I’m starting from scratch
An apprenticeship or genuine trainee role can give you a structured way into practical work while you learn. You do not need to pretend you already know everything — being clear about where you are starting is more useful.
TradeKind Recruitment · Sussex
Get into the trades in Sussex
New to the trades, changing career or already experienced? Find apprenticeships, trainee roles, labouring work, employed positions and subcontract opportunities with Sussex trade businesses. Create one free Work Profile so businesses can see what you do, where you can work and what you are looking for.
Sussex onlyFree for work seekers18+ to use TradeKind Recruitment
Start from where you are
Which sounds most like you?
There is no single route into trade work. The useful next step depends on what you can already do, what you want to learn and the kind of work you want now.
I’m changing career
If you are moving from another industry, show the useful skills you already have and the kind of trade work you want to learn. A career change does not have to mean starting with nothing.
I’ve got some experience
Labouring, improver and trainee opportunities can suit people who have worked on site or around a trade already and want more regular work, broader experience or a clearer route forward.
I’m already experienced
If you are time-served or experienced, use your Work Profile to show the trades you work in, where you can travel and whether you want employed, subcontract or short-term opportunities.
How TradeKind Recruitment works
One profile, local vacancies and sensible matching
TradeKind helps people looking for practical local work connect with Sussex trade businesses that need people. It does not make the hiring decision for either side.
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Build your Work Profile
Tell businesses which trades interest you, where you can work, your experience level and the kind of role you want. You control whether the profile is visible.
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Browse and apply
Look through vacancies published by participating Sussex trade businesses and apply when the role genuinely suits you.
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Be suggested to relevant businesses
Visible Work Profiles can also be broadly matched through TradeKind. A suggestion is just a starting point — the business still decides whether to invite or connect.
Make your profile useful
Help a business understand you quickly
Keep it specific and honest. A business looking for a trainee needs different information from one looking for an experienced subcontractor, and there is no benefit in making yourself sound more experienced than you are.
A simple example
Painter & decorator · Worthing
5 years’ experience · Own transport · Covers Worthing, Lancing and Shoreham · Looking for employed or subcontract decorating work.
Short and useful beats a long CV-style paragraph. Give someone enough to understand where you fit, then add the detail that genuinely helps.
- The trades you are interested in or already work in
- Where in Sussex you are based and the areas you can realistically work in
- Your real experience level and the kind of work you want next
- Relevant qualifications, tickets or credentials you choose to declare
- Useful work history, portfolio material or references where the profile supports them
- A short, straightforward summary of what you can do now and what you want to do next
What a match actually means
TradeKind uses broad relevance matching. For live vacancies that can include trade, experience and area. Some direct Work Profile suggestions use trade and area. A match is not a job offer, hiring recommendation, reference or TradeKind verification of the person.
Your contact details stay private until the recruitment flow reaches a permitted connection point. Ask about the role, business, pay or rate, employment status, training and working arrangements before agreeing anything.
Qualifications and tickets
Qualifications and tickets listed on a TradeKind Work Profile are self-declared. Employers should verify certificates or credentials directly before relying on them for a role.
The same works both ways: a Work Profile helps start a conversation, but you should still make your own checks about any business and opportunity before accepting work.
Official careers and apprenticeship help
Useful places to check alongside TradeKind
TradeKind is a local recruitment route, not a training provider or government apprenticeship service. If you are still deciding which trade to enter or looking for formal training, these official services are worth using as well.
Practical guides
Work out your next step into the trades
Use the broader career guide if you are still choosing a route, the no-experience guide if you are ready to approach businesses, or compare apprenticeship, college and workplace learning before committing to training.
How to get into the trades in Sussex
Compare the main routes in, choose a trade and understand what to check before you pay for training.
Read guideGetting a trade job with no experience
Build a useful first approach around reliability, transferable skills, realistic travel and honest experience.
Read guideApprenticeship, college or learning at work?
Compare paid work, structured training, employer requirements and practical experience across the main routes.
Read guideQuestions
Getting into Sussex trade work with TradeKind
Keep exploring
Useful TradeKind routes
Browse trade vacancies
See current opportunities posted by participating Sussex trade businesses.
For businesses hiring
See how Sussex trade businesses can post vacancies and receive broad Work Profile suggestions.
TradeKind for businesses
Already running a Sussex trade business? See the main TradeKind trade offer.
Ready to see what is out there?
Create an honest Work Profile, make it visible when you want to be considered and apply to opportunities that actually fit where you are now.