Tradie IT

Services

We provide services to help your business in the following areas.

IT Support

You’ve got a tech problem and you need it sorted — not next week, today. We provide responsive IT support for trade businesses: setup help, troubleshooting, and answers to the issues that are slowing you down.

Business Internet Presence

Not on the web, or on it but not getting found? We right-size your online presence to your business goals: domain setup, Google Business Profile, local search optimisation, and social. The aim is simple: when someone in your area is looking for what you do, they find you.

Email Services

A professional email address at your own domain, properly set up, backed up, and secure. We sort it out and make sure it keeps working.

Cybersecurity & Monitoring

Most businesses know they have cybersecurity risks — but few know where to start. We assess your current exposure, connect you to an appropriate strategy, and help you meet your compliance obligations under Australian law. No jargon, no scare tactics — just a practical plan you can act on.

Data Protection & Backup

Your data is your business. We design and manage backup and recovery solutions that cover everything from a deleted file to a full system failure — and we plan for business continuity so that when something goes wrong, you’re back up fast.

Networks & Connectivity

Reliable, secure network infrastructure built around how your business actually operates. From office networks to remote access solutions, we design and manage connectivity that stops being a problem and starts being an asset.

Upgrades & Migrations

Moving platforms, upgrading hardware, or modernising legacy systems? We plan and execute migrations that minimise disruption — and make sure you end up better off than where you started.

Bigger technology decisions

Sometimes the technology question is bigger than a support ticket. We help trade businesses think through the decisions that matter long-term.

Technology strategy

Technology should drive your business forward, not drain it. We help growing businesses understand how to invest in technology strategically — so every decision has a clear purpose and a measurable return.

Cybersecurity & risk

Tradies are a target. A ransomware hit on a one-person operation means no job cards, no invoicing, no access to anything — often for days. We help you understand where you’re exposed and what to do about it.

AI & Automation

Your competitors are already using AI to confirm jobs automatically, send customers on-the-way messages, chase reviews, and turn voice notes into job cards. Most of it isn’t complicated or expensive — it just hasn’t been set up yet. We cut through the noise and show you where automation creates real time savings in your business, then help you get it running.

Job & workflow software

Jobber, ServiceM8, Tradify, simPRO — there are a lot of options and the wrong one will cost you more time than it saves. We look at how your business actually runs and get you onto the right platform. When the vendor hands over the keys, we’re the ones who make sure it actually fits — filling the gaps, handling the integrations, and making sure it works the way your business works.

Insights

View our current perspectives and insights to help your technology challenges

5 Jun 2026

Cyber basics for tradies — what you actually need to protect a one-person operation

Small trade businesses are targeted precisely because they’re assumed to be unprepared. Here’s what actually protects a one-person operation — without the IT jargon.

AI for tradies — what's actually working right now

AI isn’t replacing tradies. But it is already handling job confirmations, chasing reviews, turning voice notes into job cards, and cutting admin time. Here’s what’s actually worth using.

Real-time job costing — linking your supplier data to what's actually on the truck

Pricing on gut feel costs trades 10–20% in profit leakage. Here’s how job costing platforms and live supplier pricing integrations give you the numbers you’re missing.

Toolbox

Access free resources that will help you manage technology in your business

External tool Free tool

Set up your Google Business Profile

The free tool that controls how you appear in Google Maps and local search. If you haven’t set this up — or haven’t updated it in a while — start here. It’s free and takes about 20 minutes.

Set up your profile

External tool Free tool

Check your cyber health in 5 minutes

A free, anonymous self-assessment from the Australian Cyber Security Centre. Answer a few questions about how your business currently operates and get a tailored action plan.

Start the check

External tool Gov

ATO tax invoice requirements — what your invoicing software must produce

The ATO’s official guide to what a valid tax invoice must include. Worth checking against whatever your invoicing software currently produces — especially if you’ve customised your template.

Check the requirements

Behind Tradie IT

Tradie IT is run by the team at Embolster Services. We’re an independent Melbourne IT consultancy with 25 years of experience — we’ve worked across large-scale organisations and small businesses, and we built Tradie IT because we kept seeing the same thing: trade businesses with real technology problems and no one who spoke their language.

If your needs grow beyond what’s on this page, Embolster covers the full picture.

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Contact Us

+61 3 7065 6586 contact@tradie.it.com

Most IT isn't built for trades. This is.

Jobs booked on whiteboards. Invoices going out late.
Tech that's supposed to help but doesn't.

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