Build a six‑figure career in the trades.
Skip the degree, keep the earnings. A published pay ladder, paid training through CoatPro Academy, and a straight path from trainee to running your own crew across South East Queensland.
Built on doing the job properly the first time.
CoatPro delivers premium concrete sealing, spraycrete resurfacing, epoxy and protective coatings across Brisbane, the Gold Coast, and the Sunshine Coast. Driveways, pool surrounds, patios, warehouses, commercial floors: our reputation rides on every one of them.
That standard takes skilled people, so we built the company around developing them. Come here to get seriously good at a trade, earn properly while you learn it, and take on real responsibility as fast as you can prove you're ready. This page sets out the deal.
Four promises, and everything else is built around them.
Earn
A published pay ladder from your first day to running a crew, with a real path to six figures. The better you get, the more you earn.
Master
Paid, structured training through CoatPro Academy across sealing, spraycrete, epoxy, grinding and densification. Leave every year more capable than you started it.
Lead
Prove competency and responsibility comes early: running jobs, training juniors, then building a crew of your own with your name on its results.
Live
Organised schedules, quality gear, a team that rewards output rather than hours filled, and an annual team experience worth talking about all year.
Trainee to crew leader, with the pay in the open.
Every level has a published earnings band, defined skills, and clear requirements to step up. You should always be able to answer three questions here: where am I now, what's next, and what exactly gets me there.
Trainee
- Surface preparation and pressure cleaning
- Masking and site setup
- Equipment handling
- Basic sealing
- Pack-down and site presentation
- WHS procedures
Applicator
- Concrete sealing
- Spraycrete
- Epoxy systems
- Grinding and densification
- Surface preparation
- Equipment maintenance
- Job documentation
Senior Applicator
- Completing jobs independently
- Troubleshooting and difficult substrates
- Quality control
- Training junior applicators
- Customer communication
Crew Leader
- Running a crew and its productivity
- Job quality and QA
- Material management
- Customer satisfaction
- Training and developing the crew
- Keeping callbacks and defects at zero
It keeps going from there. CoatPro is expanding across South East Queensland, and as new regions open, the people who lead them will come off this ladder.
Every band starts above the award.
Concrete coating work is covered by the Building and Construction On-site Award, which sets the legal minimum for each level of the trade. Here's roughly where those minimums sit next to what CoatPro pays.
Award figures are approximate full-time base rates for a standard 38-hour week at the nearest classification under the Building and Construction General On-site Award (MA000020) as at 1 July 2026, before overtime, penalties and allowances. For context, the national minimum wage is about $52K. Exact entitlements depend on classification and hours worked.
CoatPro Academy.
Structured, paid training, on the tools and off them. You'll build skills across four areas:
- Spraycrete
- Epoxy systems
- Concrete sealing
- Grinding and densification
- Surface prep and moisture diagnosis
- Crack and joint treatment
- Product selection
- Job costing
- Material management
- Estimating
- Productivity
- Understanding gross profit
- Customer communication
- Site presentation
- Expectation management
- Complaint resolution
- Job handover
- Running a crew
- Training employees
- Job planning
- Delegation
- Quality assurance
Each level is a demonstrated competency standard, assessed on real work, and each one lifts your pay, your responsibility and your bonus potential. Become competent on epoxy, the grinder or spraycrete, run jobs solo, or train another applicator, and your pay moves with it.
Put in 24 months with CoatPro and we fund an agreed industry qualification or certification: trade quals, equipment tickets, WHS, manufacturer certifications, leadership training. Your payslip grows here, and so does your resume.
The parts that make the work better.
Proper kit from day one
Quality uniforms, professional PPE, good tools, and well-maintained vehicles and equipment from your first morning.
Annual gear allowance
$750–$1,500 a year for approved boots, workwear, tools and PPE. Good tradespeople appreciate good equipment.
Annual experience reward
Hit the company's annual targets and the whole team earns a real experience: fishing charter, K'gari trip, snow trip, track day.
Referral bounty
Know a good operator? Refer them and bank $1,000 when they pass six months on the team.
Community project days
Once or twice a year we put our trade behind a local club, school or community project, and everyone works it on full pay.
Responsibility early
Prove you're ready and it's yours: running jobs, handling customers, training new starters. Performance creates opportunity at CoatPro.
The people you'd be joining.
Open Roles
Every career on that ladder starts in one of these roles. If you're already deep in the trade, you'll slot in further up it.
Coatings Applicator
Apply penetrating sealers, tinted topical sealers, spraycrete, and epoxy coatings on residential and commercial concrete across South East Queensland.
Coatings Applicator
Apply penetrating sealers, tinted topical sealers, spraycrete, and epoxy coatings on residential and commercial concrete across South East Queensland.
We're looking for an experienced coatings applicator to join the crew full-time on the career ladder above, or on contract if you already run your own ABN. You'll be applying penetrating sealers, tinted topical sealers, spraycrete resurfacing systems, and epoxy floor coatings to residential and commercial concrete across South East Queensland.
