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Build your trade profile

Describe your work exactly: your main trade, the other trades you do, your skills and your certificates. A precise profile brings the right offers.

5 min4 steps
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What you need
  • A Buildpal account

Your profile is built from things that can be checked, not just claims. The more exact it is, the better the offers that reach you.

  1. Your main trade

    Choose the trade you do most, like mason, carpenter, electrician or helper.

  2. Other trades and skills

    Add the other trades you do and the skills in each one. A carpenter who does formwork is described exactly, not as general labour.

  3. Certificates and expiry dates

    Add the certificates you hold, with their expiry dates. Some work needs a certificate, so an up-to-date one can open more offers.

  4. Keep it up to date

    Update your profile when you learn a new skill or renew a certificate. Your work history is added for you as you work.

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  • Getting started

    Join Buildpal

    Create your worker profile with a smartphone or a basic phone. Joining is free, and your profile is yours: it follows you from site to site.

    5 min4 steps
  • Getting started

    Get verified

    Verification shows contractors you are who you say you are. It starts with the basics, and you can unlock more as you go.

    4 min4 steps
  • Finding work

    Accept your first offer

    When a contractor's booking fits you, you receive an offer. Here is how to read it and accept it, with the app or a basic phone.

    4 min4 steps

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