The season ends every year. This doesn't.
If that's you, here it is straight: what the work actually involves, what it pays, what it costs to set up, and how to start — from someone running the same business, part-time, in regional Tasmania.
1. The season ends. A client list doesn't
Every summer the work comes back, and every autumn it stops. Support clients are year-round — same people, same week, same income in July.
2. You already have the hardest skill
Reading a room, handling someone in a bad mood, being on your feet for a full shift without complaining — that's most of this job.
3. Same effort, better rate
Hospitality runs on casual award rates. Funded everyday support bills at $60.10–$73.58 an hour — that's gross billing, before insurance, tax and your own costs.
4. Your local knowledge is an asset
You know half the town and every back street from behind a bar or a counter. That's exactly how local support work gets found.
5. It can sit alongside the season
Work support hours through the quiet months and scale back when the summer rush hits — or keep both going.
Where to go next
Being straight with you. The hourly figures on this page are the billing rates from the official NDIS Pricing Schedule — the most that can be charged for that support. They're gross revenue, not take-home. Insurance, tax, super, travel and your own time all come out of it. And the income examples are Cathy's real numbers, not a promise about yours.
The free training is below — it's the honest version of how this works, in plain language, with nothing to buy at the end.