AWF Trades

AWF Labour is a division of AWF Group Ltd (formerly Allied Work Force Group Ltd) a public listed company established in 1988, and operating from 28 branches across New Zealand. AWF Group Ltd is the largest provider of temporary staff in New Zealand.

The focus of AWF Labour is to provide the best blue collar labourers and trades people to Construction, Civil, waste management and general labouring nationally.

Every day, AWF Labour places more than 2,000 temporary staff into this sector where they undertake work such as: residential and commercial construction; parks and reserves maintenance; roading and infrastructure maintenance include equipment operation and traffic control; waste management and recycling handling and operations and everything else where an employer needs an unskilled, semi skilled or skilled labourer or tradesman. AWF Labour's tradesmen include carpenters, plumbers, electricians, fitter/turners, welders, cabinetmakers and painters.

AWF Labour's sister division is AWF Manufacturing and Logistics (see our branches under this division) which provides temporary staff to warehousing, manufacturing, food processing, retailing, furniture removals, devanning, forklift and truck driving and much more.

The Health, Safety and upskilling of our staff is a top priority. AWF is ACC tertiary accredited and is the only recruitment company in NZ to be a member of the ACC Partnership Programme. As an approved Training entity, AWF trains both Site Safe and Traffic Control courses nationally as well as courses in construction and food safety.

AWF - formerly Allied Work Force's mission is to provide temporary personnel to the highest standards set by its clients. Allied Work Force successfully places the Right People at the Right Place at the Right Time. Whistle when you need us!

AWF is a leader in the casual and temporary staff placement industry in New Zealand. The company, established in 1988 is truly a national entity with 27 branches from Kaitaia to Invercargill and is the only recruitment company listed on the NZX.

AWF has a permanent staff of over 120 and a crew pool of approximately 8,000 available to service our client base of in excess of 7,000 businesses.

AWF crosses all business sectors in the country. It provides skilled and unskilled crew to Manufacturing, Distribution, Warehousing, Construction, Transportation, Food Processing, Infrastructure, Logistics, Waste Management and others. The business is organized into three main sectors being:

MANUFACTURING & LOGISTICS: including warehousing, manufacturing, food processing, retailing, furniture removals and relocations, devanning, fork lift and truck driving and postal services.

CONSTRUCTION & GENERAL: including the full range of jobs carried out for residential and commercial building, parks and reserves maintenance, roading and infrastructure work sites including roller and digger drivers, earth moving machinery and open trucks of all sizes, and anywhere else that an employer needs a hand.

TRADES: Including work performed by carpenters, plumbers, electricians, fitters/turners, welders, cabinetmakers, painters.

AWF pioneered the transportation of its crew to the job and still operates a substantial fleet to ensure that its crew is able to get to many employers' sites.

Crew Health, Safety and Training are priorities of the company. AWF is accredited at Tertiary level to the ACC Partnership Programme and takes responsibility for the self insurance of all of its employees.

The company undertakes Site Safe and Traffic Control Training through its own schools and it is mandatory for all crew to receive induction and training before working on a client's site.

Other Categories: Employment Agencies, Temporary Staff, Labour Hire Services, Recruitment Specialists, On-Hire Specialists, Size; 100+ staff, 7,000+ crew.