Bricklayers price per thousand and carry a labourer, a mixer and the weather on every one of them. Coaching gets the real number into the rate.
We work on a rate per thousand built from your own jobs (labourer wages, downtime, scaffold, the wet days), builder terms that pay you on time, and the systems to run a second gang and keep both busy.
Coaching is one-on-one with Tamika, online, wherever you are in Australia. Weekly calls and help between them.
Bricklaying is paid per thousand and costed per hour. The labourer is paid whether the bricks are laid or not. The mixer, the scaffold and the ute cost the same on a wet day. The builder's program decides when you start and the weather decides when you finish, and the rate per thousand was probably set by what the last builder offered.
Coaching builds a rate that is yours. From your own jobs: the labourer's wages including the days lost, the scaffold, the mortar and the gear, the downtime between sites, the overheads of a licensed business, and the margin you actually want. From that comes a quote with terms: what the builder owes if the slab is not ready, progress claims on bigger jobs, and invoicing that runs on a schedule rather than on memory.
Then the step most bricklayers never make: a second gang. It takes a lead hand who lays to your standard, a program you control, and job tracking that shows which builders and which jobs pay. Coaching puts those in so the second gang pays for itself instead of doubling the stress.
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Read →From your own jobs: labourer wages including downtime, scaffold, mortar, gear, travel between sites and overheads, plus margin. A rate offered by a builder is their number, not yours. Coaching builds it from your past work.
In the rate, and in the terms: a charge for the wasted day when the site is not ready, and a rate that carries the wet days you can predict. Coaching sets both.
Yes. A lead hand, a finish standard, a program you control and job tracking are what make a second gang profitable, and coaching builds them.
One builder is one client, and that is a risk. Coaching tracks your margin by builder and job so you can decide what to keep and what to replace.
Yes. Coaching is online, Australia-wide, with weekly one-on-one calls.
Perfect for business owners who need ongoing support, structure and systems to grow.
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