Land your next trades job. Free AI toolkit for Kiwi tradies.

Keep it to one page. Put your tickets and licences (EWRL, Site Safe, drivers, forklift, confined spaces) up the top — they're what NZ employers scan for first. Then list the jobs and sites you've worked on, tools and machinery you can run, and two referees who've actually worked with you. Skip the fluffy personal statement.

Rough 2026 ranges: apprentices $22-$28/hr, qualified builders $32-$45/hr, sparkies $35-$50/hr, plumbers/gasfitters $38-$55/hr, diesel and auto mechanics $30-$45/hr. Auckland and Wellington pay 5-15% more than the regions. Use our Salary Calculator for a tighter number based on your trade, years and city.

Yes — even a simple one. Employers want to see your Site Safe, your drivers licence, any time you've spent on site and two people they can ring. A tidy one-page CV puts you ahead of 80% of the people applying. Our AI CV writer builds one in under a minute.

Interviews for trades roles are usually short and practical. Expect: "Walk me through a job you ran from start to finish", "Tell me about a time something went wrong on site", and "What tickets do you hold?" Practise out loud — our Interview Simulator will ask real trades questions and score your answers out of 100.

Pick your moment (after a job well done, not on a bad Monday), walk in with a number based on market rates, and frame it around what you bring — tickets, productivity, reliability. Use our Practice Simulator to rehearse the conversation with an AI boss who pushes back, before you have it for real.