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Is your interstate or New Zealand licence current?
QBCC describes mutual recognition as a process for a person licensed in another state, territory or New Zealand to be licensed in Queensland to perform the same work.
QBCC interstate applicants
Already licensed interstate or in New Zealand and moving into Queensland?
BLS checks whether your current licence has a QBCC equivalent, explains how its restrictions may carry across and helps prepare the Queensland mutual recognition application.
Check whether QBCC has an equivalent class
Understand which restrictions may carry across
Prepare your licence evidence and application documents
What the regulator will ask for
Can your current licence support a Queensland application?
Queensland does not participate in the national AMR scheme. QBCC mutual recognition depends on a current interstate or New Zealand licence and an equivalent Queensland class.
QBCC references
Official sources used to verify the summary on this page.
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Does QBCC have an equivalent class?
If there is no QBCC licence equivalent to the interstate or New Zealand licence, QBCC states it will not be able to issue a Queensland licence.
03
Which restrictions will follow you?
QBCC mutual recognition forms state that conditions or restrictions on the original licence must be imposed on the Queensland licence, and QBCC may impose further conditions after assessment.
04
Can you quote the Queensland work you have in mind?
Check the recognised class against the work you intend to contract or supervise in Queensland before relying on it.
What BLS does for you
Use your existing licence without assuming every right transfers.
BLS checks the likely QBCC equivalent, reviews restrictions and helps prepare the application documents.
Help with the application
You know the work. We help get the application sorted.
Review the class, restrictions and expiry on your current licence.
Check the likely QBCC equivalent and where your rights may narrow.
Prepare the application documents and supporting licence evidence.
Explain whether a new QBCC application, upgrade or narrower recognition application may fit better.
Who this is for
Interstate builders and trades moving work into Queensland.
New Zealand licence holders checking the QBCC equivalent.
Existing licence holders whose conditions or restrictions need careful mapping.
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.
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.