Built for Plastering Owners

Your Plastering Business Should Work for You.
Not the Other Way Around.

Plasterboard DIY is eating residential work. Apartment buildings have smaller wall areas. Housing slump reduces reno volume. Your margins are thin and getting thinner.

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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

DIY drywall video has trained homeowners to tape and mud their own walls. Your residential quotes get passed around and used as price benchmarks against YouTube 'tutorials'.

The Money's There But It's Not Yours

Apartment projects are steady but the area per apartment is small. You're moving between small bathrooms and bedrooms. Labour per job doesn't justify your overhead.

The Busy Trap

Seamless finish standards are subjective. Customers see 'perfect' in photos, reality is different light. You're re-doing work unpaid because the finish isn't Instagram-ready.

Staff Headaches Without a Playbook

Commercial plasterwork - drywall on office fit-outs - is steadier but you've got no pipeline. You're always doing residential while commercial work goes to plastering contractors with relationships.

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

Plastering pricing has changed. Residential is not viable. Commercial fit-outs and industrial fireproofing are the margins. You need a pricing model for commercial work.

Hiring Right

Your first hire is an experienced plasterer who owns finish quality. They take jobs while you build commercial relationships with architects and contractors.

Job Management Loop

The Job Management Loop separates residential from commercial. You'll see commercial is faster, steadier, and better margin. You'll start building that pipeline.

Financial Visibility Loop

The Financial Visibility Loop shows you labour cost per square metre. Apartment work is low margin per job but fast turnover. Commercial fit-outs are higher margin.

Compliance as Advantage

Fire rating and acoustic spec compliance is not a cost - it's a competitive advantage. When your commercial work is certified, architects specify you without hesitation.

AI for Trade Operations

AI manages finish spec sheets and compliance checklists so you're quoting commercial work confidently. It also tracks finish rework patterns so you price seamless finishes accurately.

The Pathway

Where Is Your Plastering Business Today?

Phase 1

Foundation

You're a solo plasterer doing residential reno work. All jobs, all finish work yourself. The Foundation phase gets you clarity on the residential-to-commercial shift and first hire structure.

Phase 2

Growth

You've got a plasterer or two but you're still on every job finishing. The Growth phase brings systems so they can own finish quality while you build commercial pipeline.

Phase 3

Expansion

You've got plasterers and a full schedule. But every finish specification, quality callback, and scope decision still runs through you. Expansion phase builds an operations layer so the business delivers without you inspecting every wall.

Phase 4

Scale

Your GM runs operations. Job scheduling, finish quality, quoting, 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 plastering business right now.

Freedom Fighter 1:1
Dedicated 1:1
Your own dedicated lead coach. Fortnightly personalised sessions tailored entirely to your plastering 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 plastering 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 plasterer 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 Plastering Business Owners

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Plastering Business?
It Starts Here.

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

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