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Builders and tradespeople in NSW need to be licensed to do building work where the total cost of labour and materials is more than $5,000.
Individuals may have their contractor licence endorsed with a Q and this indicates that the licence is also equivalent to a Qualified Supervisor Certificate.
Certain trades require a specialist contractor licence:
- air conditioning and refrigeration
- electrical
- disconnection and reconnection of fixed electrical equipment
- plumbing, draining and gasfitting
- medical gas.
A list of trades and the licence type required can be found on the Fair Trading website.
Licence applications must be lodged in person at a service centre,
Types of Licence
You're legally required to display your licence number on all advertising, stationery and signage.
The following classes of contractor licences are issued to individuals and company/partnerships:
- general building
- erection of pre-fabricated metal-framed home additions and structures
- kitchen/bathroom/laundry renovation
- structural landscaping
- swimming pool building.
- bricklaying
- carpentry
- decorating
- excavating
- fencing
- general concreting
- glazing
- joinery
- metal fabrication
- minor maintenance/cleaning
- minor tradework
- painting
- plastering
- roof plumbing
- roof slating
- roof tiling
- stonemasonry
- swimming pool repairs and servicing
- underpinning and piering
- wall and floor tiling
- water plumbing
- waterproofing
- wet plastering.
- advanced LP gasfitting
- air conditioning
- draining
- electrical wiring
- gasfitting
- LP gasfitting
- medical gasfitting (new regulations apply)
- medical gas technician (new regulations apply)
- plumbing
- refrigeration
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