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Domestic Builder Limited Licence
Kitchen, Bathroom, Laundry
Common Questions
Kitchen, Bathroom, Laundry
Common Questions
This licence allows you to carry out limited building work in kitchens, bathrooms, and laundries in residential homes. The scope covers installation, renovation, and repair works in these areas.
Licensing Advice reviews your intended projects and confirms that this licence matches your work. We also advise if additional categories or licences are needed.
Anyone who contracts or supervises kitchen, bathroom, or laundry building work in Victoria and meets the minimum work threshold must hold this licence.
Licensing Advice helps identify whether your projects meet the licensing threshold and guides you on compliance to operate legally.
In Victoria, any kitchen, bathroom, or laundry project valued over $10,000 requires a Domestic Builder Limited licence.
Licensing Advice checks your project contracts and ensures you understand the thresholds, helping you avoid fines or compliance issues.
You need a recognised carpentry or building qualification, evidence of experience in kitchen, bathroom, or laundry projects, and must meet fit and proper person checks.
Licensing Advice assesses your qualifications and project experience, identifies gaps, and prepares a clear plan to meet all requirements before submission.
Recognition of prior learning through an RTO may allow you to convert your practical experience into a formal qualification.
Licensing Advice can connect you with trusted RTO partners and guide you through the pathway to obtain a valid licence.
Common documents include identification, proof of qualifications, detailed project history, and references from previous clients or supervisors.
Licensing Advice prepares your documentation checklist, reviews forms for accuracy, and ensures everything is compliant before lodgement with the BPC.
Yes, you may apply for an equivalent Victorian licence under mutual recognition. There are specific eligibility requirements around this.
Licensing Advice helps break down requirements, confirms eligibility, and can manage the mutual recognition process to make it straightforward.
Processing times vary depending on file completeness and BPC workload, but complete applications generally move faster.
Licensing Advice front-loads requirements, reviews submissions carefully, and manages communications with the BPC to keep your application on track.
Missing documents, unclear evidence of experience, or incomplete compliance with BPC standards are frequent causes of delays.
Licensing Advice audits your file early, identifies gaps, and ensures queries from the BPC are addressed promptly to avoid setbacks.
Yes, we handle eligibility checks, document preparation, lodgement, and follow up until the BPC issues your licence.
If you need a qualification, we connect you with an RTO and then finalise your submission, ensuring your pathway is clear and compliant.
How Licensing Advice Works
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Assessment Stage
We’ll complete an over the phone work experience assessment to confirm your qualifications, experience and eligibility for the available options to get your application across the line.
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Preparation Stage
Provide your documents and we’ll prepare the entire application. If you have referees, we’ll contact them and help draft their statements.
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Application Submission
We’ll handle the application submission, track progress, and keep you updated. If the regulator needs more information or makes an error, we’ll assist you at no extra cost.
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Panel Interview or Exam
You may be required to attend a panel interview or exam (depending on the state we apply in). Our team will prepare you thoroughly, ensuring you are confident and ready to succeed.
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Checklist
After lodgement, you may receive a “Checklist” letter requesting extra information or documents. We’ll decode the jargon, translate it into plain English, and prepare the response. If the regulator has misunderstood your application or made an error, we’ll dispute it for you.
Licence Issued
Success! Once approved, the state regulator issues your brand new licence. You are now licensed in your chosen field.
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Licensing Advice is a boutique construction licensing consultancy. We help small businesses, tradespeople and builders through the process of obtaining their licence.
Applying for a builder or trade licence can be challenging. Each state has different licensing laws, and the rules can be complex. We guide you through the process at small business prices, and can assist in any Australian state or territory.
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