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| The Trades Air Conditioning Industry John Alligiannis I was in the air conditioning industry for over fourteen years however in the last couple of years, the work became monotonous with a lot of travel which proved increasingly annoying. I needed a new kick start in life with a more interesting and better paying job to give me the motivation to wake up in the morning. After receiving a less than impressive pay rise ($1 extra an hour) after ten years of hard labour, I took all my long service leave and gave my boss my two weeks notice then left happily. I joined Hire A Hubby after a lot of thought and also attending the information workshops. Talking to the Franchise Manager and going out on the road with current Hire A Hubby guys helped me come to the decision that this move would be right for me. Hire A Hubby is a franchise in which you are not competing against others in the network. You are actually working together as a team, which provides a family type of atmosphere where wives and children are very much a part of it. Also the back up that is provided by Head Office ensures that if there is ever a problem, for example having trouble quoting, there is a support team behind you giving you the help needed. That provided extra comfort in my decision and put me at ease about joining Hire A Hubby. I found the training that is provided to be very informative and helpful, not only with the practical exercises but also with the learning process of the computer programs for example, MYOB and the company intranet. So if you have the drive, you don’t mind getting dirty, you love a challenge and are looking for job satisfaction, Hire A Hubby is for you. Roof
Tiler My name is Bob and I was in the building trade for around 30 years. I spent the majority of my career as a Roof Tiler. Over this time I gained many handyman skills from other trades. I chose Hire A Hubby because after being retrenched I shopped around for different franchises and after several meetings with Hire A Hubby I felt it would be a great option for me. Since starting my own Hire A Hubby business in 1997, I have gained a lot of independence and thoroughly enjoy working for myself. In this time I have found the networking and friendship between franchisees has been a useful tool and extremely rewarding. If you’re looking for flexibility and independence in your working environment I strongly recommend Hire A Hubby. Powder
Coater Hi my name is Glenn, l own Shepparton in regional Victoria as my territory and l have been operating the business for a year and a half now. Previously before joining Hire A Hubby l worked as a Powder Coater for 13 years, l was also the maintenance man. l was working 11 to 12 hour days and some Saturdays. Reason for a career change was to get an idea how to run a small business and work less hours. l have no trade qualifications just always a handy person l like to build, repair and fix things. What l like about the business is you work the hours you want, be your own Boss. lf l wanted a day off or an appointment l had to be at l can easily take that time off and work around it. l enjoy the variety of jobs you receive each day. Maintenance
Fitter Hi, my name is Steve Potts. I am the owner of a Hire A Hubby franchise in Brisbane Queensland. I have been a Hire A Hubby Metropolitan Franchisee for almost 4 years beginning in December 2002. I have come from a trade background, being a qualified Maintenance Fitter. After completeing my apprenticeship in Victoria in 1991, I took the opportunity to move to QLD and worked in a few machine shops before taking up a position as Production Manager with a major Tapware Company. I spent approx ten years in this role before deciding that I was tired working hard for other people. I began looking around for something, that wasn’t going to cost me the earth to get into, but also a business that was going to give me a lifestyle choice as well as the opportunity to earn a comfortable living. I am pleased to say that Hire A Hubby has provided this opportunity for me, and with the combination of this opportunity and my family’s hard work, we have a good solid business that continues to grow. Being a Maintenance Fitter, I was lucky to be able to draw on those skills, as well as learn on the job in areas that I hadn’t had much experience in. I have also done renovations on my own home, which has helped. Electrical Tradesman David Hi, my name is David and I have been a Hire A Hubby franchisee for 2 and a half years in a metro area in Sydney. Prior to this, I worked as an electrical tradesman in heavy and normal industrial, service commercial and domestic areas. My reason for joining Hire A Hubby was that the job I was doing was ruining my back. I thought the variety of Hire A Hubby would solve that problem and it has. I found the transition to Hire A Hubby easy. I had managed to keep around 6 to 8 hours of work a week with my old company which I did for the first 13 months. It took about 1 month before business started to pick up and after about 8 months I had the pleasant problem of trying to fit all the work in. I learnt my handyman skills from my father and other tradesmen that I worked with. Also trial and error at home. What I like about this business is the flexibility to work in with my family, the enjoyment of different types of work and watching a business grow. Floor & Wall Tiler Danny My name is Danny, I own Pymble, West Pymble and Macquarie Park franchise in Sydney. I have been doing this for four years now and I still look forward to going to work everyday. My father was a builder and from when I was about twelve years old I used to go to work with him on weekends and school holidays. Then when I left school I worked full time with him for about two years. The taught me so much himself, working around other tradesmen, bricklayers, tilers, gyprockers, painters etc, I learnt so much more. After two years of working with my father I decided I wanted to become a floor and wall tiler. So I started an apprenticeship. I stopped doing tiling in my last year of my apprenticeship and went into the retail timber and hardware business. I started off working as a yardman, serving customers and racking timber then worked my way up to the office, answering phones, working out quotes, reading plans and taking quanitites off plans, explaining to customers how to build things eg decks, pergolas, cubby houses, dog houses etc. The company I was working for owned timber mills in Malaysia, the timber was shipped to Australia and I was in charge of wholesaling it to other timber yards in New South Wales and ACT. All up I spent twenty two years in the timber and hardware business. The job was very demanding and there was a lot of pressure involved. A couple of Hire A Hubbies used to come in to purchase materials. After having a lot of conversations with them, I decided to join Hire A Hubby. Since I have been doing Hire A Hubby, I have not looked back. Everyday you are doing something different, you get to meet some nice people and you get so much satisfaction from helping people and doing jobs for them. I find it very rewarding and would recommend it to anyone. Wood Machinist/Transport Troy Hi, my name is Troy and I have been a Hire A Hubby franchisee in a metro area since December 2004. I was a wood machinist by trade for six years, and then owned a transport business for nine years. The hours with the transport business were very long and not flexible. With a new family we needed more control over our time, I did not want to become one of the many men I speak with who regret not spending more time with their children when they were little. Our decision in changing careers was whether to become a franchisee or start our own handyman business. After lots of research we could not go past the network of support Hire A Hubby provides for us and the customers, plus time and cost savings with pooled advertising and business ideas. My handyman skills have come from my trade, helping build my parents and then my own home and generally watching and learning. I enjoy being a Hire A Hubby franchisee as I have control over the work I do, the time I commit and the profit that I make. Fitter & Turner John Harley My name is John and I have owned a Hire A Hubby franchise in the metro area of Sydney for 7 months. I am a fitter and turner by trade and then went onto become a Technical Trainer at Management level. I then worked my way to become a Production and Operations Manager before making the deicision to join Hire A Hubby. I joined the franchise to gain freedom from bureaucratic nonsense of corporate life, I had a strong desire to control my own destiny and to run my own business. I learnt my handyman skills from growing up on a farm. I have always done routine general maintenance on my own home and also built my own home. I enjoy being a Hire A Hubby because I can finally control my own affairs. I can work around family and personal commitments and most of all I am doing the type of work I really enjoy. Carpenter Peter Squires I started out as an apprentice carpenter at Concord Hospital in 1972 and stayed there until 1997 when I was made redundant. I transferred to NSW Health and stayed until 2000. For a brief period of 12 months I worked for Haden FM, supervising contractors, doing maintenance on housing department properties. At the end of 2001 I moved back into hospital maintenance at Westmead Hospital and by the end of 2008 I was well and truly over hospitals! I heard Scott Cam on a commercial on 2WS and went along to an info seminar at Sebel Parramatta and from then on I was in! Click here and check your skills |
