An unfilled trade position on a construction site costs you €5,000–25,000 a month — in schedule slips, subcontracting and penalties.
Skilled and semi-skilled construction workers from the Philippines — structural steel, installation, finishing — selected for practical experience, not for paperwork. Their Red-White-Red Card runs through Other Key Workers as readily as the shortage-occupation track. Fully legal. Free of charge for employers.
In construction and skilled trades, Austrian employers weigh hands-on competence and site experience above formal qualification recognition — which is exactly why the Filipino route here moves faster than in regulated professions.
The problem
A short crew doesn’t stop the deadline — it just makes it expensive
The order is signed, the site is live — and the crew is two trades short. Then the familiar choice of bad options: subcontract at double rates, pay the client penalty for a slipped milestone, or push a core crew already on overtime. Every open trade position costs a mid-sized contractor €5,000–25,000 a month — and the local market won’t close it. What does close it is a workforce selected for practical skill, not for a certificate that has to match the Austrian apprenticeship system one-to-one.
Who we fill
Positions
Structural steel workers
Construction labourers
Construction helpers
Building installers
Semi-skilled construction workers
Installation & maintenance personnel
Border trades — installation and maintenance — overlap with our plant-construction desk; we place from both.
The timeline
From first conversation to a productive crew: 4–8 months
When do you need to start?
Pick the role and the month you need people working. We’ll show the realistic route — and the latest start date.
Which role?
When do you need people?
Drag to choose a month
Tight on time
By February 2027 the full cycle no longer fits. A realistic ready date: April 2027. If the shortage repeats every season, now is the time to break the cycle.
A planning guide, not a guaranteed processing time: actual duration depends on the position, the completeness of documents and the authorities’ workload.
Download my plan (PDF)
A personalised step-by-step plan: your role, your dates, every stage.
The route is chosen per candidate — education, experience, German, age, your requirements and the salary level decide between the Mangelberufe and Sonstige-Schlüsselkräfte tracks. We map it before you commit.
In construction and skilled trades, employers and authorities weigh practical competence and site experience above formal qualification recognition — less bureaucracy, faster hiring.
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International site experience.
Many candidates bring years on Gulf and Asian construction and infrastructure projects — structural steel, installation, finishing.
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A realistic language path.
German requirements on site are more achievable than in regulated or client-facing roles; for some profiles strong English is enough to start, with German built up on the job.
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Two legal routes, not one.
The RWR Card runs through Skilled Workers in Shortage Occupations (Mangelberufe) where the qualification fits — or through Other Key Workers: a points threshold plus a salary threshold, without relying on recognition of a specific qualification. A university degree, even outside the trade, earns points.
The numbers
No email requiredPlanning estimate
Estimate the monthly cost of open roles
See the result first, check the logic, then adjust it to your company in seconds.
This is a directional planning estimate based on selected assumptions and averages. The range avoids fake precision and makes the number easier to challenge.
Model comparison
Show the exit, not only the pain.
Current 24-month cost €517 800
Includes vacancy gaps, replacement cycles and the current model premium.
Assumptions behind the model
Not another formula block — just the business meaning behind the factors.
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Operational pressureOpen roles create overtime, service gaps and management load.
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Continuity riskDifferent industries lose money differently when teams are incomplete.
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Replacement cycleTemporary coverage can solve today while recreating the same gap tomorrow.
No email requiredPlanning estimate
Estimate the monthly cost of open roles
See the result first, check the logic, then adjust it to your company in seconds.
This is a directional planning estimate based on selected assumptions and averages. The range avoids fake precision and makes the number easier to challenge.
Model comparison
Show the exit, not only the pain.
Current 24-month cost €517 800
Includes vacancy gaps, replacement cycles and the current model premium.
Long-term model cost €12 000
A stable long-term model reduces repeated replacement, onboarding friction and vacancy recurrence.
Potential savings zone ≈ €505 800
Savings come from reducing churn, repeated replacements and time spent operating below capacity.
Assumptions behind the model
Not another formula block — just the business meaning behind the factors.
1
Operational pressureOpen roles create overtime, service gaps and management load.
2
Continuity riskDifferent industries lose money differently when teams are incomplete.
3
Replacement cycleTemporary coverage can solve today while recreating the same gap tomorrow.
Honest expectations
What we say openly — before signing, not after
Pay is not a variable. The offer must match what an Austrian worker would receive: at least the Kollektivvertrag (KV) rate and/or the salary threshold for the relevant RWR category.
AMS and the immigration authorities assess every case — a valid job offer, lawful conditions and the immigration criteria are checked before anyone travels.
German is basic at the start. On site, English plus internal instruction usually carries the first months; we agree the language plan honestly.
Housing near the site is a key retention factor — your ability to provide it strongly affects the project.
Send us your trades and headcount — we’ll come back with candidate profiles
Staff request form (3 steps) + alternative: a 15-minute assessment call.
