Scaffold for Success: Pricing your First Job

Many tradespeople underbid early jobs, confuse revenue with profit, or price based on gut feeling instead of a clear framework. This workshop is designed to help you understand pricing in a practical, trade-specific way so you can quote work with confidence and consistency.

By the end of this workshop, you’ll leave with:

• A basic, easy-to-use pricing framework
• A clear understanding of profit vs. revenue (and why it matters)
• A repeatable estimating mindset you can apply to future jobs

Who should attend

• Folks currently working in the skilled trades
• Apprentices or journeypersons exploring independent work
• New contractors pricing their first few jobs
• Tradespeople who want to stop underbidding and start pricing with confidence
• No business or estimating experience required.

Scaffold for Success Workshop Series

This workshop is part of Scaffold for Success, a 6-part series offered through the Venture Lab for Skilled Trades at Conestoga College. The series is built specifically to support people in the skilled trades with practical, real-world business skills, no business background required.

Each workshop focuses on tools you can apply immediately to help you build a more sustainable, professional, and profitable trades business.
There is no requirement to join all of the workshops in the series. You can attend individual workshops or take part in the full series to build a stronger foundation for long-term success in the trades.

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Host or Publisher Conestoga College Entrepreneurship Collective