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Under Building Regulations 258 within the Building Regulations 2018 you do not need any type of degree/ diploma/ certificate to obtain your Builder’s Licence and become a registered builder.

 Domestic Builder – Limited (DB-L) registered builder may carry out, manage and carry out domestic or residential building work specified by the Building Practitioners Board. This licence is suitable for builders that want to have their registration tailored to a specific trade or area. Such as limited to bathroom, kitchen or laundry renovations.

A Domestic Builder – Unlimited (DB-U)  on the other hand may personally carry out, manage and arrange for sub-contractors to complete residential building works.

To become DB-U registered you must:

1. Have at least 3 years of practical experience in the Building Industry.
2. Previously supervised a minimum of three Residential Building projects in the last seven years
3. Have one technical referee in the category that you are applying for or higher.
4. Be able to demonstrate an understanding and the capacity to carry out, manage or arrange the carrying out of domestic building work, in a competent manner and to a professional standard.

Learn more on the Victorian Building Authority’s website.

Our custom created course covers modules and learning for the following Plans of the VBA Exam:

• Site Plans
• Bracing Plans
• Sub-Floor Plans
• Slab and Footings Plans
• Angle Repose Plans
• Fault Finding Plans
• Conventional Roof Plans
• Waterproofing Plans
• Upper Floor Joist Plans
• Timber Member Computations
• Smoke Alarm Plans
• Site Elevation Plans
• NCC – National Construction Code Vol 2
• Building Act and Regulations
• Contract Act and Regulations
• Security and Payments Act
• Standards and Tolerances
• Australian Standards – Installation of Nail Plated Timber Roof Trusses AS 4440
• Australian Standards – Waterproofing of Domestic Wet Areas AS 3740
• Australian Standards – Swimming Pool Safety Barrier Part 1 AS 1926.1
• Australian Standards – Residential Slabs and Footings AS 2870
• Australian Standards – Masonry in Small Buildings Part 2 AS 4773
• Australian Standards- Residential Timber-framed Construction – AS 1684 Part 4

We provide mock-up exams within our Builder Registration courses which allows you to test your knowledge and skills before taking the actual exams. The exams consist of multiple-choice questions and plans and requires you to have an advanced understanding of building codes, Australian Standards, and construction principles. Hence, this will help the trainer and yourself to identify the areas that may require more attention. 

All of our courses are face to face within our classrooms as we believe that by providing physical classes allows our students to learn from one another and therefore gain a greater understanding of the key knowledge being taught throughout each module.

1. Gain Knowledge and Experience: Obtain the relevant work experience and knowledge to become eligible for the registration process.

2. Application Preparation: Start to collect the following for the registration application:

a. Once collected all the applicable information you should now start to develop your VBA Building Application and complete all the required sections.

b. You must also have your technical referee complete the applicable Technical Referee Report. This report must be completed by the referee and accompany the registration application form.

3. Submit and lodge the completed Building Application and the Technical Referee Report to the VBA. Please note that the number of weeks from when you submit your application to when you receive confirmation that you have been successful to have an interview can vary; however, we can assure you that we are constantly in communication with the VBA regarding lead times and we will give you regular updates.

4. Prepare for VBA test and/ or Interview: Whilst you wait for the VBA to approve your application, continue to prepare for the multiple-choice test and interview.

5. Smash the test and/ or interview!

6. Congratulations you will be a Registered Builder in Victoria!

A service that we provide to all our students and to the public is one-on-one training. Within these private tutoring sessions, the trainer may ask you to complete a mock-up test to examine your knowledge and skills. This will help identify the areas that require more attention and will allow you to work on these weaker areas during the private tutoring sessions and/or within class. 

A Domestic Builder (Limited) is a class of a registered domestic builder which is limited to certain areas that are involved in building a residential home.

There are twenty different categories, for instance, the Domestic Builder (Limited to bathroom, kitchen and laundry renovations) enables individuals to obtain a builder’s license to be able to carry out works that involves building, renovating or repairing domestic wet areas such as bathrooms, kitchens or laundries.

For further information, please visit the VBA’s website.

Anyone can as long as they are at the same category of licence or higher.You require at least one technical referee when applying for a Domestic Builder Licence, this can be a Registered Builder you have performed work under and/or if you are applying for a DB-L, your referee can be another DB-L that you have worked under, but they must be in the same category as you are applying for.

We offer all books that are required to prepare you for the VBA Building exams upon request and can provide you with custom tabbed books for easy and quick reference when answering questions within the classroom and/or during the VBA exams.