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Fire protection licences
New fire protection licences commenced on 1 May 2021. New applicants can choose from the licences listed below.
Changes to licences held prior to 1 May 2021
On 1 May 2021, a new fire licensing framework commenced. Most licence classes automatically transitioned to the relevant new licence class. The QBCC contacted existing licensees directly to explain what changes applied to their licence.
Depending on the licence class held, existing licensees were either:
- automatically transitioned – no upskill required and same scope of works
- automatically transitioned – no upskill required with a new scope of works
- automatically transitioned – upskill required and may also include a new scope of works
- hold a continuing class of licence.
Learn more about changes to former licences.
Find out how to reapply for fire continuing classes by 1 May 2022.
Fire protection licences for new applicants
Choose the fire protection licence you wish to apply for from the list 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
- Apply for a licence
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- Available licences
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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
Last reviewed: 30 Aug 2021
Last published: 30 Aug 2021
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