The Female Tradie Training Academy

Every woman starts somewhere.
I'll meet you there.

Nobody goes from picking up a drill to running a business in one leap. So there are four ways in — wherever you're standing, one of them fits, and I'm on every one.

Why an academy, not just a course?

I kept meeting women who were brilliant on the tools and completely on their own with everything else — the quoting, the fear, the business side nobody teaches you. One weekend course can't carry someone from her first drill to her own sign-written van. Four ways in — one for each stage — can.

So that's what this is: you start where you are, move at your own pace, and I'm on every one with you.

The four ways in

Find your way in.

Each one meets you where you actually are — and steps up to the next when you're ready.

01
START HERE

Get Handy Workshops

For you if you've never really picked up the tools, or you want to sharpen up.

What happens a Saturday in a small group, a real project in your hands, me showing you how — you leave having built something and done it again unsupervised.

In person · Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Canberra, Northern Rivers · 5.0★ from 100+

02
KEEP GOING

Capable Community

For you if you've got the basics and don't want the confidence to fade.

What happens a new skill to try each week, a place to ask "is this right?" before you commit, and women a few steps ahead of you.

Online · learn at your own pace

03
GO PRO
The flagship

The Handywoman Business Program

For you if you can already do the work and you're ready to make it a real, paid business.

What happens twelve months with me — pricing, quoting, systems, the lot, in order, building toward $10K+ a month by year one.

12 months · 10 spots · July 2026 · by application

04
GO DEEPER

VIP Mentoring

For you if you're already moving and want me one-to-one.

What happens private sessions on your actual numbers and decisions — a strategist in your corner, not a classroom.

Private · 1:1 with Penny

"Models. Structures. Experience. Skills. Network. Community. Doing it all together — and never doing it alone."
Penny Petridis · Founder

Start wherever you're standing.

Not sure where to start? Take the two-minute check-in and I'll point you to the right place.