We handle ALL the paperwork.
We put the whole application together, check it against the regulator’s own requirements, ready to submit.
A complete QBCC application, assembled for you.
A complete NSW application, assembled for you.
Everything below is included in the one fee. Nothing is billed by the hour.
We work out which QBCC class actually matches your trade and experience — low rise, medium rise or open — before a single form is filled in.
We work out which NSW general building class actually matches your trade and experience before a single form is filled in.
Your work history written up and structured against the regulator’s technical requirements, with the right evidence attached to the right period.
We draft the statements your referees need to sign, send them out, and follow them up so you’re not the one making the phone calls.
QBCC requires financial information for most contractor categories. We tell you exactly what your accountant needs to produce and in what form.
We tell you what financial and identity documentation NSW expects for your class, and in what form, so nothing comes back for a second pass.
Every form and attachment reviewed against the regulator’s own checklist, ordered the way an assessor reads it, with a summary of what to expect.
If the regulator comes back with a request for further information, we help you prepare the response. That’s included, not extra.
We do the paperwork. You sign and submit.
We’re a private preparation service, not an agent and not a regulator. That split matters, so here it is plainly.
What we handle
- 01 Confirming the licence class and the pathway that fits you
- 02 Preparing every form, schedule and cover document
- 03 Writing up your experience against the technical criteria
- 04 Drafting referee statements
- 05 Listing exactly which certificates, statements and IDs to gather
- 06 Checking the finished application for completeness
- 07 Helping you answer any further-information request
What stays with you
- 01 A short call and one email with your qualifications, job list and referee names
- 02 Signing the application — it’s made in your name, so it has to be your signature
- 03 Submitting it to the regulator and paying their application fee directly
The licence is the ceiling on what you can earn.
Contract direct instead of subcontracting
Subcontracting means another business holds the client, sets the price and keeps the builder’s margin. Your own licence lets you sign the contract and keep that margin on every job you run.
Unlicensed contracting is an offence
Queensland requires a licence for building work above $3,300 — a far lower threshold than most tradies assume. Beyond the penalty, unlicensed work can leave you unable to recover money a client owes you.
New South Wales requires a licence for residential building work above $5,000 — a far lower threshold than most tradies assume. Beyond the penalty, unlicensed work can leave you unable to recover money a client owes you.
You can advertise and tender in your own name
Licence numbers have to appear on your advertising and contracts, and the regulator publishes a public register. Builders, developers and councils check it before they engage anybody.
What QBCC asks for.
What NSW asks for.
Four things sit behind every builder application in Queensland. Most tradies already have two or three of them and don’t realise it.
Four things sit behind every general building licence in New South Wales. Most tradies already have two or three of them and don’t realise it.
A recognised building qualification
QBCC sets a technical qualification for each builder class. For most applicants that means a Certificate IV or Diploma in Building and Construction from a registered training organisation.
- ✓ Certificate or statement of attainment from an RTO
- ✓ Recognition of prior learning if you have the years but not the paper
- ✓ Overseas qualifications assessed for equivalence
Documented on-site experience
You need relevant experience in the class you’re applying for, evidenced job by job rather than described in general terms. This is where most applications come unstuck.
- ✓ A job list covering the period, with addresses, values and your role
- ✓ Referees who can verify the work you nominate
- ✓ Supporting evidence — contracts, invoices, payslips or plans
Financial information for your category
QBCC applies minimum financial requirements to contractor licences. The turnover category you nominate sets how much your accountant has to certify.
- ✓ Net tangible assets to match your nominated revenue
- ✓ A declaration or report prepared by a qualified accountant
- ✓ Evidence of current ratio and available working capital
Identity and personal history
A licence is issued to a person or entity, so QBCC checks who you are and your history in the industry before it issues a number.
- ✓ Certified proof of identity
- ✓ Disclosure of previous insolvency or company involvement
- ✓ Any relevant licensing or disciplinary history
A recognised building qualification
NSW sets an approved qualification for the general building class. For most applicants that means a Certificate IV in Building and Construction from a registered training organisation.
