PC Scientist · Northern Beaches · Trades and mobile tech

Trade IT support on the Northern Beaches

A Collaroy bathroom reno wraps up, the client wants the invoice before you leave, and the tablet in the van has sand in the charging port and two per cent battery. On the Northern Beaches, work gear lives near salt and surf, and it shows.

PC Scientist looks after the phones, laptops, work email and workshop printers that Northern Beaches trades lean on, at your place or remotely between jobs. You hear the cost first. Ring 0493 563 381, or book an eligible visit online.

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  • Computer repairs
  • IT support
  • Wi-Fi
  • CCTV
  • Data recovery
  • No Fix, No Repair Fee
  • One-on-one help - a PC Scientist technician sitting with an older client at her laptop.

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Sam was very helpful and informative and very patient as I'm not very techy. I'll be calling him again about getting in trouble thank you Sam.

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Very happy with Sam. Resolved a multitude of issues that a previous technician could not. Great service and excellent advice. Highly recommend.

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I live in Umina Beach. Sam has just helped me with my computer. He was absolutely wonderful very polite. Very charming and I am just so grateful 10 out of 10. Sam thank you.

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Trades and mobile tech · Northern Beaches

Is the hold-up the van tablet, the phone holding your diary, or the computer back at the Brookvale unit?

From Cromer and Belrose up to Avalon Beach, beach-side trades cover a long strip with only a few devices doing all the office work. We keep those few devices talking to each other, so quotes and photos go where they should.

What beach-side trades bring us

  • Charging ports clogged with sand, so the work tablet dies halfway through a Dee Why job.
  • Quotes typed on the phone that never appear on the laptop at home.
  • A unit computer in Brookvale that crawls every time the job folder opens.
  • Customer numbers saved only on a phone that has already come off a ladder once.
  • Every piece of work priced and agreed with you before anything is touched.

Once you pick up the phone

  • We ask what the device did and when, then decide together whether it needs a visit.
  • Plenty of sign-in and email trouble gets sorted remotely while you stay on the tools.
  • Where hands are needed, we book a time around your start and knock-off, not ours.

Northern Beaches spots we drive to

Trade calls come in from workshops and home offices in Brookvale, Dee Why and Collaroy, from up the hill in Belrose and Allambie Heights, and further north to Avalon Beach. Tell us where the van will be parked and the time you get back, and we fit in around that.

Why Trades and mobile tech calls us

Why Northern Beaches tradies ring us when the van tablet gives up

  • No Repair, No Charge

    • No Fix, No Repair Fee applies if the tablet, phone or laptop fault cannot be repaired.
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    • If salt and sand have finished a device, we say so plainly and suggest a sturdier swap.
  • Cost Known at the Kerb

    • You hear the figure before the laptop is opened, even for a small job.
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    • Larger crew setups get a written quote you can keep with the job file.
  • A Human on the Line

    • Call from the driveway and describe it however you like - no tech words needed.
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    • Someone answers who understands a lost quote can mean a lost client.
  • Sync That Stays Put

    • We trace why the diary stopped matching across devices, not just log you back in.
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    • Every phone and laptop tested together before we pack up.
  • Unit and Van Together

    • The Brookvale unit PC, the van tablet and phone email worked through on one trip.
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    • An apprentice's phone added to the setup while we are already there.
  • Job Photos Kept Safe

    • Site photos and customer details copied off the handset automatically.
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    • A lost phone gets locked remotely, so the business accounts stay closed.

Start here

What this covers

The quote is finished but stuck on a laptop that will not start, or the site photo just will not leave the phone. Northern Beaches trades get help sized for a van and a small unit.

  1. 01

    Quote stranded on a laptop

    The price is written, the laptop will not boot, and the client in Curl Curl is waiting to hear back.

  2. 02

    Handsets on the tools

    The phones and tablets you use for photos, sign-offs and sending invoices from beach-side jobs.

  3. 03

    Mail stuck in the van

    Work email that sends fine from the kitchen table but sits unsent once you are out in the van.

  4. 04

    The workshop unit PC

    A desktop that copes with sawdust and sea air, and a printer that prints the job sheet first go.

  5. 05

    Easier to find online

    When locals struggle to find your number, a website starts through Get a clear website quote.

The visit

How it works

  1. 1

    Tell us what quit

    Phone, laptop, email or invoices - a sentence from the van is fine.

  2. 2

    Price the fix

    Repair, replace or a website quote, with the cost settled first.

  3. 3

    Back on the tools

    We sort the fault you called about and keep the explanation brief.

Two fixed-price options

Online booking prices

  1. Start here

    Later date

    $190

    If it's not urgent

  2. If it can't wait

    Same day

    $207

    When available

  • 10% discount already in
  • Extra work quoted first

Peace of mind

No Fix, No Repair Fee.

If we cannot get the agreed work done under our terms, you do not pay that service fee.

We will be straight with you first. You decide.

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How to start

From the first message to the visit.

  1. You pick how

    Book online, call for free advice, , or .

  2. You tell us what's going on

    In the booking, on the call, or in the quote. Same idea.

  3. We lock the visit

    You see the price. If you agree, we lock a date that suits.

  4. We come to you

    That's the visit. We work through your list on the day.

Areas we cover

Trades and mobile tech across Northern Beaches

Pick a place for its own local page, or call and we will check your street.

Can't see your suburb?

We still come. Call and we will check.

If your street is just over the line, we usually still come.

FAQ

Straight answers for Northern Beaches

Yes. We visit trade workshops and home offices from Balgowlah and Curl Curl through Dee Why and Collaroy, and up to Bayview, Church Point and Avalon Beach. Tell us the suburb and what has stopped.

Email and app faults can often be started remotely that same day, so a drive only happens if the job still needs it.

Yes. We can set up email on your own business name, move your contacts and old messages across, and get it working on the phone and the laptop.

Customers then see a proper address on quotes and invoices, and your personal inbox stops filling with supplier mail. We talk the cost through before anything changes.

If the photos only live on that phone, they go with it. We set up an automatic copy so every site photo lands somewhere safe as soon as the phone has signal.

We also make sure a lost or broken phone can be locked remotely, so nobody can open your email or customer list.

Yes. We add their phone to your email, calendar and job app with only the access they need, then show them the basics.

If they move on, access is removed in a few minutes, and your customer details stay with the business rather than on their handset.

Sounds fair enough?

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