Becoming an owner-builder New South Wales
NSW owner builder is intended to help individuals understand the responsibilities involved in managing or supervising building work on their own property. The learning content may cover construction planning, reading and interpreting plans and specifications, estimating and costing, organising work, workplace health and safety, and communication with contractors and tradespeople.
The course aims to help prospective owner-builders understand the importance of complying with relevant building regulations, obtaining the required approvals, engaging appropriately licensed tradespeople and monitoring construction work to meet applicable standards.
The course is suited to property owners or prospective owner-builders who intend to undertake or supervise eligible domestic building work and need to understand the requirements applicable to their proposed project.
Key information:
- In NSW, you need an owner-builder permit to supervise or do work valued at over $10,000 on your own home, and you’re not contracting a licensed builder to supervise the work.
- If the work is valued at more than $20,000, you also need to complete certain units of competency or have the approved equivalent qualifications and experience.
- Only one owner-builder permit can be issued within any five-year period unless the application and any earlier permit relate to the same land, or special circumstances exist.
- As an owner-builder, you are responsible for the building work as a fully licensed builder would be.
When an owner-builder permit is needed
An owner-builder permit is for people who have the skill or capacity to build their own house or supervise the construction work.
If you want to supervise or do building work worth more than $10,000 on your own home, and you’re not contracting a licensed builder to supervise the work, you need an owner-builder permit.
While an owner-builder permit is not a builder’s licence, as an owner-builder, you are just as responsible for the building work as a fully licensed builder would be.
Yes. If you’re building or renovation work is valued over $10,000, it requires you to hold an NSW Owner-Builder Permit.
You must complete the 𝟓 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐎𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫-𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 training NSW units required by NSW Fair Trading, if your project is valued at $𝟐𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.
You must also hold a current White Card.
List of 5 mandatory units:
1. 𝐂𝐏𝐂𝐂𝐖𝐇𝐒𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟏 Apply WHS requirements, policies and procedures in the construction industry (current), or 𝐂𝐏𝐂𝐂𝐎𝐇𝐒𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟏𝐀 Apply OHS, requirements, policies and procedures in the construction industry, and
2. 𝐂𝐏𝐂𝐂𝐎𝐌𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟏 (current) Read and interpret plans and specifications, or 𝐂𝐏𝐂𝐂𝐂𝐌𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟏/𝐂𝐏𝐂𝐂𝐂𝐌𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟏𝐀, and
3. 𝐂𝐏𝐂𝐂𝐂𝐌𝟏𝟎𝟏𝟏 (current) Undertake basic estimation and costing, or 𝐂𝐏𝐂𝐂𝐂𝐌𝟏𝟎𝟏𝟏𝐀 , and
4. 𝐂𝐏𝐂𝐂𝐎𝐌𝟏𝟎𝟏𝟑 (current) Plan and organise work, or 𝐂𝐏𝐂𝐂𝐂𝐌𝟏𝟎𝟏𝟑/𝐂𝐏𝐂𝐂𝐂𝐌𝟏𝟎𝟏𝟑𝐀 , and
5. 𝐂𝐏𝐂𝐂𝐎𝐌𝟏𝟎𝟏𝟒 (current) Conduct workplace communication, or 𝐂𝐏𝐂𝐂𝐂𝐌𝟏𝟎𝟏𝟒/𝐂𝐏𝐂𝐂𝐂𝐌𝟏𝟎𝟏𝟒𝐀.
For Owner Builder Permit in Victoria, the student needs a White Card & E- assessment, BI already have the E-assessment in LMS.
