One of the most popular and high paid trade sectors is building and construction, especially carpentry in Australia. You must have a licence before you do any residential building work in NSW, including carpentry that is valued at more than $5000 (incl GST) in labour and materials. Carpentry means cutting and placing timber (or timber composites) in on site construction work to put up framing or fix components or assemblies used in construction work, such as stairs, windows, doors, wallboards and floors.

Licensing Authorities

Career

Large and small-scale contracting businesses, independent trader requires license. This license opens the opportunities of carpentry job and business in the construction sector. Most relevant jobs are  

• minor non-structural concreting for a dwelling where that concreting is needed to support carpentry work
• concreting for footings/structural support for outdoor construction such as for pergolas, timber decks, timber and metal fencing.
• exterior wall cladding
• curtain walling
• internal timber cladding of walls and ceilings and non-structural stone cladding of internal walls
• non-habitable outdoor shelters or structures (excluding brick or stone) such as pergolas, gazebos and the like, but not including garages, sheds or carports
• skylights
• awnings
• prefabricated glass fences
• And many more…

4 Steps to Apply Your License

• Relevent Qualification
• Required Documents Check
• Industry Skills and Experiences
• Apply to Relevent Authority