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Building Surveyor Licence - Australian Capital Territory

Description

You will need this licence if you intend undertake building certification work as a surveyor. A building surveyor assesses building and construction work to ensure that it complies with all legislative requirements. There are four classes of licence:

  • principal building surveyor
  • principal building surveyor employee
  • general building surveyor
  • general building surveyor employee

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible, you must:

  • hold and provide evidence for an applicable insurance policy
  • have sufficient financial resources
  • have the applicable qualifications for your class of licence
  • be registered with the Institute of Engineers Australia or accredited with the Australian Institute of Building Surveyors
  • complete an online course on the ACT building regulatory system.

You may not be eligible if you:

  • are serving a suspension of a licence in a different occupation, or class of occupation
  • have been found guilty of an offence of fraud or dishonesty.

Duration

Up to 1 year

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

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Fee information is in the attached fee resource.

Forms

Act(s) name

Construction Occupations (Licensing) Act 2004 Australian Capital Territory

Regulation(s) name

Construction Occupations (Licensing) Regulation 2004 Australian Capital Territory

Administering agency

Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate

Planning

Contact details

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