Qualifications and experience: building practitioners
16 Qualifications and experience: building practitioners
For the purposes of section 17(1)(b) a qualification (if any) listed in a set in the Table, together with the experience listed in the same set, are prescribed as qualifications and experience for building practitioners.
Table
Qualifications | Experience | |
|---|---|---|
Set 1 | (aa) CPC50220 Diploma of Building and Construction (Building) as described on the National Register; or (a) CPC50210 Diploma of Building and Construction (Building) as described on the National Register including the following units — | carrying out or supervising building work for periods totalling at least the equivalent of 7 years full‑time |
(i) CPCCBC4005A — Produce labour and material schedules for ordering; | ||
(ii) CPCCBC4018A — Apply site surveys and set‑out procedures to building and construction projects; | ||
(iii) CPCCBC5005A — Select and manage building and construction contractors; (iv) CPCCBC5007A — Administer the legal obligations of a building or construction contract or CPCCBC5007B — Administer the legal obligations of a building or construction contractor; | ||
(v) CPCSUS5001A — Develop workplace policies and procedures for sustainability; (vi) CPCCBC4014A — Prepare simple building sketches and drawings; | ||
[(vii) deleted] or (b) an equivalent qualification as determined by the Board | ||
Set 2 | qualifications acceptable for — (a) membership as Member (Level 1) or Member (Level 2) of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects; or (b) registration under the Architects Act 2004; or (c) membership as Professional Engineer (MIEAust or FIEAust) of the Institution of Engineers, Australia; or (d) membership as Fellow or Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, evidenced by such membership or registration | supervising building construction for periods totalling at least the equivalent of 5 years full‑time |
Set 3 | qualifications acceptable for membership as Fellow or Member of the Australian Institute of Building evidenced by such membership | carrying out, supervising or managing building construction for periods totalling at least the equivalent of 5 years full‑time |
Set 4 | experience in supervising or managing building construction — (a) for periods totalling at least the equivalent of 5 years full‑time; and (b) sufficient to gain knowledge and skills equivalent to those possessed by a person who has successfully completed a qualification referred to in set 1 | |
Set 5 | experience in carrying out building work, other than in the area set out in Schedule 3 or the area of the State within which the Builders’ Registration Act 1939 1 applied before it was repealed — (a) for periods totalling at least the equivalent of 7 years full‑time; and (b) sufficient to gain knowledge and skills equivalent to those possessed by a person who has successfully completed a qualification referred to in set 1 |
For the purposes of section 17(1)(b) the qualifications and experience for the renewal of the registration of a building practitioner are the qualifications (if any) and the experience that entitled the person to be registered as evidenced by such registration.
For the purposes of section 17(1)(b) the qualifications and experience for registration as a building practitioner for an eligible person are the qualifications (if any) and the experience that entitled the eligible person to be previously registered as evidenced by such registration.
In subregulation (3) —
eligible person means a person —
who was previously registered at any time in the period of 3 years ending on the day on which an application for registration as a building practitioner is made; and
whose registration expired or was suspended or cancelled at the request of the person;
previously registered means —
registered as a building practitioner; or
registered under the Builders’ Registration Act 1939 1 section 9A(1) or 10(1).
[Regulation 16 amended: Gazette 31 Jan 2012 p. 592‑5; 18 Dec 2012 p. 6586; SL 2021/213 r. 5.]
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