Manpower by trade, graded, trade-tested and employed properly
Helpers, masons, carpenters, steel fixers, electricians, housekeeping and cleaning staff, and the trades supplied on request. tamdeed employs and sponsors every worker, tests the skilled ones before they reach your site, pays them through WPS and shows you attendance, documents and cost in one portal.
- Grades: helper, semi-skilled, skilled, supervisor
- 4Grades: helper, semi-skilled, skilled, supervisor
- Workers on registered contracts and WPS payroll
- 100%Workers on registered contracts and WPS payroll
- Fees paid by workers, ever
- 0Fees paid by workers, ever
- Emirates covered
- 7Emirates covered
Skilled and unskilled manpower supply, by trade
Manpower supply by trade is the deployment of workers employed and sponsored by a licensed supplier to a client's site, selected and priced by the trade they practise and the grade they hold: unskilled helpers and general labour, semi-skilled trade assistants, skilled tradesmen who pass a practical test, and the supervisors and foremen who run them. The supplier carries the registered employment, the visas, the WPS wages and the insurance; the client directs the work.
Buying by trade rather than by headcount changes the conversation with a supplier. A crew of forty is not forty of the same thing: a block-work gang is masons and helpers in a ratio, a slab pour needs steel fixers and shuttering carpenters ahead of it, and a tower's cleaning roster is attendants, supervisors and machine operators on shifts. The grade mix sets the wage lines, the productivity and the supervision the crew needs.
tamdeed grades every worker on the bench, runs trade tests for the skilled trades, and prices each grade as its own wage line on the charge sheet. The pages below describe each trade: what the work is, how it is graded, what is checked before deployment and what moves the rate. Trades without a page are supplied on the same terms; ask.
On the bench this week
Employed, vetted workers ready to deploy. No competitor publishes this; we do, and update it by hand each week.
- Helpers & general labourAll emiratesAvailable now
- Cleaners & housekeepingAll emiratesAvailable now
- Masons & plasterersAvailable now
- Shuttering carpentersAvailable now
- Steel fixersBook ahead of the pourLimited
- ElectriciansFrom 22 SepBooking ahead
- PlumbersAvailable now
- HVAC techniciansSummer demandLimited
- Pipe fittersShutdown season, from OctBooking ahead
- Certified scaffoldersFrom 22 SepBooking ahead
- Forklift operatorsCertifiedAvailable now
- Warehouse pickers & packersScales for peaksAvailable now
- Light & heavy driversAvailable now
- Sales & customer serviceAvailable now
Refreshed every Monday. Confirm live availability when you enquire; transport to your site is shown on its own line.
The trades
Fourteen pages, one per trade. Each describes the work, the grades, the checks and the rate lines.
Who buys manpower by trade
Anyone who plans work by crew rather than by headcount.
Main contractors and subcontractors
Gangs built to the programme: helpers and masons for structure and block work, steel fixers and shuttering carpenters for pours, electricians and finishing carpenters for fit-out, ramped by phase.
MEP and fit-out contractors
Electricians, assistant electricians and helpers for installation programmes, with certificates on file and supervisors who read the drawings.
Facilities and cleaning companies
Housekeeping and cleaning teams for towers, malls, hotels and communities, rostered to the contract's shifts and standards.
Plants, warehouses and operators
Helpers, loaders and trade assistants for production, yards and logistics parks, on shifts that follow the plant.
What is included with every worker
The same employment behind every trade. Nothing is bundled into the wage or left off the record.
Registered employment and sponsorship
Employed by tamdeed on a MOHRE-registered contract and sponsored on a residence visa by tamdeed. Your site carries no employment liability.
WPS wages every month
Paid through the Wage Protection System from approved attendance, with overtime at the statutory premium and an itemised payslip in the worker app.
Grading and trade tests
Every worker is graded on the bench. Skilled trades pass a practical test before they are confirmed to you; certificates and experience are checked and stored against the profile.
Medical insurance and documents
Cover from day one; Emirates ID, labour card and medical fitness tracked with expiry alerts in your portal.
Safety induction and PPE
Site safety briefing before the first shift, PPE issued as agreed on the charge sheet, midday break and rest rules enforced by the platform.
Geofenced attendance
Check-in and check-out at your site from the worker app, so the hours you are billed are the hours worked.
Supervision and replacements
A named tamdeed contact, performance notes against each worker, and replacement from the bench when someone does not meet the standard.
One itemised invoice
Wage, government fees at cost, insurance, accruals, transport where agreed and administration on separate lines every month.
From brief to first shift
Workers already on the bench mobilise in days; roles that need recruiting or a new visa take longer, and we say which at the brief.
- 1
Brief
Headcount, grade mix, site, start date, duration and shift pattern, plus any site pass or client induction the job requires.
- 2
Match and verify
Bench workers first, recruitment where needed. Skilled trades are trade-tested, documents are checked and the grade mix is confirmed to you before the charge sheet.
- 3
Charge sheet
Every monthly line, or the hourly rate for short cover, approved in your portal before anyone moves. Government fees at cost.
- 4
Mobilise and track
Induction, transport where agreed, geofenced check-in from the first shift, payroll and invoices running on the platform.
Trades on the bench and on request
Fourteen trades with their own page, and the rest supplied on the same terms. Licensed activities such as security are not supplied.
