For Painters Who Own the Business, Not Just the BrushYou can cut in a straight line at speed. Nobody ever taught you to price, hire or get paid on time.

It changes by state. The QBCC requires a licence for painting work in Queensland above $3,300, NSW above $5,000, and WA painters registration begins above $1,000. Consumer Affairs Victoria exempts single-trade painting, South Australia requires a building work contractor's licence regardless, and New Zealand has no painting class under the Licensed Building Practitioner scheme. TSA coaching helps you get the right ticket for where you actually work.

Longer than most painters think. In NSW, paintwork is the textbook minor defect under the Home Building Act statutory warranty, which runs two years. The QBCC treats painting as non-structural, with a twelve month statutory warranty. Photograph your prep and coats on every job, and use the systems training in the Learning Hub to make that a habit your crew follows.

Painters sit under the Building and Construction General On-site Award MA000020, published by the Fair Work Ombudsman. It sets the tradesperson rate, apprentice rates as a percentage of it by year, higher rates for adult apprentices, and tool, industry and travel allowances. Check the pay guide each 1 July, then build that real cost into your charge-out rate. The Profitable Pricing Masterclass shows you how.

You have more power than a phone call. Every state runs a security of payment scheme. Under the NSW scheme a subcontractor's payment claim must be answered inside the statutory window, unpaid claims go to adjudication, and you gain a right to suspend work. TSA coaching helps you set payment terms that stop the problem earlier.