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Fire protection licences
New fire protection licences commenced on 1 May 2021. New applicants can choose from the licences listed below.
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Fire protection licences for new applicants
Choose the fire protection licence you wish to apply for from the list below.
Passive stream
- Passive—certify
- Passive—install and maintain—fire doors and fire shutters
- Passive—install and maintain—fire collars, penetrations and fire-rated joint sealing
- Passive—install and maintain—fire and smoke walls and fire-rated ceilings
- Passive—inspect and test
Special hazard fire system stream
Water-based fire system stream
- Water-based fire system—design
- Water-based fire system—certify
- Water-based fire system—install and maintain
- Water-based fire system—install and maintain—restricted to commercial and industrial types
- Water-based fire system—install and maintain—restricted to domestic and residential types
Portables stream
Electrical stream
- Electrical—design—fire alarm systems
- Electrical—certify—fire alarm systems
- Electrical—certify—emergency lighting
- Electrical—install and maintain—fire alarm systems
- Electrical—inspect and test—emergency lighting
Fire safety professional
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- Available licences
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- Mechanical services licences
- Mechanical services—plumbing
- Mechanical services—plumbing occupational
- Mechanical services—air-conditioning & refrigeration (unlimited design)
- Mechanical services—air-conditioning & refrigeration (limited design)
- Mechanical services—air-conditioning & refrigeration occupational
- Mechanical services—medical gas
- Mechanical services—medical gas occupational
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- Fire protection licences
- Passive—certify
- Passive—install & maintain—doors
- Passive—install & maintain—collars
- Passive—install & maintain—walls
- Passive—inspect & test
- Special hazard fire system—certify
- Special hazard fire system—install & maintain
- Water-based fire system—design
- Water-based fire system—certify
- Water-based fire system—install & maintain
- Portable—certify
- Water-based fire system—install & maintain—commercial
- Water-based fire system—install & maintain—domestic
- Portable—install & maintain
- Electrical—design—fire alarm systems
- Electrical—certify—fire alarm systems
- Electrical—certify—emergency lighting
- Electrical—install & maintain—fire alarm systems
- Electrical—inspect and test—emergency lighting
- Fire safety professional
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- All other trade licences
- Air handling duct installation
- Brick & segmental paving
- Bricklaying and blocklaying
- Cabinet making
- Concreting
- Carpentry
- Floor finishing and covering (hard sector)
- Foundation work (piling & anchors)
- Gasfitting
- Glass, glazing & aluminium
- Irrigation
- Joinery
- Metal fascias and gutters
- Metal fabrication and erection—structural
- Metal fabrication and installation—non-structural
- Painting & decorating
- Plastering drywall
- Plastering solid
- Roof and wall cladding
- Roof tiling
- Site classifier
- Sheds, carports and garages
- Shopfitting (trade)
- Steel fixing
- Stonemasonry
- Structural landscaping (trade)
- Swimming pool construction, installation and maintenance
- Termite management—chemical
- Termite management—physical
- Wall and floor tiling
- Waterproofing
- Company, partnership, trust
- Interstate, overseas applicants
- Photo-ID requirements
Last reviewed: 30 Aug 2021
Last published: 30 Aug 2021
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