WA builder registration and building licences, checked before lodgement.
In Western Australia, Building and Energy (part of DEMIRS) registers builders and issues building service contractor and practitioner licences. WA splits practitioner registration from the contractor licence that lets you take money for the work.
Regulator
Building and Energy
Building and Energy (DEMIRS)
formerly the Builders Registration Board of WA
Visit Building and EnergyHow builder licensing works in Western Australia.
Building and Energy — the WA regulator that succeeded the Builders Registration Board of WA — administers builder registration alongside the Building Services (Registration) and (Complaint Resolution and Administration) framework. WA is a two-part system: a building practitioner registration recognises your competence, and a building service contractor licence lets you contract for the work. Applications frequently stall because applicants pursue one without the other.
What are you applying for in Western Australia?
Start with the work you want to quote, contract or supervise. We’ll line up the likely class, supporting evidence and place to begin.
Builder registration + contractor licence
WA needs both practitioner registration and a building service contractor licence to contract for building work. We sequence the two so one does not hold up the other.
View this serviceTrade contractor pathway
Painting, and other trade work that WA regulates, carries its own licensing requirements. We check whether your trade needs a WA licence and what evidence supports it.
Nominated / practitioner supervisor
WA companies contract under a nominated supervisor who holds the registration. We map whether you are the nominee, the licensee, or both.
View this serviceMutual recognition into WA
Registered elsewhere in Australia? Mutual recognition can carry equivalent registration into WA — we check the equivalent class Building and Energy will grant.
Get the application work under control before you lodge.
We identify what needs to be gathered, fixed or prepared, then organise the application into clear steps.
Map the right pathway
We start with the work you want to do and the state you want to do it in, then map it to the relevant regulator, licence type, class and likely application sequence.
Build the evidence plan
We review qualifications, RPL needs, project history, referees and records before you spend time or money on the wrong next step.
Prepare the application
You get practical support preparing documents and building a clearer application pack before lodgement.
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.
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.