Registration as a Professional Engineer - New South Wales

Description

You will need this registration to work as a Professional Engineer on class 2, 3 and 9c buildings or a building that includes a class 2, 3 or 9c part. You will be classed as a Professional Engineer if you:

  • are undertaking either electrical, civil, geotechnical, structural, fire safety or mechanical engineering work
  • meet the eligibility requirements, which include at least five years' experience
  • are working on a class 2, 3 and 9c buildings or a building that includes a class 2, 3 or 9c part

Class 2 buildings are residential apartment buildings. They are commonly multi-unit residential buildings where people live above and below each other, and have special rules to protect the health, safety and welfare of all occupants.

Class 3 applies to residential buildings (other than class 1 and 2 buildings, or a class 4 part of a building). Class 3 buildings are a common place of long term or transient living for a number of unrelated people. Examples include a boarding house, guest house, hostel or backpackers. Class 3 buildings could also include dormitory style accommodation, or workers’ quarters for shearers or fruit pickers.

Class 9c buildings are residential care buildings that may contain residents who have various care level needs. They are a place of residence where 10% or more of persons who reside there need physical assistance in conducting their daily activities and to evacuate the building during an emergency, for example, an aged care building where residents are provided with personal care services.

Mixed-use buildings containing a class 2, 3 or 9c part are also included. This means the requirements apply to work on all parts of the building, not just the class 2, 3 or 9c part.

Service type

Licence

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

Eligibility requirements

You must satisfy the eligibility criteria for your specified class of registration. There are six classes of registration:

  • civil
  • electrical
  • fire safety
  • geotechnical
  • mechanical
  • structural.

Ongoing eligibility requirements

You will need to ensure you maintain your registration by:

  • complying with the required professional and ethical standards
  • completing 50 Continuing Professional Development hours each year, keeping written records to provide as evidence of completion
  • keeping records in a form that can be readily inspected for at least 10 years.

Commencement

If you apply for registration between 1st July and 31st December 2021, you will be 'deemed' registered. You will receive a registration ID and you can keep working while your application is being assessed. If you apply for registration after 31st December 2021, you will need to stop declaring doing professional engineering work while you wait for your application to be assessed and approved.

Mandatory insurance requirements will commence from 1 July 2022. Between 1 July 2021 and 30 June 2022, insurance will not be mandated as a condition of registration, although adequate insurance is recommended.

Duration

Registration lasts either 1, 3 or 5 years from the date you lodge your application

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Amount Description
Apply Application All -

New registration:

  • 1 year - $688.00
  • 3 years - $1549.00
  • 5 years - $2581.00.

If the applicant is registered by a professional engineering body, the fee is $176.00 regardless of the length of registration.

Fees for 2024-25

Apply Application All -

Restoration of licence:

  • 1 year - $580.00
  • 3 years - $1226.00
  • 5 years - $1973.00.

If the applicant is registered by a professional engineering body, the fee is $176.00 regardless of the length of registration.

Fees for 2024-25

Renew Renewal All -

Renewal of licence:

  • 1 year - $515.00
  • 3 years - $1161.00
  • 5 years - $1936.00.

If the applicant is registered by a professional engineering body, the fee is $176.00 regardless of the length of registration.

Fees for 2024-25

Vary Variation All $217.00

Fees for 2024-25

Application process

Apply

You must apply through the Service NSW website. You will need:

  • to be working on class 2, 3 or 9c buildings or buildings that include a class 2, 3 or 9c part
  • proof of identity
  • a police check
  • a copy of your degree, postgraduate degree, diploma or national vocational education course certificate and / or transcripts
  • to ensure any existing licence you hold for your field of work is current with the details matching your proof of identity documents.

Administering agency

Department of Customer Service

NSW Fair Trading

Contact details

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