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Available licences
The QBCC manages over 160 licence classes that are applicable to 5 different types of licences working in the building and construction industry.
The licence you choose to apply for will depend on:
- your intended role in the industry
- the scope of work you will undertake or be responsible for
- if you can meet the eligibility requirements.
Available licences
Choose which builder or builder restricted licence you wish to apply for from the available options below:
Choose which plumbing or drainage licence you wish to apply for from the available options below:
Occupational
- Occupational plumber and/or drainer
- Occupational restricted—plumber or drainer, including:
- restricted—water plumber
- restricted—drainer—on-site sewage facility.
Endorsements
Contractor and nominee supervisor
Choose which mechanical services licence you wish to apply for from the available options below:
Plumbing
Air-conditioning and refrigeration
- Mechanical services—air-conditioning and refrigeration (unlimited design)
- Mechanical services—air-conditioning and refrigeration (limited design)
- Mechanical services—air-conditioning and refrigeration occupational
Medical gas
Choose which fire protection licence you wish to apply for from the available options below:
Passive stream
- Passive—certify
- Passive—install and maintain—fire doors and fire shutters
- Passive—install and maintain—fire collars, penetrations and fire-rated joint sealing
- Passive—install and maintain—fire and smoke walls and fire-rated ceilings
- Passive—inspect and test
Special hazard fire system stream
Water-based fire system stream
- Water-based fire system—design
- Water-based fire system—certify
- Water-based fire system—install and maintain
- Water-based fire system—install and maintain—restricted to commercial and industrial types
- Water-based fire system—install and maintain—restricted to domestic and residential types
Portables stream
Electrical stream
- Electrical—design—fire alarm systems
- Electrical—certify—fire alarm systems
- Electrical—certify—emergency lighting
- Electrical—install and maintain—fire alarm systems
- Electrical—inspect and test—emergency lighting
Fire safety professional
Choose which trade licence you wish to apply for from the available options below:
- Air handling duct installation
- Brick and segmental paving
- Bricklaying and blocklaying
- Cabinet making
- Concreting
- Carpentry
- Floor finishing and covering (hard sector)
- Foundation work (piling and anchors)
- Gasfitting
- Glass, glazing and aluminium
- Irrigation
- Joinery
- Metal fascias and gutters
- Metal fabrication and erection—structural
- Metal fabrication and installation—non-structural
- Painting and 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
Choose which building design or hydraulic design licence you wish to apply for from the available options below:
Building design
Hydraulic design
Choose which inspector or certifier licence you wish to apply for from the available options below:
Historical licence classes—continuing
View scopes of work for continuing historical licence classes. Please note, these licence classes cannot be issued or restored.
Digital licences
QBCC licensees have access to a digital licence in the Queensland Digital Licence app. This is a valid document that can be used to prove your licence status. You do not require a printed licence, however, printed licence cards are available on request.
For more information on using your QBCC digital licence – go here.
Need some help?
Contact us if you’re unsure which licence you need or if you qualify for a particular licence.
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- Available licences
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- Builder—low rise 2025
- Builder & builder restricted licences
- Builder—low rise
- Builder—medium rise
- Builder—open
- Builder—project management services
- Builder restricted to kitchen, bathroom & laundry
- Builder restricted to shopfitting
- Builder restricted to structural landscaping
- Builder restricted to special structures
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
- Company, partnership, trust
- Interstate, overseas applicants
- Photo-ID requirements