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DB-U, DB-L or conditioned DB-U?
DB-U covers broad domestic building responsibility. DB-L covers a defined type of domestic work. BPC can also register DB-U with conditions that restrict the practical scope.
Building and Plumbing Commission
Ready to become a registered domestic builder in Victoria?
Already working as a carpenter, supervisor or builder? BLS checks whether DB-U, DB-L or a conditioned DB-U fits, identifies what is missing and helps prepare your registration application for BPC assessment.
Know which domestic registration may fit
Use projects that show your real role
Prepare qualifications and registered referees
What the regulator will ask for
What will BPC look for in a domestic registration application?
BPC assesses the class, your qualifications and what you personally did on relevant projects. Registered builders may also need to verify work they saw you perform.
BPC references
Official sources used to verify the summary on this page.
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What did you actually do on each project?
BPC needs more than a trade title or years on site. Project examples should explain what you personally managed, supervised and decided, including the stages, other trades, compliance work and your level of responsibility.
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Do you already have the required qualification?
Each class has its own qualification and knowledge requirements. If your experience is strong but a qualification is missing, an RTO may assess RPL or further training. BPC separately decides the registration application.
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Who can verify your work?
For applications requiring a technical referee report, BPC requires the referee to be registered in the same domestic builder class or a higher class. The referee must have directly observed the relevant work, be able to verify your responsibilities and use the correct class-specific report.
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What happens during BPC assessment?
The assessment method depends on the class and BPC’s current process. Follow the exam or further information instructions in your own BPC notification rather than preparing from an old interview checklist.
What BLS does for you
Turn years on site into a registration application BPC can assess.
BLS helps identify the likely class, choose useful project examples and prepare your qualifications and technical referees before you apply.
Help with the application
You know the work. We help get the application sorted.
Check whether DB-U, DB-L or a conditioned DB-U is the likely application.
Choose projects that show your supervision, coordination and decisions.
Check your qualifications before recommending RPL or further training.
Help registered technical referees describe work they directly observed.
Prepare the application and current BPC assessment requirements in the right order.
Who this is for
Victorian domestic builders preparing a first BPC registration.
Carpenters or site supervisors moving toward domestic builder registration.
Applicants deciding between unlimited, limited or conditional scope.
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.
Application guides
Read the guides for this application.
These guides explain the regulator requirements, application steps and documents you may need.
DB-U or DB-L: which Victorian registration fits your work?
Compare broad domestic responsibility under DB-U with the defined work covered by DB-L.
Read the application guideCan your Victorian building experience support registration?
See what useful project examples and technical referees need to show in a BPC application.
Read the application guideBPC builder exam books: what can you use?
Find the current permitted references for the class shown in your BPC exam invitation.
Read the application guide Service and cost
Know what is included before you proceed.
Licence and registration applications vary by state, class and how much preparation is needed. The free check gives BLS enough information to explain the service and provide a quote.
What affects the quote
The quote depends on where you are applying, the type of application, what records you already have and how much preparation is still needed.
BLS confirms the included application and evidence work before you proceed.
Regulator, RTO, insurance, police check and other third-party fees are separate unless a proposal expressly includes them.
RPL or training is recommended only where a genuine qualification gap is identified.
The regulator or RTO assesses the application or qualification 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.