Done-for-you AI receptionist · Perth trades
Your phone,
handled.
While you're on the tools, Apprentice answers — books the jobs, sends the quotes, handles the back-and-forth, and brings you only the calls that need the boss.Clients ring the number they've always used. You get your evenings back.
$149 refundable deposit · live in 7 days · no lock-in
- Keep your numberKeep your number — Apprentice switches on or off in seconds, no apps
- Done for youNothing for you to set up — we build it, you approve the rules
- Never guessesIt never guesses — when it's not sure, it asks you
Animated demo: Apprentice replies to a client's texts, books the job, and — when it isn't sure — texts you the question before answering.
- Every conversation visible in your dashboard
- Watched daily by the founder in your first week
- If it's not sure, it asks you first
Try it right now · Nothing to install
Don't take our word for it.
Put your number in and the demo Apprentice will call you — the same AI that would answer your phone. Treat it like you're the customer: ask for a quote, book a job, try to trip it up.
AU mobiles only · one call or text per request · or ring it yourself: 0468 092 020
Big companies get receptionists.
Why not you?
Apprentice gives you the receptionist — without the wages, the office, or the headache.A receptionist runs about $65,000 a year. Apprentice starts at $249 a month — and one missed job costs more than two months of it.
Here's how
Every call answered · Every text handled
Never get interrupted
Apprentice responds to every "quick question" and "when can you come" — 24/7, in under a minute. While you're on the tools, with family, or just living your life, it keeps clients moving and books the jobs you want.
Animated demo: incoming client texts get replied to, quoted, and booked while you work.
- Keep your number.
- Clients call the same number they always have — Apprentice picks up whenever you can't. Switching it on or off takes seconds from your own phone: no apps, no new number, nothing to install. Texts run through Apprentice's own line, introduced to every caller as your offsider.
- Sounds like you, not a call centre.
- Trained on your style, your rules, your way of speaking — natural Aussie voice on the phone, your tone over text.
- Handles the back-and-forth.
- Every clarification, reschedule, and "just checking" gets answered properly — you see the whole thread in your dashboard whenever you want.
Animated demo: incoming client texts get replied to, quoted, and booked while you work.
It never guesses
When it's not sure, it asks you
The question every tradie asks about AI: what happens when it doesn't know? Simple — it doesn't bluff. Apprentice texts you the question, tells the client it's checking with the boss, and picks the thread back up the moment you answer. It learns, so it never asks twice.
Animated demo: when Apprentice doesn't know an answer it texts you the question, you reply in a word, and it takes the conversation from there.
- One text to answer.
- "Still $1,850 for a switchboard?" — reply "yep" and Apprentice takes it from there.
- Escalates the serious stuff.
- Emergencies, angry clients, anything outside its rules — flagged to you immediately, drafts held until you say so.
- You can take over any time.
- Jump into any conversation from your phone; Apprentice steps back the moment you type.
Animated demo: when Apprentice doesn't know an answer it texts you the question, you reply in a word, and it takes the conversation from there.
Your calendar fills itself
No more chasing clients
No more phone tag about availability. No more "What times work for you?" texts that drag on for days. Apprentice talks to your clients, locks in jobs, and puts them straight into your calendar — only when you're actually available.
Animated demo: jobs and personal time slot into your calendar without clashes.
- Only books when you're free.
- We know your schedule and availability, so you never get double-booked or interrupted during personal time.
- Adjusts as your life changes.
- Kids get sick, jobs run long, plans change — just update your availability and Apprentice adapts instantly.
- Works with Google Calendar.
- Jobs appear automatically, reminders go out the arvo before.
Animated demo: jobs and personal time slot into your calendar without clashes.
Quotes done for you
Never write another quote
Tired of typing the same thing over and over? Set your pricing once, and never quote again. No more staying up late writing quotes. No more losing jobs because you forgot to reply. Apprentice gathers the details, creates professional quotes, and sends them instantly.
Animated demo: a quote is itemised, totalled, and sent to the client automatically.
- Uses your exact pricing.
- Set your rates, terms, and conditions once — Apprentice quotes using your numbers, your rules, every time.
- Itemised clearly, by text.
- Every quote arrives as a plain, itemised message — the work, your numbers, your terms. Nothing to open, nothing to install.
- Follows up automatically.
- If clients don't respond, Apprentice sends perfectly timed follow-ups so you never have to chase quotes.
Animated demo: a quote is itemised, totalled, and sent to the client automatically.
The Protected Time Pilot
Done for you in 7 days.
Watched like a hawk for 21.
We only take 5 Perth clients each month — because Apprentice is set up for you, tested on your rules, and personally monitored until it's earned your trust. That takes our time, so we keep it small.
What Apprentice handles
- 24/7 call + text answering
- Natural Aussie voice, your rules, introduced honestly as your offsider.
- Complete job briefs
- Name, address, access, photos, the lot — before you ever call back.
- Good-jobs-only filter
- Out-of-area and tyre-kickers turned away politely.
- Quotes from your pricing
- Itemised, sent, and followed up without you lifting a finger.
- Safe scheduling
- Booked straight into Google Calendar, only when you're actually free.
- Asks-the-boss escalation
- It never guesses; you answer by text.
Included with your place — on us
- Concierge setup, done for you
- A 45-minute chat is your whole job. We build it, load your pricing and rules, and you approve everything before it goes live.
- Missed-message audit
- Before go-live we sit down with your last fortnight of calls and texts and show you exactly what's slipping through — and what it's costing.
- Custom quote pack
- Your most common jobs written up as ready-to-send quote templates — your rates, your terms, your way of speaking. Apprentice quotes from them, and they're yours to keep.
- Old-quote rescue, week one
- Your last 10 unanswered quotes from before Apprentice, chased properly in your first week — one revived job can pay for the pilot on its own.
- Founder watch, week one
- Dave personally reads every conversation daily for your first week and tunes your rules the same day anything looks off.
- Weekly check-in + protected-time report
- A real conversation and a plain-numbers scorecard every week: what got handled, what got booked, what stayed off your plate.
- 24/7 founder support
- One number to call or text at any hour, answered best-effort by a real human: Dave. Not a ticket queue.
$149
refundable activation deposit — credited to your first month
- Live within 7 days
- First real enquiry handled within 72 hours of go-live.
- Then $249/mo
- Sole trader · $399/mo for teams of 2–5.
- No lock-in
- Cancel any time — your phone goes back to exactly how it was.
August intake · 5 of 5 places remaining · Next intake 1 September
Before Apprentice speaks to a single real client, it has to pass your safety test — a scripted run on your actual pricing, your jobs, your no-go list, with you watching. If we can't pass it, you don't go live and your deposit comes straight back. No forms, no fuss.
That's also why there's a deposit — it holds a place in a month we spend real hours on your setup.
Straight answers
The questions every tradie asks
Knock off. We've got the phone.
5 Perth businesses per intake. Live in 7 days. $149 refundable deposit, credited to your first month — and if we can't pass your safety test, it comes straight back.
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