Tradies go pro with digital tools Weâre sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Tradies go pro with digital tools This is sponsored content for Xero By Alexandra Cain Save Normal text size Advertisement Australiaâs trades are among the many businesses that have rapidly embraced digital tools during COVID to ensure they are maintaining social distancing and reducing face-to-face contact. At the same time, this has allowed them to streamline and professionalise their operations. Clinton Cowin, who is managing director for software training specialists TradiePad, says many businesses have used any downtime this year as an opportunity to look at how they can improve their digital tools and online systems to get ready for the âtradie-led recoveryâ.