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Authority to contract
Building and Energy warns that it is illegal for an individual, partnership or company to contract for or carry out a building service without the appropriate licence or registration.
Building and Energy
WA building contractor registration support for businesses ready to contract.
Support for WA businesses that need the building service contractor licence, nominated practitioner and supporting business evidence organised before applying.
Contracting authority checked
Nominated practitioner position mapped
Business evidence organised
What the application needs
What has to line up for WA building contractor registration.
In WA, the business contracting authority and the practitioner competence position need to work together. A company, partnership or individual should not treat them as the same step.
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Business and practitioner roles
The contractor pathway should identify who holds the business authority and who provides the registered practitioner competence behind the work.
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Financial and business capacity
Building service provider registration is connected to skills, experience and financial capacity, so business evidence should be prepared before lodgement.
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Work type and exemption check
WA requirements can depend on the building work, permit requirements, building class and value, so the contracting scope should be checked before trading.
How BLS helps
Where BLS fits.
We help WA businesses prepare the contractor and practitioner positions together.
Practical support
You bring the experience. BLS carries the application work with you.
Map the work the business wants to contract against WA licensing requirements.
Check nominated practitioner or responsible person questions before lodgement.
Organise business structure, financial capacity and scope documents.
Flag whether registration, contractor licensing or mutual recognition should happen first.
Who this is for
WA companies and partnerships preparing to contract for building work.
Registered practitioners setting up a contracting entity.
Interstate builders starting a WA business structure.
When another service may fit better
Applications that need legal, financial or disciplinary advice outside BLS’s service.
Situations where the required work history, qualifications or records cannot be provided.
Independent support
Building and Energy decides every application.
BLS focuses on what we can control: the right class, clear evidence and properly prepared application material. Building and Energy assesses the application and makes the final decision.
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.