Tradie Business Fundamentals

With increasing pressure on tradies to not only deliver quality work but also manage clients, finances and business operations, starting a trade business has become more complex than ever. Many skilled tradespeople move into business ownership without fully understanding what it takes to run a successful and sustainable small business.

This course is designed to support tradies who are considering starting their own business, or who have recently taken that step. It builds your understanding of business structures, financial considerations, legal requirements and the day-to-day realities of running a trade business. Through real-world scenarios, case studies and practical reflection activities, you will explore what business ownership looks like and whether it aligns with your goals, skills and lifestyle.

At the end of this module, you should be able to:

• compare the various small business options for trade businesses
• compare the roles and responsibilities of business owners versus tradespeople
• identify considerations to support business set up including legislative and financial requirements
• identify sources of information to support business set up
• evaluate personal business readiness against key skills, attributes and environmental factors beneficial to running a successful small business

As you progress through the course, interactive activities, real trade-based scenarios and self-reflection tasks will help you apply what you’ve learned to your own situation. Upon successful completion of the assessment quiz and feedback activity, you will receive a Certificate of Completion.

External Funding Acknowledgement
Funded by the NSW Government $13.8 million Housing Policy Program Construction Workforce Package and delivered by the Department of Education and TAFE NSW Institute of Applied Technology Construction

Duration: 3 hours
Delivery: Online (self-paced)
Access period: 4 months access from the day of enrolment