About Us- History Of One Of NZ’s Leading Temp Agencies

Tradestaff is proud to be New Zealand owned and operated. We have an extensive branch network stretching from Queenstown to Auckland. While we are a nationwide company, we see ourselves as being local in every market, that’s what sets us aside from other temp agencies.

Our Mission

'Cool and easy' – at Tradestaff we are passionate about providing industrial employment solutions through consistent action in a positive, fun & innovative environment

Our Core Values

• Passion – with passion anything is possible
• Professionalism, integrity & consistency – in everything we do
• People & processes – our people and our processes are the keys to our success
• Quality – think Tradestaff – think Quality
• A positive environment – we fuel a positive environment through fun, innovation, teamwork & education
• Action – we say it, we do it

Tradestaff Company Facts

• Tradestaff is wholly a New Zealand owned company which was founded in 1996.
• We are New Zealand's leading supplier of temporary and permanent workers to the trade sector.
• Tradestaff offers a total package of management, staff, training and recruitment services.
• Tradestaff now have 14 branches through out the country placed in Auckland's North Shore, West Auckland, South Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Rotorua, Hawkes Bay, Wellington, Lower Hutt, Christchurch, Hornby, Dunedin and Queenstown.
• Tradestaff has experienced exceptional and steady growth over the last 15 years. Tradestaff was ranked 8th in Deloittes Fast 50 survey of New Zealand's fastest growing companies in 2001.
• Our motto is 'cool and easy' this is the way we do business.
• In August 2005, Tradestaff was accrediated by ACC to WSMP Tertiary Level Status. This is in recognition of our continued commitment to excellence in Health & Safety management practices. A re-audit in 2007 and 2009 has resulted in Tradestaff retaining this status.
• In May 2011 Tradestaff successfully entered the ACC Partnership Programme at Secondary level.
• Tradestaff consistently visits its work sites to ensure staff are delivering and satisfying client needs.
• Tradestaff has a broad range of work available – from unskilled to highly specialised. Our clients are reliable, good to deal with and operate a safe work environment.
• Over 5000 New Zealand businesses have used Tradestaff services.
• Over 25,000 New Zealanders have worked for Tradestaff in a variety of roles.
• Tradestaff offers a payroll bureau, Your Payroll, to assist businesses in this critical function. This bureau has experience with paying over 2000 staff on a weekly basis, guaranteed and on time, everytime!

Tradestaff – the story so far

From Kevin Eder – Managing Director

In 1996 I had been working as an industrial consultant for one of the large multi-national recruitment organisations in Christchurch for two years. This followed three years as a sales rep after nine years working as an electrician.

It was pretty obvious to me that recruitment was what I wanted to be doing, but I really needed to be doing it for myself.

Thus Tradestaff was born in June 1996 and I opened for business in a very small office attached to a warehouse in Sydenham, Christchurch.

Many people have commented on just how appropriate the name "Tradestaff" is to our business. In fact we were damn lucky to get it, as my first choice was "Tempstaff" but that was already taken and a nice lady at the company’s office suggested Tradestaff instead. The name obviously fits us well and has become well recognised in the industry.

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Tradestaff | One of NZ's leading temp agencies