Fundamentals Course

The Estimating Fundamentals Course Australian Sparkies Actually Use

If you're winning jobs but not making profit, this is where it starts. A hands-on 4-hour session teaching the same estimating system used by electrical contractors right across Australia, so you stop guessing on price.

  • Format Online
  • Length 4h
  • Price $297
  • Country Australia-wide

Built for sparkies who are sick of undercharging.

Most electricians never learn how to estimate. They learn how to wire. Then they're thrown into running a business where every quote is a guess. This course is the fix.

In one focused, hands-on 4-hour session you'll work through the exact estimating system Jayson has used to build a profitable electrical business, and walk out ready to apply it to the next job you quote on Monday.

No fluff. No theory you'll never use. Just the practical system that turns quoting from a chore into a competitive advantage.

Who this is for

  • Electricians starting their own business who don't want to learn pricing by losing money
  • Established electrical contractors who suspect they're leaking margin somewhere
  • Apprentices and 2nd-year sparkies who want to fast-track the business side
  • Estimators handed a quoting role with no formal training

What's inside

01

Module 1: Know Your Real Costs

Before you can price a job, you need to know what an hour of your business actually costs to run.

  • Calculate your true cost-to-operate (the number every quote is built on)
  • Account for vehicle, insurance, software, super, leave and admin
  • Build a labour rate that survives the bad weeks, not just the good ones
02

Module 2: Estimate Materials Without Guesswork

A take-off system you can actually use on real plans, with or without measuring software.

  • Read a set of electrical drawings without missing scope
  • Speed up material take-offs with a repeatable template
  • Build a wholesaler pricing routine that keeps margins protected
03

Module 3: Price for Profit, Not Just Payment

Most electricians confuse markup and margin. This module fixes that for good.

  • Markup vs margin: the difference that costs sparkies thousands
  • Set tiered margins for different job types
  • Handle materials, subbies and prelims so nothing gets buried
04

Module 4: Quote With Confidence in Under 30 Minutes

A fast, repeatable quoting workflow that builds trust with customers.

  • A quote template customers actually read
  • How to present pricing without negotiating yourself broke
  • Handle objections, deposit terms and variations cleanly
05

Module 5: Plug It Into TradieTally

Apply everything from Modules 1-4 inside the TradieTally app so the system runs itself.

  • Translate your labour rate, margins and templates into TradieTally
  • Build a quote follow-up habit so no job goes cold
  • Read your Business Brain dashboard like a profit X-ray

Why sparkies pick this course

  • Built by a sparky who runs his own business

    Every example, rate and template comes from real electrical jobs, not theory written by a marketer.

  • Practical, on-the-tools speed

    Four hands-on hours and you walk out ready to use the system on Monday's next quote.

  • Backed by real software

    The same system runs natively inside TradieTally, so you can apply what you learn the moment you finish a module.

  • Australian, for Australian sparkies

    AS/NZS standards, ABN/GST, super, AU pricing realities. Built where you work.

Course questions

Do I need to be running my own business already?

No. Plenty of sparkies do this course before they go out on their own, so they hit the ground without bleeding cash from week one. But it's just as useful if you've been running for a decade. Estimating is the bit nobody learns on the tools.

How long is it?

It's a hands-on 4-hour session. You work through the system live, with real examples, and leave ready to use it on your next quote.

Do I need TradieTally to do this course?

No. The course teaches the estimating method first. The final module shows you how to apply it inside TradieTally, but you can use the same system inside a spreadsheet if you prefer. Most sparkies switch to TradieTally once they've seen how much faster it is.

Is this suitable for commercial work?

It covers the foundation that every electrical estimate is built on, from small residential through to commercial fitouts. For established businesses wanting to build estimating into the way the whole team works, the Estimating Masterclass goes further. They're designed to stack.

What if I've already done other estimating courses?

A lot of sparkies in the course have. The difference here is the practical Australian framing and the fact it plugs straight into estimating software you can use the same day.

Ready when you are

Stop guessing your quotes. Start estimating for profit.

Start the trial, take the course, or do both. The maths doesn't change either way.