Skilled trade recruitment, done properly.
Volt and Vent Recruitment places licensed electricians and HVAC/refrigeration technicians across Australia and New Zealand. We help employers find qualified people fast, and help tradespeople find better roles — without the generalist-agency guesswork.
Where we focus
Electricians
Commercial, industrial, and maintenance electricians across licence classes and specialisations.
- Commercial fit-outs & new builds
- Industrial plant & maintenance
- Fault-finding & compliance work
- Restricted to unrestricted licence
HVAC technicians
Install, service, and maintenance technicians across residential and commercial systems.
- Residential split-system install
- Commercial VRV/VRF & chillers
- Mechanical services & building automation
- ARCtick-licensed technicians
Refrigeration technicians
Commercial and industrial refrigeration — the scarcest trade we recruit for, and the hardest to fill.
- Supermarket & retail refrigeration
- Cold storage & freezer rooms
- Process cooling & industrial plant
- Service, breakdown & install
Other skilled trades
As the business grows, we're extending into adjacent trades — get in touch to discuss a role outside electrical or HVAC.
Trade-specialist, not generalist
We only work in electrical and HVAC/refrigeration trades, so screening is grounded in real understanding of licences, tickets, and day-to-day scope — not keyword matching.
Direct, responsive communication
Employers get straight answers on availability and rates; candidates get real updates instead of silence after they apply.
Verified before you meet them
Licence class, tickets, and recent scope are checked before a candidate is put forward — not left for you to discover at interview.
Recruitment services built around skilled trades
Every service is scoped to the realities of trade hiring — licensing, tickets, and a labour market that moves fast.
Permanent recruitment
End-to-end hiring for ongoing roles — from scoping the position to placement and follow-up.
Skilled trade recruitment
Specialist focus on electricians, HVAC and refrigeration technicians — not a generalist agency.
Candidate sourcing
Active outreach into the trade market, not just waiting on applications to a job ad.
Candidate screening
Licence verification, ticket checks, and structured interviews before a candidate reaches you.
Employer recruitment solutions
A recruitment process built around how your business actually hires, not a one-size template.
How we fill your vacancy
- 1Understand the role
- 2Source
- 3Screen
- 4Shortlist
- 5Coordinate interviews
- 6Support placement
What this means if you're hiring
Because sourcing and screening run against our whole active candidate pool — not a fresh search started from zero for your role alone — you often see a shortlist faster, and every candidate on it has already been through the same licence, ticket, and structured-interview checks, regardless of which vacancy they end up matched to. You get a status update whenever your vacancy moves stage, not just at the start and the end.
How we find you the right role
- 1Find opportunities
- 2Match skills to roles
- 3Prepare for employers
- 4Coordinate the process
- 5Placement
What this means if you're a candidate
You're screened once, properly — then matched against every suitable vacancy in the pipeline as it comes up, not just the one role you happened to apply for. If a role isn't the right fit, you're not back to square one; you stay in the pool for the next match. You get real updates on where your application actually stands, at each stage, not silence until a decision is made.
One pipeline, two audiences
The two processes above aren't separate operations running in parallel — they're the same pipeline, viewed from each side. A vacancy and a candidate move through the same stages at the same time; what changes is what each side sees and is asked to do at each point.
Current opportunities
1 open role
Australia & New Zealand
Pan and zoom to explore — we work across both countries.
Ready to talk?
Whether you need a skilled tradesperson on site or you're ready for your next role, get in touch today.