Suitable Subbie Workshops - Logan edition starts 25/02/26
Learn What They Don’t Teach In An Apprenticeship,
6 Month Mentoring Program
Who is the program for...
- Apprentices’ and tradie’s partners who want to help set up or run the business
- Subbies who want to go out on their own but don’t know where to start
- New contractors who need better business systems
- Construction workers looking for non-trade pathways such as admin, marketing, estimating or operations
- Businesses that want professional development for higher skilled subcontractors
The core problem
Australia is facing a Suitability Gap. Thousands of people finish their apprenticeships with qualifications, yet employers still say they aren’t “job-ready”.
They may be capable, but not yet competent in a real-world business.
There are enough qualified tradies to supervise apprentices, but the only way they know how to make apprentices more productive is to stop working themselves.
There are better and easier ways to do it than when the qualified trades were on their apprenticeship. It can actually speed up your projects or let you take on more jobs to grow your business. (see workshop #3)
Train-The-Trainer to grow your business
Why We Created the Suitable Subbie Program
Because apprenticeships don’t teach you how to:
- Run a business
- Quote and invoice properly
- Manage compliance
- Keep clients happy
- Market yourself
- Create a predictable cash flow
- Avoid legal subcontracting pitfalls
- Work professionally with head contractors
- Train apprentices on the job, without slowing down the project
Do you have to down tools and stop making money to do all this?… Tap into our 30+ years of experience in business startups.
We can show you how to get help with all this from your local business network.
These are the skills that determine whether a subbie succeeds, and they’re also the skills employers say are missing, too.
The average age of a business owner in Australia is 50, not because young people lack skill, but because there is a lack of support to start earlier. We can fix that.
People under the age of 25 generally don’t know that they are invited to join their local small business community.
What if you don't have a trade?
- Construction isn’t only about being on the tools.
- More Business admin and marketing jobs are advertised each month in Australia than all trade jobs combined
What Will I Do On The Program?
This program has 6 monthly workshops to guide you through starting or scaling up your construction business.
But you don’t have to do it alone. Each workshop is run by an industry mentor who can connect you to help in your local community. So you can get real-world experience and start building your business from the very first day in this free program.
All you have to do is do the work.
“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear” – Confucius
- The 3 reasons all businesses can fail relating to poor mental health.
- The symptoms of stress and early intervention, and free help to reduce them.
- What you can do now with no cost to you, and start trading in less than 1 month.
- Managing the Psychosocial Hazards under the WHS Act, and…
- Networks to help rocket launch your business (without blowing up).
- And formal skills recognition, to put on your resume and LinkedIn profile.
Typical Business Owner’s skills map. We’ll show you how to fill the gaps.
- ABN, insurance, finance setup
- Getting paid properly
- Understanding ATO PSI and subcontractor compliance
- The difference between contracting vs employment agreements
- Train-the-trainer for qualified trades to supervise apprentices.
- What head contractors actually look for in tenders.
- How suitability affects job opportunities.
- Behaviours that build trust and long-term contracts.
- RPL opportunities for 3 units of the Cert IV in Training and Assessment.
- More than Google reviews, it’s reputation, communication, and social media management.
- How to set up a website yourself with all the free tools and AI your customers expect.
- Professionalism that creates bigger returns (ROI) for your business.
- Procurement, quotes and tenders for work
- How you can access the $134 Billion per year government spending market
- Gen Z grew up with tech. Now it’s time to use it to build businesses.
- Construction isn’t only on the tools.
- The transferable skills you have to work in any industry you like, or change careers.
- More Business admin and marketing jobs are advertised each month in Australia than all trade jobs combined.
- Options so you don’t have to stay where you are not respected: Contract negotiation skills.
Skills map you could have at the end of our program.
“An investment starts making you money at the time of purchase” – Robert Kiyosaki
Are you ready to buy in for a $0 investment?
Your time is worth money, so that is all you have to pay to join our program. Anything else you want to invest in is your choice. We give you all the free options anyone can do in this program.
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