Hire a Helper Handyperson Training Academy

ABN 24 120 810 298

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Our Vision

Vision: To be the Handyperson Service Provider / Trainer of choice on the East Coast of Australia

Our Mission

Mission: To provide a complete Handyperson training or Handyperson service experience that is both professional and technologically superior than any competitor but with a local flavour.

Why Train with Us: To have income producing / money saving skills in hours not months!

“Everything is easy when you know how”

Paul Reid

Head Trainer

Qualifications

  • Bachelor Of Technology Education
  • Tae 40166 Certificate 1v, Training and Assessment,
  • CPC 10111 Certificate 1, Construction.
  • Trade Qualifcation, Engineering
  • Tradesperson Mechanical (Fitter and Turner)

Our Training Facility

Opens January, 2025.

Sunshine Coast

Our training courses click the link to book or view our collection on Eventbrite:

Courses Skills Learnt Cost Link to book on Eventbright

Wallpatch101 Patch a wall hole from a toilet roll holder

Time: 3 hrs.
  • Cut gyprock
  • Cut wood with circular saw
  • Use a drill
  • Mix filler
  • Cut tape
  • Use filler blade
  • Sanding
  • Cleaning up.

Link to eventbright

Cost $175
Max participants in course: 8 people
Time: 3 hrs.

Gyprock wall setting 201

Time: 6 hrs.
  • Carry and cut sheet gyrock
  • Screw and glue to wall frame
  • Tape flat joint
  • Set internal corner
  • Set external corner
  • Recoat
  • Finish coat
  • Cleaning tools
  • Sanding with wall board sander

Link to eventbright

Cost $500
Max participants in course: 8 people
Time: 6 hrs.

Wall framing half walls 101 1200mm high

Time: 4 hrs.
  • Choosing timber
  • Use drop saw
  • Maintain 3 inch framing pneumatic nail gun
  • Setup and maintain a compressor
  • Use a nail gun to join studs
  • Site clean

Link to eventbright

Cost $300
Max participants in course: 8 people
Time: 4 hrs.

Hang a door 101

Time: 4 hrs
  • Removing doors
  • Tracing existing doors
  • Cutting in hinges
  • Drilling in door handles with hole saw
  • Drilling latch assembly with spade bits
  • Cutting in latch face
  • Line and cut in sticker plate
  • Refit door
  • Site clean

Link to eventbright

Cost $300
Max participants in course: 4 people
Time: 4 hrs.

Frame a doorway with trims 201

Time: 34hrs.
(must have done Wall framing half walls 101)

Time: 6 hrs.
Plus photo
  • Refresh half walls 101
  • Use a drop saw
  • Use a finishing nail gun
  • Cut mitres
  • Putty nail holes
  • Site clean

Link to eventbright

Cost $500
Max participants in course: 4 people
Time: 6 hrs.

Hang a dryer 101

Time: 1.5 hrs.
Learn how to hand a modern dryer with 2 brackets
  • Calculate measurements
  • Find wall studs
  • Cutting wall rails with Circular saw
  • Mark out and fit brackets
  • Place top rail
  • Calculate bottom rail
  • Fit bottom

Link to eventbright

Cost $120
Max participants in course: 4 people
Time: 1.5 hrs.

Tiling 101

Time: 6 hrs.
  • Choose tile adhesive
  • Cutting ceramic tiles with manual title cutter
  • Mixing & applying tile adhesive
  • Placing horizontal tiles (2 rows)
  • Placing vertical (2 rows) tiles
  • Mix and apply grout
  • Silicone joint
  • Cleaning up

Link to eventbright

Cost $300
Max participants in course: 8 people
Time: 6 hrs.

Using handyman Equipment 101

Time: 2 hrs.
Use and maintain:
  • Single person post hole digger
  • Wakker packer
  • Jack hammer
  • Concrete saw
  • Hammer drill

Link to eventbright

Cost $200
Max participants in course: 8 people
Time: 6 hrs.

Hang a TV on wall with bracket 101

Time: 1.5 hrs.
How to:
  • Locate wall studs
  • Calculate TV placement
  • Fitting mounting bracket on TV
  • Mounting bracket to wall
  • Fitting TV
  • Adjusting vision angles

Link to eventbright

Cost $150
Max participants in course: 4 people
Time: 1.5 hrs.

How to lay a garden shed slab 101

Time: 6 hrs.
How to:
  • Cement kknowledge
  • Mark slab prepare site
  • Set up formwork 2.4m x 1.0m x 0.1m
  • Set up steel
  • Poor a slab
  • Surface edge finishes
  • Clean tools

Link to eventbright

Cost $400
Max participants in course: 4 people
Time: 8 hrs.

Change and repack braked caravan wheel beerings 201

Time: 2 hrs.
How to:
  • Remove wheel
  • Remove brake drum
  • Inspect magnets
  • Clean bearings
  • Repack bearings
  • Set bearings
  • Refit wheel

Link to eventbright

Cost $150
Max participants in course: 2 people
Time: 2 hrs.

Becoming a handyman full training

Time: 45 hrs 7 days.
Lean more of the common handyman industry skills:
  • Gyprock wall patching
  • Gyprock wall setting
  • Wall framing
  • Hang a door
  • Frame doorways
  • Hand a dryer
  • Tillin 101
  • Use handyman equipment
  • Hang a TV
  • Lay a garden shed concrete slab
  • Repack wwheel bearings

Link to eventbright

Cost $3000
Max participants in course: 2 people
Time: 45 hrs.

Becoming a Hire a Helper Franchisee

Time: 10 Days
Learn all of the common handyman industry skills plus training to run the business
  • Set up google my business
  • Set up social media
  • Set up finances
  • Set up trailer
  • Learn quoting
  • Upskill cutomer service
  • Gyprock wall patching
  • Gyprock wall setting
  • Wall framing
  • Hang a door
  • Frame doorways
  • Hang a dryer
  • Tilling 101
  • Use handyman equipment
  • Hang a TV
  • Lay a garden shed concrete slab
  • Screen doors
  • Door locks
  • Scribing in roof sheeting
  • Repack wheel bearings

This course is booked with us directly:

Cost: Included in Franchise cost
Max participants in course: 2 people
Time: 45 hrs.
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