Built for HVAC Owners

Your HVAC & Refrigeration Business Should Work for You.
Not the Other Way Around.

Summer work is feast, winter is famine. Maintenance contracts are your survival strategy but you can't build them fast enough. Your team is undersized for peak and bloated for off-season.

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65%
of your week spent fire-fighting
9pm
when most trade owners stop working
3 in 4
say the business runs them
8%
average profit margin you're killing yourself for
The Reality

Sound Familiar?

You started this for more time, more money, less stress. Here's what you actually got.

You Are the Business

Your revenue swings 60% between summer and winter. You hire for peak, then lay off or bench people in off-season. Apprentices scatter. Continuity dies. You're always rehiring when summer hits again.

The Money's There But It's Not Yours

Maintenance contracts are critical for winter revenue but you've got no system to build them. Most of your summer customers become strangers by June. You're always chasing new install work instead of farming recurring service.

The Busy Trap

HVAC apprentices are scarcer than diamond apprentices in electrical. You can't hire your way out of this one. You've got to get twice the output from the team you have.

Staff Headaches Without a Playbook

Summer creates feast-mode decisions you regret in winter. You lock in pricing that kills margins because you're desperate for work. Maintenance contracts are quoted on the fly with no framework.

Real Results

Powered Up.
Real Stories.

Sam Stapleton
$260K to $3 Million in 2 years
Bailey McKewon
Doubled revenue year on year
Jay Tough
From busy subbie to big team
The Systems

Built in a Real Business.
Taught to Yours.

Every framework was built inside Response Electricians. Named. Tested. Repeatable.

Pricing for Profit

HVAC pricing has to account for extreme seasonality. Summer premium pricing and winter service margins have to overlap. Most HVAC businesses price year-round the same. That's a disaster. You need dual-pricing strategy.

Hiring Right

Your first hire is a qualified HVAC tech who owns service calls. They build maintenance customer relationships while you focus on new installs. Service grows because the customer sees the same person every time.

Job Management Loop

The Job Management Loop for HVAC separates install from service. Install jobs feed service customers. You'll see the lifetime value of each install and price accordingly. Service pipeline becomes visible.

Financial Visibility Loop

The Financial Visibility Loop shows you install vs service margins. You'll know that winter service at current pricing carries you through, so summer installs can be more selective (lower volume, higher quality).

Compliance as Advantage

Seasonal compliance in HVAC includes licence renewal and apprentice training records. When documentation is systematic, you're audit-ready during winter when you have time.

AI for Trade Operations

AI forecasts seasonal demand so you're not caught short in June. It also schedules maintenance renewals so winter cash flow is predictable, not scrambled.

The Pathway

Where Is Your HVAC & Refrigeration Business Today?

Phase 1

Foundation

You're a sole trader HVAC tech doing installs. No service pipeline. No team. The Foundation phase builds a maintenance contract framework and pricing so you can hire your second person.

Phase 2

Growth

You've got a tradie or two but your calendar is still chaos. Summer is frantic, winter is quiet. The Growth phase brings systematic service selling so maintenance revenue stabilises the business.

Phase 3

Expansion

You've got techs and a service pipeline. But every system design, warranty decision, and roster change still runs through you. Expansion phase builds an operations layer so the business delivers without your sign-off on every job.

Phase 4

Scale

Your GM runs operations. Service scheduling, installations, compliance, and client management happen without you. You're choosing between growth, acquisition, or stepping back entirely. The business is the asset now.

The Programs

Six Programs. One Goal.
Owner Freedom.

Not steps on a ladder. Options on a menu. Pick the level that fits your hvac business right now.

Freedom Fighter 1:1
Dedicated 1:1
Your own dedicated lead coach. Fortnightly personalised sessions tailored entirely to your hvac business. Direct access to your coach. Custom solutions for your situation.
Includes Everything in AI Club
AI Workshops Specialty Coaches Weekly Live Sessions 59 Courses TRADIES App
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Most Popular
Tradie Teams
Small Groups of Same Trade
Matched with other hvac business owners. Dedicated lead coach. Fortnightly sessions. Peer accountability. Real-world problem-solving with people who understand your trade.
Includes Everything in AI Club
AI Workshops Specialty Coaches Weekly Live Sessions 59 Courses TRADIES App
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AI Club
Live Workshops
Weekly live AI sessions with Greg Allan. 48 self-serve AI guides across 8 categories. Use AI for quoting, scheduling, and customer comms.
Includes Everything in Foundations
Weekly Live Sessions 27 Lessons 59 Courses TRADIES App
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Business Foundations
Group + Live
Weekly live sessions with Greg Allan. 27 structured lessons across 6 modules. Pricing, hiring, financials, systems - the complete blueprint.
Includes Everything in Learning Hub
59 Courses 567 Lessons TRADIES App
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Learning Hub
Self-Paced
Full access to the TRADIES app. 59 courses, 567 lessons across the entire curriculum. Learn at your own pace, anytime.
  • Complete video library
  • Community access
  • Lifetime updates
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Start A Business
Self-Paced Course
15 video lessons covering business structure, pricing, marketing, financials, and systems. Built for tradies starting their own hvac technician business.
  • 15 video lessons, 4+ hours
  • One-time payment, lifetime access
  • TRADIES app community access
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Your Team

Coaches Who Have Built
What You're Building

Not consultants. Not motivational speakers. Operators who have scaled trade businesses.

Lead Coaches

Josh Graham
Lead Coach
Josh Graham
Built and scaled two electrical businesses to 100+ staff. Sold to a Fortune 500 company. Fast-growth strategies and exits.
Levi Hamilton
Lead Coach
Levi Hamilton
Grown teams of 40+. Sharp on strategy, sales-driven growth, and building high-performing trade businesses.
Jack May
Lead Coach
Jack May
20+ years in trade business ownership. People management, quoting systems, margin protection, and practical strategy.
Greg Allan
Founder - Foundations & AI Club Host
Greg Allan
Built Response Electricians from scratch to a fully autonomous, GM-led, premium electrical business. Hosts the weekly Foundations and AI Club live sessions. Every system taught at Tradies Success Academy was built inside his business first.

Specialty Coaches

HR & Hiring
Finance & Accounting
Operations
Marketing
Meta Ads
Leadership
Profit & Wealth
People & Culture
Project Management
For HVAC Business Owners

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HVAC & Refrigeration Business?
It Starts Here.

8,000+ trade business owners have powered up with the Academy. Proven systems. Real coaches. Your hvac & refrigeration business is next.

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