Skill Hire provides labour hire and recruitment for Perth and WA businesses that need extra workers for a set period, a specific project or an ongoing role. Before we recommend anyone, one of our consultants meets with you to learn about your business, the work involved and what you need from the people you hire.
If you need to cover an absence or a busy period, we can supply casual workers employed through Skill Hire. We look after payroll tax, superannuation and workers’ compensation insurance, and you receive a single invoice.
When a project or shutdown needs more people for a fixed period, we supply workers with the skills, tickets and experience the job requires. Once the work is finished, you can scale back.
If you’d like to see how someone fits into your team before you offer them a permanent role, you can start them on a temporary basis and make them permanent when you’re ready.
For ongoing roles, we source, assess and screen candidates against your requirements. That leaves you to focus on interviewing the people who suit the position.
If your workload rises and falls with projects or contracts, we can help you plan ahead so you’re not searching for workers every time demand changes.
Every candidate we put forward has been assessed and screened. Their work rights, licences and qualifications are checked before they get an offer of employment. Once they start, we help with workplace inductions and safety training, and we check in regularly to see how the placement is going.
With labour hire, Skill Hire employs the worker and places them with your business for as long as you need them. Here’s why businesses across Perth and WA use it.
You’ve won a contract or a project is ramping up, and your current team can’t cover the extra work. Labour hire lets you bring in workers for the length of the project without adding to your permanent headcount.
More orders, higher production or a full schedule of jobs can stretch your team. Casual workers can help you keep up while you work out whether the increase will last.
Peak periods in warehousing and logistics, or a heavy run of construction work, are easier to manage when extra workers are organised before you need them.
When advertising and interviewing would take too long, we can draw on our database of pre-screened candidates to find suitable workers at short notice.
Starting a worker through labour hire gives you time to see their skills and how they work with your team before you offer them a permanent role.
Not sure if labour hire suits your situation? Talk to our recruitment team about what you need.
| Need | Best fit |
|---|---|
| Immediate or short-term workforce gap | Labour hire |
| Project-based requirement | Labour hire |
| Flexible workforce capacity | Labour hire |
| Ongoing specialist position | Permanent recruitment |
| Long-term leadership or critical role | Permanent recruitment |
| Unsure about future demand | Temporary-to-permanent |
We supply labour hire and permanent staff to businesses across Perth and regional WA, most often for these roles:
Our process is simple and makes finding reliable workers easy, whether you need short-term labour hire or a permanent hire.
1. Tell us what you need: Call, email or enquire online and one of our industry-trained consultants will get in touch. They can visit your site to learn how your business runs. Together, you’ll confirm the role, skills, tickets and licences, location and start date.
2. Candidate sourcing: We search our talent pool across Perth and regional WA for workers who match your brief. That includes skilled tradespeople, trade assistants and experienced site personnel.
3. Screening and checks: Every candidate is assessed and screened before an offer is made. We check their work rights, licences, tickets and qualifications, so you know they’re ready for site.
4. Placement and onboarding: We help with workplace inductions and safety training so your new worker can start quickly. As the employer, Skill Hire covers payroll tax, superannuation and workers’ compensation. You get one simple invoice.
Hiring the wrong person costs you time and money and can put safety at risk. That’s why we screen every candidate before they set foot on your site.
Work rights: We confirm every candidate has the legal right to work in Australia before any offer of employment.
Qualifications, licences and tickets: We check that each candidate’s qualifications, licences and tickets are current and valid for the role.
Role-specific experience: We assess each candidate’s skills and experience against your brief, including how they approach safety and whether they’ll suit your team.
Medicals and drug and alcohol testing: If your site requires it, we arrange pre-employment medicals and drug and alcohol testing, either on site or through a laboratory.
Psychometric testing: If a role needs it, we can use psychometric testing to assess job fit, traits and behaviours.
Site-readiness: We make sure workers meet your site-access, safety and compliance requirements before they start. Where required, we can also supply PPE.
Recruitment agencies in Perth don’t all work the same way. Before you choose one, ask about the following.
Consultants who know your industry understand which tickets, licences and experience a role needs.
Check what’s verified before a candidate is put forward, and whether the agency can arrange medicals or drug and alcohol testing if your site needs them.
With labour hire, the agency and your business share safety duties. Find out who handles inductions and safety training.
If you have sites outside the metro area, check whether the agency recruits in regional WA.
Ask who your contact will be and what happens if a worker isn’t suitable.
Charge rates and placement fees should clearly show what’s included and how they’re calculated.
A good agency checks in after a placement starts and adjusts as your workforce needs change.
Skill Hire has worked with WA employers for more than 40 years, specialising in construction, civil, mining, warehousing and logistics. We check every candidate’s work rights, licences and qualifications. Where your site requires them, we can also arrange medicals, psychometric testing and drug and alcohol screening.
We help with inductions and safety training, and we support projects in Perth and regional WA from offices across the state. Our charge rates include wages, superannuation, workers’ compensation, payroll tax and insurance. Permanent placements come with a replacement guarantee, and we check in regularly once a worker starts.
Over 30 years of WA staffing experience: Skill Hire started in regional Western Australia and has been providing labour hire and permanent staffing solutions for more than 30 years.
More than 2,000 workers supported: Our team of over 150 employees supports more than 2,000 contract staff, apprentices and trainees.
Local networks across Perth and regional WA: Our offices across Perth and regional WA, including our new Bunbury CBD office, mean we know the local candidates as well as the local employers.
Industry knowledge where it counts: Our specialist team sources hard-to-fill roles across construction, engineering, maintenance and mining. That includes trades and trade assistants as well as supervisors and site leaders.
Safety and compliance built in: Before anyone starts on site, we check their work rights, licences and qualifications. Where required, we can also arrange medicals, drug and alcohol testing and PPE so workers meet your site-access requirements.
Flexible support as your needs change: We can supply short-term cover, a project ramp-up or permanent hires. You can also move a labour hire worker into a permanent role.
More than recruitment: Skill Hire is a not-for-profit and part of the IntoWork Group, founded in 1983, so you have one partner for your whole workforce. Alongside recruitment, we can help you set up apprenticeships and traineeships. Our sister RTO, Nara Training & Assessing, delivers on-site training and high-risk licences.
Skill Hire employs the worker and places them at your business. They work on your site under your direction. We pay their wages, superannuation and workers’ compensation, and you receive an invoice at an agreed charge rate for the hours they work.
With labour hire, Skill Hire is the worker’s employer and you pay an hourly charge rate. It suits work that goes up and down, such as projects, busy periods and leave cover. With permanent recruitment, we find and screen candidates and the person you choose becomes your employee. You pay a one-off placement fee.
Yes. A lot of businesses start someone through labour hire to see how they work before offering a permanent job. Talk to our team about how the move to permanent employment works.
For labour hire workers, Skill Hire handles it. We look after payroll, superannuation, payroll tax and workers’ compensation, and you receive a single invoice.
Let us know as soon as possible. For casual placements, there’s no charge if you tell us you’re not happy within the first four hours of the worker’s first shift. Permanent placements come with a replacement guarantee. If the person resigns or is let go within the first three months, we’ll find a replacement for the same role at no charge.
Yes. We have staffed offices across WA, and we recruit for projects in regional and remote areas. For mining and project work, we can also coordinate workers’ travel and accommodation.
Fill in the enquiry form below or call us on 1300 754 559. Tell us the role, how many workers you need, the location, your start date and any tickets required. Our team will be in touch to discuss your needs.
