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Trades and maintenance

Trades recruitment

A trades recruitment agency places electricians, fitters, boilermakers and trades assistants, usually against a licence and a ticket rather than a CV. Agency fees in trades run higher than in care, with this term carrying one of the highest costs per click we measured at $9.02. Ready & Cleared does not cover trades yet.

This sector is not open. Trades and maintenance 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 tradesperson 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 trades and maintenance, because we do not sell into it yet.

What a tradesperson 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 place tradespeople now?

No. Trades is planned rather than open. The term is here because the economics are good, not because we can fill the role today.

Why are trades fees higher than care fees?

Scarcity. Trades and mining roles have genuinely scarce candidates and support fees in the $12,000 to $18,000 range, where care placement sits nearer $7,700 to $11,550.

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.