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Plain guides for trade and field-service owners: starting up, pricing the work, getting paid and running the crew. New articles every week.

An electrician with a coil of cable and a landscaper with hedge shears beside the Academy's guide topics: starting your business, pricing and quoting, invoicing and payments, running the work, and winning and keeping clients. 13 trades, 4 countries.
458 articles
Running the work· CA· 7 min read

New Brunswick arborist pesticide licence: When do you need one?

Check the proposed treatment, business approval and applicator certificate before you quote or dispatch pesticide work in New Brunswick.

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Starting your business· US· 7 min read

New Hampshire Plumbing License: Choose the Right Credential

Choose the right New Hampshire plumbing credential, build the application file, complete the state process, and clear local permits before quoting work.

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Starting your business· US· 8 min read

West Virginia Glazing Contractor License: Check the Job Before You Quote

Write the full glazing scope, match it to the contracting business, and check West Virginia licensing and permit requirements before releasing the quote.

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Starting your business· AU· 8 min read

VIC Painter Registration Requirements: Check Work in Victoria

Check the painting scope, who signs the contract and any added repair work before deciding whether building practitioner registration applies in Victoria.

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Starting your business· AU· 8 min read

Do You Need an NT Cleaning Business Licence in the Northern Territory?

Check the exact cleaning services you plan to sell, the Northern Territory bodies that regulate specialist work, and the records to complete before your first booking.

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Running the work· CA· 10 min read

Glazier Property Management Contracts: Set Authority and Approval Limits

Set clear authority for emergency attendance, make-safe work, glass ordering, permanent installation, change orders and invoicing on Canadian managed properties.

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Running the work· US· 10 min read

Glazing Contractor Property Management Work: Set Authority Before Dispatch

Set a dispatch gate that tells your glazing crew who approved the visit, what work is allowed, where to stop, and who can approve the permanent replacement.

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Pricing and quoting· AU· 12 min read

Roofer Replacement Quote: Price Strip-Off, Deck and Installation

Inspect the roof, define strip-off and concealed work, cost labour and materials, apply markup and give the crew a replacement scope they can build.

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Winning and keeping clients· AU· 9 min read

Pest Controller Contract Renewal: Review the Site and Reprice the Visits

Audit completed visits, inspect site changes, rebuild the scope and reprice each attendance before releasing the renewed pest service.

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Winning and keeping clients· CA· 10 min read

Pest Control Contract Renewal: Review the Site and Reprice the Visits

Audit old visits, inspect changed areas, rebuild the service scope and reprice each attendance type before renewing a Canadian commercial pest account.

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Winning and keeping clients· US· 10 min read

Pest Control Contract Renewal: Inspect, Reprice, and Confirm the Next Term

Review the agreement, inspect changed conditions, rebuild the price, secure approval, and release the first authorized work order for the next service term.

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Pricing and quoting· US· 11 min read

Roofing Contractor Replacement Estimate: Price Tear-Off, Deck, and Installation

Build a replacement-roof estimate that prices tear-off, concealed deck work, installation, disposal, access, overhead, markup, and change orders.

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Profit margin calculator

Cost, price, markup and margin on one job.

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Quote template

Scope, exclusions, line items and a way to say yes.

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Work order template

What the crew needs on site, from the accepted quote.

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Guides by trade

Quoting, scheduling and invoicing for your trade.

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