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| The Trades 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, 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 have been a Hire A Hubby Franchisee for almost 4 years beginning in December 2002. I have come from a trade background, being a qualified Maintenance Fitter. After completing my apprenticeship in 1991, I took the opportunity to move location and worked in a few machine shops before taking up a position as Production Manager with a major tap-ware company. I spent approximately 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 Hi, my name is David and I have been a Hire A Hubby franchisee for 2 and a half years. 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 plus 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 I have owned my franchise 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. He 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. 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 Hi, my name is Troy and I have been a Hire A Hubby franchisee 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 My name is John and I have owned a Hire A Hubby franchise in for 7 months. I am a fitter and turner by trade and then went on to become a Technical Trainer at Management level. I then worked my way to become a Production and Operations Manager before making the decision 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
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