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Builder licence or registration
Already working as a carpenter, supervisor or builder? We help turn your experience into a prepared builder licence or registration application.
Choose your stateAustralia-wide builder licence support
Builder and trade licence applications from start to finish.
You bring the experience. BLS checks what you can apply for, shows you what is missing and helps get the paperwork ready to lodge.
Start with your situation
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What best describes the application you need help with?
Choose the closest fit. You do not need to know the exact class yet.
Know what to apply for Builder, trade contractor, supervisor or registration. We help you choose the right application.
Use the experience you have We show you which qualifications, projects and referees can support it.
Get the paperwork sorted We help prepare the forms and supporting documents for lodgement.
State licence guides
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Free building resources
Download the NCC and check what applies in your state.
Get official NCC 2022 and 2025 downloads and check which edition has been adopted before you study or build.
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Get the licence paperwork off your plate.
Bring the licences, qualifications and work history you already have. We identify the likely application, gather the supporting documents and help prepare it for lodgement.
What we check with you
The licence or registration you should apply for
The qualifications and licences you already hold
The projects, records and referees you can use
Anything you still need before applying
How can we help?
Choose what you are trying to do next.
You do not need to know the exact class. Start with the change you are making and choose your state for the local requirements.
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Trade contractor licence
Ready to go out on your own or grow your subcontracting business? We help check the trade contractor licence you need and prepare the application.
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Site supervisor registration
Stepping up to run the site? We help with the licence or registration required to supervise building work in your state.
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Interstate and mutual recognition
Already licensed or registered and want to work interstate? We check whether your current licence can be recognised and what you need to do next.
Use your licence interstate Use what you already have
Do not repeat work you may not need to do.
Your existing skills may count towards a qualification, and a current interstate licence may be recognised in another state. Check before you pay for training or start a standard application.
Recognition of prior learning
Already know the work? You may not need to repeat the training.
A qualified RTO assessor can compare skills gained through work, training or life experience with the course requirements. You may receive full or partial credit. If your evidence does not cover every requirement, gap training may still be needed.
RPL assesses a qualification. It does not issue the licence.
See whether RPL fitsMutual recognition
Already licensed or registered and want to work interstate?
Your current licence may be recognised in another state. We check the likely equivalent and whether you need an application, a notification or a different licence.
Mutual recognition deals with a licence. It is different from RPL.
Use your licence interstateBefore lodgement
Check these three things before you apply.
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Know what to apply for
Tell us what you do now and what you are trying to move into. We check the licence or registration that fits.
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Find out what is missing
We review the qualifications, projects, licences and referees you already have, then tell you what else is needed.
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Get the application ready to lodge
We help complete the forms, prepare the supporting documents and check the details before you submit them.
Show the experience you have
You have done the work. Now show the regulator.
We help find the projects, records and referees that make your experience clear. If something is missing, we tell you before you lodge.
The projects you’ve worked on and the responsibilities you carried
Qualifications, licences, tickets and training you already hold
Photos, workplace records and other documents from the work
Referees who can confirm what you did
A résumé if you have one, or a few simple prompts if you don’t
Not sure what counts?
Start with what you have.
You do not need a perfect résumé or a finished set of documents. Your BLS specialist will review what can be used and tell you what still needs attention.
Your next step
Start the 60-second check
Start with the 60-second check.
Get clear on your likely licence, gaps and next step before you pay for training or start pulling the paperwork together.