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Building licences are issued by the NSW Office of Fair Trading. For more information please click on the following highlighted links or visit the NSW Office of Fair Trading website:
Builders and tradespeople
In NSW you need to be licenced if you:
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Are contracted to do residential building work where the labour and materials content is worth more than $1,000
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Undertake specialist work.
Residential building work
Residential building work means any work involved in the:
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Construction of a dwelling
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Making of alterations or additions to a dwelling
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Repairing, renovation, decoration or protective treatment of a dwelling.
This includes specialist work done in connection with a dwelling. 'Dwelling' includes garages, swimming pools and other prescribed structures constructed for use in conjunction with a dwelling.
Specialist work
Specialist work means:
Source: NSW Office of Fair Trading website http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/building/builderstradespeople.html
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Licences and certificates
You must have a contractor licence or employ the holder of a qualified supervisor certificate to contract, subcontract or advertise to do:
- Residential building work where the labour and materials content is more than $1,000
- Electrical wiring work
- Plumbing, draining and gas fitting work
- Air conditioning and refrigeration work (except plug-in appliances)
- Building consultants who carry out pre-purchase property inspections
- Where the contract price for the building materials exceeds $1,000, a licence is also needed to supply:
- Kit homes
- Garages
- Carports
- Sheds.
Caution - by law, your licence number must be shown on all advertising, stationery and signage.
Source: NSW Office of Fair Trading website http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/building/builderstradespeople/licencescertificates.html
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Contracting a builder
If you are contracting a builder and wish to know whether that person is a licenced builder or has had any complaints made against them, the Office of Fair Trading now has a web page where the builders' details can be checked. This can be reached via the Office of Fair Trading site, at http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/building.html.
Liverpool City Council is not able to recommend or offer advice in relation to licenced builders.
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