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Available licences
The QBCC manage over 80 available licences for working in the building and construction industry.
The licence you choose to apply for will depend on:
- your intended role in the industry
- the scope of work you will undertake or be responsible for
- if you can meet the eligibility requirements.
Available licences
Choose which builder or builder restricted licence you wish to apply for:
Choose which plumbing or drainage licence you wish to apply for:
Occupational
- Occupational plumber and/or drainer
- Occupational restricted—plumber or drainer, including:
- restricted—water plumber
- restricted—drainer—on-site sewage facility.
Endorsements
Contractor and nominee supervisor
Choose which mechanical services licence you wish to apply for:
Plumbing
Air-conditioning and refrigeration
- Mechanical services—air-conditioning and refrigeration (unlimited design)
- Mechanical services—air-conditioning and refrigeration (limited design)
- Mechanical services—air-conditioning and refrigeration occupational
Medical gas
Choose which fire protection licence you wish to apply for:
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
Choose which trade licence you wish to apply for:
- Air handling duct installation
- Brick and segmental paving
- Bricklaying and blocklaying
- Cabinet making
- Concreting
- Carpentry
- Floor finishing and covering (hard sector)
- Foundation work (piling and anchors)
- Gasfitting
- Glass, glazing and aluminium
- Irrigation
- Joinery
- Metal fascias and gutters
- Metal fabrication and erection—structural
- Metal fabrication and installation—non-structural
- Painting and 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
Choose which building design or hydraulic design licence you wish to apply for:
Building design
Hydraulic design
Choose which inspector or certifier licence you wish to apply for:
Historical licence classes—continuing
View scopes of work for continuing historical licence classes. Please note, these licence classes cannot be issued or restored.
Need some help?
Contact us if you’re unsure which licence you need or if you qualify for a particular licence.
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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