- Surface prep: pressure washing, grinding, acid washing, crack repair
- Mixing and applying clear sealers, coloured sealers, spraycrete, and epoxy systems
- Operating spray equipment, grinders, and pressure washers safely
- Setting up and packing down job sites cleanly and respectfully
- Working alongside the lead applicator to deliver finishes we're proud of
- Hands-on experience with concrete coatings, sealers, or epoxies
- Active ABN and own public liability insurance (contract engagements only)
- Reliable vehicle and current driver's licence
- White Card (Construction Induction)
- Attention to detail: straight edges, even coverage, tidy site
- Reliable, on time, and easy to communicate with
- Physically fit for hands-on outdoor work in QLD weather
- Experience with airless or HVLP spray equipment
- Prior work in decorative concrete, flooring, or rendering trades
- Confined space, working at heights, or EWP tickets
- Consistent, well-scheduled work (typically 4–5 days a week)
- Employee pay on the published ladder (Applicator: $70K–$85K+), or day rates on contract, paid weekly and on time
- Quality materials and well-maintained equipment supplied
- Clear scopes, organised schedules, team that respects your time
- A straight path up the ladder to senior applicator and crew leader
Send a short intro, your experience, and any photos of past work.
Floor Prep & Grinder Operator
Run our floor grinders, handle crack repair and joint filling, and prep slabs so the coatings crew can lay down a finish that lasts.
Floor Prep & Grinder Operator
Run our floor grinders, handle crack repair and joint filling, and prep slabs so the coatings crew can lay down a finish that lasts.
Surface prep is the most important step in every job we do. We're after a dedicated prep operator who can run our floor grinders properly, handle crack repair and joint filling, and get sites ready so the coatings crew can come in and lay down a finish that lasts.
- Operating walk-behind concrete grinders with the right segment selection for the job
- Running dust extraction and keeping sites clean and OH&S compliant
- Acid washing, pressure washing, and chemical surface prep
- Crack repair, joint filling, and patching imperfections
- Masking, taping, and dropsheeting ready for the coatings crew
- Loading, unloading, and maintaining grinding gear day to day
- Hands-on experience operating concrete grinders or polishing equipment
- Understanding of segment types, RPMs, and prep depth for different coatings
- Active ABN and insurance (contract engagements only)
- Reliable vehicle and current driver's licence
- White Card (Construction Induction)
- Physically fit and comfortable with dusty, hands-on outdoor work
- Methodical, thorough, and takes pride in a properly prepped slab
- Shot blaster or scarifier experience
- Background in polished concrete, decorative concrete, or flooring trades
- Experience with vacuum dust extractors and HEPA systems
- Confined space, working at heights, or EWP tickets
- Consistent, well-scheduled work across residential and commercial sites
- Employee pay on the published ladder, or day rates on contract, paid weekly and on time
- Quality grinders, extractors, and consumables supplied
- Clear scopes, organised schedules, team that respects your time
- Path to taking ownership of the prep side of the business as we scale
Send a short intro, your experience, and any photos of past work.
Sales & Estimating Lead
Convert warm Google and Facebook leads, run on-site quotes, and grow our network with builders, concreters, and architects across SEQ.
Sales & Estimating Lead
Convert warm Google and Facebook leads, run on-site quotes, and grow our network with builders, concreters, and architects across SEQ.
We've got more leads coming through Google, Facebook, and word of mouth than we can keep up with - and we want to push harder into builders, concreters, and architects across South East Queensland. We're looking for someone who can own the front of the funnel: qualify the warm leads, work the cold ones, run site visits, write estimates, and close.
- Responding to inbound leads from Google and Facebook campaigns and converting them to bookings
- Outbound outreach to builders, concreters, architects, and developers across SEQ
- Running on-site quotes: measure ups, surface assessment, scope discussion
- Writing accurate estimates and proposals using our quoting system
- Following up quotes, handling objections, and closing the deal
- Building and maintaining a referral pipeline with trade partners
- Working with Christian on pricing, margins, and capacity planning
- Proven sales experience - ideally in trades, construction, or B2B services
- Comfortable on the phone, on site, and in front of trade clients
- Sharp at estimating and not afraid of measuring tapes or job sites
- Self-driven - can run a pipeline without being micro-managed
- Reliable vehicle and current driver's licence
- White Card (Construction Induction) or willing to obtain
- Solid written communication for proposals and follow-ups
- Existing network of builders, concreters, or architects in SEQ
- Background in concrete, flooring, coatings, or related trades
- CRM and pipeline management experience (HubSpot, Pipedrive, etc.)
- Comfort reading plans and specs
- Warm leads on day one - Google and Facebook campaigns running consistently
- Base + commission structure with real upside as you scale the book
- Hybrid setup - office, site, and home as makes sense for the day
- Direct line to the owner, no layers of management
- Path to building and leading the sales side of the business
Send a short intro, your sales background, and a few wins you're proud of.
Don't see the right role?
We're always open to hearing from skilled tradespeople who want to do high-quality concrete work the right way. If you think you'd be a fit, even without a matching listing, get in touch.