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10 Ways to Increase Productivity Onsite

As a tradie, no two days are the same. Sometimes you’ll feel as though you have a million things on your list to get through, while others, you might find yourself twiddling your thumbs. If you don’t organise your days as best you could, your productivity onsite may suffer.

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Tradie Hacks: How to Upgrade Your Site

As a tradie, you’ve probably seen your fair share of things on-site, as well as dealt with a few curveballs that have been thrown your way. Sometimes, these curveballs leave you thinking, ‘I should definitely do this next time.'.

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The Benefits of Team Bonding

Team incentives are a great thing for a company to offer. Many incentive programs include activities that help teams bond with each other, which has a range of benefits for overall morale and camaraderie within the group.

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The Value of Team Incentives

Motivating your employees by using team incentives can help them work effectively and efficiently. When it comes to recognising the value of these incentives, employers often underestimate them.

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Profession Highlight: Everything You Need to Know About Becoming a Carpenter

Having a career as a carpenter is so much more than building houses. As the foundation of the building industry, there’s never going to be a shortage of need for this trade.

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8 Ways to Keep Your Team Motivated

In today’s day and age, earning a decent salary sadly isn’t enough motivation for some workers. Maintaining a productive group of employees can be difficult, but it’s crucial to ensure work is being completed efficiently.

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Upcycling: How to Do it and Easy DIY Projects

The latest trend tradies and DIY’ers alike are jumping on is upcycling. Upcycling is the opportunity to upcycle trash and turn it into a new product or treasure!

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Your Syzmik Gear – From Shop to Site

Have you ever wondered what the process of embroidering a uniform looks like? Perhaps you’re on the fence about whether you really need a branded uniform.

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Getting Your Business Back on Track After the Pandemic

For the past two and a half years, the pandemic has caused chaos throughout just about every industry. While the trade industry was one of the lucky few who could still do some work, many trades had to shut down temporarily due to changing restrictions.

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Cash-in-Hand Jobs: What to Know About Those Cheeky ‘Cashies’

Cash-in-hand jobs – otherwise known to tradies as ‘cashies’ – are a popular way to charge for jobs ‘off the books.’ There’s no invoicing, no lengthy payment terms and most importantly, no tax charged on these payments. However, if it sounds too good to be true, sadly, it probably is.

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The 10 Best Camping Spots in Australia and New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand – in our opinion – offer some of the best camping spots in the world. With rugged terrain and breathtaking views, there are some truly great spots to get lost in and connect with nature.

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How to Organise Your Work Vehicle for the Best Productivity

Whether it’s a ute, van, or something in between, how you organise your work vehicle can have a major impact on your productivity at work. It might come as a bit of a surprise, those old food wrappers on the passenger seat aren’t helping!

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The Best Spots for a Surf This Summer in Australia and New Zealand

Summer is well and truly here! Feeling the wind on your face and getting in that first surf of the season – is there any better feeling?

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Profession Highlight: Plumber

When people think of plumbers, their mind usually goes straight to blocked toilets! Although they’re not wrong, this is only one small aspect of what a plumber does throughout their career.

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Customer Retention: How to Keep Them Coming Back

Gaining a new customer is great, but customer retention is the thing that will elevate your business from successful to thriving.

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Tips for Hiring a Good Apprentice

When it comes to finding new workers, there’s always an element of the unknown – especially when it comes to hiring an apprentice who are usually young people with little work experience.

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Tradie Partners - Tips for Living with a Tradie

We often talk about tradies, but one thing we forget to touch on is those living with a tradie – the tradie partners! Here’s some tips for tradie partners.

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Handy Hints for Tradies in Lockdown

With worksites going in and out of lockdown, tradies are beginning to struggle with ways to keep themselves occupied.

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Why Hiring Women in Trade is the Way to Go

Only 2% of women make up the trades industry despite their skillset and capabilities. Here's why you should hire women in trade.

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7 Ways to Attract New Client Leads

Attracting new leads as a tradie might be tough, but there are so many ways to go about it.

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How to Deal with Difficult Contractors or clients

Working onsite is no easy job – there’s the early morning starts, constant battling of the elements and often dangerous equipment involved. Throw in some tricky clients or difficult contractors and sometimes you might find yourself in a situation where you’d rather deal with a scorching hot day!

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How Important is Hi-Vis Clothing on a Worksite?

When it comes to the worksite, safety must always come first. Hi-Vis clothing is one of the most simple, effective and inexpensive measures to put in place to improve the safety of staff on the worksite.

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How to Find the Right Work Life Balance for You

If you work as a tradie, you’ll know the struggle of finding the perfect work life balance. If the balance is out of whack, everyday things may feel overwhelming at times or even impossible.

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How to Choose the Best Workwear for You

Whether it’s for a new business or you decide to refresh your current uniforms, choosing the best workwear for your industry may be tough to navigate. From electricians to builders, plumbers to painters, we’ve got your guide on how to choose the best workwear for you.

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Unpacking COVID-19 Apprenticeship Schemes

During 2020 we have seen a decline in employment across most industries globally, brought on by COVID-19. Reduction of employment and training levels are mostly due to lockdown restrictions, the decline in necessity and accessibility.