Insurance for your trade
Tradesman insurance for sole traders and small crews: a page for each of the trades we're asked about most, with the risks, the covers that matter and the questions tradies ask.
Trade pages.
Each page explains the work, the risks, what policies usually leave out and what sets the price for that trade.
Every trade on our quote form.
If your trade has its own page, it links there. If not, it opens the quote form with your trade already chosen. Not listed at all? Choose Other on the form, or call us.
- Aerial Erection including Satellite Install - No height restriction
- Aerial Erection including Satellite Install - 15m Height Restriction
- Air-Conditioning Contractors/Refrigeration Mechanics (including Retail Sales)
- Auto/Car Detailer
- Boilermakers / Welders / Metal Fabrication / Steel Erectors - Including Structural
- Boilermakers / Welders / Metal Fabrication / Steel Erectors - Excluding Structural
- Bricklayers (Bricklayers page)
- Builders - No Height Restriction (Builders page)
- Builders - 15m Height Restriction (Builders page)
- Building Maintenance & Repair / Handyman (Handymen page)
- Cabinet makers (including installation) (Cabinet makers page)
- Carpenters & Joiners (Carpenters page)
- Carpet Layer & Floor Covering Fitters (floating timber and vinyl) (Tilers page)
- Cleaning/Cleaners - Oven Cleaners
- Cleaning/Cleaners - Window Cleaning (excluding use of Cradles)
- Concreters/Concrete Pourers (including Formwork, Concrete repair and drilling) (Concreters page)
- Curtain & Blind Fitters
- Damp-Proofing Installer
- Data Cable and Pipe Installers (including NBN Contractors)
- Domestic Shed/Garage Erection
- Domestic Swimming Pool Installation (3 metre depth limit) including landscaping, fencing lighting
- Drain Cleaners
- Draught Proofing Installer
- Ductwork Installers
- Earthmoving Contractors / Ground Workers - Depth Limit - 1 metre (Earthmoving page)
- Earthmoving Contractors / Ground Workers - Depth Limit - 1 metre -incl. Road Surfacing (Earthmoving page)
- Earthmoving Contractors / Ground Workers - Depth Limit - 3 metres (Earthmoving page)
- Earthmoving Contractors / Ground Workers - Depth Limit - 3 metres -incl Road Surfacing (Earthmoving page)
- Earthmoving Contractors / Ground Workers - Depth Limit - 5 metres (Earthmoving page)
- Earthmoving Contractors / Ground Workers - Depth Limit - 5 metres -incl Road Surfacing (Earthmoving page)
- Electricians - Electrician (inc. QLD) (Electricians page)
- Electricians - Electrician (exc. QLD) (Electricians page)
- Fencing Contractor
- Fire Surround Installation/Fire Place Installation
- Forklift - Servicing
- Gas Fitters (non-industrial work only) (Plumbers page)
- Glaziers
- Graffiti Removal
- Groundsman (Lawn mowing and gardening page)
- Handyman/Building Maintenance & Repair (Handymen page)
- Insulation Contractor
- Kitchen Installers - Excluding Gas Work (Cabinet makers page)
- Kitchen Installers - Including Gas Work (Cabinet makers page)
- Landscaping Contractor (excluding work on Railways) (Landscapers page)
- Lawn Mowing Contractor (excluding work on Railways) (Lawn mowing and gardening page)
- Locksmith (Locksmiths page)
- Mastic Sealant/Caulker
- Metal Fabrication/Steel Erectors (excl. use of heat) - Non-Structural
- Metal Fabrication/Steel Erectors (excl. use of heat) - Structural
- NBN Installer / Telecommunication Service Contractor
- Office Furniture Installation
- Painter & Decorator - No Height Limit (Painters page)
- Painter & Decorator - 15m Height Limit (Painters page)
- Partitioning Contractors
- Paving, Path, Patio & Drive Contractors
- Plasterer (Plasterers page)
- Plumbing and Gas Fitting / Plumber (Domestic Only) (Plumbers page)
- Removal Contractors - Domestic, Office & Shop
- Rendering (external) (Plasterers page)
- Road Surfacing & Marking (excluding Traffic Man & Coning)
- Sandblasting/Abrasive Blasting
- Scaffolding Contractor (Scaffolders page)
- Shop Fitters
- Signwriter (including install) - No height restriction
- Signwriter (including install) - 15m height restriction
- Solar Panel Installation including maintenance and repair
- Sprinkler Installers - Excluding use of heat
- Sprinkler Installers - Including use of heat
- Stair Lift Installation/Mobility Assistance including maintenance and repair
- Stone Masons
- Street Furniture Installers (excluding Traffic Man & Coning)
- Suspended Ceiling Contractors
- Test & Tag - Commercial Appliances
- Tilers (excluding Roofing) (Tilers page)
- Tree Lopper/Tree Feller/Tree Surgeon/Arborist
- Water Proofer /Water Proofing Contractor
- Window Tinting - Car & House
The covers tradesmen ask about.
Start with what tradesman insurance covers, then open the cover that fits your work.
- Public liabilityCan cover claims that your work injured someone or damaged their property.
- Workers compCover employers arrange for workers hurt or made ill by their work, under each state's rules.
- ToolsTheft of, or damage to, the tools and equipment you work with, up to the policy limits.
- VehiclesThe vehicles you use for work, for damage, theft and damage to others, depending on the policy.
- Contract worksCan cover damage to the works on a building job while they're underway.
- Accident and illnessCan pay a weekly benefit if injury or illness stops you working, depending on the policy.
- Sole tradersHow the covers fit together when you work for yourself on an ABN.
- ContractorsWhat head contractors ask subbies for, from public liability to a certificate of currency.
How it works.
Tell us your trade.
A short online form, or a call to the Tradies365 hotline.
We get you quotes.
Our brokers look at the work you actually do and ask insurers to quote on the cover you ask for.
Choose, then get back to work.
Cover starts once you pick a policy and the insurer agrees to it. Plain-English answers, and a real person on the phone when you need one.
Sort your cover.
1300 226 268
Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. Or email mate@tradies365.com.au.