Working in the trades
What your trade actually needs, pays and asks
One page per trade: the real rungs on the ladder, which tickets are worth the money and in what order, how the pay is structured, and when the hiring actually happens. Written for the person holding the tools.
Pick your trade
Eight trades, written one at a time
Not one page with the noun swapped. Every one of these was written separately, because an EPA 608 type and a backflow certification have nothing to do with each other.
HVAC jobs
What EPA 608 type you need, how install and service differ in pay and day-to-day, and the questions an HVAC interview actually asks.
5 rungs · 5 tickets · 4 questions answered
Electrical jobs
How apprentice hours are counted toward a journeyman license, which tickets pay, and how commercial, residential and industrial work differ.
5 rungs · 5 tickets · 4 questions answered
Plumbing jobs
How plumbing apprentice hours work, which certifications actually raise your pay, and how service plumbing is paid differently from new construction.
5 rungs · 5 tickets · 4 questions answered
Roofing jobs
How roofing crews pay by the square versus hourly, which safety cards you need to get on a site, and how storm work differs from production roofing.
5 rungs · 5 tickets · 4 questions answered
Pest control jobs
How state applicator licensing and categories work, why termite inspection is the step up, and how route-based pay and commission really add up.
5 rungs · 5 tickets · 4 questions answered
Landscaping jobs
Which landscaping certifications actually raise pay, how irrigation and pesticide licensing work, and how crews stay employed through winter.
5 rungs · 5 tickets · 4 questions answered
Garage door jobs
Why torsion spring work separates a real garage door technician from a helper, what the job pays on, and how to get hired with no experience.
5 rungs · 5 tickets · 4 questions answered
Commercial cleaning jobs
How cleaner, day porter, floor tech and supervisor differ in pay and hours, and why floor care is the step that changes what you earn.
5 rungs · 5 tickets · 4 questions answered
Put your trade somewhere it keeps working
A free profile holds your licenses, tickets, equipment and where you have worked, so you stop retyping them into every application. It gives you a page at your own address that you can text to a foreman or a friend who says they are hiring. And when a company hires through HireWRX, every application is read and scored — nobody’s gets skipped because it arrived at eleven at night.
- Free, and free to delete — your data goes with it.
- You choose whether the page is public at all.
- Pay expectations are never on your public page.
- No employer notes or scores ever appear on it.
Hiring in one of these trades rather than working in it? The employer side has a page per trade too, written from the other chair.