In Queensland, individuals and companies must hold a QBCC licence to carry out:
- any building work valued over $3,300
- building work valued over $1,100 where it involves Hydraulic Services Design
- building work of any value where it involves:
- Drainage
- Plumbing and Drainage
- Gas Fitting
- Termite Management – Chemical
- Fire Protection
- Completed Residential Building Inspection
- Building Design – Low Rise, Medium Rise, and Open
- Site Classification
- Asbestos
- Electrical
- Demolition work
- Cranes and Hoists
- Forklift truck
- Lift and escalators
- Pressure equipment
- Rigger and Dogger
- Scaffolding
- Driving plant on the road
- Traffic Controller
- Amusement devices
When you need to have an insurance
Most residential building work done in Queensland valued over $3,300 (including labour and materials) must have home warranty insurance.
New South Wales
In NSW, it is illegal for anyone to carry out any building work that exceeds $5,000 in value, including materials and labour, without a licence.
If you're using a building contractor or tradesperson for services such as residential building, wiring, plumbing, draining, gas fitting, air conditioning, or refrigeration work (except plug-in appliances), you should check that they have a valid contractor licence.
https://www.onegov.nsw.gov.au/publicregister/#/publicregister/search/Trades
Licence / Qualification Class
https://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/trades-and-businesses/licensing-and-qualifications/licence-classes
High-risk work licences
https://www.safework.nsw.gov.au/licences-and-registrations/licences/high-risk-work-licences
All NSW Licence classes & Qualification list
- Asbestos work
- Air conditioning and refrigeration
- Amusement devices
- Building
- Bricklaying
- Carpentry
- Cranes
- Decorating
- Demolition
- Disconnection and reconnection of fixed electrical equipment
- Dry plastering
- Dogging
- Electrical
- Erection of prefabricated metal-framed home additions and structures
- Excavating
- Explosives and firework licences
- Fencing
- Forklifts
- General concreting
- Glazing
- Hoists
- Installation of security doors, grilles, and equipment
- Joinery
- Kitchen, bathroom, and laundry renovation
- Metal fabrication
- Minor maintenance/cleaning
- Minor trade work
- Painting
- Plumbing, draining, and gasfitting
- Pressure equipment
- Reach stackers
- Rigging
- Roof plumbing
- Roof slating
- Roof tiling
- Scaffolding
- Structural Landscaping
- Stonemasonry
- Swimming pool building
- Swimming pool repairs and servicing
- Underpinning/Piering
- Wall and floor tiling
- Waterproofing
- Wet plastering
Victoria
There are a few other exceptions, too, but if more than one of these minor works is carried out and the value is greater than $5,000, a builder must have the appropriate registration certificate. If restumping, reblocking, demolition or removal of a home is needed; the work must be carried out by a registered building practitioner regardless of the cost.
South Australia
Consumer and Business Services
Western Australia
Government of Western Australia