Structure and civil
- Helpers and general labour
- Masons and plasterers
- Steel fixers
- Shuttering carpenters
- Scaffolders
- Site supervisors and foremen
MEP and finishing
- Electricians and assistant electricians
- Plumbers and pipe fitters
- HVAC and duct technicians
- Painters and tilers
- Finishing carpenters and joiners
- Fit-out helpers
Facilities and hospitality
- Housekeeping attendants
- Commercial and industrial cleaners
- Cleaning supervisors
- Kitchen stewards
- Landscapers and gardeners
- Maintenance helpers
Industrial and logistics
- Production line workers
- Machine operators
- Welders and fabricators
- Forklift operators
- Loaders, pickers and packers
- Drivers
The four grades, and what each one changes
Grade sets the wage line, the productivity you can plan on and the supervision a crew needs.
| Helper | Semi-skilled | Skilled | Supervisor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What they do | Material handling, preparation, assisting a trade | Trade tasks under a skilled worker's direction | The trade itself, to drawing and finish | Runs the crew, quality, safety and attendance |
| How they are checked | Fitness, experience, safety induction | Experience and a basic practical test | Practical trade test and certificates | Experience, references and a site walk |
| Typical ratio | One to two behind each skilled worker | Set by the task | Set by the programme | One to a gang of ten to twenty |
| Wage line | Lowest | Between | Highest of the trade | Set by the crew size |
How a rate by trade is built
A monthly rate per worker is the wage for that grade plus the real costs of employing the worker, plus administration. Each grade on a crew gets its own wage line, so a gang of masons and helpers is priced as masons and helpers, not as forty identical workers.
Hourly and daily rates are the same monthly cost divided by contracted hours, about 208 a month on a 48-hour week. Government fees change from time to time and are passed through at cost.
Illustrative structure, not a tariff. Live pricing applies to one to ten workers; larger crews receive a custom charge sheet built from the same lines, before you commit.
Build your charge sheet
Pick the grade, the site, the term and the hours, and watch which lines appear, which are at cost and which one is tamdeed's. No market rates, no bundled number.
Turns the statutory accruals into dirhams on your own assumption. tamdeed does not publish market wages; the wage on a real charge sheet is agreed with you by role and grade.
Your charge sheet, line by line
Monthly, per worker- Wage paid through WPS (skilled trade)By grade, agreed with youAgreed with you
- Work permit, visa, medical, Emirates ID, labour cardAt cost, amortised over 12 monthsAt cost
- Medical insuranceAt cost, from day oneAt cost
- End-of-service gratuity accrual21 days of basic wage a year, accrued monthlySet by law
- Annual leave and public holidays30 days a year, accrued monthly so the rate can pay themSet by law
- PPE, uniform and toolsOnly what the site needs, each visibleOnly if the site needs it
- Platform and administrationThe tamdeed line, shown on its own. Live pricing for one to ten workerstamdeed's line
Illustrative structure, not a tariff. A real charge sheet carries the amounts against exactly these lines for your roles, site and term, and is approved in your portal before anyone moves.
Short cover is the same monthly cost divided by fewer hours, which is why an hourly rate looks higher and is not more expensive per month.
1 to 10 skilled trade workers in Dubai, 12 months. The form below opens with this written in.
Every worker, every document, every hour
Who is on which site, who checked in this morning, whose certificate renews next month and what the crew costs this month. The questions you would otherwise phone a supplier to ask.
From check-in to invoice, one hour in motion
The coordination a traditional supplier does by phone, done by the platform. This is exactly how an hour on your site becomes a line you are billed.
Questions, answered plainly
What is the difference between skilled and unskilled manpower supply?
Unskilled manpower is helpers and general labour: material handling, preparation and assisting a trade, checked for fitness, experience and safety. Skilled manpower is tradesmen such as masons, carpenters, steel fixers and electricians who pass a practical trade test and hold the certificates the trade expects. Semi-skilled workers sit between the two and supervisors run the crew. tamdeed prices each grade as its own wage line.
Which trades does tamdeed supply?
Helpers and general labour, masons, carpenters, steel fixers, electricians, housekeeping and cleaning staff, painters, plumbers, pipe fitters, scaffolders, HVAC technicians, drivers, forklift operators, and warehouse pickers and packers each have their own page. Welders, fabricators, production line workers, machine operators and store keepers are supplied on the same terms. Licensed activities such as security guards are not supplied.
How do you test a skilled worker?
With a practical test in the trade before the worker is confirmed to you: a section of block wall to line and level for a mason, a formwork assembly for a shuttering carpenter, tying to a bar bending schedule for a steel fixer, a wiring and termination exercise for an electrician. Certificates and experience are checked and stored against the profile, and you can join the test where you want to.
Can I mix grades in one crew?
Yes, and most crews are a mix. You brief the grade mix or the task and we propose it; each grade appears as its own wage line on the charge sheet, with the supervisor where the crew size needs one.
Who is the legal employer of the workers?
tamdeed. Every worker is employed on a MOHRE-registered contract, sponsored on a residence visa and paid through WPS by tamdeed. They report to your site for the work.
How quickly can a trade crew mobilise?
Workers already on the bench and in the UAE can be at your site within days of an approved charge sheet. Trades that need recruiting, or workers coming from abroad on new visas, take longer because the visa process sets the pace; we tell you which applies at the brief.
Do you supply trades outside Dubai?
Yes, in all seven emirates. Abu Dhabi and Sharjah have their own pages because the sites and the logistics differ; Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah, Fujairah and Umm Al Quwain are supplied from the same bench with transport shown as its own line.
What does manpower supply cost per trade?
The wage line depends on the trade and the grade, and the rest of the rate is the same for every worker: government fees at cost, insurance, gratuity and leave accrual, any PPE, tools or transport, and tamdeed's administration line. Send the grade mix and the site through the form and the charge sheet shows the amounts against each line.
Tell us the trades and the site
Grade mix, headcount, location and dates. A tamdeed adviser replies with availability and an itemised charge sheet.