Building & Construction License One of the most potential fields is building and construction in Australia. You need a building license before you can do any residential building work in NSW valued at more than $5000 (incl GST) in labor and materials. A general builder may do any work that is residential building work. Residential building work means any work involved in constructing a dwelling, or altering or adding to a dwelling. It also includes repairing, renovating, decorating or applying protective treatment to a dwelling. A dwelling is a building or part of a building for people to live in, such as a house, terrace, townhouse, duplex or flat. Licensing Authorities NSW QLD VIC SA ACT WA NT TAS Career Large and small-scale contracting businesses, independent contractor requires license. This license opens the opportunities of building and construction job and business in the construction sector. Most relevant jobs:   constructing or erecting a garage, carport or shed (including kits) bathroom, kitchen or laundry renovations swimming pool building and structural landscaping screened, glass or pool enclosures atriums and conservatories house lifting decorating. building and construction excavating fencing general concreting glazing joinery And many more… Apply for License in 4 Steps: 1. Relevent Qualification 2. Required Documents Check 3. Industry Skills and Experiences 4.Apply to Relevent Authority