Engagement

How we supply workers

Two engagement models, and you can run both on the same job under one agreement. We tell you which suits the role when you book.

ABN contractor

Experienced workers who run their own business

Holds their own ABN and public liability insurance
Invoices Bluestone for their hours, we invoice you
Manages their own tax and superannuation
Suits skilled civil roles, operators, riggers and concreters

Casual employee

On the Bluestone payroll under the relevant award

Bluestone is the employer of record
Wages, PAYG, superannuation and WorkCover handled by us
Paid at or above the award with casual loading
Suits warehouse, production, traffic and newer workers

Mixed crews are common. Four contractors and two casuals on the same subdivision job come through as one weekly invoice with the timesheet attached.

Sectors

The three kinds of site we supply

Civil

Tier 2 and Tier 3 civil contractors on subdivision earthworks, drainage, roads, kerb and concrete structures. Most of this work sits in the growth corridors west, north and south east of the city. Traffic controllers are supplied as part of civil work.

Civil labourers

General and skilled hands for drainage, road works and subdivisions

Plant operators

Excavator, roller, loader, skid steer and telehandler

Concreters and formworkers

Pour crews, finishers, formworkers and steel fixers

Dogmen and riggers

DG, RB, RI and RA licence holders for cranes and precast

Traffic controllers

Stop and slow operators and traffic management implementation

Concrete crew finishing a slab on a civil construction site

Warehousing

Distribution centres, logistics and storage through Truganina, Laverton North and Derrimut in the west, Campbellfield and Epping in the north, and Dandenong South and Braeside in the south east. Casual employees suit most of this work, with contractors for licensed roles.

Forklift operators

LF and LO licence holders, licence sighted against the machine

Warehouse staff

Pickers, packers, storepersons, dispatch and receival

Planning labour for the peak season

When to start the ramp up and how the wind down works

Forklift operator moving a loaded pallet inside a warehouse

Manufacturing

Production and factory work through Campbellfield, Somerton and Thomastown in the north and Dandenong South in the south east. Machine operators, assembly, packaging, food production and process hands, usually on rotating shifts.