

Qualified supervisor certificates are only issued to individuals. Contractor licences can be issued to individuals and to companies and partnerships.įrom 1 July 2020, you can apply for a 1, 3 or 5 year contractor licence.Ī qualified supervisor certificate allows you to supervise and do the work described on your certificate. You can only do the types of work described on your licence card. There are different types of licences available in NSW depending on whether you want to contract with another party or supervise work.Ī contractor licence allows you to contract and advertise to do work. To learn more about what is considered fencing see the definition in schedule 4 of the Home Building Regulation 2014. Stonemasonry includes stonemasonry fencing and footings for freestanding stonemasonry fences where the footings will not have to bear loads other than the finished masonry work, gates or decorative features.

Bricklaying includes brick fencing and footings for freestanding brick fences where the footings will not have to bear loads other than the finished brickwork, gates or decorative features.Metal fabrication includes metal fencing.Glazing includes glass and other acrylic fencing.Carpentry includes timber (including brushwood and the like), metal and prefabricated glass fencing.The following licence categories also allow you to do some types of fencing work:

This work is considered fencing no matter what materials the fences and gates are made from. You must have a licence before you do any residential building work in NSW, including fencing, that is valued at more than $5000 (incl GST) in labour and materials.įencing means putting up fences and gates within or on residential property boundary lines.
