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Building Practitioner Registration
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In Western Australia, the licence category you will need is a Building Practitioner Registration.
Experience
You're eligible to apply for registration as a builder if you have completed the Board’s prescribed course of training and accumulated at least 7 years’ practical experience in the work of a builder, or as a supervisor of building work.
The Board may want to interview you to verify your claimed experience and, under some categories of registration, want you to do written assessments showing your competency in the areas of building construction, quantities/estimating, financial, contractual and legislative aspects of building.
Qualifications
As well as 7 years’ practical experience in the construction industry you will need to have the following qualifications:
- C50210 Diploma of Building and Construction (Building) as described in the CPC08
- Construction, Plumbing and Services Training Package published by training.gov.au including the following units:
- CPCCBC4005A
- CPCCBC4018A
- CPCCBC5005A
- CPCCBC5007A
- CPCSUS5001A
- CPCCBC4014A
- CPCCOHS1001A.
Contact the Licence Body
The regulator in WA that registers builders is the Western Australia Building Commission.
Call: 1300 489 099
Visit: commerce.wa.gov.au/building-and-energy
Email: be.licensing@dmirs.wa.gov.au or ownerbuilders@dmirs.wa.gov.au
Office address: Level 1
303 Sevenoaks Street
Cannington WA 6107
Mail address: Locked Bag 100
East Perth WA 6892
We offer a range of qualifications to become a licensed builder.
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CPC40120 Certificate IV in Building and Construction (Building)
Your future career starts with us.
Get started with a certificate course designed especially for building and construction. Gain valuable skills as a professional builder in the low rise residential sector.
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