Company History

The man behind Protector Aluminium, Darryl Cardell, isn’t one to boast about his achievements, but when you mention the impressive transformation of Protector Aluminium from a one-man business, to a significant player in the pool fencing business, he smiles with pride.

If you’ve built a pool on the Gold Coast, Brisbane or the Sunshine Coast in the past decade, there is every chance you have a Protector Aluminium product surrounding it.

Protector Aluminium’s products include aluminium fencing and gates in standard and non standard built designs, as well as the current high fashion glass pool fencing.

They are now located in a brand new multi-million dollar purpose built premises at Kunda Park on the Sunshine Coast, thanks to the hard work of one determined man.

Darryl started working as a fencing contractor almost 22 years ago. In 1986 he was building tennis courts on the Gold Coast, and later laying synthetic turf at homes and resorts throughout Queensland.

In 1991, the Queensland Government passed laws to make pool fences compulsory, and when Darryl moved to the Sunshine Coast several years later, he realised that there was a demand for the product that was not being met. He spent the next 6 weeks researching the viability of setting up his own business, ultimately deciding to take the plunge.

For the first 12 months Darryl worked on his own with his trusty dog keeping him company on the work site at Kunda Park. He was the receptionist, the welder, the cleaner and the delivery person.

Since then, the business experienced increased growth, requiring Darryl to employ several staff to keep up with demand.   He quickly outgrew his original modest premises and enlisted the help of a few friends to build a bigger and better structure, but it was not long before that was again bursting at the seams.

The new premises at Kunda Park is 3000 square metres and features state-of-the-art automated powder coating machines. With everything being under one roof, Protector Aluminium has now become a dominant supplier in Australia.

In the past 5 years Protector Aluminium’s work force has more than doubled with 36 employees working year round With  the turnover of the business growing more than 300% in that time.

As the business is constantly growing they are always looking for staff to join their team. If you think you have what it take please fill out the Application form and fax to (07) 5476 5535.