- ✓ Certificate or statement of attainment from an RTO
- ✓ Recognition of prior learning if you have the years but not the paper
- ✓ Overseas qualifications assessed for equivalence
Documented industry experience
NSW requires relevant experience in general building work, evidenced job by job rather than described in general terms. This is where most applications come unstuck.
- ✓ A job list covering the period, with addresses, values and your role
- ✓ Referees who can verify the work you nominate
- ✓ Supporting evidence — contracts, invoices, payslips or plans
Home building compensation eligibility
If you’ll be contracting for residential work above the insurance threshold, you need eligibility for home building compensation cover before you can take those jobs on.
- ✓ Financial information assessed by the insurer
- ✓ Turnover limit set to match the jobs you want to run
- ✓ Arranged separately from the licence itself
Identity and personal history
A licence is issued to a person or entity, so NSW checks who you are and your history in the industry before it issues a number.
- ✓ Certified proof of identity
- ✓ Disclosure of previous insolvency or company involvement
- ✓ Any relevant licensing or disciplinary history
Short on one of these? That’s the point of the call. We’ll tell you which gap you have, whether it can be closed, and roughly how long that takes — before you pay us anything.
Queensland licences we prepare.
New South Wales licences we prepare.
We focus on the builder classes issued by QBCC. The exact class is confirmed on your call.
We focus on the general building classes issued in New South Wales. The exact class is confirmed on your call.
Builder
- Builder — low rise
- Builder — medium rise
- Builder — open
- Builder — restricted to special structures
- Builder — project management services
What the licence lets you do
- ✓ Contract directly with owners, developers and head contractors in your own name
- ✓ Quote and invoice for building work above the licensing threshold instead of working under someone else’s licence
- ✓ Run and supervise your own residential and commercial jobs, up to the height and class limits of the licence you hold
- ✓ Advertise, tender and appear on the QBCC public register with your own licence number
- ✓ Move up a class later — low rise to medium rise to open — as your experience builds
General building
- General building work
- General building work — medium rise
- Restricted building work
- Company or partnership licence
What the licence lets you do
- ✓ Contract directly with owners, developers and head contractors in your own name
- ✓ Quote and invoice for residential building work above the licensing threshold instead of working under someone else’s licence
- ✓ Run and supervise your own jobs, within the scope and height limits of the licence you hold
- ✓ Advertise, tender and appear on the NSW public register with your own licence number
- ✓ Hold the licence personally or through your company or partnership
Already hold a current licence in the other state? Mutual recognition is a shorter, separate pathway — tell us on the call and we’ll quote that instead. Some classes also require qualifications or a specific number of years of experience before an application can be made; if you’re short, we’ll say so on the call rather than after you’ve paid.
One call in. A finished application out.
Five steps. You’re hands-on for the first two and the last one.
Free eligibility call
We identify what your experience is and the licence that would set you up for success.
No cost · no obligationSend what you’ve got
One email — your qualifications, a rough job list and a few referee names. No forms, no formatting.
About an hour of your timeWe build the evidence
Job history structured against the regulator’s schedule, referee statements drafted and chased.
Handled for youChecked and handed back
Every form and attachment reviewed and ordered, with a submission walkthrough so you know exactly what to do.
Ready in about 4 weeksYou submit and we stay on it
You sign and submit in your own name. If the regulator asks for more, we help you answer it.
Through to the decisionOne fee. Quoted before you commit.
Nothing is payable until we’ve confirmed on the call that you qualify and told you what the pathway looks like.
Full preparation and checking of one licence application, from the eligibility call through to the regulator’s decision.
- ✓ Licence class assessment and pathway advice
- ✓ All forms and schedules prepared for your signature
- ✓ Experience and job history pack built against the technical criteria
- ✓ Referee statements drafted, sent and followed up
- ✓ Completeness check against the regulator’s checklist
- ✓ Further-information support until the decision
Find out where you stand in ten minutes.
You’ll come off the call knowing which licence class to go for, what’s missing from your file, and how long it will realistically take.