The APS Story

Australian Personnel Solutions (APS Group) commenced operations in the western suburbs of Melbourne in 1993, initially providing industrial labour hire to a client base consisting predominantly of manufacturing and distribution operations. Our early success soon led to the opening of a second office in the north. Along with geographical growth, customer demands also drove the introduction of new business divisions in the early years. A transport and commercial division, offering temporary and permanent staffing solutions were all started from the ground up in our National Service Centre (NSC) located in South Melbourne.

APS continued to have strong growth and success by providing a higher level of service and quality than our competitors. In 1996, APS opened a fourth Melbourne office servicing the south eastern suburbs.

The vision grew and in 1998, the first office in NSW was opened to capitalise on the large industrial base situated to the west of Sydney. APS was now able to service the NSW offices of our Melbourne based clients and explore the potential that this state offered. This success led to the further expansion of the organisation with the Brisbane office opening in 2002, followed by the Adelaide office in 2005.

Through our nine offices across the nation and plans for further expansion, APS continues to develop with exceptional service always at the forefront of our vision.

APS has always been at the forefront of innovation and in the early years became the first agency to provide a true 24 hour 7 day a week service. Since 1995, APS' National Service Centre has been Quality Certified to ISO9001:2015 since 1995 and in 1998, we were also the first agency accredited under the Victorian WorkCover Authority SafetyMAP. In 2006, APS' NSC obtained certification to AS4801:2001 achieving OHS best practice standards across all facets of our business.

In 2006 APS entered into a strategic alliance in Western Australia as the final piece of the puzzle for the transformation of a Victorian based business into a labour hire company with a National presence in each mainland state of Australia.

In 2011, APS expanded into the Retail Sector with the introduction of a specialised Retail Division. APS Retail offers a unique service providing solutions to retail store networks including, store relays, refurbishments and merchandising initiatives. The creation of APS Retail was driven by popular demand within our existing national client base, through Distribution Centres and suppliers, who have utilised the services of APS.

In 2012, following a successful six year strategic alliance in Western Australia, APS opened its doors in Perth ensuring that our service levels can be extended to our national clients, and allow APS to seek new business.  APS is now able to nationally service the five major sectors within the employment spectrum - Industrial, Transport, Retail, Commercial and Executive providing both temporary and permanent staffing solutions.