Design and Building Practitioners Regulation 2021

Pathway 1—qualifications Must have a qualification referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) as follows—

at least 1 of the following—

an accredited 4 year full-time or equivalent part-time undergraduate bachelor degree in fire safety engineering or engineering with a major in fire safety engineering,

an accredited postgraduate masters degree in fire safety engineering or engineering with a major in fire safety engineering,

a non-accredited qualification that has been assessed as being equivalent to an accredited qualification in subparagraph (i) or (ii)—

for a qualification that was conferred by an Australian university or tertiary institution—by an Australian signatory to the Washington Accord, or

for a qualification that was conferred by a foreign university or tertiary institution—by an assessing authority for the skilled occupation of fire safety engineer, if any,

all of the following—

an accredited 4 year full-time or equivalent part-time undergraduate bachelor degree in—

civil engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering or electrical engineering, or

engineering with a major in civil engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering or electrical engineering,

an accredited postgraduate diploma in engineering in fire safety engineering or an NVR approved graduate diploma in fire safety engineering,

all of the following—

a non-accredited qualification that has been assessed as being equivalent to an accredited qualification in paragraph (b)(i)—

for a qualification that was conferred by an Australian university or tertiary institution—by an Australian signatory to the Washington Accord, or

for a qualification that was conferred by a foreign university or tertiary institution—by an assessing authority for the skilled occupation of fire safety engineer, if any,

a non-accredited qualification that has been assessed as being equivalent to an accredited qualification in paragraph (b)(ii)—

for a qualification that was conferred by an Australian university or tertiary institution—by an Australian signatory to the Washington Accord, or

for a qualification that was conferred by a foreign university or tertiary institution—by an assessing authority for the skilled occupation of fire safety engineer, if any.

Pathway 2—qualifications Recognition or registration as a professional engineer in an area of fire safety engineering by a recognised engineering body.

Pathway 3—qualifications Recognition or registration as a professional engineer in an area of fire safety engineering by a professional body of engineers that—

operates with a professional standards scheme, and

requires the successful completion of a qualification relevant to carrying out professional engineering work in accordance with the professional standards scheme.