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Trade Contractors Licensing

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Course overview

This course equips you with the skills and knowledge required to identify and comply with the regulatory, legal, taxation and insurance requirements, and risk management needs of small business. This course has been developed to assist trade contractors to satisfy the mandatory requirements set out by the Queensland Building and Construction Commission. 

You will learn how to identify:

  • options for the business legal structure
  • appropriate sources
  • legislation and regulatory requirements
  • legal rights and responsibilities
  • Workplace Health and Safety and requirements
  • taxation principles and requirements
  • legal documents
  • records keeping
  • procurement
  • contracts with relevant people
  • insurance requirements

On successful completion of this course you will be issued with a Statement of Attainment for the Nationally Recognised unit.

  • BSBESB402 Establish legal and risk management requirements of new business ventures

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No pre-requisite training required. All learners will be required to undertake a language, literacy and numeracy assessment before enrolment.

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There will be around 3 live tutorials spaced out over 1-2 months. Additional Support Sessions may also be available.

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During your training, access to resources is required and may include various current industry-specific codes and standards. If you do wish to purchase these materials, your regional HIA Training staff can provide you with a list of these resources and their indicative costs.

Where there are specific units that require access to onsite equipment, this will be arranged with you directly, and may involve face to face training at your nearest HIA office.

You will need to ensure you have access to a PC/laptop with internet.

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$0 $60
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$360 $420

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Why study with HIA?

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Melissa Snel NSync Constructions "I heard about all the fantastic webinars and training opportunities. HIA is well suited to our business. You've got to continue learning and I'm getting that from HIA, 100 per cent." Melissa Snel NSync Constructions "I heard about all the fantastic webinars and training opportunities. HIA is well suited to our business. You've got to continue learning and I'm getting that from HIA, 100 per cent." Jacob Whelan Past student - Tasmania "I recommend HIA if you want to go further in your building career. By studying this course, I gained knowledge to run my own business and learnt all the other details people don’t know about in business." Jacob Whelan Past student - Tasmania "I recommend HIA if you want to go further in your building career. By studying this course, I gained knowledge to run my own business and learnt all the other details people don’t know about in business."