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Building Engineering Practitioner Registration - Western Australia

Description

You may need this registration if you intend to carry out building engineering work in the following areas:

  • structural engineering
  • fire safety and fire systems engineering
  • mechanical engineering
  • civil engineering.

Engineering work includes professional or technical engineering that involves independent and unsupervised design, construction or production activities related to buildings or incidental structures.

There is a 2-year transitional period ending on 30 June 2026 for structural engineering and fire safety systems engineering, during which unregistered people may continue to undertake structural and fire safety systems engineering work. The transitional period for mechanical and civil engineering will also last 2 years beginning 1 July 2025.

Service type

Licence

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

Eligibility requirements

Eligibility requirements will vary depending on the class of registration sought.

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

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Fees are listed on the attached document.

Act(s) name

Building Services (Registration) Act 2011 Western Australia

Regulation(s) name

Building Services (Registration) Regulations 2011 Western Australia

Approval time

Approval times will vary, it is recommended that applications are made at least 4 months prior to the end date of the transitional period.

Administering agency

Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety

Building and Energy

Contact details

Contact Email, Phone and Address Details for this service in simple two column table format, header then data.