attendance through a human face recognition method and uploading the attendance data to the server. The second client is used for acquiring the attendance data in the server and managing the attendance of engineers. The method and apparatus solve the problem of attendance management in some environments, improve the attendance management efficiency, are free of special attendance equipment in a specific designated position, is simple and is easy to implement and maintain.