For employers
The right people for the work ahead.
A better match starts with understanding both the role and the person. We learn how your team actually operates before we recommend anyone.
Scope
Construction and building services only.
Being specific about what we don't do is part of the service.
We recruit
- Carpenters and builders
- Electricians
- Plumbers, gasfitters, drainlayers
- HVAC and refrigeration technicians
- Roofers, painters and decorators
- Leading hands, foremen and site managers
We don't
- General labour hire by the day
- Homeowner-to-tradie matching
- Apprenticeship training delivery
- Roles outside construction and building services
How we work
A hiring process you can see into.
Briefing
We talk through the work, the crew, supervision, hours, pay range and what success looks like at three months.
Search and screen
Targeted search plus our own network. Qualifications and registration verified, references spoken to.
Shortlist
A short list with context: why each person fits, what they want, what they'd need to say yes.
Offer and after
We manage expectations on both sides through offer, and check in once they've started.
Screening and verification
What we check before anyone reaches you.
- Trade qualification or registration checked against the relevant NZ register (EWRG, PGDB, LBP as applicable).
- Right to work in New Zealand confirmed.
- Two recent work references, spoken to by phone, not emailed forms.
- Site readiness: driver licence, Site Safe or equivalent, height safety and role-specific tickets.
- A frank conversation about pay expectations, notice period and travel before we introduce anyone.
Engagement and response
- Permanent and fixed-term placements, with contract by arrangement.
- Fee is a percentage of first-year remuneration, agreed in writing before we start.
- Replacement terms are set out in the engagement agreement rather than implied here.
- Briefs are answered within one working day; a first shortlist follows the search, not a database dump.
Prefer to talk first? Email hello@tradepath.co.nz and we'll call you back at a time that suits.
Tell us who you need
A few details is enough to start. We'll call to fill in the rest.