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In New South Wales, the licence category you need is a Builder’s Licence.
You can get a Builder’s Licence with 2 years on the job experience plus the relevant technical qualifications.
You must have at least one of the following qualifications:
VET qualification:
AND, including all of the listed ‘units of competency’:
AND, one of the following:
To apply for your builder’s licence, you must show at least 2 years’ relevant industry experience (obtained within the last 10 years) across a wide range of building construction work.
There are four ways to gain the relevant experience:
Relevant experience gained must satisfy all the following:
You will need enough referees to demonstrate the 2 years industry experience. Each referee will need to complete a referee statement form which can be downloaded from NSW Fair Trading website.
Once you have completed your qualification and relevant experience you are ready to complete the application forms. Head to the NSW Fair Trading website for the latest forms and checklists.
For an individual licence application, you will need:
If you are applying as a company, you will need additional company application forms.
Once your application forms and referee statements have been completed, you must lodge your application and payment in person at a Service NSW centre.
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