Apply for a licence
To apply for a licence, there are eligibility requirements and fees.
Available licences
The QBCC manage over 80 available licences for working in the building and construction industry.
Eligibility requirements
You need to demonstrate that you meet the eligibility requirements to hold a QBCC licence.
Licence fees
There are fees for different licence types.
Company, partnership, trust
There are various licence requirements for a company, partnership or trust.
Interstate, overseas applicants
Mutual recognition is a process whereby an individual who holds a licence in one state, territory or New Zealand is entitled .
Photo Requirements
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- Plumbing & drainage licences
- Drainage—on-site sewage
- Plumbing & drainage
- Drainage
- Occupational plumber &/or drainer
- Occupational restricted—plumber or drainer
- Plumber and drainer endorsements
- Mechanical services licences
- Mechanical services—plumbing
- Mechanical services—plumbing occupational
- Mechanical services—air-conditioning & refrigeration (unlimited design)
- Mechanical services—air-conditioning & refrigeration (limited design)
- Mechanical services—air-conditioning & refrigeration occupational
- Mechanical services—medical gas
- Mechanical services—medical gas occupational
- Fire protection licences
- Passive—certify
- Passive—install & maintain—doors
- Passive—install & maintain—collars
- Passive—install & maintain—walls
- Passive—inspect & test
- Special hazard fire system—certify
- Special hazard fire system—install & maintain
- Water-based fire system—design
- Water-based fire system—certify
- Water-based fire system—install & maintain
- Portable—certify
- Water-based fire system—install & maintain—commercial
- Water-based fire system—install & maintain—domestic
- Portable—install & maintain
- Electrical—design—fire alarm systems
- Electrical—certify—fire alarm systems
- Electrical—certify—emergency lighting
- Electrical—install & maintain—fire alarm systems
- Electrical—inspect and test—emergency lighting
- Fire safety professional
- All other trade licences
- Air handling duct installation
- Brick & segmental paving
- Bricklaying and blocklaying
- Cabinet making
- Concreting
- Carpentry
- Floor finishing and covering (hard sector)
- Foundation work (piling & anchors)
- Gasfitting
- Glass, glazing & aluminium
- Irrigation
- Joinery
- Metal fascias and gutters
- Metal fabrication and erection—structural
- Metal fabrication and installation—non-structural
- Painting & decorating
- Plastering drywall
- Plastering solid
- Roof and wall cladding
- Roof tiling
- Site classifier
- Sheds, carports and garages
- Shopfitting (trade)
- Steel fixing
- Stonemasonry
- Structural landscaping (trade)
- Swimming pool construction, installation and maintenance
- Termite management—chemical
- Termite management—physical
- Wall and floor tiling
- Waterproofing
- Building & hydraulic design licences
- Building design—low rise
- Building design—medium rise
- Building design—open
- Hydraulic services design
