The jobs, in short

We're hiring two people to get floors ready for our timber installers. Both roles are full time, Monday to Friday, 7am to 3:30pm, across the Perth metro area from the northern suburbs to Baldivis. A full set of tools is supplied.

- Floor preparation specialist (experienced): $72,000–$85,000 + super, with a new work van from day one.
- Trainee (no experience needed): $30–$34 an hour + super, trained one-on-one by our floor preparation specialist.

The work You get the floor ready before our installers arrive.

- Pull up carpet, tiles, vinyl and old floating floors
- Grind, patch and level concrete slabs
- Moisture-test slabs before anything goes down
- Repair floors: beading, lifting and replacing damaged boards

The standard is a slab within 3mm under a 3m straightedge, because that's what direct-stick timber needs.

If you're experienced

On a strip-out day, you'll clear around 50m² of floating floor or 70m² of carpet. You choose the method and the order of work on site. A forklift or light rigid licence is a bonus. If you don't have one, we'll pay for it.

If you don't have one

We'll pay for it.

If you're new to it

We train to a written 100-day plan, so you know what you're learning each week and what's expected of you. You work beside our specialist every day, and you won't be sent to a job on your own until you're both sure you're ready. Your skills are checked every month, and your pay is reviewed at three and six months. The goal: by day 100, you can run a floor prep job on your own, start to finish. After that, there's a path into timber floor installation if you want it.

This is in-house training, not an apprenticeship. You finish with a real skill set and a track record, not a TAFE certificate.

Who we are

Lifewood has laid more than 10,000 timber floors in Perth homes since 2002.



We make our own boards in our own purpose-built factory, and supply and install them from our Osborne Park showroom and warehouse. Every floor carries a lifetime guarantee, which is why the floor underneath matters so much to us. We're a small team, so you work directly with the people who run the jobs.

Three of our values decide how the work gets done:

- Never walk past a standard you don't accept. If a slab isn't ready, you say so before the installer turns up. If something looks wrong and you're not sure, stop and ask. Nobody here gets in trouble for asking.
- Treat everyone as if they were guests in our own home. You'll work in people's houses, often while they live in them. Drop sheets, dust extraction, a tidy site when you leave.
- Maintain a responsible work/life balance. Monday to Friday. No weekends.

The honest part It's dusty, loud and physical, with lifting, bending and kneeling every day, and the machines are heavy. Every prep gets checked with a straightedge. If being asked to re-grind a high spot feels like criticism, this won't suit you. If it feels like normal trade practice, you'll fit right in.

You'll need

- A current manual car licence
- The right to work in Australia
- For the specialist role: hands-on experience stripping, grinding and levelling floors, and a White Card

Trainees: we'll get you a White Card before you start.

To apply

Send your resume and tell us which role you're applying for. No cover letter. If you're experienced, add two or three lines about the worst subfloor you've fixed and how you fixed it. If you're recent, a short note is fine: tell us about the hardest physical job you've done, or why you want to learn a trade. We read every application as it arrives, and you'll hear from us within a week. Questions about either role?

Contact Harrison

Hutchison at [email protected].

📌 Floor Preparation Specialist or Trainee — Timber Flooring, Mon–Fri (Osborne Park)
🏢 Lifewood
📍 Osborne Park