Ute and van lettering, job-site signs, builder boards and stickers for the gear, all printed in our own workshop and matched to the same branding. One supplier for the whole kit, and no minimum order.
Tradie signs are the handful of signs a trade business actually needs: lettering on the ute or van, a sign on the fence at every job, a builder’s board where the law requires one, and stickers for the toolboxes and gear. Done together, they look like one business rather than four suppliers’ guesses at your logo.
We print and cut all of it at our Ravenhall workshop and fit the vehicle work ourselves. One ute is a job we want, not one we tolerate.
Made by Melbourne Trade Signs, a large-format print and signage company at Unit 6/43 Orbis Drive, Ravenhall VIC 3023, in Melbourne’s west. Printed in-house and installed Australia-wide. Phone 0415 743 691, Monday to Friday, 8am to 7pm.
Most new work for a trade business comes from being seen: the ute parked outside a job, the sign on the neighbour’s fence, the van at the lights. Signage is paid for once and then works every day for years, which makes it the cheapest advertising a tradie ever buys.
The trick is restraint. Your business name, what you do, and a phone number big enough to read from across the street will win more calls than a vehicle covered in every service you have ever offered.
| Item | What it is | Why it pays | More detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ute or van lettering | Cut vinyl name, trade and phone number on the doors, tray or tailgate | Seen at every job, car park and red light for years | Vehicle signage |
| Magnetic door signs | Printed car door magnets that come off by hand | Your name on a private or leased car during work hours only | Magnetic car signs |
| Rear window graphic | Printed one-way vision or a cut decal on the back glass | The space directly in front of the driver behind you | One-way vision |
| Job-site sign | A corflute board cable-tied to the fence at every job | Turns each job into an ad to the whole street | Corflute signs |
| Builder’s site board | The board Victorian builders must display, combined with your branding | Compliance and advertising in one sign | Site signage rules |
| Stickers | Laminated vinyl stickers for toolboxes, equipment and windows | Brands your gear and helps it find its way home | Custom stickers |
| Workshop or yard sign | An ACM panel on the gate or the building | Makes your base easy to find and look established | ACM signs |
Starting from scratch on a tight budget? Do the vehicle first, then job-site signs. Those two get seen the most for the least money. Everything else can follow as the work does.
For most trades, cut lettering plus a printed decal set on the doors, tray and tailgate does the job for a fraction of the price of a wrap. A lettering kit is usually applied in a few hours once the vinyl is produced. A full wrap takes days, because trim comes off and the vinyl has to be post-heated into every recess.
Cut lettering and decals in a quality cast or polymeric vinyl typically give five years or more of presentable service on a vehicle that lives outdoors. We print and cut the vinyl in Ravenhall and our own team applies it, which matters on curved panels, rivets and tray edges.
Two options. Magnetic door signs come off by hand at the end of the day. See magnetic car signs. Or removable vehicle vinyls, which are usually fine on leased vehicles, but check the lease terms first. Tell us it is leased and we will spec materials that come off cleanly at the end. More on lettering, partial and full wraps on our vehicle signage page.
Running a long build? Put the permanent board on ACM and keep corflute for the messages that change. See the sign materials guide for the difference.
Logo stickers for toolboxes, equipment cases, ute windows and the office door. For anything that lives outdoors or in the back of a ute, the sticker gets a laminate. That is the spec, not an upgrade, and laminated outdoor vinyl typically holds three to five years.
Asset and equipment labels with numbers are worth doing once you have more than a few people on the tools: it is much easier to get gear back from a site when it is clearly yours. See custom stickers and labels.
Keep it to your business name, what you do and one phone number, sized so the number reads from across the street. A website or service area is optional. Lists of every service you offer make the important parts smaller and harder to read.
Vehicle lettering first, then job-site signs for the fence. Those two get seen the most for the least money. Stickers, a builder’s board (if you are a builder) and a workshop sign can follow.
Cut lettering and decals in a quality cast or polymeric vinyl typically give five years or more of presentable service on a vehicle that lives outdoors. Full wraps in cast vinyl are usually quoted in the five to seven year range.
Yes. Magnetic door signs come off by hand whenever you like, or removable vehicle vinyls come off cleanly when the vehicle goes back. Check your lease terms first if you go with vinyl.
Yes. We print and cut custom car door magnets in Ravenhall. They suit private, leased and shared cars because they come off by hand, as long as the door panel is steel. See magnetic car signs.
Builder signs usually means the boards on a building site: the compulsory sign showing the builder, building surveyor and permit details in Victoria, plus branded job-site signs on the fence. We print both, on corflute for short jobs and ACM for long builds.
Yes. Laminated vinyl stickers in your logo, cut to shape, for toolboxes, equipment and ute windows, plus numbered asset labels. Laminated outdoor vinyl typically holds three to five years.
No. One ute, one sign or one sheet of stickers is fine, and we keep your artwork on file so the next vehicle or job sign matches the first.
Ute and van lettering, decals, partial and full wraps, and fleet programs.
See vehicle signage →Builder’s boards, AS 1319 safety signs and what a Victorian site must display.
See site signage →Die-cut and kiss-cut vinyl stickers, laminated for outdoor use.
See stickers →Send a photo of the vehicle side-on and your logo. We will come back with a layout and a price inside two business hours.