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Australian Capital Territory · Access Canberra

Get your ACT builder licence application ready.

If you are stepping up to a builder licence, licensing a company or becoming its nominee, BLS helps identify the relevant Class A, B, C or D application and prepare the supporting documents.

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What you need to know

How builder licensing works in Australian Capital Territory.

Access Canberra administers the ACT’s construction occupations licensing under the Construction Occupations (Licensing) Act. Builders are licensed in Classes A, B, C and D, which scale with the height and complexity of the building work. A nominee arrangement lets a company hold a licence through a licensed individual.

Licences we can help with

What are you applying for in Australian Capital Territory?

Choose the option closest to your situation. You do not need to know the exact licence class before speaking with BLS.

ACT

Construction occupation licence (builder, Classes A to D)

Moving into your own builder licence? BLS checks which Class A, B, C or D application may fit and helps prepare the qualification, experience and project information.

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Trade / construction occupation licence

Ready to contract a regulated trade or construction service? Check whether it needs its own ACT occupation licence and qualification.

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Company licence and nominee

Setting up or licensing a company? BLS helps prepare the entity application and confirm the individual nominee licence it depends on.

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ACT

Mutual recognition into the ACT

Already licensed interstate? Mutual recognition may let you apply for an equivalent ACT licence, subject to the class and local requirements.

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Who does what

Your experience. BLS preparation. Regulator assessment.

01Your contribution
Accurate project, qualification and work-history details that support the application you are making.
02BLS preparation
Check the likely application, identify gaps and help prepare the forms and supporting documents included in your service.
03Access Canberra assessment
The regulator assesses the application and makes the licence or registration decision.
An overview of responsibilities. Your required evidence depends on the application. An RTO decides qualification outcomes where RPL or training is involved.

What BLS does for you

Get the application sorted before you lodge.

We check what you can apply for, show you what is missing and help prepare the forms and supporting documents.

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Your projects, roles and records

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  1. Know what to apply for

    Tell us what you do now and what you are trying to move into. We check the licence or registration that fits.

  2. Find out what is missing

    We review the qualifications, projects, licences and referees you already have, then tell you what else is needed.

  3. Get the application ready to lodge

    We help complete the forms, prepare the supporting documents and check the details before you submit them.

Your next step

Start with where
you are.

Get clear on your likely licence, gaps and next step before you pay for training or start pulling the paperwork together.

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