How To Get An Owner Builders Licence

Requirements to get your licence.

How to get an owner builders licence. To get an owner-builder permit you must lodge an owner-builder permit application either. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Details of 2 or 4 years experience number of years is based on your qualifications where you carried out building work covered in the relevant scope of work.

ELearning assessment Our eLearning assessment ensures you have a good understanding of the duties and obligations of being an owner-builder. Owner-builder applications are submitted and managed through VBAs online self-service portal VBA360. Your referees must have held a qualified supervisor certificate or individual contractor licence Q in the category of general building work issued by Fair Trading during the time you gained your experience.

To find out if you are eligible read the owner builder permit page before visiting a centre. Applications made using the previous version of Form 75 dated prior to 1 February 2019. Owner builders are exempt from having to become licensed and arrange for third-party home warranty insurance on their home.

Also your experience must run across all stages of construction. Online if youre eligible. That licence must be maintained until such time that all new homes enrolled in home warranty insurance have been completed or in the case of a developer sold.

You can book an appointment to submit your application at your chosen service centre. To become an owner-builder you must first obtain owner-builder approval from the Building Services Board and then a building permit from your local government. Building and Designer Experience Form PDF and complete the Referee Report providing.

Loosely speaking carpenters with a building qualification bricklayers with a building qualification and project managers holding a Diploma or relevant degree meet qualification requirements for a builders licence in NSW. Check the eligibility requirements or in person at a service centre. Be at least 18 years of age own or have a prescribed interest in the residential land where the construction work will to be carried out live or intend to live in the completed home.