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# Safety Guide for Essential Trades & Services

To help minimise the risk from COVID-19, we strongly recommend both workers and consumers follow these simple common-sense guidelines below.

[ Oliver Pennington ](https://www.serviceseeking.com.au/industry-insights/author/oliver-pennington)

 Mar 30, 2020

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Many Household Trades and Service businesses can still operate under the current Government restrictions. To help minimise the risk from COVID-19, we strongly recommend both workers and consumers follow these simple common-sense guidelines below.

**General Safety Guidelines for Essential Trades Businesses**

- Use digital apps to quote. Customers can discuss job requirements on Facetime, Skype or Zoom and/or send pictures of the worksite by SMS or email so you can quote properly.
- Travel to jobs in separate cars if working with colleagues.
- Avoid shaking hands or coming within 1.5 metres of the homeowner when you meet for site visits or to do a job.
- Ask the homeowner to provide dedicated access to work areas if possible – for example, through a side or back door rather than through living areas.
- When working with colleagues indoors, allow 4m2 space for each worker.
- When working inside, ask the customer where their bathroom is so you can wash your hands before starting.
- Sneeze or cough into your elbow.
- Wear a mask and gloves when working.
- Use hand sanitiser before and after every job.
- Open windows to provide additional ventilation.
- Wipe down work surfaces with disinfectant before and after you work.
- Ask customers to pay electronically or with a card instead of handling cash.

**Top Essential Household Trades & Services**

The trades below work outdoors or on building sites where social distancing precautions can be observed. Jobs requiring close personal contact between workers should be avoided, especially in confined spaces.

- **Gardener**
- **Handyman**
- **Electrician**
- **Cleaner**
- **Plumber**
- **Removalist**
- **Carpenter**
- **Concreter**
- **Painter**
- **Air Conditioning**
- **Fencing Company**
- **Roofer**
- **Builder**
- **Tiler**
- **Carpet Cleaner**
- **Rubbish Removalist**
- **Plasterer**
- **Landscaper**
- **Door Installation**
- **Arborist**
- **Window and Glass Installation**
- **Flooring Company**
- **Exterminator**
- **Bathroom Renovation**
- **Earthworks Contractor**

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