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Construction labour hire

Construction labour hire supplies trades assistants, labourers and ticketed operators to sites, with the host directing the work. The baseline ticket is the white card, which does not expire but lapses after two years out of the industry. Ready & Cleared does not cover construction yet; disability and aged care in Perth is the only open sector.

This sector is not open. Construction is planned, not available. The only sector we cover today is disability and aged care in Perth. Everything below is accurate and dated, and none of it means we can fill a trades assistant role this week. The order, and the reasoning behind it.

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Key facts

What this costs, against what the market charges

Almost no agency publishes a placement fee. The number below is the published vendor benchmark for Australian permanent placement, and beside it is ours, which is simply the price.

Benchmark figures as published by vendor sources and recorded in our brief; our own figures are the current published price. Checked 2026-10-25.
Way of buying Typical market Ready & Cleared
Permanent placement $7,700 to $11,550 12–18% of a $64,200 salary $3,900 flat, published
Casual or temp placement An hourly margin rarely published $1,900 flat, published
Ongoing access Not usually offered fees are per placement $390 a month unlimited introductions
Cost to the worker $0 $0

On the benchmark figures that is a difference of $3,800 to $7,650 on a single permanent placement. The percentage band is a vendor benchmark rather than a regulated rate, so treat it as indicative. Our own figure is not indicative; it is published and it is the price.

Those are our care-sector prices. We have not set a price for construction, because we do not sell into it yet.

What a trades assistant has to hold

These are the credentials the roles on this page require. We hold the document, record what it says, and track the expiry. Where a public register exists we confirm against it; where one does not, we say so rather than implying a check we did not make.

Exactly what each of those words means, including the ones we cannot verify.

Roles this covers

Common questions

Can you supply construction labour now?

No. Construction is planned rather than open. Saying otherwise would get you an enquiry we cannot fill and would cost more than the enquiry is worth.

Does a white card expire?

It carries no expiry date, but it lapses if you have not worked in construction for two years. That is a different rule from an expiry and it catches people out.

Do I need a labour hire licence to use labour hire?

The licence is the provider’s obligation, not the host’s, but in licensed states a host can be exposed for engaging an unlicensed provider. The licence page sets out which states run a scheme.

Wondering what everyone else charges? What recruitment agencies charge in Australia sets out the band, what it costs at each salary, and the one published figure that beats ours.

Hiring something else

What is open, and what is next

Figures on this page were checked on 2026-10-25. Where a figure is a vendor benchmark rather than ours, it says so beside the number.