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Trades & Labour

Our Trades recruitment and consulting services make finding the right people for your position, team and culture as simple as can be.

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Trades & Labour Hire Recruitment Agency

Chandler Macleod has over 60 years' experience in providing quality Trades & Labour opportunities to some of Australia's largest and best-known companies across of range of industries, including: Transport & Logistics, Manufacturing, FMCG, Rail, Construction and Infrastructure. Chandler Macleod’s recruitment agents can assist you with finding contract, permanent and temporary employment opportunities.


When you work with Chandler Macleod, you’re working with a recruitment agency that is committed to giving you regular shifts, paying you correctly and on-time and always having your safety at work as a priority. Whether you’re an OHS specialist, a labourer, a trades person or a supervisor, Chandler Macleod is the right career partner – we will work with you to manage your professional journey.


We recruit the full range of trades and labour specialisations:

  • Boilermakers
  • Carpenters
  • Electricians
  • Fitters
  • Maintenance Trades
  • Mechanical Trades
  • Plumbers
  • Riggers/Scaffolders
  • Trades Assistants
  • Welders
  • Drivers (long & short haul)
  • Forklift Drivers
  • Machine Operators
  • Packers & Fillers
  • Process Workers
  • Stores & Warehouse
  • Supervisors

BestFit™ people, every time

We use an assortment of innovative appraisal tools, evaluations and methodologies to make sure that the candidates we choose are BestFit™ candidates, from both a technical and behavioural point of view. This approach is applied for both permanent and temporary positions for your team.


Our aim is to find a candidate who is the BestFit™ for the role and the business at large, thereby enhancing not only the performance levels, but also the standard level of performance seen throughout the organisation. This will help improve engagement and efficiency while reducing costs associated with high turnovers and below average performance.

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New Employment Trends:

Whilst economic growth is forecast to slow later this year with rising interest rates, and inflation in Australia is expected to have peaked, the labour market continues to be very tight.

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Employment Trends March 2023
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